The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-04

the size of a tea plate. they have q
hole in the centre. The baker make,
them from the dough. bakes them. and
returns them hot from the oven to the
customer He receives cents for each
half-dozen leaves or he may instead
take tool OF one loaf for each dozen
Before starting tho baking nc greases
the floor of the oven with olive OIL
The reason for these public bakerie.
is tho great cost of fuel. Tho Arabs
have proverb showing that such bak-
4 Ing Is the cheapest This reads: send
| your bread to the oven of the baker
even though he should eat tho hat
of tt
frequently sec boys carrying dough
TO these bakeries. or bread home from
them They use trays which they bear
on their heads. Ancient Jerusalem had
had Its Bakers street, for we read
! tnat Zedekian. the king. put the pro-
| phet jeremiah into the court of the
! prison and commanded that they
should give him daily piece of bread
| out OF the Bakers street.
Delicious With Salad,
| During my stay In Jerusalem have
| enjoyed the salad which is served al
! tho hotel with an olive oil dressing
rms is land of olives and tho oil IL
delicious. 1t Is Is clear as honey and
has tint like the green OF chartreusc
l say have enjoyed 1t, but doubt
that will enjoy it hereafter. Why? ]
| nave seen how 1t Is made. Come With
me to an oil mill which is kept Just
Off David street, not more than
stones throw or so from the pool of
Hezekiah. 1t consists of q cave which
is half stable. half mill. In the stable
section are stalls for horses, donkeys
and camels, which are eating chocolate
brown cakes from stone hangers
Ihese cakes are made of the refuse of
the olives after the oil is squeezed out
Ihey arc said to be fattening.
On the other side Of the cave stands
stone ledge about as high as my
waist from the floor. This ledge has
hole In It's centre and is as big around
as flour BARREL Within it, his clothes
tied up to his waist is barefooted.
barelegsed Ethiopian. who is treadins
| the oil out of crushed olives. His face,
shines like polished ebony and the
white drops Of sweat stands out upon
ms bareback and legs. l peep over the
ledge into the well where he Is stand
Ing. A linen cloth has been laid on the
mixture, and he Is tramping the ground
olives. SO that their juice goes into
the. cloth. AS 1t becomes saturated he
Wrinss the oil out Into red clay ba-
sin, whence 1t Is poured into the Jars
to be strained for the market
Farther back in the cave is the mill
for grinding the olives. It is much
like the bark mill of tannery, the
wheel being turned by an ungain.y
camel httched to bar. understand
that wine Hado In the Holy Land is
still trodden out with the feet
At the Jatra Gate.
But let let US go to market at the
Jaffa gate and see what the people
have brought IN from the country for
sale. There are scores Of women with
baskets of vegetables before them.
beautiful cauliAowers with heads as
white as snow. They have lemons and
oranges from Jaffa and apples and
pears from the highlands Of Judea
Many Of the sellers are Bethlehem
girls with high hats and fair faces
and among the buyers are fierce !
Bedouins from the desert. their heads
bound round With ropes. Many Of the
mon have guns In their hands. for no
one thinks Of travelling far over Pales. 4
tine unarmed. There are Syrians and
Jews and Russian pilgrims who are
buying supplies for the hospice. called
Little Russia, which lies outside tho
city, Here are many people selling
beads. although the most of the bead
sellers are about the Church Of the
Holy Sepulcher. The beads arc of glass
and they come from Hebron. not far
from the cave which is Abraham's tomb. !
Hebron Is the chesf town of South
Palestine, and is manufacturing CEN
tire. 1t makes lamps and bottles as
we'll as glass trinkets and glass beads,
which arc sold all over the Holy Land |
Jerusalem Chickens.
The cock which crew for ST. Peter
has many descendants YoM may soc !
some OF them in this market. They
ars tied hX the leEs and 1!e Oh the