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and with still more they brayed like asses. This is the origin of 

 wine-making in Greek mythology. 



I will say a few words of the hasty trip I took to the Paris 

 Exposition and to Alsace last August, and in regard to the 

 grapes and wine-making. Our stay was limited, and this 

 accounts for the hasty survey I had. 



We witnessed a beautiful floral procession, where hundreds 

 of artistically arranged chariots, with floral and fruit decorations, 

 made a tour of the Exhibition grounds, witnessed by thousands 

 and thousands of people. 



The "City of Wines," situated in the old Machinery Hall, 

 was something unique. It represented the most celebrated 

 wine-producing regions of sunny France, with an exact archi- 

 tectural construction of each region, in which the products and 

 viticultural instruments were on view. It was a decided success. 

 There, with the lofty medieval architecture of the Bordeaux and 

 Cognac region, you would admire the more massive military 

 constructions of the fifteenth century you meet in Burgundy. 

 The champagne region was also well represented, etc. 



But the crowning fete was the "vintage procession," in 

 which all the wine-producing countries of Europe took part. It 

 was a costly affair, as it surpassed in gorgeousness anything 

 attempted before. Besides the foreign chariots and emblems of 

 the wine industry, the French had every region represented, and 

 they have many. But most conspicuous was an immense 

 "bower," made by the Arbois region in Burgundy. It repre- 

 sented an immense cluster of grapes of all varieties and color, 

 and was carried on poles by four men clad in medieval dress. 

 This vintage fete closed the series of processions given at the 

 Exposition in honor of agriculture and horticulture. 



I was invited on September 2, by the "Wine and Grape- 

 Growers' Association" at Colmar (Alsace), to attend their busi- 

 ness meeting. The president and secretary remarked on the 

 non-success of the individual exhibitors in getting high awards 

 for their wines at the Exposition. They thought it lay in 

 neglecting the strict rules of cleanliness. After some discussion 

 on this topic, I asked the president, through my brother, to be 

 allowed to say a few words. 



The president thanked me for the remarks I made regarding 



