The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-11
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"A the stage of the world. where all
s@ The people are the players, tragedy
W and comedy so completely inter
mingled that the eyes are often crying
while the mouth is laughing Ever since that
DAY when the first man was driven from the
Garden Of Eden and hidden TO earn his
livelihood by the sweat OF his brown the
aifIiculties attendant upon earning nv
Ing have increased, until the people are
driven TO all kinds of curious expedients
TO keep the wolf from the door. These
raculiaritics OF our daily employment
make an interesting and fascinating study
and present many sides that would be
funny were it not for the terrible reality
of RI all. The spectacle of 40-year-old
woman, for instance. selling papers on the
streets OF a Western city In competition
with grimy and profane newsDoys. would
cause a grin of derisfon but for the real
izing sense that she is compelled by cir
cumstances to take this course to keep
within the ranks of the vast army fight
in desperately for its daily bread.
And speaking of daily bread. how many
people are there who know that in one
certain part of the globe the bakers work
the dough with their knees instead OF
their hands? joker would probably say
that this is where the term 'kneading the
dough- originated. Perhaps it is. This
peculiar feature of our daily toll Is found
I'm Italy, and the traveller who tells the
story says that bakers in that sunny
country all knoek-kneed as result.
The bakers kneel the dough. and,
graspinc a high support with their hands.
prod and twist and thump the soft ma IS
before them-or rather under them--un-
I'll it has attained the required consis-
teney. This work. it Is said. enlarges
and deforms the knees. causing them to
Interfere in walking. The bakers fnvaria-
bly, battle before kneading the bread. and
as the knees are never used for many
things that the hands are. 1t really would
appear that the knee-kneaded bread is
cleaner than the hand kneaded kind. In
many of the remote parts of Italy, and
France, too, n great deal of wine is still
trodden out with the bare feet, so that
those who desire a rather unique lunch
con can make it of kneekneaded bread
and foot-trodden wine. Either would
probably be found cleaner and more
palatable than packing house sausage.
Still talking about eatables, did It ever
occur to you that In a city the size OF
Indianapolis. Ind, 5000 pies. valued at
5000 net are made and eaten every day9
II this Is so in Indianapolis. what must
the daily consumption of pie amount to
in New York or Chicago? And. perhaps.
you never thought either that the pie
making business has its dull as well
its prosperous and busy seasons An old
piemaker told me the other day that dur
Ing the berry and melon seasons the de-
waud for pies decreases perceptibly- A
number of confirmed pie-eaters switch to
season of small profits, too. because most
of the pie dema nded is that made from
small berries, etc, which are high priced,
making the margin of gain very small.
OF all the pies. apple is the most staple
the old stanfby-eateu summer, fall, win
ter and spring. The berry pies come and
go. and so do the lemons and the GUS
tardS but the demand for apple never
dimlnishes. except in the fall, when the
pumpkin pie is king. Mince. peach and
cranberry rank in the order of popularity
named. coming quite way behind apple.
however. And, If you'll not breathe IL to
soul. here's secret-some apple pies
never see apple.
Food is one of the most important fac
tors in the life of any human being; it is
the fuel that makes the daily work pos
sihIe, and Ii is quite natural. then. that
in an article touching on daily toll, food
should be one of the first things men
toned anu one of the longest dwelt upon
a peculiar occupation is that of corps
OF professional samplers Of the term may
be used. who are employed by the De-
partment OF Agriculture Mt Washington.
Their duty is TO live for q length OF time
foods doctored or adulterated with
some certain substance. They are con-
stantly under expert supervision, and the
effect of the poison on their system Is
noted. In this way the harmfulness of
authorizations is determined. If the
sampler lives, the food is good; IL he dies.
1T is dangerous and its sale prohibited.
For the benefit of the Timid and tender
hearted. however. ii may be well to
mark that none have died yet. and, as
they take the foreign substance thought
TO be dangerous in very small quantities.
none are likely to-from this cause, at
lesSr.
Two Kinds of Peculiarfties.
N gathering material for an article on
the peeuliarities that enter into the hum
drum task of ekeing out an existence. |
soon found that there were two classes
OF them-the peculiar features in connec-
ton with vast trades where many find
employment. and the unique ayocations
chosen in different parts of the world by
single individuals. 1 learned. for instance,
that many thousands of people in America
today find steauy employment at fair
wages curling hair for mattresses. and /
learned. too OF one Individual who man
ages TO make fair living by curling his
own hair and selling the curls at so much
per- He is q Partisan with silken bru-
~@tta hair. Just the color OF the hair Of