Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-02
MISREPRESENTATION
The spOilsr," with Apologies 70 The
Vampire" Describes wOmsn's Part.
MEANTIME MALAGA GRAPES are GONE
Southern Vegetables Are Scarce ana
High in Proportion, bat
Texas Comes 90 the
Rescue.
The smaller.

The sS,oIIer.
with Apologies 20 The vampire'O
A woman there was and she wrote for the
CAS- You or might do).
She told how to cut and fit n dress,
l iaitsfhgeV never had done II herself. / guess
p which none Of her readers knew.
Oh. the hour we spent and the -four we
And the sugar we wasted'Iike sand
At the hest Of woman who never had
CAnd now we know that she never could
And aid not understand.
A woman there was and she wrote right
CAS- you or might do)
How out OF barrel to make a chair,
To be covered with chintz and stuffed with
'TwOuId adorn any parlOr and give it an
tAnd we thought the tale was true).
Oh the days we worked and the ways we
To hammer aha saw and hack.
In making chair in which no one would
A chair in which no one could possibly sit
Without a crick in his back
A woman there was and she had her fun
She wrote recipes and she never tried one;
She wrote about children-of course she
! She told us to do what she never had done
CAnd never intended TO try).
And It isn't to toll and It isn't to spoil
That brims the cup OF disgrace;
It's 70 follow woman who didn't know
"A woman who never had cooked any
But wrote ana was paid to ill space
The Congrcgatiouallst.
Malaga grapes--one Of the choicest in
gradients OF the fruit s, lad and one of the
most effective Of the decorative fruits-are
all gone. The very last were offered on
Fridays market at 30 cents a pound and
they were by no means choice Straw
berries are more plentiful and cheaper
than they have been before this season.
selling at Is and 80 cents a quart box The
choicer ones come from Florida and the
others from Texas. but they are all nice.
sound of good color and flavor. The or
anges grow better each week, In looks as
well as taste, and they are no more ex-
pensive, either. selling from IS TO 10 cents
a dozen. Lemons are 20 and 80 cents a
dozen pineapples. 20 to 80 cents each; grape
fruit, from 10 to 12ll cents each. Peaches
are che;I,er than they were last week,
selling two for IS cents, and there are q
few pears In market selling for 30 and Il
Red bananas came in last week and sell
for so cents dozen. 1t was small ship
ment, however. These have not been plen
tifui in the local market for some time ant
are counted rather novelty.
Southern vegetables have been scarce anC
high In proportion for the last week, blu
this situation has been relieved recently by
the arrival of carload shipments from
Texas The first shipment OF new cabbag,
came this week and is being retaiIed at
cents a. pound. The older cabbage sells fol
{ cents a pound. String beans are to b'
NJ. but are not plentiful and cost D
~N49ats a quart, retail. New onions, unusu
any fine looking, are and 10 cents a bunch
and new beets, carrots and radishes are
cents a bunch. Artichokes are to be ha,
again at 25 cents each. and Brussel
sprouts, the best offered in several weeks
are IS cents box. Tomatoes are 90 cent
a pound. cucumbers 10 to % cents each
caulihower 20 and 30 cents each. and Gran
berries from 10 to IS cents a quart. Egg
plant is in market again this week an
sells for Is cents each. Head lettuce tina
looks and feels almost as firm as SINAI
cabbage sells for Is cents head. Othe
lettuce is cents a head and three for 2
cents.
Rhubarb--from Council Biuffs--sslls for
cents a bunch. and it is of exceptions
quality. This is, by the way, about a
cheap as may be expected. even after III
hrst-home grown comes in, for that rarel
begins for less than 10 cents. OF cours
this weeks offering is hot house produc
but n could not be nicer though it wi
be larger after while. Some OF tn
choicest celery offered Friday came froi
Bellevue Neb There was not very niue
OF It and II sold for cents a stalk Spar
Ssh onions are 10 cents pound. spinach
cents a peck. Irish potatoes from 80 cent
TO 81 a bushel. sweet potatoes 10 and
CENTS bushel, and new potatoes 10 CEN
a pound.
~ Eggs, the best the market affords sod Il
y % and "a cents Friday morning Thes
the dealers say are absolutely fresh. Pacl
age creamery butter is still at IS cents
pound. but dairy butter OF fine quality Is
be had from Is to 80 cents a pound
Home grown honey has been scarce, b,
is selling at IS cents a frame and is nj,
and white. The STRAPPED honey is 20 cen
q pound.
Maple sugar IL Is and IS cents a pour
and graduated sugar sells from Is to