The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-22
THAT XMAS MENU!
1t VIII Knock a Hole in Your
POcketbOOk, All Right.
Food Luxuries Are All Out of
Sight in Topeka.
TRUFFLES HEAD The LIST
Those Bathed in Brandy Come
Three for 65 Cents.
Turkeys Priced ait Thirty-Five
Cents a Pound Today.
TRUFFLES HEAD THE LIST

Now that Xmas is here, cease to
worry over the High Cost of Living
and turn your attention to the High
Cost of Food LuXuries-
Topekans do not truffle extensively,
but for the richly corpuscled few the
high price stores of the city Will re
tail three truffles. bathed in brandy,
for 65 cents. Plain mushrooms, fresh
are So cents a pound. Florida straw
berries have returned for the holidays
at 81 a grocer's quart.
The Biblical pomegranate may be
obtained at 20 cents per. Other exotic
fruits price as follows. Kumquatss 40
cents a box, Florida pineapples at 40
cents each; grape fruits all the way
from 25 cents each down to the small
er sizes at two for Is cents; Malaga
grapes from Spain, % cents a pound;
Spitzenberg apples and Delicious
apples, the aristocrats of the tribe. will
bring cents each. Also in the luxury
class comes the Jerusalem nut, which
is a Brazil nut with Hebrew flavor,
which fetches s 0 cents a pound. And
don't forget alligator pears at 80 cents.
Waternelons can not be obtained in
Topeka this season. as the Kansas City
wholesalers charge 81 and $1.50 apiece
for them.
wild Rice High.
Those who buy l:ce because it is
the cheapest thing on the market
have a care and do not insert the word
wild" in their order. wild rice
from Japan, used the perfect side
dish of game, costs S5 cents pound.
But to leave the land of extreme
luXuries, flour is still $3.50 for so
pounds, potatoes still S1.S5 a bushe1;
sugar 2 pounds for a dollar
Topeka grocers report plenty of
vegetables on hand for the Christmas
table. The following prices are the
top prices for best quality. many local
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siderably lower terms: Sweet pota-
toes. cents a pound; cranberries, Is
cents a pound; parsnips, carrots and
turnips, three pounds for 10 cents;
green onions. two punches for IS
cents; wax beans and green beans, 20
cents a pound hot house cucumbers,
20 cents each; squash, o cents; brus-
/ sells sprouts, 40 cents a pound; arti-
chokes, 20 cents per pound; cauliflow-
er. is cents per pound: dwarf celery,
| 5 cents a bunch; Colorado pascal
celery, 5 cents a bunch; head lettuce,
| 10 and 5 cents; rutabagas, cents a
| pound; Spanish onions, 10 cents
| pound; radishes cents a bunch; hot
house tomatoes, 40 cents pound: Gu
ban tomatoes, 20 cents pound.
Bananas Scarce.
Omitting the ariStocrats of the ap-
pie kingdom good apples may be Sc
cured from two pounds for / 5 cents
| upwards. Bananas are scarce at 80
cents a dozen. Assorted nuts price
around 25 cents a pound. California
oranges from 20 to 35 cents a dozen.
| Tangerines. 80 cents a dozen.
Santa Claus will take a fall out of
Dan Cupid this season. 1t is an
nounced that mistletoe is scarce at
the extortionate price of 40 cents a
pound Many stores have been un-
able to get holly in any quantity
Turkeys 35 Cents.
! Forty-cent turkeys did not arrive
as threatened, but the 35 cents a
pound that many stores are demand
| ing does not solve the H. c. of L.
/ Comparatively speaking ducks and
geese are cheap. Geese average
around 20 cents a pound while ducks
are retailing at % cents. Chickens
have learned to fly farther than they
used to. Twenty-eight and 80 cents a
pound is the lowest they went While
| porterhouse steak is not a Christmas
| bird. many homes are contemplating
it. 1t is 40 cents a pound, make your
own "wheeze." Twenty and twenty
/ five pound Christmas piglets bring
$3.50 and $500. Roast lamb is also
40 cents pound. Pork at 1S cents is
the cheapest Christmas meat obtain
| able