Such may be the appellation applied to a breakfast given by the Wine Syndicate of the Gironde to some of the eminent wine experts of Bordeaux. It was a true repast of delicacies, where the best wines of the Sauterne, almost all of them containing more than 350 milligrams of sulphurous acid per liter, were said to be by the experts, simply exquisite. The guest of honor, for 31 years chemist of the Syndicate, said:

"It is regretted that the detractors of these famous wines could not have been present, but let us hope that, little by little, they may be convinced. The question is too large, and the consequences too important, to be lost from view. It is important not to permit credit to be given to the errors of hygiene. Long live our golden Sauterne, vertible rays of the sun in bottles."

The two views given above show that the courts and the gourmets are not in entire harmony. In my experiments on 12 young men I found that sulphurous acid and sulphites were highly deleterious. They are still permitted to be used freely in wines, molasses, syrups and dried fruits, in all parts of the United States where not inhibited by State laws. Our authorities are active in correcting the "errors of hygiene." Commerce is above health. Lucre is more precious than life.

1 Annales des Falsifications, December, 1909, page 400.