The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-20
Shades Of Rome Stalk Throuph
Thanksgiving Market.
And There Study the Food Of
the Modern Gastronome.
HUGE BIRD is MARVEL
Find Choice Vegetables, Fruit
and Meat on Display.
NO Manifestation of a Shortage
OF Turkey Supply.

Inc SHADES OF LucuIlus and rs.r
santua stalked through the marke+.
surveying the mountains of food wait-
ing LOT the multitude to devour -,
thanksgiving day. AS they passed the
meat stalls. where hung the rrdd-r
peaves, the chops Of Gary.nt,.s
smacked with gluttonous appreciation
Tarry, friend" he said ~ ~.
wrath OF the Roman emneror az
would see more of this. IT ren,,a-
1 7 ,, 9l the days Of my substance wben
OF red meats at gulp.'' Ills pace
1T interests me not, ub,s,a
saaooW at his side. 1--WE are cooa -.
see what manner of food these mo- 70
renle miIr,als least upon on their day of
feast but once wear 10y should
much. This is not a FOOD en- me
cures, but for soldiers in the f,a,d cpl
wprkmen In the ditch. Let us SEE
played" are dis
They They came to a stall, Gargantua
casting backward looks at the beevas
81 go muttons and bare-scraped hoes
Mnere whfte-fieshed fowls Law in
full Of frost. az was
what is this huge bird?" asked
L9cullus. surveying curiously an enor-
NOUS ,sIs turkey hanging by his heels.
10 tne turkey" answered Gar
DAY, but I have devoured them by
wholesale, as they will be swaIlowaS
come Thanksgiving.
have they no 1arks, that they NAV
eat their tongues; no lampreys fed a.
slaves? p asked the ghost of Rome
This seems coarse"
Here we have geese" began Gar
gantua: his lips SOLDERING a misty an
probation. op
"Caasa. xuo fo5 xL
slaves" sneered Lucullus. s.Show ny
something fit for a gentleman and a
roman to eat. I fear these moderna
have a vulgar taste"
swamps.'' iioe
Food for sturdy people, but not
things"
AS. they passed through the mar
RET Lney saw men and women pinch
ing biue-legged turkeys and yellow
tat geese, and carrying them OFF in
their baskets. paying % cents a pound
Tor the former and 10 cents for the
geese, which was price similar to
that paid a year before.
wild geese" read LucuIlus. Athat
sell for SO each-monstrous," "a thew
passed a scant offering.
They wandered past the delicate
cheeses of France and italy, and the
fat lips of Gargantua leaked prodi-
ffously. They were the product of his
own sunny land, Roquefort. Brie.
Camambert and what not to finish of
the meal of plenty.
But when they came to the rrufts
Lucullus held him.
These are new to me- said the
Roman, land I would long for INV
substance again that I might taste
them"
Fruits are too watery for nv
taste" grunted Gargantua.
They are the finest the earth has
to give. See these grapes. And pears.
These moderns do not fare SO badly
stances for the salad. Here too. are
most delectabIe vege-
table, with French artichokes. rot I'M
like those we got from Jerusalem.
Here is lettuce as delicate as the dew,
ana here green peas in the pod, won
derful! I would that 1 might feast
with one of these moderns or his
yearly day devoted to astronomy"
Here they parted. Gargantua to re-
turn to the stalls, where there he
iterating his appreciation. and where
a news writer came upon him.
1t was at big lower Kansas ave-
nue. commission house that thsschance
where the manager let drop a few
facts in connection with this years
turkey crop in Kansas.
''I think" he said, "that the cur
rent opinion that there is shortage
of turkeys in Kansas is erroneous-
Statistics show that there is SO per
cent of a CROP and again Gargan-
tua's chops gave expression to n wide
spread smile of satisfaction
'sThe Shawnee county supply is
light" continued the commission Iner~
chant, "and somehow people have
seemed to have overlooked other pOr~
lions of the state in their reckoning
Present conditions indicate cheaper
supply for Thanksgiving than for
Christmas. with great quantities OF
fucks and geese IN addition