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Evening star., 1931-12-03
PARK POLICE FORCE.
INCREASE IS ASKED
Grant Reports .Acreag,
Grows Faster Than Men
Employed to Patrol 1t.

The acreage OF the park system
growing faster than the size of tts
United States Park Police who patrol 1t
This is the situation pictured in trl
annual report of Lieut. Col. U. (
Grant, 3D. director of Public Buildins
and Public Parks, today as set fort
under the protection division. Refee
ring to crowds that gather PERIODICAL
in the parks for special events, q.
Grant said: While the park police lis
so far met such demands efficiently an
adequately, It's size Is still SO small tht
even with the five men added tfE
year beats have to be combined on OF
casionS to an extent that necessary
l0aves large areas without adequaA
protection. A substantial increase l
the force is needed to keep up viii
the rapidly increasing area of par
lands and the ever greater intensity i
their use"
The percentage Of arrests made vail
In court actions was 9873, the repor
asserted, Col Grant explaining that N
attempt is made to gauge the efficienc
Of members of the force on the basf
OF arrests made and in fact mo recor
OF individual arrests Is maintained"
Col. Grant has found the use 4
plain clothes men effective He sal
'The number of complaints receivedf
annoyance to persons visiting the pakS,
particularly women and girls, was CO
siderably reduced by the operations e
these plain clothes men News of theil
presence has apparently spread amont
the offenders and has proved an eff.
fective deterrent"
There were "a special policemen
employees with duties IN the parks-au.
thorized. Appointments to the build,
ings guards force are not made If ap.
plicants are over IS years.
Evening star., 1931-12-03
FINED ON TRAFFIC COUNTS
Colored Youth Asks Jury Trial or
Possession Charge.

Arrested for two traffic violations
when he is alleged to have been fleeing
with load of liquor, George r. Brown,
colored, 10, was fined a total of $35 ys-
terday In Police Court.
On charge of possession of liquor
Brown pleaded not guilty and asked a
jury trial. Bond was fixed at $500 by
Judge Isaac r. Hit and Assistant
United States Attorney Roger Robb.
Policeman r. Schleichert said he
started in pursuit of Browns machine
Tuesday night when he suspected it of
containing whisky. He said the mar
drove at high rate of speed and ran
through a red light
Evening star., 1931-12-03
Births Reported.

BaEoA BaroA and Emily s, Morrison, twin girls
Rober C. and Mamie V. Herrle, girl.
Malcoh H. and Elizabeth c. Talbot, girl
George L: and Pope Dennis, girl.
N and Rosie H. Yick, girl
GfeqEgeE and Helen A. Miller, boy,
HalbertL, and Yiolette E. Porter, boy.
WilhamH. and Estelle G. Webb. boy
Charles E. and Estelle M Hall. boy,
g5set2fV. and Valentine Walsh boy.
James r. and Thelma Pennifeld, boy.
Manue and Isabel Correiar. boy
Rober7 R and Louise Randall: boy.
Angel and Jean Marietta. girl.
Jane P. and Catherine Clark, girl
Addion M and Mary E Duval. girl
Robe't M. and Mabel Daniel, girl
ByrCl and, Mildred Mcclure. girl.
Notify and Helen Barrett. girl
Danel and Edna E. Harris. girl
ChaleS E. and Thelma A. Settlers, girl.
JAMS and Thelma Young. boy
Darel and Edna E. Harris, boy.
Alfnso and Hazel Wilkinson. boy.
Noes and Jessie Wingfield. boy.
Lee and EVELYN Temple. boy
Chsle and Ella Jackson. boy.
Ezeiel and GLADYS CunninRham, boy.
Rohrt and Matte Bowser, boy.
Edmond and Beatrice Murchison. boy.
Claence and Emma Hawkins. girl.
LesM and Estrlle Meade. girl.
AndeW and GLADYS Beale. girl.
Johl and Bessie Taylor. girl.
Evening star., 1931-12-03
DrathH.

