PAGE 18 THE SPOKANE PRESS, SUNDAY, APRIL 3,1910.

Copyright, 1910, by Great Britain nig-hta liceerveft? Hippopotami Steaks, Odd Lizard Entrees, Willthe Hashes of Horse and Dog, Bat Pot-Pie, Roasti Meat of the Queer Bounding Wallaby of Australian Trust Wilds--Men Eat Them All!

colli storage as nro the egg's and meat In tho cold storage warehouses of the modern food trusts. Despite Its great age. the meat of the mammoth must have tasted fresher than Hippopotamus- that supplied to the White House during The tho past Administration, according to the testimony of Food Inspector Dodge, steak Party May of the District Health Department, be- fore the Moore special committee of the Logical Sue- House Investigating the food cost ques- Be the tion It appeared that while Mr. Roose- velt was President the steward of the cessor of the Beef- Executive Mansion was Instructed to hang up his beet and keep It there until It was so ripe that lie could stick his ?teak Party, When finder Into It. Not until it was ready ;hc price of meat going to fall to pieces was It taken down and THislisteadily upward day by day so- Price of Beef served, and a similar practice was said the WITHcial philosophers and science are to obtain In many wealthy homes. turning their attention to What can la Prohibi- Butchers who cater to a fashionable substituted for trie things that aro Becomes trade wero said to keep old meat on under tho control of the Beef Trust. hand because their customers would take Of course It might seem to some that tive. no other, and In many of the shops a more simple method of dealing with the Visited by the Inspectors the meat kept question would be to force the Beef for such purposes was so putrid that It Trust to dial justly with the consumer? wa3 promptly condemned as unfit for but be that as It may. as our friend human consumption George B. Monroe snys. hero are some To Individuals with such tastes,mam- Of the substitutes which have been sug- gested for the exclusive pork chop, the popotnmus la one of the purest animal Intensely aristocratic chop and the well fats known and Is In great demand nigh unapproachable steak whom all of among the Cape colonists At tho which formed the piece de resistance us Knew and loved befjre they got so Capo of Good Hope, hippopotamus melt at a banquet given at St. Petersburg a high In the world. Is salted and cured and Is known as few years ago by Prof. Herz. of the Tlie phllos iphcrs say we be- Cow Bacon," the Imperial Academy Sciences. that have "Lake and from na- down to a horseflesh dinner at the only question Involved Is a. sanitary one. of come so to eating only beef standpoint Is superior to The carcass of the had usid and tive's it far Palala Royal, In commemoration of the Dr. Alnnzq D. Mel.ln, chief of the Bu- mammoth mutton and pork that we do not anything been found in the Ice In the far North realize t lie Beef Trust could offer. "two Sieges" of Parte, of which they were reau of industry In Washington, how many other meats there arc which Another very cheap form of meat Is Anirtttl. and when removed was found to be heroes and heroines. The banquet w-as declares thaH-dog-meat would not be en- make Just as goo 3 eating and which that of the white At the up by In excellent condition, having been per- rhinoceros. gotten v committee of veteran sur- joyable for 4rie-simple reason most could be obtained more cheaply a present Hits species is to be be- that fectly preserved by the Ice In which it once time said vivors of 1870, who invited any and people woulaf'bp prejudiced against the general demand were created for them. coming extinct, but there Is plenty of every passed through was Imbedded. one who had the food, and antagonistic frame of By way of Illustration, there Is the loom |n our Southern States where It days th*| Jhe It was cut up into huge portions and horrors of those to join In the cele- mind would affect the diges- odd and bounding Australian wal- could be stocked and propagated. Only pecessarlly preserved In salicylic acid. When bration. Three hundred at once re- tion. A. of laby. This animal Is a species tile coarsest and most unpromising prov- sponded Dr. Vif Evans, Commissioner cooked and eaten It was found to be to the call, and ate horseflesh Clilcago, han.l, of small kangaroo and Is twice ender i.s required to maintain It and It With enthusiasm. Health of on the other remarkably tender, resembling venison sees no reason y dog-meat not as large as a hare. It looks like furnishes an enormous quantity of excel- Though the diners attended the ban- sv> should of a superior quality and Just gamy amntng viands of civilized a cross between a rat and an opossum lent meat. The white rhinoceros is a quet more out of a spirit of sacrifice be Included the enough to suit the most epicurean people, apart* from the question of sen'.l- taste. on