The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-27

bisque in New Orleans, and various and
sundry foods, too numerous to mention
L have also had to eat crow which l die
not find palatable
L was almost in the same condition as
that of the newly arrived dagoes who
had partaken freely of turkey buzz
card which had been shot by an adven.
turous SCOTSMAN, one of their number
who was very proud of his prowess
When the gang failed to appear the fol
lowing morning, the contractor who in.
CURED the cause of their failing to show
up for work was informed that the
"bigga chick maka dem SEEK
Having tried little of everything evel
offered to me, for like Peter after his
vision on the house top, have concluded
that there is nothing common or unclean
1 have decided that the old stand-bys
are the best, at least for me, and Uncle
Remus expresses my views as follows:
DE OIL STAND-BYS.
Watermillions fresh fun de vine
Anybody will say deyer fine;
An Rabbit in hash is nice,
Stirred up wild a hand full er rice;
An down in dis neighborhood
Dey say Brer Postum is good.
An den dar's de big pole beans,
An oPtime collard-greens,
Wild leaf blue-stemmed an wide
You kin have UNI billed or fried!
An turnips, purple an white
I wish 1 had some dis night
Yit millions, possums, rabbits,
Dey has der ways an habits,
An der seasons one an all,
Summer an winter an fall,
An likewise collard green's,
An turnips an pole beans.
An some come twice year,
An some err deZe last don't keer
Eff dey come er not; OATS why
Folks watch fer de clouds in de sky,
But dey all good 'nough inder place
Fer ter make sinner say grace.
But den dar's de ong-come-shorts,
When you hat ter put up wild all sorts
Den gimme de corn-bread pone,
An, please, m, make it full grown
An a dish full er whipperwill peas
Billed up wild plenty er grease;
An buttermilk fresh fun de churn,
Err sour 'nough fer ter burn
An Jingle on you tongue an creep
Twel it tas'e like yo' foots asleep.
De OF stand-bys is here;
Day're wild us all de year.
You don't hat ter wait err hunt:
Dey're right at han eve'y mont;
Deyre wild you rain er drouf,
Eff de win blow norf err souf-
Shucks! I done gun ter dribble at de
mouf'
Once an old Uncle Remus, who was
working round our house on a Thanks
in dox xxvoe a oh
steps with heaping plate of what we
thought were good things, turkey, rice
maccaroni, mashed irish potatoes and
SO forth. He remarked "Ole Miss, ]
don't like desc kind O. fixins."
"Well uncle, what do you like?"
"Weu, ma am eff you'll Jest give me
q pan O. pot Ticker, a pone o. corn
bread and a can O. buttermilk, an a
bait O. inguns, an femme alone I'll be
thankful"
If those of us who were raised on
stop going back on our raising the
cost of living will not cut such a big
figure.
When the price of necessaries climbs
we must use less or simpler food I'M
til the normal is again reached.
1t is amazing how simple diet will
furnish strength for arduous labor. =
The Chinese coolie. tower OF
strength, lives mainly on rice, 1.-THE
Turks and Arabs on dates, figs and
bread. Many sturdy people don't cal
meat once a week. Porridge, stir-about
and potatoes have sustained thousands
Frenchman can make a meal off a
loaf of bread and wine: an oyster
dredger from oysters from his cargo
and a piece of lemon and bread. Many
tribes live mainly on bananas. The
Italian builders of railroads get along
on for dinner
Some onion, halfa 1ofa bread,
An wan tomat."