ffrTY ber SOPHIE obHrs = On ThSnEsday Dsssm
W. Chambers " co funessI 1esshs homa On tne ,1Sa M
Chaplin st. NV. Notice Of funeral later
PLuMMER. FIELDER /. On Saturday, No
ER f son m of tbs az 1ate 1Sien9dqsn M Pa, FEI
E. Plummer.
RYAN, GERTRUDE. On Thursday. Decem-
TRubE 6eoTed GdogIPa daHEb.1 aofga II GER
ter E4sbefb Is als9 son suryyeS yG & BY tE9 daugh
GsF2h S1ipfsoy n Rost 66seSs5 6sesP 4
stamf csmbsr ISABELLE BEL On WsSdnssaay De-
Nd, ISABELLE sTALEY, daughter Of tn:
day. December 4, at pm. from tbs
Presbyterian Church, BOyds, Nd Inter-
ment church cemetery.
2. 1891. at her residence, 1880 Massachu-
sets aye; NV, LOUISE CAMP STANLEY
GAiIs Mrs william lam -. beloysd mother Of Mrs.
Dr.. William s. Stanley Of MiiWauksei aksen fTa Fua
vateJ in Aritnston National cemetery. sHf ''''-
TINsLEY, SARAH L. On Monday. Novem-
NV SARAH T. TINsLEY Beloved ed dsush- az h:
ter OF Sarah White, wife Of Rode Tins1ey
m0nr their RR5sFt 6ss STs host Of Sber She es
tiVeS and friends. Funeral Thursday De-
EtuIpeF s., az p.m., from Fraziers funeral
home 389 r. I. ave NV. Rev, K~to w
Roy othciating. Friends invited.
WALKER, ELIZABETH. Departed this life
on Wednesday, December 2. 1881, at IL: 90
PM az her residence, 1921 s st. NV,
Mrs: ELIZABETH WALKER, devoted
mother OF Walter w. Walker and Geneva
Walker Cham. Notice of funeral here.
WILLIAMS, JANE o. On Wednesday, De-
cember 2 1881, at the residence Of her
son, LOUIS E WILLIAMS, 1364la Poto-
mac ave Sc, JANE O., beloved wife of the
late George r. Williams. Funeral from
the above residence on Saturday, Decem-
Der s. at am Mass at Immaculate
Conception Church, MechancSville, Md,
at 10 am. Relatives and friends invited
1nterment st. Joseph's Cemetery, Nor
gan2a, Md
WOOD, JAMES E. s. On Thursday, Deem
Der 3, 1881, at Garfield Hospital JAMES
E. 8. beloved husband of Frances Wood
Of KenSington, Nd Remains resting at
the W. w. Chambers Co. funeral home
l4O0 Chaplin st. NV. Notice of funeral
later.
YowELL B, LIE ROY. On Wednesday. De-
cember 2, 1881, at Georgetown University
Hospital, B. LIE ROY tRoyl, beloved hus-
band of Nellie B. Yowell (nee Rohr). Fu-
neral services at his late residence,
1903 Monroe st. ne, on Saturday. Deem
per 3, at z pm. Interment Glenwood
Cemetery. A.
Evening star., 1931-12-03
CHURCH TO GIVE PLAY
Foundry Players to Present Com
edy, "Wild Oats Boy"

The Foundry Players of Foundry
Church, Sixteenth and P streets, Will
present wild Oats Boy" three-ac
comedy, in the church auditorium to-
morrow night at 8:15 o'clock. The play
is under the direction of Edward B.
Pence, formerly of Hollywood, Calf.
Members of the cast include Jean
Watson, Marion Hine, Evelyn Sigh
Betty Hibbard, Jane Almond, Doris
Smith, Martin Kirkpatrick. Ray Kurtz,
Robert Fessenden, John Andrews, Carl
ton Smith, Gerald Russell and John
Mattern.
Bees travel as far as $4,000 miles In
gathering honey, says European scien-
fist
Evening star., 1931-12-03
Deaths Reported.

