Evening star., 1934-05-19
THIS AND THAT
by CHARLES z. TRAcEWELL.

mouth, which is associated with what
is sometimes called by the discrimi-
mating the little girl look"
We leave beauty shoulder deep in
flowers, as beauty should be, and
move on to the market inside. There
arises the scent of foodstuffs, many
and varied. 1t Is an enticing aroma,
peculiar to a market, a mixed smell
composed of many particular smells,
but resulting in one grand fragrance.
The appeal Of it, in part, accounts for
the fascination which a big market
holds for people the world around. 1t
gripped M. Zola, when he wrote one
of his first successes about the great
Halle OF Paris. He came nearer than
any man has ever done in print to
making a hero out Of the vast COM
bined odor of a food market.
Things fresh out of the earth, vege-
tables, and flowers, too, lie displayed
on all sides, and from them inviSibly
stream forth waves and gusts Of Odors,
some mellow, some spicy, some keen,
but each and every one pleasant to
If the so-called appetite buds Of the
mouth are excited first through the
sense of smell, before food Is tasted,
perhaps we should all visit a market
before eating, and surely no market
man would protest against the plan.
| The visitor even might wonder how
those who tend stalls can help from
being perpetually hungry.
| If we look carefully around, we VIII
notice that they do look q very we'll
fed lot, to be sure.
Mostly they have ruddy faces, and
ample girths, as Of those who work In
the open air and need good sustaining
food to keep them fit.
They have a rolling gait, like SAIL
ors, which effect is abetted by the
amplitude of white aprons tied in the
| back.
| 1t Is pleasant to wander around the
aisles, eyes and nostrils wide open,
taking in sights and scents, and mild
ly meditating on what one sees. There
will be no necessity for heavy think
| ing. A market is not the place for it.
Here the senses are pleased. even that
Of touch may be brought into play by
picking up some fine specimens of car
rot, for instance. and asking their
price.
The attendant Is all attention at
once. He has q natural and healthy
pride in what he sells. II these vege-
tables were made Of gold. a metal. in
stead OF gold, a vegetable, he could
not be prouder Of them. Whether he
grew them or not is another question,
and one strictly none Of our business
Perhaps they came from California,
such is the wonder Of modern Nation
wide marketing. No longer one Is
| content. in a large city, with what Is
grown Just around the city. While II
is still the thing to speak OF home
grown" things as the best in flavor. il
is quite fashionable to take ones vege-
tables from all the States OF the
Union. and TO do so with that perfect
aplomb which perfers to say nothing
at all about the matter. But the man
will tell you. If you ask him about 1t
and he will manage to take some
pride in the fact that he has stun
from Colorado and points West. out
where they have windStorms land
the whole top is blowing of the soil.
The typical city man is cut of from
the soil. except for his small garden
at home, and that mostly a flower
garden. He does not find it conven-
lent to visit farms as often as he
should. He may, then. visit a big
market, upon occasion. and thus re-
new his acquaintance with the prod
ucts of the soil, and with those who
produce them,