A Boon To The Hungry

An index of these hard times is the number of seeily men and boys wlio gather about the fruit wharfs on the arrival of t vessel earrytng bananas. The fruit is put aboard when grees but on loog voyages many bunches becomie ripe by the heat of the hold. In ihis condltion, rough handliag breaks the bunches apart, aiül as the Wholesale dealers 'vill nol accepi b frni! in tliís condition, a large part of it is ilnowu away. Persons to "vhom satslactory meals an' few a'ii! far apart, have learnJ that bananas are most filling, and as the hrokrn bunclit's unay lie liaíl aearly always tor tli" eskiag, they have grown to await the arrival of fruit steamships in order to satisfy tlieir hur.ger.