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LIST OF HUMAN FOODS
CONTAINS MANY ODD DISHES

N7OT many Washingtonians eat frogs.
I'M but good many frogs are eaten in
= Washington-that Is, parts of
good many frogs are eaten in the capital
for here as in most Of the other cities
of the United States frog eaters restrict
themselves to the legs or the hind
quarters of frogs. and these tender and
succulent morsels may be fried in bread
crumbs, served with an omelet or grilled
with bacon
The Canadians are generally more given
to eating frogs than are the English, so
say men who have dipped or delved into
the practice of our cousins along our
northern frontier sometimes extends TO
eating the whole frog. properly cleaned
and prepared, Of course, after it has been
1ried, usually in bread crumbs or batter
This gustatory habit is probably derived
from the custom of the frog-eating in
habitants of Cambridgeshire and Norfolk.
where the whole frog is served very much
after the fashion in which Washington
ans eat soft-shell crabs
The custom which Washingtonians OBJ
serve in eating soft crabs is not uni
versal custom. for with some folks
fried or broiled soft crab is an object
as repulsive at table as to some Wash
or big snails. which, after being fattened
on green stuff and wine-soaked bran. are
boiled in milk and served up like an oyster
stew
Statisticians computed before the war
that the daily consumption of snails in
Paris alone would have to be figured in
tons Snalls are eaten in large guam
titles in England, and to some extent in
the United States by the foreign or wide
Travelled population. There is no use in
urging people whose taste and fancy SO
far from turning to frogs and snails
abruptly turn from them to cultivate
fondness for such things. but it should
be kept In mind that there are many
that some persons who would eat frog
or a snail might entertain a sense of re-
pugnance toward a raw oyster, a raw
clam or a stewed terrapin. To some eyes
these creatures as table luxuries seem to
be somewhat unlovely.
man sometimes has the taste for
strange food born in him because his
ancestors have been eating that food
for generations. Sometimes he ac-
quires a fondness for it by seeing
others eat it. by following their ex-
ample and finding the flavor pala able
and thereby getting the taste. Some
times people indulge in strange food by
reason of necessity. During the siege
of Paris many persons in that great
city ate rats caught in the sewers. and
many citizens of the gay French capi-
tai, before taking up the eating of rat
meat, dined on the flesh of wild ami
mails thse had been objects of interest
in the geological gardens. and of species
that the great mass of Europeans do
not consider in the light of ia BILE flesh.
Some Of our oldest American families
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was offering its pig iron at Antwerp
for the American market.
The future of Luxembourg as buffer
state is uncertain. unless. as an out
come of the war. some world force is
established which will assure that
treaties guaranteeing the neutrality Of
small states shall be respected.
The effort to maintain a dynasty has
met with some difficulty. partly because
the male succession of the reigning
grand ducal house has died out On
the female side there are several
daughters of the present queen, of
whom Marie Adelaide is the eldest
The religious question is involved in
the dynastic one, and that may pre-
sent difficulties whenever the time ar
rives to determine the permanent
status of the grand duchy in whatever
new boundaries of countries are Great
ed as an outcome of the war
On the economic side. Germany has
had the advantage. Luxemburg was
members of the old Zollverein. or Ger
man customs union When the politi-
cal status of a buffer state was estab-
lished by the powers guaranteeing neu-
trality. Luxembourg remained a part of
the customs union. so that the tariff
rates of the German empire applied on
imported goods
1t could not be said, however. that
this was an invasion of autonomy, be-
cause Luxembourg entered the union on
the same terms as other German states
Yet her position was not such that she
could have much to say about tho max
ing OF German tariffs. German con-
Germs of late years have been estab-
fishing large warehouses and stores,
and this has had tendency to crowd
out the smaller merchants who were
native Luxemburgers
" The industrial plants. however. have
not been so largely in German hands.
