Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 127, 29 May 1922 — Page 10
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New and Strange Foods to Tempt the Palate - The World Combed for Unusual Dishes Vegetable Ice Cream One of the Odd Finds. By XORJUN C. McLOUD CHIXGS have come to such a rasa that no fruit or vegetable, however Isolated, Is safe from Uncle Sam's food explorers. Like all scientists, these food explorers are never satisfied. The discovery of one strange growth serves but as an Invitation to them to look for something even more unnmiai.
From east to west these explorers travel In endless search for additions to Uncle Sam's crop of growing things. Indo-China. the wilds of Africa, the elopes of the Andes and the Islands of the South Sea are all one to these Journeyman . scientists, as fruitful fleld9 of research. The work of these explorers comes under the head of foreign seed and plant Introduction, In the Bureau of Plant Industry. United States Department of Agriculture, directed by David Falrchild, a scientist of international reputation. A Cooling Dish Vegetable Ice cream is one of the gifts brought to the American table by :hese explorers. But for these valiant seekers after the quaint and curious ruita of the world, America might lave lived and died buying Its Ice ream at the corner store and carrying .t home In paper pails. 1 This remarkable fruit in known to scientists as the cherimoya. Mark
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Twain described It as "deliciousness itself," and other eminent authorities agree that It is one of the most exquisite fruits In the world. The only thins Nature doea not do for the cherimoya is to freeze it. All the other steps which are necessary to the making of a perfect ice cream are carried through In Nature's laboratory. Substance, creamy consistency and delicate flavoring are all provided, and when man has gathered the fruit from Its tree he has only to place it on ice for a few hours and serve. Thus treated, it is a literal truth, vouched for by literal scientists, that the cherimoya becomes an actual ice cream unexcelled by the product of the finest caterer. Its flavor Is that of pineapple and banana, delicately blended and delightfully harmonized, but sufficiently pronounced to be ex. tremcly palatable. The cherimoya is essentially a dessert fruit," high In Its sugar-content. It is eaten fresh, either chilled or oth
erwise, but may be shipped to distant markets. The fruit is native to the Andes, but the trees have been Introduced Into this country. The cherimoya usually grows to a size weighing from one to two pounds, although the weight sometimes goes to six pounds or even higher. Queen Of Fruits Another fruit to which the plant explorer points with respect not unmixed with awe, is the mangosteen, described variously as "the Queen of Fruits." and "the most delicious fruit
in the world." It has been compared to nectar and ambrosia', has been said "to surpass the golden apples of the Hesperides," and is admitted by all to be the finest fruit of the tropics. In spite of its recognized excellence this fruit Is extremely limited in Its area of growth, and th explorers of the Department of Agriculture ' are hopeful that it may be brought to hold an important place in the fruit crops of tropical America.
In Java and Sumatra the mangosteen is a common dooryard tree. It also grows in Malacca, the Straits Settlements, Cochin-China, Ceylon, the Sulu Archipelago of the Philippines and elsewhere. Treas have been planted by the Department of Agriculture In Cuba, the Canal Zone and Porto Rico. Mammoth Berry The biggest berry ever discovered Is' another important gift of the explorer to the American table. With a normal length as great as two and one-half Inches this berry makes dwarfs of the berries with which we are most familiar.
It is not alone In size that this berry commands attention, for its growth itself is freakish from the American point of view. In the picture the fruit looks like a blackberry and it grows on a blackberry bush, but that In spite of these evidences it is classified as a raspberry, and tastes something like the loganberry. In color it is red. This product is a native of South America, discovered near Bogota, Colombia, and is known as the Colombian berry. It is being Introduced into the United States and is expected to thrive chiefly in Northern California and in Oregon r.nd Washington.
A Pepsin Melon A melon with leaves that will take the toughness out of the most leathery steak la another pet of the agricultural explorer, tamed to the requirements of civilization. This is the Melon that Grows on a Tree. In the Hawaiian Islands thee is no fruit except the banana which means more to the people in the way of comfort and enjoyment than does this melon, the Papaya. With these peop'e. and in other tropical regions, it takbs the place of our muskmelon or canteloupe.
The papaya's ability to predlgest a tough beefsteak is, due to the pepsin which it cjntains. The fruit is said to be the only one In the world containing pepsin, and its supply of this digestive agent is so liberal as to make the melon excellent for people with weak stomachs. Evidence of its worth as an aid to digestion is shown by its
action on beefsteak. All that is necessary is to wrap the meat in papaya leaves and let nature take Its course. If left over night, thus wrapped, the steak will fca found as tender as one could wish. The papaya is widely distributed and has been entirely successful in Florida since its introduction by the fruit explorers. The plant grows rapidly and reaches a height of ten feet within eighteen months after tl. planting of seed. The normal plant bears heavily. What Is It A pear which is not a pear and which is neither a fruit nor a vegetable has attracted much attention at the hands of the specialists in plant introduction. Not only is it not a pear, but Its popular name carries another error in that the descriptive
word "alligator" appears therein, al
though there is nothing in the product or Its history to connect it with alligators. To scientists it is known as the avocado. To the general public it Is the alligator pear. Just how science determines that it is neither a fruit nor a vegetable I do not grasp, but they call it a salad fruit, as a means of distinguishing it from fruits and vegetables as they know them.
