New-York tribune., 1907-05-05

The work is done some distance from the vi.
lage by the wrinkled old women who hold Tia
secret. The process includes The use Of great
amount of elbow grease" pitch. with possibly
some other ingredients. frequent exposure TO fra
and smoke, and-most important OF au-th.
repetition of fncantations and formulas By ths
old hags. Absolute silence must be malntafne1
at one stage. A single spoken word at thi,
juncture, II Is believed, will damage the stona
Great IS taken to repeat the words Of the
incantations without omission. with the proper
pronunciation and in the right order for.
there has been an error in these respects, when
a fire is lighted under the stone 1t will crack
Great satisfaction is felt by the women OF tho
household it, when looking up from the grind
ing of the corn from time to time. no seam Is
seen forming across the smooth surface Of the
jet black stone
The Australian caught in the depths Of the
primevaI wilderness makes what he calls
"damper." 1t is the product Of necessity for
he is many miles from civilization when
"damper' will satisfy him. A slab Of bark
stripped from a neighboring tree serves as a
kneading trough for the mixing Of the handful
Of precious flour and water The traveller
weary from his long journey. kneels beside the
improvised dish and forms his cake amid the
emphatic silence of nature, disturbed at night
only by the howl of the dngo. or by day by the
screech OF the parrot cockatoo or measured
hopping of the kangaroo. When the cake IS
fashioned ne rakes out the glowing Goals from
the fire of fragrant myaH eucalyptus. and
lays it on the bed provided. Then he carefully
covers it over with Goals. keeping the ashes of.
The baker of Zanzibar is a dexterous man In
his little s.x-foOt bakery he must be nimble in
order to keep his elbows out of the ribs Of the
passing pedestrians. His oven is Of earth
shaped exactly like the copper washing kettle
of the English kitchen At the bottom is lot
of burning wood Around the top inside is a
smooth, concave surface. Deity the baker ma
nipulates the dough. singing a monotonous song
the while. Having fashioned a disk OF dough
about eight inches across and 4 sixteenth Of an
inch thick, ne throws it upon the concave sur
face and begins another Blistering and bub-
bling, the wafer is done in the twinkling Of an
eye With agility the baker evades the project
ing forms in the passing throns. while keeping
the circle of unbaked and baked disks going to
and from the odd stove with the precision of
juggler throwing balls
a swinging log over vessel containing hot
Goals serves the bakers of Tiflis. IN Persia the
oven is a barrel-like structure, set up in the
ground and heated from within. The sheets CT
dough. which about foot wide and two
feet long. having been reduced TO the thickness
of sole leather, are slapped on the outside.
The sturdy Boer housewife does not believe
in fresh bread, for it means much labor and
frequent bakinss 1t is made every ten days,
and is apt to be the most solid kind OF bread, for
the -four is Hghtened little as possible. IN
order TO make the bread keep well Her oven ts
of baked earth standing IN the back yard con-
veniently near the back door. The lOaves are Of
prOdigiOus size, in some cases as large as cart
wheels. The baking usually occupies entire
day According to some travellers the Bor
housewife this day usually creates the IN
preston that there is only for her in the
kitchen, for the labor gets on her nerves"