Owners of iron and steel mills in
France and in Belgium have also had
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Indian tribes of the west but which
formerly dwelt in the east-entertain
fondness for dog meat, and roast dog
and broiled puppy by them consid-
cred dishes fit TO set before a king In
fact their chiefs eat heartily Of thes-
foods. Capt. Amundsen and other arctir
and antarctic explorers have given ties
tfmony that they have eaten dog meat
and found the flesh palatable. even IL
little tough when compared with prime
stall fed steers. but IL should also be
remembered that the dogs that forlorn
arctic explorers eat are usually tough
muscled. hard-worked dogs that have
not lived on the fat of the land. Arctic
explorers have also given testimony
that the meat of seals is excellent eat
ing under certain conditions. that wal
rus steaks not TO be despised hv
hungry men. and newspaper readers
may recall that not long ago it was
announced that the plans of some men
in the far north contemplated the pack
ing and curing of whale meat
The hedgehog was long esteemed
for its white and tender flesh by the
rural population in many parts OF
Europe. and il is said that the eating
of this animal is persisted in by the
gypsies throughout Europe today. 4
writer dealing with gypsies and hedge
hogs has said that the gypsy plan of
and in wood fire, that the spines and
the skin come off with the clay coat
ing. that there is revealed a delicious
meat, appealing to the eye. the nostri
and the palate. and that the white and
tender flesh reminds the eater of any,
thing from hare to. young pork
If a man desires to pursue the subJert
of unusual foods. he viii find authors
who will tell him that IN parts OF ceu-
tral Africa are natives who catch tiies
in "A
bake them in little cakes: that the cape
bushmen eat grubs, moths, white ants
and spiders. and that some of the sbo-
rhymes of Australia eat snakes. nor he
cause of the high cost of living, but
for the reason that they like snakes.
A man who had gone practically into
the matter of curious eats once wrote
that 'caterpillars taste like almonds.
spiders like nuts, and ants with butter
and sugar make an exquisite sweet
meat
The habit of eating the brains OF
food-animals is not as general in the
United States in Europe, especially
in France and Italy. So great and
steady is the demand for this food that
in the cities of those countries before
the war the ordinary householder had
difficulty in obtaining OK. calf or even
Sleeps brains at butchers They
could be obtained only on order Before
the Paris made a steady demand
on England for calf. OK and sheeps
brains and sweetbreads. and ever, day
sumption in the French capital.
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i, exactly from that of charlemagne,
at AK. where the great Old corpse
sits with IL on his head in his tomb.
All the stones are genuine antiques,
worth almost anything
Below them. regularly, are exhibited
jeweled watch given by the Bey of
Tunis to Louis XIV. and "A jeweled
Order of the Elephant of Denmark
tkept for no one knows what reason),
a reliquary brooch worth 100000, and.
around it, the modern pearl necklace
beQueathed by Nine. Theirs and valued
at $350,000.
Then. a pile Of gorgeous fire, a binding
mass Of prismatic colors, heap of cleo
trictty, fountain of dancing days--the
sword hilt of Napoleon. He sacked the
old crown jewels of France to make
this set of perfect diamonds, valued
nifty years ago at $2.o00.0O0, but i'm
possible to replace today even as mere
stones, for double. Every stone is per
feet Napoleon broke up historic pieces
of jewelry TO get them for his sword
hilt
So. the sword-hlt sums up the other
crown jewels sold at auction in 1886.
when they fetched the ridiculously low
price of 100000 The Sancy diamond
alone would bring that much today
The sold gems We're not numerous
Louis XVIII. fleeing. lost a part OF the
old collection on the road to Ghent.
Charles \, fleeing. mislaid some on the
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Induction.

A WELL known detective said. con-
~ cerning a failure
Il am afraid | didn't use sufficient in
duction in this case. / wasn't as in
ductive as Jim Lanigans daughter.
Jim Lanigan is drummer. He's
hardly home once in three months. He
heard his little daughter on the front
porch talking to the cat during his last
home call
Kitty she said, i know all your
little boys and girls. and ! know your
mamma and sister, too. who lives over
at aunties. but | amt never seen your
husband or your papa-i guess they
must be drummcfs.
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financial interest in Some OF the Lux
emburg plants. The native Luxembourg
owners on their part became Interested
in the ore deposits of the Muerthe-
Moselle district. They were also mem
bers of the raw iron and other syndi-
Gates which had an international rela-
ton to one another.
