HAS WON DESERVED FAVOR T American Cooks More and More Com­ ing to Recognise the Advantages of the Casserole. S A BOY—when I read of Jo ­ ! even in heavy armor, b>" swimming nah and the whale—I never on Inflated goat skins; but I had no dreamed that one day 1 was idea that the practice still survived. to stand at Jonah's tomb and So I was astonished on arriving at the see Arabs worship him as a river bank to see an old man walk saint, writes Frederick Sisupich in the calmly down to the water's edge, blow up a goat skin which had hung over Lios Angeles Times. The famous old prophet who rode in his shoulder, wade out into the river the fish is buried at Mosul, in f&r-oft waist deep and then lie down on the Mesopotamia. Mosul itself, from which inflated skin and begin to paddle leis­ our word "muslin" came, stands on the urely across. While I still watched foaming Tigris opposite old Nineveh. him, two women came down, carrying And here is a sketch of what life is skins, already blown up, and followed like today in the town where Jonah the old man's course across the Tigris; somehow they seemed to keep the rests. It Is a dirty, crowded town, is Mosul, bobbing skins easily balanced under with 50,000 people jammed Inside its their bodies, and thus supported swam medieval walls. Its narrow, warped slowly, without tiring. Mosul Washerwomen. streets are no more than crooked al­ leys that wander aimlessly through And all up and down the river banks the town—dusty in summer and seas were hundreds of round-limbed Kurd Df mud in winter. So narrow are these ish women washing clothes. There passages that two loaded donkeys, if must have been half a thousand, all they chance to meet, cannot pass till shouting, plunging and wringing a mul­ one donkey has been hacked into a titude of garments. With skirts tucked doorway. high above their knees and no sign of Mosw’s houses are Moorish style— yashmak or veil, they were a noisy, two stories, few ‘ windows, an open easy-going set, dispelling the illusion court inside and flat roofs with para­ that in the East all women are se­ pets—so that the family may sleep on cluded or eternally draped from head the roof in summer. The main door to to foot. each house is a huge affair, studded Long strings of pack donkeys, with great bolts and barred at night driven by noisy, swearing Kurdish like the gate to a fortress—suggesting muleteers, came down to the river to the old days of Mongol invasions. drink, and fusillades of jocular abuse To accommodate its important cara­ passed between these ruffians and the van trade, Mosul has built up many washerwomen. Higher up the river caravanserais, or "resthousei.” With oank, and all along the waterfront, Naomi, my Bagdad boy, I spent my first ran a long row of coffee shops, dance night at Mosul in one of these singu­ halls and other resorts. Till late at lar khans, as the natives call them. night these places are running full The khan is a sort of compound or blast, the din of tomtoms, native fid- stockade of mud walls, without a roof. | dies and the harsh voices of the paint- Around the inside of the walls runs a ed women who dance and sing, making row of little cells, to which travelers amusement for the men of Mosul. They are assigned. like excitement, these Kurds and In the middle of the inclosure is a • Arabs, and crude and amateurish as A Why is thla cooking en casserole, or j in earthenware, so popular tu France? Because In no other way Is It posslblo to obtain such delirious flavors. There are three things to remember In casserole cooking: First, the food must be entirely prepared before the baking is begun; second, the oven should be only moderately hot at first, then reduced to slow heat; third, the food should not be allowed to boll and must be given time enough for loug cooking. A meat casserole of uuy kind needs at least an hour and u half to cook, while many meats, fruit and desserts j require from three hours upward. In the old French ovens covered crocks ; containing beuns, or apples, or fruits, for the cooked compote so belov id by them, were put in the oven ut night to cook slowly until the next morning j This was a part of the frugullty, the > putting to account every bit of meat, which is still the habit of ull French j housewives. For the best results, or I may say ! the most striking results, get u cheap cut of meat, which is not liable to he tender, ami see what u transformation will be worked by the casserole cook­ ing. 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Don't Arreni Any BuballtuU animals, and around the edge of this are pleased. cr>ler d ire ct. platform run: a mud manger, from O v e r Odd B rid g e to Jo n a h ’ j T o m b . mix with it crisp lettuco leaves, cover The Cutttr t iboratonr. Berk.lty, CaMfarnla T h e O th e r S id e . which the beasts are fed. A unique bridge spans the Tigris at wlth the mixture and pour salad dress- “I can respect good motives, but—" These historic caravanserais form Mosul for which a parallel cannot, ln* over It. “Yes?” “Wlty is your son swearing over his one of the most picturesque features be found anywhere In the world. It "There's Mrs. Flubdub. She eon - 1 examination?” Rocky Mountain Frost. of middle eastern life. No traveler, is built partly of masonry, partly of It her duty to come over and ”1 guess it Is beeause he failed In One way to use buttermilk Is as fol­ siders from Marco Polo down to date, has wood, and for some distance is of the brighten my life a bit every day, and , his profane history.”— Baltimore Am­ crossed Mesopotamia without record­ pontoon type. First comes a 100-foot lows: Take two quarts of fresh but- she's getting to bo suclt a bore.”— I erican. ing his impression of the unspeakably stretch of masonry pier, then a bridge I termllk, one pound of pulverized sugar filthy and noisy "khans.” of boats 400 feet long and crossing the j ftn