Show ON BEER he hanta wants it cheaper Bis marcks epigrams on drink at home and abroad Count von vou I 1 molke boa has long been quoted as tha the author of the sentiment beer is germanas germanys Germ Gerni anys worst E enemy A publication in dresden recently ask mk its field marshal marshat to give its readers a it little lecture from this text his answer wai wa 9 d ai never eaid said beer wa was berma avs worst enemy ou the country coun country tri I 1 have always wished that ft a good light beer could be given to our people for less money than that they now pay the price is 31 3 or even ai cents for about a half hal f pill pint t ia too high in south germany illan y they drink the lesi el expensive PenSiVe cider with us in north germany unfortunately only is cheap I 1 drink neither beer P nor or brandy but I 1 regard the abol abolishing ish of the use of spirituous liquors as E either reither possible or d desirable esi rable eaf bially are they necessary where quick pick work is done lor fur instance on the battlefield where the strength of the men must be occasionally bonaly st mu abed if only for a short time dangerous to the country i is 9 alond blood the abuse of alcohol that unfortunately prevails among us A healthy man under ordinary circumstances needs 11 no 0 such butic and the use of it for cn ildren is absolutely sinful the mine is true of savages who are the same as children my desire desir 0 ii that coffee tea tes and light beer become cheaper and brandy become dearer Bis marcks taste in spirituous liquors differs radically from the ta te teof of the field Ma marshal rabal red wine is the natural drink for north german ho he once eaid said and I 1 prefer to see my m country men dr hiking honest brandy to muddling their brains with beer at another time he remarked the prevalent use of beer ia is be plo rable beer drinking makes m men en stupid lazy and incapable it is the cause of all the radical pot politics that men talk over it good corn brandy would be better at versailles bismarck quoted and endor endorsed the recommendation of a Pur sian esian general red wine for children champagne for men for generals the I 1 kurber bryer told a atory story tome some years ago of a wager made by two germans in warsaw as to the per ference ot of bismarck for w wine ire or beer to settle the point a at t issue they wrote to the Chstr chancellor PI ice himself hia ilia highness directs me to inform you 1 I wrote his secretary in reply that you both are right he ife is equally fond food of good beer and good wine and sive save when he ii is ill drinks one as freely as the other |