The tendency for the last ten years
has been to consider the Alsace-L Lor-
raine and the Meurthe- -Moselle and the
Luxembourg mineral areas almost as
unit, while Belgium has been a supple
mentary unit. Political conditions.
therefore. have been subordinate to
economic tendencies. Though the war
has changed all this. the economic sit
uation will again loom up in the fore
ground whenever peace appears on the
clouded horizon.
The possibility of Germany giving up
Alsace-Lorraine, which was bruited at
one time as an inducement for France
to go hack on England. ignored the
value OF the Alsace-Lorraine iron ore
deposits to Germany. In the same way
though the Duchy of Luxembourg has
been nominally an independent state.
its mineral resources have been AT the
dispositnon of Germany, and Germany
is not Hkely to consider any peace SCI
tlement which would deprive her a.
those resources. or take Luxembure
out of the German customs union In
the meantime she is able to utilize the
mineral resources of Luxembourg a. a
means of war supply
The preference of the inhabitants of
the grand duchy may count for little
IN the final settlement. They realll
prefer to be let alone to work their own
mines and raise their own crops and
operate their glove industries and
manage their own affairs SOLELY as LuN-
emburgers. But the great powers
porn Tor economic and political rea
sons. may not see il i'm that light
Luxemburg might he better off. so far
as her political status goes. IL she she
mad no deposits of iron ore
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DlCAL. PALACE At NANCY. q
By CHARLES M. PEPPER.
-

g T%E.NBt re is heard from once
In while as an element in the
European war situation. Then it
S drops out of mind. only to be
recalled by some chance news.
Most people have vague notions that
the Duchy of Luxembourg is one of the
small states which is pawn in the
game. but they do not know just how
this comes about. The present interest
centers on the country chiefly as u
factor in the industrial starvation with
which the allies have threatened Ger
many.
The Germans in the methodical cal
culations which they give to the pub
lie concerning the industrial plants
they control in conquered territory
usually omit Luxembourg. Nevertheless.
they rely on it as a reserve resource.
This is both because of its geographic
situation. and because of the resources
which IL actually possesses.
The German troops might take and
hold Nancy. which is so close to their
own border and is the center of a great
district of France.
They, might continue to hold the ter
ritory they have occupied in the
Meurthe Moselle district. which is the
richest iron-ore bearing district in
France. vet if they did not have Lux
emburg in their control much Of this
advantage would be nullifed.
In the same way. the occupation of
Liege the pittsburgh OF Belgium.
with it's coal and its basic iron and
steel industries IS supplemented by
the control of Luxembourg Little is
heard now of Liege and its industries.
but the presumption is that they are
operated under military direction and
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The Likeness.

~ OIL. ROOSEVELT. condemning GER
" tain peace propositions. said at a
luncheon in New York:
''rhe time is not vet ripe for peace.
price advocates. Peace can be either
desirable or loathsome, noble or shame
full. 1t is like--it is like"
The ex-President smiled.
We'll. its like long hair he said
Long hair makes man look very in
tellectual. But. on the other hand.
when a woman finds long hair on
her husbands sleeve then it makes him
lool> Ncls foolish.
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are acting as feeders to the krupp
works at Essen.
Luxemburs has great deposits of iron
ore. and that is one reason why its
control by Germany is so important.
The Alsace- Lorraine ore fields and
those of LuxemburS are substantially
one. Notwithstanding geographical
bounda ries.
area of 1.000 square miles and much
of this is under1aid with the iron ore.
The geographical boundaries are Bel
GUM, Germany and France. The grand
duchy is often confused with the prov
ince of Luxembourg in Belgium
The of the Luxemburg district
is of the low grade known as ..minette,"
which contains 30 to 81 per cent of
iron. Nevertheless. it is drawn very
largely by both the German and the
Belgian iron and steel Industries
Luxembourg also has its own furnaces
and steel works. and is a steady pro-
ducer of pig iron and Of some of the
finished and semi finished products.
These iron and steel industries have
drawn their coal from the Dortmund
district of Germany, and have utilized
the superior Meurthe Moseile ore with
the domestic product. The cost of
basic raw iron has been lower in Lux
emburg than in the districts of Ger
many. This has included the labor
cost. The conversion of the pig iron
into steel bliets. however. has been
higher than in the German districts.
