Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1916 — Simple Diet of the Turk. [ARTICLE]

Simple Diet of the Turk.

The simple diet of the Turk has taken nothing from his good physique; rather, likely, it is one of the main sources of his health and strength. The Turkish porter, or hamal, dines on a chunk of bread, costing one cent, together with a melon, or a bunch of grapes, or an onion, or a piece of cheese, to the cost of another cent, and considers his meal complete. Yet his daily toil consists in carrying packing cases, pianos and other knick-knacks JT: aroftnd on his back, to the astonishment of every visitor acquainted only tfith the prowess of porters in the West This rugged Turkish burdenbearer eats a dinner at night which in times of peace costs about four dents -y-a bowl of pilaff with bits of meat in it jj .