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SPLITTING PALM FOR FOOD IN THE MARKET: RIO DE JANEIRO 

 With a French dressing it is very good, but most people prefer it boiled and serve it 



with a butter sauce, 

 the country folk. 



Brazil is the land of palms, and these trees supply about every need for 



Photographs by Harriet Chalmers Adams 



THE INTRUDERS 



When the author started to make this photograph the well-dressed children only were on 

 the sidewalk. Along came boys with baskets on their heads and decided they would be 

 "snapped," too. The other children, especially the first little girl, rather resented it. 