GATHERING P. Hobbs. 81, Hotel Brighton.
Charles T. Lowell. 73, 2627 Adams Mill I'd.
Reuben Ross, TO, l69 Adams ST.
LoGs Pfeil, 81, 7l6 22d st.
Wikon Fr!as. g. Gallinger Hospital.
den.y Welcher, SO. Providence Hospital
James L. Harrison. 81, 526 21st st.
yirania. B. Sheetz, 50, rs Rock Creek
Clurcl rd.
Anne Woods. 49, Gallinger Hospital
Dors Fisher. 18, 1928 Rittenhouse st.
5Stiise G. Gunnell, 5, en- route Georgetown
Alston P. Coughlin. g. Gallinxer Hospital
Vary Curtin, 2, Garfield Hospital
Frances E. Jenkins, Children's Hospital.
Mice Davis. 80: Gallinger HOSPITAL.
John A. Sykes, So. 1880 9th st.
william T Pinkney; So 2so4 Hunter pl: Sc.
cha les Jamison. AZ. Gallinger Hospital.
souse, B; Frye, Al o 11e4 Howard pl sc.
Thomas Handy, Sc. Casualty Hospital
Ella D, Jackson. "a. 322 M st. s;w;
Willie II. Jones. Gallinger Hospital
Aplta 7. Anderson. 753a FaiEmont st
Evening star., 1931-12-03
THE WEATHER

District Of Columbia and Maryland
Increasing cloudiness and warmer to-
night; tomorrow rain and warmer;
moderate southwest winds.
Virginia-Rain and warmer tonight
and tomorrow; moderate to fresh
southeast and south winds
West Virginia-Increasing cloudiness,
followed by rain late tonight or tomor-
row; warmer tonight and in south and
east portions tomorrow.
A III
Evening star., 1931-12-03
BURNS PROVE FATAL
Woman, IS, In jured Tuesday When
Dress Catches Fire.

Mrs. Elizabeth Carter colored, IS,
died at Casualty Hospital yesterday aft.
ernoon as a result of burns sustained
Tueday morning while in the kitchen
of her home, 318 K street southeast.
Mrs. Carter was seated near the stove
drying her clothing, according to the
police, when her dress ignited.
Evening star., 1931-12-03
B. LEROY Y0WELL DIES
AS RESULT OF FALL
Succumbs at Georgetown Universi-
ty Hospital to Injuries Re-
ceived at Home.

ce1VeQ at nome.
B. Leroy Yowell, As, died yesterday at
Georgetown University Hospital, as a
result Of injuries suffered in a fall
downstairs at his home, 1903 Monroe
street northeast, Saturday. The man
was given first aid treatment, after the
fall, but was later taken to the hos
pital. A certificate of accidental death
was issued.
Mr.. Vowel came to Washington from
Round Hill, Va. He was a member Of
Singleton Lodge, F. A. A. M, and the
Junior Order, United American Me-
chsnics. He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Nellie B. Yewell.
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. Saturday at the residence. Burial
will be in Glenwood Cemetery.
Evening star., 1931-12-03
FOUND.
LOST.

K'TTFN-Large pure white; bushy tail.
gentle and playful. Phone Met. 7437 and
North 5293. 3s
Evening star., 1931-12-03
Report for Last "a Hours.

Highest =. At, 200 am. Year ago. 70
Lowest 80. 80, 800 am. Year ago. IT
Evening star., 1931-12-03
The Sun and Moon.

Rises. Sets.
Sun, today. 7:O9 4:46
Sun, tomorrow ITO 4:46
Moon, today. 1915 am. lilo pm
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Rainfall.
Monthly rainfall in inches in the
Capital Current month to date):
Evening star., 1931-12-03

Tide Tables
Furnished by United States Coast and
GeOdetiC Suryey)
Evening star., 1931-12-03
J. G. EASTBURN, Councillor.
E. r. THOMAS, Recording Secretary.

|, 1881, EARL X HARRIS, son Of Samuel
and Pearl Harris. He also leaves to
mourn their loss. two sisters. Inece and
Margaret Harris; two brothers Vernon
and Willard Harris; grandmother Mar
garet Brown; an aunt, Susie Harris and
host OF other relatives and friends Re
mans resting at his late home, l413 Hop
Saturday: December s., at pm, at the
above address. Friends invited. Inter
ant Grove. Va. "a
Evening star., 1931-12-03

White English broad
cloth i'll collar attached and
neckband styles. Plain
shade madras and broad
cloths with collar attached
and our own famous
plain shade Gros- shadow
shirts.
Evening star., 1931-12-03
Dratha.

