Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24
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war conditions and the economy
PIopaganda which. has become SO
general have resulted in a good
many things being done which a few
Years ago we wouldsnot have thought
VI uolng. For instance, there are
more people going without meat now
IN ,nan would have been deemed posi-
ple a year ago and chops and veal
cutiets have almost Disappeared.
Whlle those fortunate mortals who
were able to buy a new overcoat
TTSeIy year have decided to go
tnrough this winter on last years
garment, which after all turns out to
pe perfectly new. 1t is in the food
arrangements that the most interest-s
ing siqelights are to be observed. IL
10 saiu that some people have COM
pIeseiy revised their buying tables
anu anu that those who used to buy out
.ish. Wlthout bothering much about
the city markets gasping for breath
over the manner in which thew
alcKer. The country butchers. who
had almost disappeared from tha
markets of Harrisburg, are back
again and lucky Is the marketer who
knows the cuts. The old-time coun-
s,S sS putcher who used to have the
,an,,1, ol steaks cut up in his own
peculiar way would have more busi-
ness than he could accommodate if
ne was on the job the way he used TO
De When we used to 20 NVednesdavs
ana saturdays to the old marIxet
houses in Market Square. And like
wise the marketwomen with their
own makes OF 'ponhoss" and mush.
some OF them still bring these great
artlcles to the markets. but the
memory of the whole lines of coin-
try tolks with the things that we
sign for to-day at half the price anS
one-third in some cases, makes ned
PIE think about the times they left .
lot of food on the table after eating
a very square meal.
Nothing doing" was the smiling
remark of a waiter i'm one Of ths
city's cafes this morning when asked
by Capitol Hill official to bring
bacon and eggs.
Now what?" asked the late and
therefore exasperated official.
NO more bacon" said the waiter.
The boss told us to cut it off,
The men in charge of Harrisburg
restaurants say that bacon Is jump
ing IN price and that it is not onlv
hard to get a good regular supply,
put that they have to either cut down
portions or raise the price so much
that 1t is more bother than it is
worth. Baconless breakfasts have
joined meatless dinners in Pennsyl-
vanlas capital, but thank fortune.
Dauphin county is famous for corn
meal mush.
On the subject of food it NAV be
said here that the men at a big
Market Square fish market say that
they have been doing business on a.
scale not known before and that the
catches this summer and fall have
been of kind that have enabled
them to supply plenty of seafood
and of good variety too. I'VE have
Deen able to get before the people
! OF Harrisburg a number of fish that
are splendid eating, but which are
| not well known" said the command
ant of an uptown market. For
years we have been getting from
Baltimore and Philadelphia fish
which are excellent eating, but be-
cause the people of this city don't
know them they did not buy. 1 have
had half dozen prime fish, plenty
OF meat and fine flavor, but because
they Were not salmon, bass, trout or
something else equally we'll known
they stayed on my stand and had to
take some home or give the rest
away. Now the wholesalers are urg-
ing us to try to push these fish again,
II you want to give tho people OF
this town of ours a straight tip ia
that column of yours tell them Ia
look over the fish markets and ask
what we have new. We can give the
women of this town pointers on food
fish they overlook. I'm not sayingz
this to boost my own sales Let 'em
go to any fish man. Find out the
different kind and the days they
come in. That'll help the food prob
lem in Harrisburg"
Harrisburgs Italian colony, which
/ is about the thriftiest in the whole
community, is getting along very wei
in the matter of food. One man eX-
planned that where his folks con,a
from they were accustomed to short
ages occurring and that, anyway
there was more variety here than
they ever knew. The Italian way is
} very good one to look at it, as ond
OF the High school instructors said
the other evening. "If people viii
only realize that what they were used
to in their younger days with the
exception of meat and a few othe,
things, made them what they egd
to-day there will be less compiain
ing" was the way he put It. The
Italians OF this city Saave helped
popularize macarop' and spaghetti
just as the Chinese have made II
A0'AAiliehA NAAA pain Olu HOOuleS
new forms. 1t is astonishing thu
vari"ty of food that is to be had a
tsse stores in Harrisburg that comes
from things raised right around here
The advice given by the fish man I'd
study the stalls may be applied I'd
the products of the farms and orch
ards and factories of Dauphin and
Cumberland counties with an excur
sion to Lebanon-if bologna is mucl
desired, and to York and Lancaste
for canned goods. The northern tie
of PENNSYLVANIA makes cheese which
we in Harrisburg buy from New YorI
5obbers and we love Adams count
apples when we see them on frui
stands in Philadelphia or Chicago
And while you are about it do no
forget that Perry county farmer
have long had a repute for honey.
Among visitors to the city yester
day were Col. l.. A. Watres, forme
lieutenant governor and grand mas
| ter of the Masons of Pennsylvania
He was here to attend the meeting
! the State Armory Board on whic
| he has served for years and
whose business he gives close atten
ton.