The avocado was known by the Aztecs as the AHUACATL. When it was introduced into Jamaica the Spanish called it the aguacate. Under the Infiuen-.e of the English this became avocado and this was corrupted, through similarity of sounds, to alligator. The word "pear" was tacked on for some reason unexplained unless on the assumption of similarity in shape. The alligator pear is a common article of diet with many people, and as served in a salad It makes a delicious dish. The most striking feature of this remarkable product is that It comes nearer to affording a perfectly balanced r.nd co.r.plete food than any other growth Unovrr:. Science has determined that n..in can almost live on
the alligator ear alone, so rich and varied are the food values of the product. In Guatemala it practically takes the place of meat In the native diet. The native home of the avocado is in central America and Mexico, where almost every dooryard has its avocado tree. In Gautemala the trees grow to a size which compares with our American Elms, and a mature tree will sometimes bear as many as 2,000 medium sized fruits, or 1.000 large ones.
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English family, after a row with the local lord and his pater emigrates to America where he becomes the middleweight ring champion of the world. There had been a girl, Lady Elizabeth, to whom he was partial and who acted as if the regard was mutual. On returning riome, he finds Lady Elizabeth social secretary for the family. The
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Lady Vivienne (Friscilla Dean). English noblewoman, balks her father's plan to marry her to Henry Forthen, wealthy society "lowbrow." Porthen, in anger at being cheated after assisting her father financially, entices her to his country home with Freddy
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Several years later, Blake, a wealthy business man in New Orleans finds himself called upon to assist in tlin suppression of lawlessness in the
Porthen is lying dead on the floor, while Freddy has escaped. Three years later, investigating some worthless land of hers in the Transvaal, Viv is saved from bandits by Kerry Burgess, homesteader. Then she finds Freddy Sutherland in a drunken, degraded state. Torn between love for Kerry and what seemed to be her duty to Freddy, who supposedly saved her from Porthen, she is entangled in a
web of circumstances from which she Is finally extracted by Fate and the law of love. The action supplies a series of breath-taking thrills, the greatest of which is Lady Vivienne's heroic rescue of her sweetheart from a destructive torrent. "Tho Man From Downing Street" In "The Man from Downing Street," Earle Williams plays the role of Captain Kent, of the British Secret Serv-
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in the cable code of the British Government. Three officers receive the cable messages, no one else could get them, yet a leak is somewhere which is sure to bring about a revolution. Captain, Kent finds all three officers above suspicion in the eyes of the Home office yet one or all must be guilty. To make matters more complicated he falls In love with the beautiful daughter of Major Burnham and clues stamp the Major's acts as suspicious. The beautiful dancer, Sarlssa, the Majaraja Jehan and the frivolous wife of one of the officers are other characters who are involved in the sinister net which will stamp one or more as traitors to England. "Fair Lady" In the picturesque island of Sicily, where romance flourishes, lived a beautiful young girl. Countess Margherita, on whom Cardi, the dreaded leader of the powerful secret society, cast longing eyes and sent forth warn
ings that he intended to claim her as a wife. Cardi though known by name to every Sicilian was "unknown by sight. Margherlta was in constant re
ceipt of ardent love messages from her dreaded suitor who stated that he would appear In due time. Margherita paid no attention to these letters and became engaged to Count Martlnello. On the day of the wedding the Count accompanied by several servants and his American friend, Norvln Blake, was on the way on horseback when in a densely wooded part of the road they suddenly found themselves surrounded by a band of Cardi's men. The battle, though desperate ended with the death of the entire party except Blake. Blake falls In love with Margherlta but is repulsed.
ice, who goes to India In disguise as foreign section. He is btartled and
delighted to meet Margherita. Sha tells him she is a nurse doing charitable work in tho Italian section of the city. Cian N'arcone, a giant laborer, whom Blake recognizes as tha ringleader in the band that assassinated Count Martinello is the gansr ringleader and after a hand to hand fight between Blake and Gian Narcone, the later Is arrested. This accomplishment re-establishes Blake In the esteem of Margherita. "Shadows Of The Sea" j The story opens with a scene of a typical waterfront resort of the most questionable character where Mr. Tearle, as Captain Dick Carson, finds a human wastrel in whom he sees a lot of dormant good and carries hira away to his yacht. Then the action moves to the shores of California and It is there that romance plays its hand. Follows then an exciting pistol duel between the fugitives and customs officials, the kidnapping of a misguided wife and her would-be lover, a mutiny at sea and then explanations and understanding and a surprising, yet pleasing ending.
Clara Bow "Now Clara remember," said the director, in the taking of her first picture, "your feelings are hurt. Can't we have a few tears? You know your, sweetheart has played false and its broken your heart." Clara looked over at her "sweetheart." A sad wistful look welled up in her eyes. Two big tears stole down her white face. Then she burst into a flood of weeping. "That's the girl." said the director, patting her hair. "That's the girl. Fine work! Fine work!" "An actress to the manner born," was the comment of all.