Show French Vintage n Will i Cut Out Cost Costo o of Champagne arcane e By RICHARD D. D United Press Preas Staff Correspondent PARIS PARTS United Press Press Liquid Liquid gold has been flowing from the tho champagne vineyards of France this year and lovers of the widow the world over may reap the benefit In the form of ot cheaper prices for their favorite blends Tho The yield now that the harvest is ended ende Is declared to be bo excellent excellent excellent excel excel- lent both in quality and quantity the latter reaching nearly gallons which is a vast improve- improve bent on last year then the tho champagne champagne champagne cham cham- harvesters and merchants bemoaned bemoaned be be- be moaned a n. paltry output of ot just less than gallons Grow Growers ers are arc recalling the days before before be- be fore foie the war when the vintage I amounted to sometimes and even gallons although that but rarely They have a double cause for congratulation In which tho consumer may join in that the tho sugar content of the tho grapes has been greater than for many years Champagne is still sUll the tho rich mans man's drink even In France and the av av- 01 t v Frenchman therefore Is not greatly interested In the crop ex except ex to It will bring In tho the money Franco In good dollars pounds sterling and pesetas but ho he has hasgood hasgood hasgood good news also from the south sout where tho the cheaper wines are likewise like like- iKe- iKe wise abundant In the cheaper cheaper- cafes of ot I I Paris arts ris it Is possible to get geta for a II glass of good BordeaU bla blanc blano About tor from fifteen sous a franc about four foul cents in Ameri American an money but the Parisian finds this dear compared compared com com- par pared d with the days when he could ou d get two bottles for tor the ho same price Statistics show that consumption of ot wine in Franco Is Js decreasing and with tho the continued loss of the regular reg rg ular American m market there should d bo be a big enough surplus to Justify a drop In price Vermouth is probably ably the one drink which will remain re remain remain re- re main stationary since it Is in Increasing increasing In Increasing In- In creasing demand all OV over r tho the world as the gin and French vermouth habit spreads white while more and ond more vermouth Is being consumed for r |