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THE MORXIXG OKEGOXIAN. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1007. CROSS mm AWAR TO PABST "Blue Ribbon" Carries Off Grand Prize for Highest Quality at World's Competition. MEDALS FROM BELGIUM Rare Trophies Won at the International Hygienic and Pure Food Exposition" at Antwerp. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Oct. 5. Valued above the other hundreds of awards voted to the Pabst Brewing Company by National and International exposi tions held at various times In the last few decades, a collection of awards which was received by Colonel Gus tave Pabst from Antwerp will occupy a higher place In the esteem of the , company than all other medals In the Pabst collection. The awards were brought to Milwau kee by special emissary from the In ternational Hygienic and Pure Food Exposition at Antwerp, Belgium, and include the ctosr of -honor of Belgium, known as the grand prize of the expo sition, a gold medal and a diploma elaborately studded with seals of noted Europeans, and setting forth that Pabst "Blue Ribbon," the beer of quality, received the highest award for purity and excellence at the great ex position held In Antwerp. The awards were made only after the severest tests known to enlightened science, and dem onstrate, under the signatures and seals of the jury and commissioners, thai the product of the Pabst Brewing Com pany stood alone among hundreds of other beers submitted at Antwerp for the exhaustive tests of experts. The arrival of the special messen ger from Belgium was an event at the offices of the Pabst Brewing Com pany, and already the medals have been exhibited to many Milwaukeeans interested in the excellence of this city's product as compared with that of the best-known breweries In two hemispheres. GET HIGHEST POSSIBLE HOORS. The gold medal, wf.lch Is about two, and a half inches in diameter, bears on one side the head in relief of King Leopold of Belgium, who was the patron of the exposition at Antwerp. On the other side is a likeness, also in relief, . of the huge building at Antwerp in which the pure food and hyg4enic exhibit was held. The cross of honor, or grand prize. Is of beautiful design, somewhat sim ilar to other high European orders. It bear3 decorations of oak leave set in gold and red enamel. In the mid dle of the medal proper is the coat of arms of the city of Antwerp. The medal is attached to the crown of Bel gium, which in turn Is suspended from a ribbon of the tri-color of Belgium. DIPLOMA OK BEAITIFIL DESIGN. The diploma setting forth the fact that "Blue Ribbon" beer was awarded the grand prix at the Antwerp expo sition is a beautifully designed docu ment bearing four idealistic figures. The entire wording is in the French language, the' court language of Bel gium. The body of the diploma sets forth that the "diplome de grand pri:r" has been awarded to the Pabst Brew ing Company, of Milwaukee. The ar ray of official signatures Is the chief feature of the document. The diploma is signed by the pres:cent of the jury which awarded tho honors, by the Lord Mayor ol the City of Antwerp, hon orary member; the Administrator General, and President of the Commit tee of Commercial Patronage. " The signatures of the exposition of ficials are verified and attested to by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of -the Royal Belgian government. All these signatures are in turn attested to by the Vice and Deputy Consul-General representing the United States Gov ernment at Antwerp, the two certifi cates being written in the lower margin of the diploma and accompan ied by the respective seals of office. The background of the middle por tion of the diploma sets forth in dim outline a view from the harbor of the port of Antwerp, showing the great ken- Cross of Honor. shipping interests and in the extreme background the famous cathedral of Antwerp with its high steeple. With the rising interest, much greater in European countries than in the United States, In pure foods and the general subject of hygiene, the In ternational Hygienic and Pure Food Exposition has assumed an important place. Today Its - exhibits are the Mecca for thousands of manufacturers, scientists, legislators and workers for the" public good from every corner" of the world. The awards of the juries are made with such unmistakable Im partiality and are so decidedly an nounced for or against certain food products that the . knowledge gained from a visit to the exposition serves as absolute protection against fraud. The exposition is held annually at different cities decided upon by the board of commissioners. In 1906 It was held In Paris, this year in Ant werp, and next year It will be held in another city of the continent or In Great Britain. Crowned heads of Eu rope unite In aiding' its welfare, and every civilized country each year sends Its most noted scientists to participate in the gathering together of experts , from all parts of the world. In Europe the exposition is annually given tho , greatest publicity throughout