that occa- It has long been regarded as nn enjoy- comparatively mild creature and could be than of pleasure, men who went to suf- Tho carcass eaten man sees nothing by only one to able, economical dish by the Australians, raised without danger. fer remained to enjoy. Prepared a ment. "To the who sion Is no means the In eating but only recently has made lis debut out- From the Orient has Just arrived a skillful It tasted very dif- disgusting In canine flesh," he de- be found In Northern Asia. In tho lce- manner. good eat- line of tho antipodes. In England, where shipment of dried llgarde. In China the ferent to the meat they had been claied, "It should prove Just as fllled caverns of Siberia hundreds of It was first in reduced, It made a decided flesh of the slimy creature Is considered forced to cat In the tragic days of tho ing as other £orjns of r ' " thousands of these relics of the Stone hit and is now found on every first-class a luxury, and large consignments are Mege. From the humanitarian's standpoint, Age are undoubtedly Imbedded and club and hotel menu. "Jugged wallaby" annually shipped to this country for the While horseflesh is not generally eaten eating dogs seems must unnatural, and might furnish food for tho civilized Is the form in which the dish Is most delectation of tho pig-tailed contingent In France, a proposition was recently yet, If the meat trust raises Its prices world for hundreds of years If they frequently seen on the English menus, hero. It doesn't sound very savory, but made In l'arls to establish canine butch- much hlghsav we may eventually be could only be made available. It Is to but In Austral.a the creature Is prepared nevertheless the tlesh Is Very tasty and er :-l'.ops where dog meat would be sold obliged to add English bulldog chops be feared, however, that they are as in half a dozen different ways and really when properly prepared makes as dainty for human consumption. The idea ha» French poodle soup, and dachshund pie useless to mankind In their natural makes very good eating. There they a dish us rte would care to eat been widely discussed, not only iv France to our menus. It beat as a roast tor the purpose of exportation* Hi2 I.ut in thi* country, from the standpoints Perhaps the best Ideas for new meat The Wallaby, a Fa- of health and Odd Now sen- dishes, however, are to be derived from mous timent. On the the tropics, where tho natives have come Australian Dish. one hand it has to regard nearly all animal (lesh as been claimed that edible meat. the eating of dog- They know no greater delicacy than men: could be de- monkey flesh, and most of principal only the fended on the dishes at their gala feasts are garnished \u25a0cors of dhe nec- monkey heads. essity, such as an with The think that lion's flesh Is. Arctic exploier Boers eating yet devised, and s tmetlmes races, about the best .u;d that the idea the flesh of the elephant Is a favorite with them, to the of gutting Kido on dish although Euro- tiie regular bill of pean taste It resembles soft leather and mucilage. fare bonier j on cannibalism, while Antelope, which tastes not unlike venl- on the other hand, son, Is eaten by the colonists, and the it has been stoutly flesh of the itebra is very delicate and contended that the dainty. In the Philippines, bats are not looked upon with the repulsion they arouse In this country. On the contrary, they are eaten and enjoyed The native Filipinos delight In baked grasshoppers and there are numerous species of Inserts which are considered edible by the Chinese and other Oriental nations, as well as by the natives of Mexico and South America. Dried Chinese Lizards, a Fa- In India, the tiger Is eaten not only for Us edible qualities but also be- mous Chinese Delicacy, of cause It Is believed to Impart strength Which Thousands Are Im- and cunning. In upper Egypt and in Siam crocodile flesh Is publicly sold as ported Yearly to America. food, while In Santo Domingo and parts of Ccntrnl America the cayman mmh flesh would he esteemed a luxury, or American alligator, Is eaten, roaste- and the Beef TrUSI might raise Its prices Hippopotamus or boiled. Indefinitely, as far ns they were con- inging in the Perhaps the strangest viand ever cerned, as long as sufficient mammoth for a Native Congo Feast. eaten by man. however, was the hairy meht could ho procured to satisfy the mammoth tenderloin, 20,000 years old. demand for it. For the present, howpver. and until D-t wni by is not very different properly equipped expeditions can be from rabbit or ha.c, and there is noth- Carrying Old, Worn-out Horses Organised to exploit the Siberian loe- ing repulsive In the Idea of eating it. from England to the Bel- fllled caverns, hlppolamus meat would There are. however, a number of Ecem to be the most practical solution i er kinds of meats which, though gium