Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-13
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES &. TRACEwELL.

Another sort Of store which appeals
to the masculine mind Is the fancy
grocer. Perhaps there are not as many
OF these left as in the old days, when
they sold liquor, but there are q few.
To walk into one Of these bright and
shining emporiums is 20 stroll into
the market places of the world, for
scores Of the products on display come
from across seas.
Here again, as with housewares de-
partments, there is a mistaken idea
ahoat that women are the chief pur-
chasing agents.
A glance around, however, will show
thai many men shop for foods in such
place, and that most Of them are
unable to resist the lure Of the fancy
biscuits, and the marmalade and the
hundred and one eatables in fancy
tins and packages.
A sure road to q mans heart, as to
tnat OF dog, Is by way OF his stomach
Probably the author OF the new book
Through the Alimentary Canal" had
that fact in mind when he used his
pen and camera.
While women also like to eat, we be-
lieve, despite their pretensions to be
fairy creatures, the male side of hu-
mainly has more unblushing- ap-
proach to the subject OF food, as any
one Is aware who has caught one eat
ing stack Of pancakes on a cold and
frosty morning.
Women manage to hide their appe-
titles better, or eat in q more dainty
manner, whichever way you choose to
put 1t. Even their handling Of corn
on the cob is q masterpiece of wit and
humor compared with the rough and
somewhat ready attack of the male OF
the species.
It is comical to watch the face of
a man let loose in q fancy grocery. He
is goggle-eyed. He sees so many Things
to eat, and fain would eat them all,
If not at once, then day by day.
He sees so many intriguing food
stuffs that he does not know where
purchase q pound of coffee or tea.
After he has given his order, he be-
gins to let his eyes rove around.
On yonder table is an assortment of
English biscuit, as they call them
over there. Really they are cakes.
Packages and wrappings are in the
most charming tones imaginable; one
would dislike to disturb them, even to
eat their contents.
The pictures on the boxes represent
English hunting scenes. There are
girls with the thick waving hair for
which English children are famous.
The biscuits themselves give a hearty
invitation for one and all to eat them.
The pink ones have q peculiarly APP
pealing look about them. They ~nme in
fancy and plain shapes, with sorts
OF creams and other filings.
These things are CONNECTIONS axe
and cooky form. After all, W. Is
better to eat than the old time-hc ID
cooky? His life Is the poorer who Is
not brought up on cookies, and d
not his fair share of soda crackers.
There was an era in this country
when the plain soda cracker suffered
much adverse propaganda, but the tide
of time has permitted this innocent
foodstuff to occupy the place it for
merly held in the affection of the mil
lions.
Crackers and milk make fine lunch
con. not only for the busy executive,
but for the child. For a midnight
lunch, there is scarcely anything bet
ter than q glass of milk literally
sprinkled with broken-up crackers,
either of the soda, sailed or so-called
oyster variety.