| Show BLAME EGGPLANT ANO AND STORK how the people of constantinople account fortha the frequent fire alrea in that city la Is many ill and 1 d destructive fires which tho fatalist 11 t turk regards its iia something that cant bo be helped bilt which probably other oilier nations do not accept w ith equal calmness it has haa been the thaw conflagrations are most frequent in the tit e months of august and rn and d tile turks attribute thin to a the fond fondness neis ot or the inhabitants for egg plant this la isa in in 11 constantinople and la Is usually fried in oil when it Is 13 plenty and cheap it Is prepared in almost every household and as the kitchens ob odthe the aror poor are primitive tile tho trying Is usually in ill pans perched previously on oil tho the coals coal s these aro are easily upset abe oll oil catches fire and there Is a conflagration au all ready but the present chief ortho gre department part ment mch inch as it la Is declares that they should no nut t blamo inoffensive egg but should accuse the stork instead ile ho creasong that tha stork builds hernest her neat un thy top of a chimney A spark sets allro the dry branches of which the nest la Is built the tha stork instead thinks her neighbor and as aa the kitchens of tho the poor are aio stork has pl planned annedA tho the fire and so takes a blazing blaming stick dil her beak fire to this neigh borJa nest nesten ln revenge more afore often however tho bl alting buech la Is dropped on a root arabs at that time of year everything la is ladry id dry rk as aa tinder a big fire Is burning liua iron few ew minutes |