the dif ferent ' centers of population. It being the understood object to apprise the people of what is good and what is not good for their general welfare. The expositions of 190$ and 1907 were at tended by thousands of tourists from America, the recent rise of public In terest In the subject of pure foods en couraging investigation in the products of the world brought together In one vast exhibit. ' The department of brewing at the Antwerp, exposition was one of the chief features. The fact that the first beer was brewed in what is now the Kingdom of Belgium added to the in terest in the exhibit, and inspired won derful showings from the different In terests of the world. All the. great breweries of Germany, America, Eng land and other countries made efforts to excel in their exhibits, and when the time came for the highest awards in terest was at fever heat. The tests of the hundreds of samples of bottled beers were most severe. The jury which made, the exhaustive tests of the brewery products was made up of scientists, university professors and chemists of note, appointed by the Belgium Minister of Education. St'BJECT TO HEAT AD COLD. The jury's task was a severe one, the tests of each beer extending over a COPIES OF THE GOLD" MEDAL. Ij 1 1 ipM I One Side Contains the Head of King Leopold of Belgium and the Other the S Famous Exposition Building. considerable time. Pabst "Blue Rib bon" beer, along with all the others, was for weeks alternately subjected to extreme degrees- of heat and cold. Of ail the beers so tested Pabst "Blue Ribbon" beer was the only one found upon examination to retain all the properties originally contained In the brew. It was finally determined that the iilue Ribbon" beer took first place among all the other varieties submitted by American and European breweries. Consequently the highest possible hon ors of the exoosltion were awarded. The fact that the American beer took first place was all the more remarkable from the fact that it was necessarily transported a great distance, a factor that might ordinarily have been a de cided handicap as against the other beers sent to Antwerp. The time that the beer was in transit from the brew ery in Milwaukee was something like four weeks, and it is a generally ac cepted theory that beer loses through transportation. The Pabst beer appar ently was unaffected. Its durability and pureness were found upon exami nation to be without fault. The exposition at Antwerp this year was held during the months of June, July and August, the months in which the tourist travel is largest. It was opened by King Leopold, under whose protectorate It was held, the various monarchies and the French Republic appointing delegates to represent thm In the International show. The ex hibits were placed In the great building erected several years ago at Antwerp and designed especially for large expo sitions of the nature of the pure food show. The juries appointed to make tests in the several departments of the exposition were appointed by the Bel gian Minister of Kducation, with the approval of the different nations par ticipating in the gathering, the mem bers being selected with special view to their peculiar fitness to judge of the merits of the prodwms coming un der their examination. One of the noted; members of the jury which un dertook tlie stupendous task of testing the bottled beers and awarding prizes was Professor Alfred Jorgensen, of Copenhagen. Denmark, than whom there is no better known authority on the subject of scientific and hygienic brewing. Others on the jury were men of undoubted ability in their line. The fact that tho host of exhibitors in the department of brewing unanimously approved of the membership of the jury bespeaks their ability. It is probable that the awards now In the case of the Pabst Brewing Com pany will be placed on exhibition at an early date. It being the desire of thflf officials to permit the public at large to examine the medals and diploma I signifying the par excellence of Pabst 1 Blue Ribbon beer. DIPLOMA AWARDED THE PABST BREWING COMPANY AT THE INTERNATIONAL PURE FOOD EXPOSITION 5 1 ? jr-'tu -4- ill- ! sty s t ...... t , .. .. i? ' ...... l.Rftr:i-1 : i - ' Sous la tres-hauts Presidsnce d'Honrieurcie S:A.R.Madam8 laComtessede Flandre.- , K i" A" W'ife. decern a.' JJbdjBxmCfQjilJlUUUJ.. ..... .. " . liuliudleex. .nvsi.a. La President deS Sectiopa Elrpnjeres. fXini,X 1V TTKJ 3ICNATIii -J APPCSff ANPS 19 I kGuaM3''Rt L Admioistrateu General . .7 Us Presidents dssComites de PatronaoojComm-cifli! 4 S A'a' - ycgtv 'rr A.few A-A; UNiTJl& STATES C0KSUJ-A7E GELNEP'u- ANTW DEIGIOM - , 5,'.K FOviTMS te&LISATION CP THE , - J-;0 SEAL Qf-&J.r..aJZe4i. Si Z?$S-ajvn -, APP09EE.:- - ;-t-ti- , B'-yxeliea.ie 27 -)UN r 1907 , f C'.R l MisSTf CS Af rtiri s EtfeS. IE CEtE fturtAU Bitftu iffgW Honor Given the-Pabst Brewinz ComwinT In Competition in MiIch Seen From All PU of tU World Wer. Enterei.' At This Eipoeition"Pabt "Bin. Rfbbon" Beer Wm Pronounced by Internaol pert. to Be the Puret ud of the Beet Qualitiee. IXHl i r-r r