ALExANDER, WILLIAM H. Suddenly Thurs
day morning, December g. 1881, WILLIAM
H. ALEXANDER, beloved husband OF Vera
Emma F. Alexander. Funeral from 1929
Q st. NV. Saturday. December 5, at 2:30
pm Please omit flowers. A.
ALsToN, ROBERT. Wednesday. December
2. 1881: ROBERT ALSToN, son of Mrs.
Lucy Aston, devoted father of Elsie.
Aston. brother of Sarah Scott and Diana
Richardson. Remains resting at the w.
Ernest Jarvis funeral church. 1882 You st.
NV. Notice OF funeral later. 3
ANKENEY. ISABEL W. On Wednesday. De-
cember 2, 1881, at her residence; 8l5 Ran
of DR.. William r. Ankeney and mother of
Gilbert H. Ankeney. Services at the S.
H. Hines c. funeral home home 2sOl 1ath st.
Interment Rock Creek Cemetery.
BARBOUR. LILA CONRAD. On Wednesday,
Utah ave NV. LILA CONRAD. RAitpeHfei Widow 9'Sf Of
Frederick K Barbour. Funeral from Al
mus r speare's funeral parlors, 1928
Der 4, at pm. Interment at Glenwood
BASSETT, ALICE LILLIAN. On Thursday
December 8, 1881 at her residence, 627
Maryland ave. ne, ALICE LILLIAN BAS-
SET; SERVICES will be held at her late
Pm. 1nterment in Rock Greek Cemetery. A
bsT issl Mrs. sARoEs e aSfsGeE saossEs Rsofm be
and grandmother Of Ross G. Nell. Re
RRS Fesnf eo ISL r os af shaps g. Of un 1hn FRI +
church, 18th st. and Park rd.,. where mass
VIII be said at o'clock for the repose of
her soul. Interment Glenwood Cemetery.
Evening star., 1931-12-03

BURKE, CATHERINE. On Wednesday De-
cember 2, 1881, at 1880 a M, CATHERINE,
the beloved wife Of the late Redmond F.
Burke. Funeral from her late residence,
1873 3rd st. ne, on Friday morning, De-
cember 4, at $50 o'clock; thence to st.
Martins Church. where requiem will be
said at o'clock. Relatives and friends
invited to attend. Interment Mount
Ollyet.
Evening star., 1931-12-03
FOREIGN

7 am, Greenwich time, today.)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-09
Seems to Be No Limit
to English Vocabulary

Shakespeare had the greatest vo-
cabulary in history. 1t was remark
ably rich and exhibited most of the
language resources of his time. Prof
Albert Cook in his "Study of English"
says that Shakespeare employed about
21,000 words; others say $4,000 or 24,-
600. But the number of words in the
rapidly expanding vocabulary Of mod
ern times greatly exceeds that of
Shakespeare's day. DR.. Joseph Jacobs
in the New York Times Saturday Re-
view of Books" for November 16, 1913,
states "that the average well-educated
American or Englishman today can
control from 10000 to $4,000 words"
No estimate has been made OF the
number of words used by Huxley. His
was a scientific mind, while Shake
speare's was entirely literary. Hulk
ley had an unusually large fund of
words at his disposal, and of neces-
sity, had the wide and varied voca-
bulary of the natural and technical
sciences at his command. From these
sources he had fund of words much
greater and more varied than that in
the possession of most writer's. His
writings abound with evidence of the
enormous wealth of verbal material
ready for ideas he wished to set forth.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-09
Common Plant Credited
With Odd Propensities

Volumes of human history, forgot
ten hopes, faith, superstition, love of
beauty, rise in the mind of the herb
list as he comes upon the common St.
Johnswort, Hypericum Perforatum
of Europe, standing beside a dusty
American roadway. 1t mods its head Of
upper branches terminating in clusters
of five-parted yellow-golden flowers
with long yellow stamens In the wind
made by passing automobiles. Ages
ago it nodded thus as witches passed
in the dusk, riding on broomsticks.
Neolithic women, perhaps, discovered
the mystic plant had curative prop
critics. When Christianity came in it
already was known as a worker of
white magic. Pagans, adopting the
new religion, still put string of st.
Johnswort over the door to ward off
evil spirits, keep away disease, scare
the devils In Colonial times in Amer
lea teas were made Of 1t for face
washes. Our own grandmothers spent
hours picking the tiny golden petals
to put into bottles of alcohol to make
a lotion for chapped hands, wrinkled
faces. It's stem, one to two feet tall
is crowded with short branches with
little oval, stiff leaves. Like modern
witches the plant is lovely to look at.
1t brightens the doOryard of the poor.
j. Otis Swift in the New York
World-Telegram.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-09
Another Old Industry
Lost to Great Britain

