Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1920 — SUBSIST MAINLY ON DATES [ARTICLE]

SUBSIST MAINLY ON DATES

Fruit Is the Mainstay of Life to the - People of Egypt, Arabia, and Persia. East Is west so far as the palm is concerned, Hawaii, California, Florida, Cuba, Egypt, Palestine, they all know their palms. Of all varieties none is so dear to the heart as the date palm. We all know its delicious fruit, but few can conceive the desert dweller's love for it, for he only can appreciate its grateful shade in the sweltering desert heat The date palm is always a sure sign of water, for to thrive it must have this. Rising often to a height of JOO feet it is a haven of refuge to the parched traveler, who knows that to dig near it is to find water. Then there is the delicious fruit to be considered, too. Many of us know the date as a luxury—sometimes stuffed or otherwise, but a considerable part of the inhabitants of Egypt of Arabia and Persia, subsist almost entirely bn its fruit They boast also of its medicinal virtues. Then the camels feed upon the date stone. ’ I