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- taste: Tastes differ ;
Every one to his own
taste; What is meat for
one is poison for another
and .Deeustibus non est disputandum'
are phrases which come more or less
trippingly to the tongue Of man or woman
every day or many times q day. Taste
is especially varied in the matter of
food-so varied that it not only differs in
different persons, but undergoes change
in the same person. In France frogs and
snails have been eaten with relish for
centuries, while most Englishmen. living
just across the channel, have never devel-
oped q fondness for them. Rabbits are
liked on the French table. but not gen
orally esteemed by the Germans. Scotch
men will not eat eels that are sold and
eaten in large quantities in east London.
In the United States the general run
OF people do not crave eels Tor 1000.
though quite large element esteems them.
Many Americans will not look cooked
will throw an American into gustatory
Mysteries. Is not understood by the peo-
pie Of England. Horse meat is reiisneo
in continental Europe. but an American
it is with the goat. The American can
not be made to understand that its flesh
is savory and wholesome. and II he eats
it at all it must be introduced to him in
the guise of spring lamb. The United
States man is even shy Of goats milk. de-
servedly well thought Of and generously
consumed In many other parts OF the
world. In one section OF the United
States the baked bean is thought to
hold within its small bulk great sum OF
virtues. In another part OF the United
ef and 'es eaten % lightly o. While ali the vr-
tues ascribed to 1t are accredited to hom-
iny.
There was a dinner In Berlin recently
given by the military attaches on duty
there to a number of German army oni-
GERS. At that dinner, which was held
during the maneuvers in Silesia. each at
tache provided some table specially OF
his own country. The menu included:
England. represented by plum pudding:
roasted. with stufang and cranberry
sauce; France. champagne: Russia, black
Russian caviare and red Siberian caviare:
Austria, Tokay wine: Spain, Malaga and
sherry; Belgium and Italy. ham; Bull
garia, jaurt, a sort Of solidifed sour milk;
Turkey. nougat; Japan. fish la Nasa-
saki. and Brazil cigars and preserved
fruits.
Ancient cookery and things cooked
seem strange and weird to modern men.
and would. no doubt. seem stranger and
Martial and Petronius have written that
in their times a properly fattened dor
mouse was generally esteemed as an artt-
Gle Of food. and an English cook IN the
middle ages informs us that In parties
Of Asia and Africa the oliphant Is eaten.
not az the Romans and Egyptians were
wont to do. spar1nsly and only a. per-
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enlarged by himself; the shortest Of any
representative or senator-perhaps the
shortest ever printed. Where others in
the public eye have seized this as an
opportunity to tell the story of their
lives. Mr.. Wingo has been content with
the following:
otis WINGO. democrat. of De Queen:
elected to the Sixty-third Congress"
That's all; Mr.. Wingo says It's enough.
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The Reason.

Tracking down a
gang of fleeing
train robbers in an
a u t o m obile, and
I h e n C e, single
handed. capturing &
them at the point
Of the pistol. saw
ors more Of the
dime novel of boy
hood than OF the
routine work of q
civil officer. Yet
at his desk in his
coy quarters in
the House office
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Entirely Through.

Apropos of spec
ulative schemes,
Senator Norris Of
Nebraska tells q
story of the far
west which has q
pathetic little tinge
to it. There was q
man in the east
who had some
money which he
wanted to invest, "
he says. land at tho
fatal moment when
he was trying to
decide what to do
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the dainty lingerie Is pinned around
the outside edge and when infiatef
makes a most grotesoue sight.
To Americans this city has a speoi:
sitting here In 1S4S. on the 30th of May
OF that year. ratified the peace treaty
between the United States and Mexico,
which had been concluded at Guada-
lonpe HidalSo the previous I'd 90
February President Polk. on the fol-
lowing July 4. finally proclaimed peace
and the Americans evacuated Mexico in
three months
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Lo, Poor Uncle Sam!

