Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16
BIZ MARaARET B. DowNINa.

nL NAAROhREA Os OOV1NA1N0e
The President and Mrs. Hoover, being
from California, are committed TO GER
tain vegetables and fruits which are
deemed luxuries in this part of the Union
but are every day food on the PACING
Coast, avocado or alligator pears ana
artichokes, for instance. Those who have
and his lady, even through casual invt-
tation. partake Of Halad Of avocado and
eat artichokes quite as frequently as
they would tomatoes and potatoes at
home. Yet, according to vivacious let
ter of the late Capt. Archibald Butt,
artichokes were introduced to diners
out In the Capital during the service OF
William Howard Taft as Secretary OF
War; According to that obServant
chronicler, there were so few VINO I'M
derstood how to eat artichokes in 1907
that Mrs. Taft was advised for the good
of all concerned to remove this novelty
from the menu Many believed the
sticky fungus was the edible part and
others instead of eating the tip OF the
leaf. tried to consume the whole, as they
would lettuce. Now artichokes may be
purchased from any fancy grocer and
their proper consumption Is as well
known as 1t is how to partake OF as
paragus tips. Texans brought the alll-
gator pear to the Capital almost 90
wears ago and, with the advent of cold
storg =. it became the popular salad for
specr occasions among all the dcniz2ns
of TIL Southwest and in the adjacent
Latin American republics.
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The Duke of York and his sprightly
small daughter, Princess Eilzaoetn,
opened the international Poultry Con-
R.x.v he n EFVCfQl
Palace in London. Lisbeth, as the peo-
Die love to call this charming little
girl, showed such delighted interest
IN the various exhibits that gifts Of
pedipreed hens have come to her from
every cline. She has divided her pets
between her several homes, the larger
part going to Windsor, where she stays
SO often with her royal grandparents,
and because King George likes chickens
better than do her Scotch grandparents
at CLAIMS Castle. Queen Wilhlemina
who always wins silver and gold
trophies and innumerable blue ribbons
at these shows, which are deemed
among the most important of all Euro
mean exhibitions, has q unique col
lection of wild jungle fowl from the
remote sections of Dutch East INDIA,
end Princess Elizabeth Is the only
owner of such besides the Queen OF the
Netherlands. Another speciality OF THIS
thrifty queen is the red fowl OF Cathay,
said by some fanciers to be frst
cousin of the Rhode Island red, which
Is of New England origin. Europes
ROYALTY in the feminine sense takes vast
pride in winning prizes at the Poultry
Congress. In addition TO Wilhelmina,
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium was winner
of many trophies and the Grand
Duchess of Luxembourg showed some OF
the authentic pedigreed hens and roost-
ers going back almost to the first
derivatives Of the barn yard.
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The Ambassador to Brussels, Hugh
Gibson, has shown the same cordial In
terest in the old convent In Ghent where
the treaty making peace with Great
Britain was signed by the ENJOYS OF
this Republic as was manifested by his
immediate predecessors, Mr.. Henry r.
Fletcher and Mr. Brand Whitlock. The
old convent Is adjacent to the Cathedrai
OF st. Bavon. one Of the most beautiful
in Europe, and among the richest in
works Of art. It has been for more than
half q century q serni-xeligious museum,
with especial attention. given to the ma
tons which we're signatories to the
treaty which bears the name Of the city.
In the room where John Quincy Adams,
Henry Clay James A. Bayard, Albert
Gallatin and Jonathan Russell met Lord
Gambler and his associates the monks
in these passing years have gathered all
manner of maps, postage stamps and
small curios relating to the United
States and Great Britain. A unique
feature is that the walls and ceilings
have been completely covered with post
age stamps. cleverly pasted so a. to
form a landscape, and every u tied
States envoy to Belgium during the
hundred years Of her independence has
faithfully sent all manner Of cancelled
stamps, especially those of blue and
green, which 1T neatly into the making
Of skies and landscapes Mr.. Gibson
makes occasional visits to Client and Is