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Show AMEHICANS ARE ! HEAVY DRINKERS OF CHAMPAGNE PARIS. Jane Br TJ. -Tie world la now drinking- a Biueh French champagne at In prewar aer, but FTanre la drinking tha greater portion of It. Ruagla, Oer-fflur, Oer-fflur, Scandinavia and tha I'nltad lataa rata balear tnalr old tlma rpnaumptlon. but Amarlcana ara atlll strong alllaa of Frawe la thla ragard whea they arrlra bara. ' Pigiiree predueed by tha French Vlna froducara aaaecMtlon eoYer. Ing tha laat el aaontha Indicata that tha ennaumptlon of ohampagna haa aqualad that of tha corraa ponding pond-ing par tod of 111. Bafora tha war. howavar. tha PYaneb only eonaumad U par oant of tha output, and tha ramalndar waa a port ad. Today 4ha conaumptloa In PYanca haa raaehad II par eant of tha output, and tha ramalndar, only If par eant, la aaportad. Tbara ara two aiplanatlona of thla. Kratwa paopla. faarlng tha In-rraaaad In-rraaaad high at of living and lha dpractatlon of tha franc, hava put thalr monay Into larga atocka for futura oonaumptloa or aala. Alao lhara la aa Incraaalng aumhar of A marl ran vlaltoro who, dry at noma, drink mora thaa thay uaad to whaa thay artlva hara. Raatatirant kaap-ara kaap-ara ragard tha Amarloaa aa tha baat ohampagna ouatomar. |