Delegate James
y ! ok Q r s ham Of
Alaska represents
one of the most in
teresting parts of
our country, a state
yet in the making.
On the wall of his
office Is a huge
mounted head of a
caribou which he
killed, and just op-
posite Is that Of a
beautiful, W hi t e
6 at resembling
those Of the AlpS,
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To the Point.
r Q pr esentative

r . pr esentative
Otis Wingo Of
Arkansas. of po-
etic mien and chis-
eled profile some
what Byronesque,
Is a man of fluent,
rounded S p e e C h,
whether address,
Ing assembled Con-
gress or chatting
in the privacy of
his ofhce. But, with
the written word.
he is as terse as
Carlyle: brief as a
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Past and Present.

DROF. BRANDEK MATTHEW'S o, Co.
luTnbia University enlivened with
joke one of his learned lectures on the
drama
In the theater of the past" he said.
''the public sat on the stage. 1t still sits
on the play at times
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HE historic city OF
Queretaro, which Is
the objective point
Of the rebel army
under Villa. with
Mexico City in
view. Is situated
at the junction OF
the National and
Mexican Central
railways, the two
Great systems OF
Mexico. 1t is a
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shell. The French in 1865 tore down the
great altar and burned II to get the
gold. securing. 1t is said. the value Of
81, 800, COO
The steps of the churches here. as in
other parts of Mexico. are used as tenn
porary hospitals and almshouses Early
In the morning the sick. the crippled
and poyerty- stricken oeggars OF the
,.,obborhood are brought and put on
the steps of the nearest church, that
.hey NAV gather aims for the day s ra-
+,ons and excite the sympathy of the
sightseer.
clothes are a neglible quantity. SO no
,boupht Is given to them. further than
TO fulfill the law; for there is law on
the statute books reciting that men
must wear decent pantaloons-instead
of the unbleached cotton makeshfts
they ordinarily wear in the city limits.
The customs here. as in all parts of
the country, are very unique. and II one
questions them they are told with
shrur of the shoulders that 1t is ia
costumbre"-and that settles 1t.
Sometimes in the narrow streets of
Oueretaro Is seen advancing what looks
like a miniature white squadron, or, to
be more accurate. the Spanish armada
under full sail. But at a nearer view it
is seen to be only a procession of men
At first it Is embarrassing to see
ones laundry gayly floating to the
breeze in the public streets. showing
the beauty or defect of every garment,
but it's the custom. The fat pieces are
folded in the bottom of the basket, but
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Queretaro, Historic
Mexican City, Lies in
the Path Villa Must
Take to the Mexicar
Capital Is CONNER
cial Cenetr of Southern
Mexico-A Hotbed of
Revolutions-Most of
the Unbleached Cotton
Used in Mexico Is
Manufactured in Que
retaro-Quaint Points
of Interest About the
City.
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telegram, and as direct.
Witness his biography In the Congress
sional Directory. written. embellished and
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Sugar was at first sold by apothecaries.
both as a medicine and as a thing to
sweeten and make other medicines more
palatable. for in those days a medicine
which was not bitter and nauseous was
considered to be of little effectiveness.
The olden food sweet was honey. The
sugar habit grew on people. its production
was stimulated and today the whole world
uses it as a food-and a very important
article of food.
When coffee was introduced into Eng
land In the middle of the seventeenth cen-
tury it WAS heralded for its health giving
properties. and the habit became estab-
lished perhaps in this way. A coffee ad-
vertisement published in 1857. and It ID
believed that that was the first coffee
advertisement In England. extollsd the
virtues Of the new drink.
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e1o1sTER LA CRUZ fLDsnTL1AN SlRR RED
c,re

