The chronicle=news., 1913-07-29
AGED EGGS ARE
A OEL|CACY IN
NEW YORK

New York. July 2s-Thsi old egg
are really the best and that no one
| should scorn the delicate hen fruit
because 1t happens to be u few years
OF age. or even old enough to vote.
II the surprising testimony Just rem
dered by an expert witness in u hear
lug now going on to determine the
status OF 400 cans OF frozen eggs seiz-
ed BY the government three years
ago. The witness testified that these
aged egss were perfectly wholesome
aud as evidence told OF feeding them
TO his family ana workers In his lab
ratory without any III effects. When
the health Sharps ~ the hearing
seemed incredulous the expert ex-
plaIned that to keep EGGS for Few
years Is really nothing compared to
the feats OF tn. Chinese. who pre-
serve them for IndifInitc periods. II.
recalled that when III Hung Chang
visited America he brought with him
eggs = hundred years old because
there were none In this country to
slut hts palate. While the csgs have
been ripeninx In storage In Jersey
City the federal courts have been
wrestiinE with the problem OF their
fitness for food. Judge Gross OF tn.
United States district court decided
that the government hal not proved
its ease against tn. eggs. He ~ns
reversed by the circuit court Of ap-
p.als whose judgment was In turn
set aside by the supreme court OF the
nit.d States on the ground that Il
Twas without Jurisdiction. All that
public Is the want Of an order Of the
state hoard Of health releasing them
from storage. A. the latest REPORTS
show that the cold storage eggs on
hand In the United States amount to
over $1,000. 900 dozen. this case has
attracted particular attention for
more reasons than one.
or the many odd vacations taken
by the New Workers the most oddly
Characteristic II believed to be al
journey on which not = bath shall i'r
missed and on 'rouxhinx II" shall
be- cadurcd Notwithstanding that Il |
will be from broadway to Fort Nc
kenxie river. 200 miiea within the
Arctic circle. The psrty viii be sbi-
to cling to the luxuri~s Of si-~pinx
csrs until u transfer to u steamer ON
the Athsbasra river Ii made and will
risk discomfort only At one roini
where for y stretch Of rapids another
transfer will bc made to York boats.
which being opcn. may call for un-
brellas on = rainy day. The major
part OF the river journey. however.
will be made In steamers Of the fur
trade up and down the great Mac
kcnxic for u distance Of c.3O0 mile.
and this will bc only y trifIc less
comfortable than on Fall River
s.tamer Of the Hudson. The trip
was proposed to the astonishcd cafe
patrons OF Americas most fasiidio,is
city aS \ challenge to the deep seat
cd prejudice against yenturinE west
ward. out Of range to push buttons
and the sparkling vintage which
come forth In cobwehbed bottles. The
opening Of q rail and river route to
Fort Mackenzie fell upon needless
ears until the thought was diSpclicd
| that hardship might lurk in the eN-
prience and that coffee might be
| brcwcd mcwhcrc on the route from
smokey pot over camp fire and
| that pinebouHhs needs must be slept
upon instead o! soft mattresses and
springs. The completion OF u rail-
road. the Canadian Northern. to tho
| Athabasca at the poat which for gen
crations was the outfittinE point for
trappers. Athabasca Landing, mad.
this novelty in summer tours possibi,
but II will be next year before the
idea will have pcrcolatcd far enough
for the trip to be undertaken in any
numbers. Never before has II been
possible to go straight from Goth
am 70 a region promising no great a
contrast. notwithstanding that set.
tlcmcnt and enterprise is pouring
into the region to which the rails
Were laid.
II New York Ii rapidly approaching :
a famine Of. domestic servants. En-.
ployment agencies find Il impossible
to meet the demand for them. II is
not 80 much because women who arc
willing to work as servants are
scarce IN II is that 80 many OF them
are Incompetent. Every employment
agency in New York has more appli.
cations for work from would he SER
wants than II can I'LL. but there H.