Show traveler sees mahy oddities in world standardization and nation bation go on the world over last summer bummer in avignon in the south of prance france under the shadow of th the 0 palace of the popes tn in a restaurant that I 1 had found admirable for 30 yeara I 1 had indeed years ago eaten th there ere in the company of frederic mistral the ille provencal poet there in that sn sit cred and august shadow I 1 was offered norwegian anchovies anchovy anc hovi with the hors doeu and peche melba made with california peaches out of a tin the mediterranean that swarm with real anchovies was only 60 50 miles away and norway Is or so and heaven alone knows knowis how far it la is from Call california fornin to avignon whilst in ili the spring whole hillsides hill sides of provence are nacreous pink with peach blossoms but the peaches go to london and norwegians Norwegia ns and californians go to avignon to eat their home products and I 1 come to new york to eat i an anchovies chavies ch ovies it Is perhaps not a mad world but it seems a pret ty queer one gome sometimes times ford mados ford in Ilar harpers pers magazine |