El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-24

7 ONDON. Eng. Nay PA certain
l. slight settling Of prices is visible
in England since the arimstice. but
many articles that are necessities TO
an average American and that must
rank as luxuries 20 the middle class
English family stay put" at a price
that would startIe even a New York
housewife.
These articles have never been con-
troled. and, compared 10 American
prices. they have never been cheap
Hence England does without them
Lack of fruit has been declared b.
some Investigators partially respon-
sible for the fact that the draft re-
vealed 50 many thousands Of C-S
men
Peaches. In season. repose IN cotton
batting I'm florists windows at 40
cents each Eineapples TO-DAY sen a.
SIS each These are common on
American tables. but impossible or
achievement outside that West End IN
London. More common still 70 the
American family Grapefruit. p and
80 cents bananas. S and 10 cents
each; canned fruit. Is cents to fL15
tin small oranges sell al 8 and 10
cents each. which possibly is nearer
an American price Apples, con-
rroled. sell at IS cents pound. re-
EarlleSs OF quality AT times they
might wen have been two or three
shiliings each had not the food con
troler ruled otherwise
Fruit Needed.
Growing children. the experts de-
clare. need the acids OF fruits The
fact that millions in England cannot
have fruit has been a dominating fac
low physical standard found IN
Britain
Turn to the good old American in
stitution- the green salad A small
cluster OF lettuce. the equivalent per-
hops Of a sixth of an American head
are 80 cents a pound and cucumbers
. cents each England. OF necessity
substitutes boiled cabbage. and that
bread and cabbage. both Of which are
cheap enough Meanwhile all White
hall goes probing % discover WY
England. physically. has become a
C-3 nation
Children BareIeEEed-
Americans wonder II the fact that
some millions Of children go bare
legged through the hitrerest OF win
ter may not have something 10 DO
with IT, This is a tradition not in
duced By poverty. but a glance at the
windows Of diapers shop would
prove that Il must cost father OF
three or four a considerable sum 10
EAUNNs ms AallaAAN III AHN44EaAE az ~
vailinE prices Blankets just aren
being bought under present market
conditions. But sheets. for instance.
may have worn out New Ones2 At
$40 the pair for linen and ss-75 for
cotton No. there are many things
that middle class England is not buy
Middle class England isn't for in
stance, replacing kitchen ware any
more than is imperatIvely necessary
when the sort Of pan Ar WoolWortn
made famous may be had at the IRON
monEers" for only IS cents 20 SLz5-
Nor is the man who roots the bills
sending his family en- masse for new
footCear II il can be helped when the
tiniest baby saudals-ab0ut so cents
worth. say-retail at S2--5. And young
England plays with its old toys IN
less mother becomes reckless and pur-
mits the young hopeful TO carry off a
WoolWorthian doll cart at Sl--3, or
wooden engine guaranteed not 70 l
win the envy OF any American neigh [
Dor boy at SZ-5o-
EGGS IL Cents Zach.
In time England may get back 10 /
normal There are some signs Eggs. +
which were II cents each a while I
back. have Just dropped from Sl-So I
and are now 81 dozen But mostly I
England viii be buying its meat and
potatoes and cabbage and shoddy 3
clothes for many months yet. until its
money goes farther than it VIII at
present
Irwin Cobb has written in charac- I
teristic style OF the flatness OF Eng 4
lish cooking. Cobb, no doubt. stopped 3
at the savoy, and certainly he ate at 4
Simpsons Just as certainly he had I
ample funds and could buy what was .
for sale. regardless.
So he missed one moro or less
salient fact, towit: English cooking {
generally is flat and tasteless and Z
without inspiration because the
things we call inspiration in a meal I
come high The women Of England T.
who must ration" their expenditure +
have fruit as an event They have
schooled their families never 70 miss
the flavor which a can OF soup or
liberal helping from tomato can