Meat Market. of the meat question, at the first blush might seem quite out It must be admitted that none of thla of the question as human food, are sounds Very appetising to US. lint, surely, »? theles3 eaten and enjoyed in The Best Eating Monkeys in people who will put up with the tyranny various sections of the world ar.J of the Ueef Trust so meekly, will not migot serve as a very good substitute India. find any of It hard to swallow, for the expensive meats we tow de- pend upon. There Is dealh to the Beef Trust In The Sabre-Toothed Tiger Wftß hippopotamus alone Roosevelt has fed What An "Educated" Girl Really Knows. on hippopotamus steaks and knows First on the Menu of the ho delicious they are. and In Africa Cave Dv/ellers. those days of higher ?duration for them ho time, and money for their use, no flesh Is more highly esteemed Dr. girls some very simple and useful ac- She Should know how to live up to the . with the U. S compllshmonts are apt to be forgot- old rule, "A place for every thing, and W. N. Irwin, connected IN They accomplishments everything plare." Department of Agriculture, has pointed flesh is dried and st rot-hed on sticks ten. arc thnt one In Its attend learn, know out that there are nearly seven mil- of nnmbeo. ami It arrives In this coun- need not college to and yet She should that It Is best for her lion acres of water and marshy rurface try In m;:ch the same condition as cer- they nre as valuable and us essential as not to have anything to do with diss date In our Gulf States, which, If properly tain varieties of dried fish Stewed or anything taught In the most advanced or Intemperate young men. planted with water hyacinths and other broiled. U readily softens, and Is very semlnry. Without them no girl's cdura- Slio should know that the more she aquatic plants, would make an excel- appetising In the south of Italy and Hon Is complete. Here Is n list of thing' lives within her Income the more she will lent stamping-ground for hippopotamus Spain, too, the green lizard has been that every girl In the land should know, save and the farther she will get position away He has e.t 1 that no less than a used as food for years, and lizard souo regardless of her in life: from poverty.' !, million tons of meat a year could thus Is a favorite dish. This reptile Is epiite She should know that twenty nickels *>?? » ould know that It Is best to re- be produced, and. If the beef barons abund&nt In tills country, and If once a make a dollar. eanl habits and morals and not money In close, seem , choosing her associates. press us too here would to taste weie cultivated for It, another She should....know how to arrange every T- . " ... h >l he a practical solution of the meat- death-blow might be dealt the beef room in* the bouse. , d k OW how 10 »-|thln eating problem. barons her 'Income" " and" to wear a calico dress She should know how to say "No" and 3" all Ihe regions In this country Horseflesh Is not renerally |jga a queen, considered mean It or to It available for hippopotami raising were good eating, and in England It has been "Yes" and Stick She should know how to embrace every properly stocked, the price of the meat given only to cats. The "cat's-picaf' She Should know how to sew on but- opportunity' for reading, sud how to se- would bo remarkably low, ad the vendor Is a weekly visitor at every. house tons, darn stockings und mend gloves. lect such books as will give her the most Beef Trust would either have to reduce In London where a cat Is kept. But not She should know how to < ook and serve useful and practical Information In or- Its prices or be undersold. all of the dilapidated Knglish horses are a good, wholesome dinner der to make the best progress In eaiUar One hippopotamus would furnish disposed of In this way. On tho con- She should know how to dress for health as well as later home and School life, enough meat to feed about nine hun- trary. Ihe majority of them are sent over und comfort, as well as for appearance. A girl who combines all this. Informa- dred persons and a hippopotamus to Belgium, where they ate used as She should know thst light lacing Is not tlon with her regular school education steak parly would be the logical auc- human food. only uncomely, but thnt It Is Injurious to will be well equipped for almost any pr>- ceaaor to the beefsteak parly when Horse meat Is eaten to some extent In health. sltlon In life. Her spiritual development tropical the meat auperseded beef as France, too, but only by the poorer She should know that music, drawing should keep pace with her mental devel- food. classes. Recently, however, three hun- and painting are real accompllshmenta In opn.ent, or life will be a failure under The Ut underb lug the ski., of tha hip- dred I'aiisluns, meo aud women, sal the home, and are uot to ba neglected If any condition.