The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-14

an island near New Orleans a planter
who was something of an eplcure. and
fond of scientific experiments in cook
>ery. In one spot on his island planta-
ton grew peculiar kind of pepper from
which he devised a method OF making
a most superior kind of sauce. Each
year he gave a dinner to certain old
and particular friends at which this
sauce was served, and the recipe for il
was one of the treasures OF the family
Then the war came and the planter died
and the home was broken up, and the
fortunes of the family were wrecked
The daughter of the house found her
self forced to make a living. with only
the ruined plantation to make 1t on.
When her prospects seemed most dis
coura ging, she happened TO remember
that the day Of the annual dinner was
at hand, and to each of the friends who
had been wont to attend that dinner she
sent a tiny bottle of the famous old
sauce. One of the recipients happened
to be living in New York, and shared his
gift with a wealthy man VINO under
stood good cooking. He told the story
Of the sauce and of the misfortunes of
his old friends daughter.
why said the New York man.
she's got d fortune here in this sauce
If she'll put it on the market And he
backed the enterprise. The remains of
the pepper bushes were found and en-
| couraged to live. and the manufacture
of the sauce became, and st!ll remains,
a big business.
AdulteTation of Food.
Opinions among the groeers differ re
garding the recent laws to prevent the
adulteratiOn OF food One said that in
| several States such legislation had been
carried so far as 10 hamper commercial
/ enterprise and become a nuisance; and
| that people had been made uneasy about
adHlteration. without the slightest rea-
/ son. Another said as fatty that he
/ should like TO see such laws passed in
| every State, and made as stringent as
| they could possibly be. A third gave
some interesting information on the
| Pennsylvania food laws, which are al
! present the most stringent IN force any
where
! Why" said he, taking up a gorgeous
! ly green bottle of cherries preserved In
! creme de menthe. they wouldn't let you
| sell that IN Pennsylvania. because cher
RES aren't naturally that color Nor
! that" indicating a French glass can OF
| hsricot beans of a delicate emerald hue
They won't let 'em sell French peas be-
| cause they're colored; or any OF these
artificial colorings for custards and so
| on. Any sort of coloring matter except
] that which comes naturally from the
| fruit when cooked IL against the law.
do they ever get around the law IN
| ways that can't be stopped?"
well, yes, they do sometimes. Now,
they've got a law that you mustn't use
! any kind OF drug TO preserve fruits
! without stating the fact on the LABEL
! There, YOU see, the drug has been used,
| and little narrow label stating the isci
is pasted around the neck or the Jar,
| away from the regular label, where most
! people wouldn't look for II, or know
| what x meant II they saw II. I'm sure
| ! don't know myself what tnat drug Is
One company that uses chemicals has az
| Inscription on every Jar they sell, offer
! ing n thousand dollars to anybody thai
can find a trace OF the chemical in theil
goods. Another company was AFRAID the
statement that they used The drug would
hurt the sale of their goods, and thel
mt II hers-sce ?-around the edge of the
cther printing. In letters so small Il
would take a microscope to make en-
out"
Dodging the Law.
Verify. the ways of lodging the Law
are many.
"A man may come in here any timt
and buy some of our goods, and have
'em sent up TO the Agricultural Depart
ment for analysis. OF course, We carry
only the best class of goods, and we'v,
never had any trouble. But the foreign
preserves seem 70 be put UP without tn,
use of drugs to keep them"
Periodically. in the housekeeping cor
ners of papers and magazines. some
body writes articles advising impecuni
Gus women In need Of work to put III
Jams and jellies for the suppositious us
of city people who are yearning for tin
preserves that mother used to make
Judging by the opinions of the grocer
on the subject. the chances of any wo
man making a fortune by this bushes
are extremely slim. They might pos
sibly make something If they dealt di
rectly with their customers, avoidinl
middlemen. but in order to make any
thing on a quart can of peaches, for ex
ample, a woman would have to sell /
for about 65 cents; and there ar
peaches in the market for 20, put I'D II
tin. and the best manufacturers good
in glass cans sell at retail for from
. 10 65 cents, while ut wholesale they ar
7 much cheaper. There is a woman i
New York State who i making none
e at this business, but she has n larg
factory, like anybody else. There Is n
, money in small lots.
4 "Americs&s vt2 net buy cannes son
a timent at % cents extra per can