Show GERMAN sir a soft in we lob the arooth 1 ift soneva tt I tr SO the ear calit with which franc france paid 01 U great circled br by germany at the th doc close of the war wr of ISTO aton aston libed imbed the world the fim same ability to discharge dia charge a forced obligation was wit messed at the cloe close of 0 the NAP Napoleo alo wn wars when the allied armies occupied france explain explains that the aie ease waa was made possibly through gluttony which he mays franc france alone can thoroughly satisfy in ISIS after the treaty of peace it wai was estimated eitl mated that that nation la in various way ways paid to its it conqueror conquerors the sum of I 1 00 franca francs it waa was feared that theae these forced payment payments would bankrupt the country subsequent Bubie quent events proved that these fears were chimerical not only the original amount aliened against the french came back to them but atry much more through the gluttony of their the orelin foreign ar mies thit that invaded france francs brought with them fierce voracity and ache of uncommon capacity once they had tasted of the delights of french food their ordinary rations war were re ejected and the graft some of money that had core into their possession ailon of I 1 a meana means for the complete at of their appetite appetites parts bot c came a m s on a sudden d d an immense refectory 0 r y on the be lau r a den rs an ate ts everywhere in eating bouie houses in cook shops inna inns tavern drinking deci dens and in the at st reeta rests they gorged themselves thema elvea with flesh dish flah fish came game pastries trull fruits and truffle ties IN hen they drank it waa was with avidity and of the moet moat expensive winea wines tb purve urve vora vors made fortunes tort unea mire abo who bad had a little aboy in the palala royal only 12 feet foot square sold 1200 petit pates every day to the rank and hie ala and moat most of the be omeera of the invading armies the delight delights of french cookery were i a revelation N hen they returned to their bomea homes their tale talas of ePI epicurean Cureau bilas excited their bearers this led to a great pilgrimage to france af 1 c cir illan gluttons glut tona from all parta parts of europe and made of parl paris a gastronomic mecca for a quarter of a century or more it waa was estimated that through thia this pandering to the stomachs of 0 brangers tr angera angers france not only regained the original r I 1 elliad amount of the indemnity but aa as much again that experience 50 far an eating la in concerned can a never be repeated for from 1815 to 1840 1810 the french cuisine waa was at ita its period of cumulative achievement the indemnity a t exacted in 1870 baa has ben returned to france mainly through the purchase of decorative equipment by the women 0 of t all nations sun |