The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-06
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

Somewhile back I made visit to south Alabam1 arid wrote story about new industry that of raising cucumbers on large scale for commercial purposes by Wright Brothers S, Caton.
 The raising of cucumbers, however, is not new for they have been cultivated as vegetable since the days of Moses, for the motley crowd. He said: 'We re- member the fish that we ate in Egypt for nothing, the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and tr.e onions, and the our eyes have nothing at all to look at except manpa." All going to show that kicking against the bill of fare is no mod. ern thing.
 It seems the world cucumber comes to us through the French, coucombre, whence tie older English spelling ard pronunciation, "cowcumber," the stand ard in England to the beginning of the eighteenth century, an annual trailing CT climbing vine of the natural order of Cucurbitacea, cultivated for it's unripe fruits, which are used as salad and for making Iiekies
 It is widely grown, and originated prob. cbly in northern India, where Alphonse tIa Can Al Ia af fha+ tivated for at least 3oOo years. It spread westward to Europe and was cultivated by the ancinet Greeks, but did not reach China until POO years before the Chris tian era. This last bit of information which dug up gave ne great personal 7. tisfactior, for it is sne custom waen anything [ CIV is sprung, for some wise guy to say that the Chinese originated it in ore historic times. I am glad they were belated in the matter of cucumbcrs.
 Now, in my former story I touched on the fondness of the late Chief Just.cs Blechiey os Georgia for the cucumber. and gove his theory of keeping the eat ing ot them from deranging ones dges- tion. His rule was quite simple; it was turn Christ m Scientist
 Now, l trust that none of my goad Christian Scientist friends will think referred to them in an invidious manner. ior did moi, for I owe them great deb. of gratitude. for it was one of their mem. bers who gave me new lease on life and opened up whole ,st of good thiiss which had been put on the forbidden tree for me Q eas.
 Ny father was a physician, and from my childhood up I was told not to Cd this or that long before .dietics became a fad o. science, whichever way you happen te look at it. I remember fuu we'll that cIcumbers were given a black was a long kst of things which tempted my eye. whetted my appetite, but which were set down as stomach disturbers. and so l grew into manhood putting asid. many tempting dishes to keep from deranging my internal arrangements 1t waE during one of my pastorates thas I was invited to spend a month in tre home of dear friend who was notea throughout Georgia as setting one of tae down and cast my eyes around me and ! let out a sigh that touched her heart. but also as a Christiaa Scientist aroused her indlsnation, for when she would pass mo this del:cacy and that and I wouN regretfu;ly pass" She finally blurtad out. For the Lords sake. go on and ca: what you want and forget it." took her advice and since then I have entered into the joys of new world, where no dish howsoevor dangerous it may be consd cred stops me from wading in if my ap. petite calls for it. I experienced in the way of food complete mastery of mind over matter.
 believe Frank V. Evans reads every. thing that gets into print. I know hs read my cucumber story, but what did not know was that his niece hau married Juege Bleckey's son. He fo-. warded il t, her and she wrote that her husbands distinguished father to his dy. ing day retained his fondness for GU cumbers. and she was kind enough tt send the poem in which he immortalized