The Washington times., 1917-04-27
SALAD TO ORDER In
BLANKET HOTHOUSE
Professor Jasper JeggIes Tells
Americans How to Raise
Mustard and Cress.

NEW YORK, April 21.-Jasper jog
giles, an English botanist. who has
just arrived IA New York on his way
out to study the fauna and nora OF
the FIJI islands, said he was aston
ished 10 hnd that Americans generally
knew nothing about the cultivation Of
mustard and cresa. which arc eaten in
all parts OF England as a salad. The
indifference OF New Yorksrs to this
form OF green diet, the professor add
ed. caused him pain, because he real,
lied the ioSs they were sustaining
through not having them on their
tables.
Mustard and crsss," Prof. Jsesies
continued. "ts the easiest and cheapest
salad In the world 20 grow IL does
not require special soil or any partieu,
lar form Of cultivation, A child can
grow mustard and cross In q garden,
. bathroom, q cellar, or any otnsr
place with the ssrne sass that l could
do it niTssif, All that 10 required IL
an old bisnkst hung over q line and
we'll soaksd With fresh water. Sow
the mustard ssed In one half and the
crsss on she other, keep the blanket
damp. and IN two weeks the crop will
oss Hst. Othss ossI.
The mustard IL rather hot, hence
its name, while the eress il cool and
soothing, and the two make a delight
full mixture for salads or sandwiches.
Practically my only amusement since
the war began has been TO smoke my
pipe of an evening and watch the mus
tard and eress growing all around my
room, BY sewing seed as cut the
salad, / had a fresh crop every tive
weeks, but with the steam heat In the
New YerE apartments you should
have a srSp every week"
"In addition tn growing the mus
tArd and afsss on blankets and flan-
nsis," the professor continued, 81
damped tbs walls until the surface
was soft and planted seeds on them so
that my room has q delightfully."- yer
dant appearance On the darkest day
in winter, Ny landlord, a sOulless
person, who would not care a penny
bun II Cicero had never lived, com
pIainad about II and said the house
would get mildewed. One always
finds some BuPersensitive persons
who carp and eaViI st any Invention
that tends to the general benefit of
mankind As ! said to my landlord
what does Il matter IL ths house does
get damp and other tenants contract
rheumAtism, compared with the
healthy snJsyment Of eating fresh
mustard and. sFess every morning.
Tho soldiers are growing these sue
ouisHI green foods in trenches on
thsir old fIanneIs and enjoy the salad
With their meals.
CuIdVstiSa spseadA-
"ThS cultivation of mustard and
srsss has grown ta SUCH al extent in
Hnefaad that Sns big firm has manu-
featured NHhFAllas Of a soft absorb
ant material so that seeds can he
pishtsd % them when the umbrellas
are opsn0d cut. just befors left
Auddisssfns "a 4 he OOzs, my native
town, I SOW hundreds Of persons walk
ing in the rain with their umbrellas
asvsFed with the short, green, vaVy
adibis eTass which gave a quaint, re-
fFsshiae appearance to the old fash
ioaad streets II ressmbled = lot Of
tiny moving emerald isles, and must
have been q gratifying sight to our
fFisN residents. ] cultivated mustard
sHd sFsss IN nay cabin nm an old pa
jaFna sHit until three days before we
reached New York and then the stew
ard threw il overheard because the
daHaR sffest ~ the buikhesd, he said.
had ssassd r. Baptist minister in the
HsEt ssbiR tn have al attack OF lum-
ssgs"