| Show A madame Milf laine file wealth y wine iville 1111 LEAVES she tales her business banes at uis his death mill and prospers LOUD TOE THE POOR 11 AD 1 A 1 most lost so ce cus leeis Wilira rt atha kaniv how to rie m the tastes of or atine Dri drinkers special F P chronicle serviced 1 como 1 z march 22 special to the tile N Y sun sura A dispatch from rheims ann the death on T esusy evening of cadime pom mery of champagne fame forbears for Tears years she was at the head of 0 one no 0 of the greatt p wine establishments in france and in many respects she was a it remarkable woman oman she had ac a fortune which at her deah death exceeded francs I 1 her ter husband who was vias at the head of the firm of Porn commery mery greno and founded the present house died several years before the franco prussian war and left the business in ilie ilia hands of hie his widow widely hi proved much more inor e successful than ali xii he lied been she maile made herself familiar with ith the tile details of the business a and personally personal I 1 y directed the entire establishment she gained fortuno fortune by a bingle bold strobe stroke during the Y ar when the situation waa was darkest for france slie she bought up all the grapes ehe she co ild get and anti male maie wine when her tier competitors peti tors were doing little or nothing nol liing she practically controlled the ch sm m market for a year or two she did n ni t own or control extensive vineyards but bought crapes and wines in the market her tier success was largely due to tier skill in blending the ilia wines she site eele Pele cled wines of four varieties one for body one for sweetness one tor for and one f jr ir smell there she blended in each such pio proportions portions as the popular taste of abe he country for which the wine wes was designed des iRne demanded so it happened that the wine from her house drank in one country would differ somewhat from the wine under similar labels aed in another she made gatudy of national tastes and the result was profitable in order that the poor vintage in in any year should not affet the quality of aar her pr wins win 81 s she usually carr carried a block of or bol baliles I 1 lea madame commery was as princely in her charities most of which were local the tile p or children of rheims were especially the objects of her generosity ren AA A a patron of art ahe he was also well vell knan and many t gling artist benime viers as a s 8 te I 1 by her in their first steps to toward ard suc success she was wag the envied possessor of mil letts jetts the Glea Gle iera arlera which she chepur pur chased tor for franca francs this masterpiece ter piece she has bequeathed jo 0 o tile museum of louvre madame pom lom mery leaves a son louie louis and a daughter countess polignac Pol isnac |
