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A
BACHELOR'S
CUPBOARD
What
to
Pay
for
Wines
Englishmen
sometimes
decant
old
vintage
cham-
pagnes
—
but
they
retain
very
little
effervescence.
A
Londoner
volunteers
the
information
that
"
cham-
pagne
w^hen
first
introduced
into
Great
Britain
was
as
a
substitute
for
brandy-and-soda;
hence
it
v^as
wanted
dry.
In
fact,
the
demands
of
the
English
palate
may
be
said
to
be
responsible
for
the
dry
champagne."
"
Champagne
dinner
All
take
warning;
Cow
und
Seltzer
In
the
morning."
MORE
Syphon
bottles
are
as
difficult
to
handle
as
WISE
women.
You
never
know
when
they're
COUNSEL
going
to
change
their
tactics.
An
inno-
cent-looking
syphon
has
been
known
to
explode
at
a
sudden
change
in
temperature.
Syphons
are
generally
charged
at
a
pressure
of
from
130
to
150 pounds
to
the
square
inch.
That
means
that
if
a
bottle
so
charged
is
allowed
to
slip
from
your
hands,
if
only
for
a
few
feet,
the
jar
is
liable
to
cause
a
dangerous
explosion.
Never
grasp
a
cold
syphon
with
the
hand,
as
the
sudden
change
of
temperature
thus
produced
Is
even
more
liable
to
cause
an
explosion
than
a
sudden
jar.
Instead
of
syphons,
many
bachelors
use
various
car-
bonated
table
waters
or
bottled
spring
waters
for
use
in
mixing
fizzes,
high
balls,
and
the
like.
The
benefit
to
one's
health
derived
from
the
use
of
such
pure
waters
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