The iron ore mines have been operated
under the regulation of the govern
neni.
Antwerp has been the chief port of
shipment, and occasionally pig iron
from Luxemburg sold at Antwerp has
competed with English pig iron in
overseas markets. The Iuxemburg state
railways had an arrangement with the
Belgian state railways for through
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walled up in unsuspicious parts of the
old palace, arranged for the purpose by
the original architects of the kings
AT Compiegne, the celebrated tapes
tries were moved hurriedly by night
The Germans arriving. Gen Won Mar
WITT asked; Where are the tapestries
Gabriel Mourey, guardian of the pail
ace. answered. courteously:
My general, all my regrets The
tapestries are being repaired
STERLING HEILIG
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rate for export, and this was consider
ably below the local rates. 1t enabled
Luxembourg to compete Win the Ger
man blast furnaces and mills. which
had the benefit of the low export rates
on the German state railways In the
existing conditions there is. of course,
no export business through Antwerp.
but it may he assumed that under Ger
man control the Belgian state railways
are still operating in conjunction with
those of Luxembourg.
Rotterdam also provided an outlet for
Luxembourg products, but to reach Rot
terdam it is necessary to get through
Belgium and Holland. and it may lie
assumed. therefore. that amy export
business which 1.uxemhure is doing
is only such as the tiernnan military
authorities regard convenient.
The grand duchy has some arsicu-
tural resources, and during peace times
part of the cereal crops were exported
to neighhoring countries, principally
to Belgium.
In the year before the war broke out
the farmers had been limiting their ex-
port of farm products and raising more
cattle. 1t is not unlikely. therefore.
that Germany counts on the Luxemburs
cattle one of the fatherland'S reserve
sources of meat supply. but the guam
tity of beef which can be produced in
the limited area of the grand duchy
is so small that il is hardly worth con-
sidering except for local consumption.
K
There is a small section of the duchy
in which grapes are grown. and the
population of that section is entirely
dependent on the industry. The annual
production exceeds 100000 gallons OF
wine. but occasionally the grape crop IS
failure and the government aids the
people through the winter season.
Besides the blast furnaces. foundries
and mills for finished and semi finished
steel products. Luxemburs has an inn
portant glove industry. centered in the
city of the same name. One factory.
whose product has a world market, en-
ploys 1.500 hands Its owner was at
one time a work man in the factory,
which then had a very small business.
There are about 250,o00 Inhabitants of
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treasures beyond the dreams of avarice
or the Imagination of invaders
From the palace of Fontainebleau all
the precious old furniture and art OBJ
Jects, cabinets. sofas. screens. beds,
carpets. consoles. and fifty-two pre-
cious clocks-very particular about
clocks-were sent in long trains of
vans, with military escort, to some
where in Anjou or the Vendee
From Versailles, also; but. as in 1870
vast quantities of precious objects were
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widowed queen. romantic Anne Of Aus
tria) wept over the Peachblow: Must
! leave you?" 1t ought not be mixed
up with the Sancy, which is blush.
The wonderful stone was found on the
body of Charles the Bold. as he lay
dead in the swamps Of Geneva. after
the battle of Granson, by the same
Swiss soldier who sold the Florentine
Emperor 81 Austria-to a priest for
one forin. The King Of Portugal
bought it. hundred years later,
French baron secured it for his king.
the romantic Henri ". Sent by the
hand of a faithful servant. the latter
attacked. swallowed the diamond.
and after his death. il was found in
has body. Yet later, it belonged TO
Charles / Of England. who, just before
he was taken and beheaded. passed it
to his son-and was that sole Jewel
remaining which the wandering
Prince Charlie. sold to Nazarin for
er" Doesn't that increase the value"
The immense ruby, II the form of a
glowing chimera. or effulgent flea, has
an equally grandiose history II slo"s
blood red. IKE hre. ordinarily.
against a little stand of white velvet.
between The Order of the Elephant and
tho atch of the Dey. above the CEN
ter OF Napolecn's sword
II is ono Of the largest rubies in the
world. AZ Il stone. merely for cutting.
il might fetch between s1.50o.o0O and
S2,000.o0o Regularly no one would
dream Of IL II came to Europe with
the Moors Of Granada. Peter the Cruel
murdered one of their princes. to
snatch il from his bosom, is told in
Dumas "Batard de Mauleon." By way
of the reigning House Of Folk. OF
whom was CASTOR phoebus, II came to
Anne OF Brittany. 1t saw all the bloody
romance of the Valois kings. and
Francis | made it the foundation stone
OF the crown jewels. when he started
the collection IN 1880.
