Evening journal., 1910-11-23
FEW TURKEYS
IN THE MARKET
Therefore Chickens and Ducks
VIII Grace Many Tables
on Thanksgiving Day
SHOPPERS IN Happy
MOOD IN MARKET PLACES

There certainly was large and en-
thusiastic gathering in the markets
this morning He who went shopping
did lust as well not to be In hurry,
because the crowds made even ordin-
airy progress impossible. However,
everyone was in happy Woodland when
two friends unconsciously held up
traffic for five minutes while telling
each other about John and his family
and all the Joneses coming to dinner
tomorrow, the crowd just smiled and
felt a sympathetic. friendly interest
I'm other folks Thanksgiving plans.
Thanksgiving prices Of nearly every
commodity seemed TO be about the
same as last year. though the scarcity
OF turkeys among the fat fowl stretch
ed along the stalls with claws de-
murely folded on their plump breasts.
was very noticeable. Chickens. SELL
ing from is TO 20 cents a pound
young ones, and geese at l9 to
cents a pound. were plentiful, ~ /.
viii be the Thanksgiving bird for
many tables But the question. Got
your turkey YETI" was the most fire.
quently heard, and there was a con-
stast refrain from all the poultry
I tlAilNt AlMt AiAt lilui ilbA VI W0fNn VI
/ the beach, Thirty cents a pound
extra fancy, thirty-two cents for COB
blers. thirty-five cents a pound for
hen-birds"
A rather touching sight was live
turkey standing deiectedly among
cages OF nosy and joyous ducks and
chickens, who were busily practicing
the advice, Let us eat, drink. and be
merry for tomorrow we die" The
turkey was evidently a pet, for her
keeper occasionally put a finger into
the cage and scratched her neck, and
she seemed TO appreciate the caress.
though II was evident she realized
fully that there was price set not
/ exactly upon her head but thirty
( cents for every pound OF her twenty
4 five pounds OF flesh. She must have
felt like thirty cents.
y The stall-keepers themselves were
chatting each other on not having ths
Z display OF turkeys that they had las
year. saying You won't be goinl
around with that fat turkey-walle
after this Thanksgiving "..-rug,'
- The fruit merchants were busiI,
Y publishing the prices OF their ware
! Fine grapes. lady, twenty cents 9
pound ten and twelve cents a pound
nice, sweet oranges, twenty cents "a
twenty-five cents a dozen: Jennings is
twenty-five cents. and apples is twelve
a quarter-peck. The Information
with regard to cranbcrrIcs was "I on
cents n uuar., and they're grand ber-
ries, ma'am"
For some reason. the potatoes lock-
! ed very pretty this morning, they
, were so smooth and plump. A Della
q ware sweet potato is mighty hard TO
5 beat, anyway. They were selling ia
} market at $ cents a quarter peck, ard
, white potatoes at cents. A firm.
e solid head Of cabbage brought from
1 5 to 10 cents, and celery was abun-
dant. bringing from to 10 cents a
r bunch, according to size.
The market baskets were Of large
; size. and some were weighed down
with two big basketloads. Anyone
? who has toted home a big basket full
y Of market produce knows that It Is
p some work. and it is a wonder how
: some OF the folks ever did get home.
e Many had 10 put down their baskets
, at intervals and take a rest.
= There is one thing very noticeable
:. to strangers from other parts of the
: country and that is the universal
Z love of flowers shown by people here.
\ The market basket without bunch or
a chrysanthemums was rare exception
this morning. Chrysanthemums sold
q all the way from 10 and 10 cents for
G the bunch OF small aster-like blooms.
d and from cents for small single
j. blooms, TO 25 cents for great fuzzy
globes.