One of the Oldest and most pictur.
esque industries In Britain is the
preparation of woad as a dye. Now
adays, the manufacture of this dye
has fallen into decay through the com
petition Of indigo in its markets
But its history goes back to the time
when 1t was used as war paint by the
British warriors who fought under
Boadlcea against the Romans. And,
In modern times, 1t was employed for
a period in dyelng the uniforms of
policemen, sailors and officers In the
Guards.
The plant from which the dye is
made is Of a bluish-green color, rather
like that Of spinach, and possesses a
yellow flower. Il is crushed to pulp
by huge wheels revolving on the stone
floor of a woad mill.
The wheels are rotated around CEN
trail posts by horses. When the horses
have gone round with the wheels a
certain number Of times, the pulp is
scooped out by workmen, and rolled
on board into Jumps about the size
Of Dutch cheeses. After drying for
three months In special drying sheds,
these Jumps shrink to the size of
baseballs.
These are then crushed down, and
mixed with water, after which they
undergo a process Of fermentation, to
get rid Of certain vegetable elements
which spoil the purity Of the dye.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-09
"Cat" Upset Tradition

Cats do not always land on their
feet, Jay Bruce, mountain lion hunt
er, reported to the California fish and
game commission. Bruce based his
statement on a recent lion hunt. He
and his trained dogs had freed a huge
male lion in the Silver creek country.
The big cat, which weighed 100 pounds
and measured seven and one-half feet
from nose to tip Of tail, climbed to the
60-foot level in the tree and was at,
tempting to get higher when it lost
its footing and hurtled downward.
While falling it made several complete
loops and finally landed squarely on its
back. The force Of the blow made It
unconscious for several seconds, but
1t soon came to and counter-attacISed
the dogs. Then Its career was ended
by pistol shot
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-09
City of Montreal Rich
in Historic Interest

In Montreal the visitor finds ample
store of pleasurable experience, from
historic spots and structures to the
most varied and modern of amuse-
ments. First In interest come the
architectural and other relics Of Its
800 years Of history, and the sites.
and sometimes the actual fabrics. as
traders and missionaries who set out
in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth
centuries to open to Christianity and
civilization the whole midcontinent on
both sides Of the present international
boundary.
Here the American visitor comes
upon traces Of La Sale, Marquette,
Cadillac, Duluth, Hennepin and other
dauntless pioneers who founded the
cities which today perpetuate their
names or their mother speech In the
Middle West of the United States.
Buildings dating back to 1850; monu-
ments to Cartier, who visited Indian
Hochelaga at the foot of Mount Royal,
in 1886; to Champlain, who built
fort there early in the Seventeenth
century; and to Maisonneuve. who
founded Montreal as Vile Marie in
1872; tablets showing where La Sale
lived before setting out to discover
the Mississippi; and where General
Montgomery lodged before joining
Benedict Arnold in their unsuccessful
attempt to capture Quebec-these are
some Of the shrlnes of history
shared equally by the people of the
United States and Canada.-Philadel-
phla Record.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-09
Roll of Saints Keeping
Watch Over "Poor Jack"

Saluting the quarterback, which
consists Of touching the cap as the
officer or man steps on deck from the
gangway or from below, is but a con-
tinuance of the act of homage of the
medieval seaman to the Virgin and
the saints. Their images were en-
shrined In the stern or poop, and
toward them salutations were directed.
To this day mariners trust to their
aid in times Of peril and to them
make their VOWS and votive offerings.
The Virgin is the patron of innumer-
able seaside shrlnes and temples, Of
which Notre Dame de la Garde at
Marsellles and Notre Dame des Mel
ges at lie Havre come readily to mind
st. Anthony, who preached to fishes
and who specially guarded sailors
when ashore; st. Christopher, who
once rowed In boat with Christ, and
St Nicholas, whose fayors and inter-
cessions for seamen were as frequent
and efficacious In the Aegean as in
the Baltic, were pre-eminently the
chief maritime saints, but st. Peter,
st. Clement, st. James, st. Mark and
many others, as having shown special
favors at sea. are invoked by sailors
when In stress and danger.
The Saints Calendar of the early
nayigators was long one. replacing
by easy transitions the pagan gods
Of Acknowledgements, Amphitrlte,
Venus, Astarte, odin. Freya and many
lesser tutelary and household delties.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-09
Eastern Nations First
in Use of Fireworks"