Grated by the French soldiers during their
invasion. but is still very wonderful and
interesting, aside from its historic sig
nifcance. Charles Dudley Warner in his
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description of it says: "It is one of the
finest chapels in the world, rich In wood
carving and overlaid with gold leaf. al
most gold plate. In some places the
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can whitebait. In that part of the world
another dish in high favor with natives or
good taste is a starchy grass which when
boiled is green and glutinous.
An Arab feast provided by a modern
Lucullus in that region of the world
had as it's main features. it's pieces de
resistance. the following:
"A sheep roasted whole and filed
with pistachio nuts; the national
'couscous.' the dish of rich and poor
served. with roast chicken surrounded
with sliced hard-boiled eggs. There
was 'chikouka' compounded of capsi-
Gums, tomatoes and eggs beaten up
with oil and lemon juice; cakes covered
With with honey me, and butter: artiehokes
pared with the pistils Of bean flowers;
cakes Of semolina kneaded with dates
and several kinds of Tastry seasoned
with the essence of roses and jasmine"
Many of the articles of food now
generally and generously consumed were
In the long ago esteemed merely for
the supposed medicinal qualities locked
up in them. In the middle ages straw
berries Were prescribed as a cure for
consumption and ulcers. and Linnaeus
a, long time after that period described
for eout: They were also recommended
by the ''physickers" of old as excel
lent good to cure the liver. the blood
ana the spleen" In the British Isles
today tens OF thousands of country
lass1es swear by the strawberry as an
aid to the complexion.
Very early in the history OF garden
vegetables: or garden sass" those things
were not looked on so much as food. but
as garnishings and aids to the SAVIOR of
real food 1t was not understood that
one could work and maintain his physical
Wen neing on such light and frivolous
stun. But the olden people seemed to un-
derstand that fruits and vegetables were
good medicine and 1t is significant today
mat garden truck. though known also for
us 1000 values. is also esteemed for its
fa0
properties. For example. tomatoes are
reputed as good for the liver, carrots
Tor the complexion. spinach for many in
ternal troubles. onions for the blood, and
the value Of fruits for keeping the sys-
tenn in good condition is universally ad-
mitted.
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= HERE is

y HERE is no accounting for
taste: Tastes differ:
Every one to his own
taste: what is meat for
4. ,as, 90. o-o<barss
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A LAuNp@ Box
In SUENETARo

gold Is covered with Transparent tortoise
shell. The French in 1865 tore down the
great altar and burned II to get the
gold. securing. 1t is said. the value Of
S1,GJ0 600.
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Beauvais.

his body afterward hung from the
bridge with placard on the neck.
Continuing on to Ioches We retrace
our route as far as La cruiN and turn
left to Blere. where we find beautiful
country road that carries us past soft
green copses. under avenues of trees
and over sloping hilsides, where the
peoples iri the fields flame scarlet in the
sunlight. II Is essentially a farming
country through which We are driving,
sheep and tittlc dotting the pastures,
chickens and ducks in the narrow
streets Of Sublaines and ST. Quentin
and great. PcrChcron horses hauling
heavy carts or loads uf timber along
the highway. This is the fertile cote
hctwcon the lndre and the valley of
the Loire. There is "A final descent
from "A wooded hillside through the for
est If l.oChes, We cross "A stream and
/ after covering thirty kilometcrs enter
| LoChcs 10y the Rue de Tours. This Is
a picturesque old town. beautifully sit
uated on the hills by the River lndre.
/ 1t is "A town Of quaint houses, with tot
! tcring chimneys and brown tiled roofs: :
| Of ancient church towers and narrow
streets. ard above all, of the most i'm
pressve example Of a medieval castle
/ to Ice found in the whole of France. 1t
Is also "A town of an expensive and in
! hospitable inn, where the Iandlady.
. strange as IL may seem in this country
of constant courtesy. was positively I'M
/ civil on my last visit because We elected
to remain only for dinner and pushed
[ on To Poitiers for the night. The hotel
!. have mentioned know nothing about,
. hut il is sure to be better than the other
| on the Rue de Tours. A more anus
ing incident on this last visit comes to
my mind when the lone beggar at the
castle gate pulled out "A gold watch with
which to tell us the time.
Tours has always been the centre
for excursions through the chateau
county and since the advent Of the
motor car 1t has become the rendeZ-
vous for fashionable tourists from all
over the world. 1t is the thing" Ia
do thu castles on the Loire and I'M
Hotel de rtnivers, not 80 long since
nothing more than "A good provincial
inn, is now "A resort for the cosmopsl
tan smart set, with the same service
and prices one expects to find in the
better hotels of Paris and London. II
YOU are one of the modest travellers
who esChcw evening clothes while mo-
toring YOU need not be dismayei how
ever; there are other hotels in Tour'
which may not offer quite the same
social attractions, but they are com
Portable enough.
Henry James comments on the fac
that on his little provincial tour he
was the only tourist, which was on,
reason why it was so successful Now
adays from the time the motors
swings into the Loire valley at or
leans until he rolls over the hills south
ward to roitiers he has found him
self in "A country tourist ridden indeed
but by no means To such an eXten
, that II should mar the pleasure tina
this smiling Touraine affords him
!, This is the country OF Balzac anC
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The ivy clad bridge at Betharram.

