WHAT BISMARCK DRANK.

North Otago Times, 5 December 1908, Page 4 (Supplement)

WHAT BISMARCK DRANK.

It was' a mixture of Moselle and seltzer that Bismarck used in tho Reichstag to- keep his hoarseness down and his spirits up. .1 The supply used to be maintained by a relay, of waiters ruhning, between the Chancellor's bench and the kitchen. " At tho zenith of his fame, Ministers Secretaries',of State,and Privy. Coun« cillors wpre alone worthy to concoct! the. mixture; and when Bismarck was making his'last great speeches in;the ■ Reivhsiag they were kept busy behind hjm 'wifh winp hoi Uc and : seltzer syphon in composing .his: drink,/for llisma rrk required. eight pen or two d'l/vn ?las«i'Synf Mnsolle and flate® itunni! a si«wh -••Thf Epicure "

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