The origin of pyrotechny is un-
known, but the art was early prac-
ticed In the East. Although inflam-
mable compositions (known as Greek
flre) were used in European warfare
before gunpowder had become known
among the western nations, fireworks,
in the modern sense of the word, be-
came known to them about the middle
Of the Fourteenth century and record
is found of their having been used as
an accessory of public pageantry in
the year 1888. The early development
Of fireworks in Europe was due to the
Florentines. Fireworks have been as
ISOLATED with the Fourth of July from
the beginning. At the time of the
signing Of the Declaration Of indie
pendence, John Adams, in a letter to
his wife, said: at Independence day.
ought to be solemnized with pomp and
parades, with shows, games, sports,
guns, bells, bonfires and Nominations,
from one end of this continent to the
other, from this time forward for
evermore."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-09
Rare Historical Relics

Excavations near Konigsberg, Ger
many, brought to light finds of great
historic interest from the days &C
the vikings (Ninth to Eleventh cen
tury). Among them is richly orna-
mcnted Norman sword with runic
inscription which has not yet been de-
elphered. A brooch Of Courlandish
origin shows that the Scandinavians
had commercial relations with that
country. The provincial museum Of
the Lochstadt castle on the so-cnIled
"Frisches HAIR has secured sword
with the word "amen" Inscribed on
1t in runes. throwing new light on the
Introduction of Christianity into Sean
dinnvia. Another Viking sword. dat
Ing from the Eleventh century. came
to light from the bottom in the Baltic
sea In fishers net.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-09
Scientists BahIed by -
Sound of Singing Sands

There are many points in this cOun-
try and abroad where the sands Of the
seashore are said to make sound and
this is attributed to the disturbance Of
the particles by the wind, but the sing
ing sands Of the Arabian desert is a
phenomenon which has attracted at
tention for a thousand years and with
out any really satisfactory explana-
ton. Here there is no disturbance by
the wind and yet there Is plainly a
noise at times which is variOusly de-
scribed. 1t is cross between a low
moan and the reverberations of a deep
toned bell after the hammers blow.
The natives regard it as something
supernatural. Dunes In many parts
Of the world have become known less
for the legends connected with them
than for the peculiarly characteristic
sounds. Sonorous dunes at the ex-
IRENE end of lower California have
been responsible for a Mexican legend
Of a monastery buried under the shift
ing sands. Daily at Angelus time the
natives listen for the faint resonance
of its bells. In South Africa there are
laughing sands, and near the end Of
the last century mining engineer dis
covered rumbling sands in Chile, South
America. Moaning sands have been
found in the western Sahara, between
Timbuctoo and Morocco, and musical
dunes in the Libyan desert of Africa.
Kauai, one of the group of the Ha-
waiian islands, is famed for its bark
ing sands.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-09
Water, in Middle Ages,
Drunk Onlv as Penance

In his volume, "The English Medi-
eval Feast" William Edward Mead
sets forth a myriad of curious facts
about the eating habits of those val
liant trenchermen, the Anglo-Saxons of
the Middle ages. Gastronomical hab-
Its of the period, he shows, were based
more often on necessity arising from
conditions under which they lived than
from national idiosyncrasies, but many
of them survive in some form in pres
ent-day recipes.
1t is staggering to compute the
amount of beverages (water excepted)
that was regarded then as an average
days ration in a single household. At
one feast lasting a week in the home
of the Archbishop Neville, brother of
the "kingmaker," for instance. the
guests were provided with the equiva-
ent of 1900 dozen of wine and $4,000
gallons Of ale, he states. The small
household Of the earl of Northumber-
land accounted annually for LOO
dozen Of wine and $4,000 gallons of
ale.
Water in those times was drunk
only as a penance, and was known
commonly as "rot-gut stuff" Since
sanitation was entirely outside the
ken Of the wisest men of the age, and
the quality of any water used for
drinking likely to be extremely inte-
rior, 1t was a wise enough precaution
to ignore it.