,,.r,hs and III. cnnmar,ial ,r,vaIlers
his roc,,I,r custnpars n.y,r STAYED in
IN. botel over sunday. From which II
10 .vid.nt maj ono hath a week suf,iccs
far your vnvopeur de cnmmerc. and
th,t h. nrcr.rs Ia TAX. II in the privacy
of his own home.
No,orists and the Touring Club of
Franco ara roanonsNL. for IN. vastly
i,,nro,.a conditions in tho nrovincial
hotels nf tho country. Bath tubs and
modern sanitary MINIMIZING we're almost
unknown I'm tho smaller towns fifteen
mr. twentv wears ago. Bur the coming
NJ tho mater car brought new life and
, hetter class of patrons to the hour
p.,.s inn keeuer. and the campaign of
tho Touring Cmh convinced him that IL
was to his advantage ia cater To the de.
m,nds of this more fastldious clientele.
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pear and we find ourselves enve,oped in
the solitude of "A vast pine forest through
which the sun iieckcd road runs straight
as string for miles to the southwark
You are now on the edge of the great
landes-the barren triangular plateau
that lies between the Atlantic and the
valleys of the Garonne and Adour.
Near the coast ii is u wilderness of sand
dunes, with occasional patches Of heath
and braCken. but further inland the
waste ground has been reclaimed and
the forests Of sea pines produce "A resin
that forms the principal article of COM
merce in the district. AS We roll through
this well shaded avenue you will notice
that the red holes of the trees on either
side are gashed and tin cups hang be-
meath To collect the resin There are a
few men at work in the clearings and
in the sleepy villages of Captieux and
Roquefort; women knit in the doorways
or gossip in the street. But for most OF
the distance our road carries us
through the wilderness Of pines. and its
level stretches afford one of the best
opportunities for speeding a motor to
be found in the whole of France.
Biarrltz, which Is one of the gayest
seaside resorts on the Continent. has
/ 'h"hS'u lllSl IuOtOItU
! through on my way to Spain in 1905
| 1t Is more popular, more animated and
more crowded than ever, and If you plan
To arrive here at any time except during
the off months May, June and July-be
sure To take the precaution To write
or wire ahead for hotel accommodations
In the winter and spring it is oatronized
| by English and Americans. while August
] IA NJ h.. AL Ia
Partisan smart set and the weather.
classes from other European centres
frequenting the place. Biarritz frs
became fashionable resort through
the patronage Of the court Of the Secont
Empire, and its popularity with society
people has continued ever since. No
where else except in I'm Mall, tn,
Champs Elysees or our Own Fifth ave
nue. Will you see so many beautiful mo
tor ears in single day IS YOU will nm,
here in April or SepteIlber.
| | have spoken of Biarritz as an ex
cellent centre for excursions, There Il
really only one that demands considera
tion-a tour through the Basque coun
try and, after Cossing the Spanish from
tier, "A climb over two minor pyrcn,al
passes and descent to the sea at Sal
Sebastian. This little run will give yol
such an excellent picture of the beauti
full landscape hereahout, of the provin
cIal life in the mountains and finally q
the way in which fashionable Spaii
amuses itself at its favorltc seaside re-
sort that 1t Is well worth undertaking
time permits, The only annoyance il
connection with the excursion is the re-
, tape necessary To bond the car int
Spain. but the delay need MT be lon
and II you have no triptyque 1t is only
matter of tying up some 1860 for forty
eight hours, since the tour can be mad
comfortably in two days, spending IN
first night at Pampeluna and the sec
ond at San Sebastian, returning 10 Bar
rita the following morning.
II San Sebastian is the gayest am
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distance and we reach the bridge across
the river.
The browning glory of Blos is It's
wonderful chateau, which is part of an
old feudal fortress that came to the
Dukes of orleans from the Counts of
B,Ols. Probably nowhere else among
the chateauX of France can one find
more graceful or elaborate building nor
One that speaks so eloquently of the
three great ages with which IL is ident