These crown jewels are. regularly.
shown in the Gallery of Apollo Of the
I-oufT. At night. the interior case is
lei down. by heavy winch work. into a
burgiarproof steel case beneath the
siooring. One morning. with my photog-
,her, having special permission. !
saw Il come mp The sun was striking
,he east windows OF the gallery. where
sleepless Charles IN used 10 prone
ns:de lonely at daybreak. with his little
doGs. waiting for his court to wake.
Here, too. fell the Huguenot gentle
men marked to kill" on st. Bartholo-
news. after fleeing from chamber to
chamber-ail except de Lezac, who
crazily took refuge behind the bed of
Princess Margot.
The steel case rose, and the winch
turned Sunlight, pouring into the
windows. slinted topaz. sapphire. en-
erald pearly chrystoberyl and flashing
diamonds. rubies, green jargoons and
fiery opals from an extraordinary Kol-
den edifice that rose between two
crowns Last glory of the old regime
u commemorative monument of
the peace OF Teschen in 1873. II is a
chef doeuvre of German goldsmith
jewelers. art. worth s1.o00.000. and the
Germans would be glad to get il 1t
commentaries the end of the of
the BayarIan succession.
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the task was more complicated. Great
moving vans were driven to interior
courts of the palace. Seven hundred
and twenty paintings and marbles of
all schools. lands. periods. the inest-
mable chefs-d'oeuvres of the Louvre.
were moved to sure destinations
without anybody knowing
The Venus of Milo alone weighs $500
pounds. In 1870 she did not quit the
Louvre, but was buried deep in cell
lar, away beneath a false cache to
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Grand Duchy Of Luxembourg in the Whirlpool


at
the Grand Duy Needed for Home
Who
S r-An AnnyWh Resembles eFore
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France Are Hidden in an Obscure Country Bank

aShabby Valuable
Relics Are Paced-An the and Palaces Are Hidden Until After
WaIhe Diamond the Sword Hit
Diamonds and Rut Famous Paintings and Works SulpSeng el Writes
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road to Ramboullet. The republic of
1888, transferring them to the arsenal.
lost lot more. And. after the fan of
Napoleon III batch was mislaid on
the road to Brest arsenal.
None will be mislaid this time. for
three men, only, have their charge. A
country bank swells with honor to have
the shabby valise in its safe. And only
two men in Paris know where that
French town is.
For other treasures of the Louvre
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"o"' JEWEL. @ DIAMOND xD GREAT

deceive the curiousEboxes of police
papers and court records, important
enough in themselves.
The Mona Lisa. the Rembrandts. Hol-
beins. Velasquez, Vatican. Boucheis s
Rubens, the great modern paintings
and sculptures of the Luxembourg
decorative art. objects. glory of the
Cluny; the cream of municipal collec-
tions, Petit Palais, Carnavalot. Galliera
the historic tapestries of the Elysee
and ministries-fourteen van-loads
were estimated to be worth $3.0oo.-
100000
The "Angelus" of Millet was not
among them. Nor the Orion candle
stick, which cost a hundred thousand
Nor the Clodion terra cottas, for which
Pierpont Morgan left y standing offer
of $1,000, ,000. Nor the Boucher screens.
worth double.
Humble citizens guard treasures like
these. At the last moment there was
not time nor van-space. The old mother
of a Louvre guard has three objects
worth million in her cottage OUTSIDE
Tours. She could not sleep. and got
permission TO hand them over to a
bank. In fifth-story fats Of Paris. where
the rent is SIS per month, are hidden