Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-09

lin the Ecelesiazusae a word OF i've ilnes
long to do justice 70.
She came from land where what mat
tered was taste and not time, and she
had been trained over slow charcoal
fire; POGO. POGO" sho would exclalm TO
the giowering cook, and when that much
injured woman not unnaturally seized
tho poker and produced fine blaze, shrin
protests IN an unknown tongue would
come wailing up the narrow staircase.
ComestibIes without Number.
But our traveller has fingered In the
Levant. and has yet 20 taste his passion
fruit salad IN Australia; his armadillo
roasted in the shell-a delectable thing
in Argentina: and IN New Zealand tho
Moau worm which lives In tree trunks
and has nutty flavor when fried. Birds
nests he may eat In China. for they are
carefully washed before being served
with a sort Of chicken broth. And here
may be mentioned three deloaces which
travellers mention but do not taste. The
first IL the egg OF the Chinese epicure.
IL has been buried for more than a CEN
fury. and an egg OF a vintage year holds
the place Of a great hook; secondly, there
IL the soap. which the I0sklmos persist
I In regarding as n cornestible; and finally
/ the eponymous dish OF the cannibal ban
I quot this Is distinguished by the name
OF Long Pig.
/ The experience OF travellers on beaten
| tracks are tame 90 those OF explorers, pl-
oneers. and gentlemen adventures" Or
ellana. who was all three was glad OF a
| bite OF snake on his terrible journey 10
the mouth of the Amazon. As for the
hero OF the Boys Book, he may be said
TO hold his high office In virtue OF being
/ omnlvorous. The ham OF a bear is n
/ favorito dish OF his. ana when he had
finished ham overnight, he eats the
powS for breakfast next morning much
as the husbands OF the ladies' who write
cookery books consume tho remains Of
Tuesdays breakfast haddock as savory
on Thursday-not that he touches bear
meat II there is elephants foot 10 be had.
Give him n Jungle generous helping Of
elephants foot, and the rest OF the beast
70 recline against and he Is at his hap
plost-happler even than when munchinG
( his way through a stranded whale with
tho natives whose national dish Il g.; for
stranded whale In strong meat
one Thing sacred.
But tho Boys Book hero Is not true
hero. for he draws the limo somewhere;
he viii not eat monkey. and for that
reason. when he reaches his proper limbo
no will DO blaokbailed for the Heros
(Which corresponds TO our traveler) by
fbsens band. True heroes-people who
draw tho line nowhere--both in fact and
I'm fiction, are great and adventurous
eaters: many OF their dishes are recorded.
but we shall never know what II was
that the blamelesH Philippians set before
the gods when ambrosia-which appears
TO have been kind OF highly scented
hnir-grease-had lost its SAVIOR. Radicals
Is more explicit, and so is Shakespeare.
Poor Tom was far from being content
with rats and mice and such small
deer" he could find a corner-or cor
ners-for the toad, the tadpole, the wall
newt and the swimming frog. Indeed.
Il may well be that he came by his adiec-
tive much as Little" John did. and that
in reality be was as fat as Hamlet or
stout Cortez.
And yet This cheek lanked not"
TO Judge from Octavius' apostrophe;
The barks OF trees thou browsedst; on
the Alps
1t is reported. thou dldst eat strange
which some did die to look on.
And yet his cheek ianked notion
don Times.