fled. Balzac felt that In his stories only
would the old castle be pcrpetuated so
fast in his time was Ii Crumbling to de-
cay. But the spirit of restoration that
swept over France, encouraged by VOL
lct-le-Duc when he preserved the
medieval fortress of Carcassonne, made
itself felt to even better advantage at
li,ois. The reconstructive work has
been done most skilfully, though 1t still
needs the mellow touch of age, and at
times the color Is painfully new.
Like Chaumont, the chateau of AM
boise is massed on the rock above the
river. with the white houses of the town
clustered about at its feet. OF all the dark
memories with which it is associated
the most horrible is the execution of
the IIuguenots. / 200 Of whom were
hutchcred under the walls while the
young King, Francis H.; his bride,
Mary Queen of Scots; Catherine de
McdiCis and the members OF the court
looked on from the grim red rusted
balcony. The heads of the victims were
afterward stuck on pixies and displayed
from the ratings of the castle, but the
last part of the story seems improbable
because there il hardly room on the
ramparts for such CHASTITY number.
The wholesale executions were the re-
suit of the discovery Of the Huguenot
plot against the Guises. The leader, La
Renaude. was killed by a servant In
an encounter In the nearby forest and
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North German Lloyd and Hamburg
American lines carry no freight for
Cherbourg. Dieppo and Boulognc are
also out Of the way except for motor
lists from England.
If the moturist has shipped his car
ahead and consigned 1t to either Of the
express companies he should find every
thing in readiness t. leave IInyrc shortly
after his arrival, There ar" delays
sometimes hcCausc of the owners care
lessness. ON one occasion. although my
car was sent on cargo steamer a week
before ! sailed myself it had not been
passed through the custom house be-
cause | forgot To send he keys with
out the keys the officials could not open
the tool box nor the empty suit case
trunk. What they expected to find in
either | never knew.
Havre Is The second seaport Of France
and i essentially commercial city. II
receives sCant attention by tourists, who
usually arrive 10y the channel boats or
the steamers Of the French Line and
step from tn ship into the train for
Paris, If, however the motorist should
be de laycd here ne Will find lIavrc and
Its environs not unintcrcsting.
II IN" motorlst wishes to keep his op, r.
Ming expenses down as much as possible
he Will have taken on only gasolcnc
enough AT iiavre to carry him safely
out rf the city. Like all the hig towns
ct France, IN" octroi here imposes "A tax
an Sasolenc and the price within the
city Limits is -iderably higher than
IL Is outside. Bidons Of essence with 9
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placard showing he price stand on the
curb in front of the cafes and shops at
Harbour. While the tank is being filled
the old church on the main road is
worth a visit; the foundation was laid
by Henry V. Of England
ROucn more than any Of the larger
French cities preserves its medieval
atmosphere many Of tho quaint build
lngS and crooked, picturesque streets
are ju.t as they were when Joan of Are
was burned at the stake in the place of
the bld Market. The event with which
Rouen is most associated in history Is
perpctuatcd by an imposing statue of
the Maid of orleans, the handsome Rue
Jeanne dare Is named in her honor,
and the old tower wherein she was sup
posed to have h en- imprisoned Is care
fully preserved.
The magnet that draws the tourist Ia
Les And"lys Is the ruin Of the almost
impwgnable fortress that Richard the
Lion Hearted erected to control the
Seine and protect the English frontier in
Normandy. He chose It's position with
the instinct of "A military genius. His
enemy, Philippe Augustc, occupied the
right bank of the river and cursed him
in his wrath when he bchcld the com
| plrtcd cas- L. with its hattlcmcnts and
| doniun tower proudly surrounding tn,
chalk cliffs Il will take it were the
walls Of from" he said. To which the
! Lion Hearted replied; And would hold
it were they Of butter"
Richard lived only "A year to enjoy his
work Of genius. John succeeded hin