The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-04-17

Gourmandse is passionate preference, well d
termined and satisfied, for objects which fatter ou
| taste.
Gourmandise is hostile to all excesses; any ma
| who becomes dumb, or suffers from indigestion,
likely to be expunged from the list.
Gourmandise also comprehends friandise-
passion for light delicacies-for pastries, conf
lures, &C.
N. B. This is a modification introduced for tn
especial benefit of women, and men like the othe
sex.
Look at gourmandise under any aspect yo,
please, and it deserves praise.
Physically, it is demonstration of the health,
state of the organs of nutrition.
Morally, it is implicit resignation to the orders
Providence, who made eat to live, invites us t.
do by appetite; sustains us by flavor, and reward
us by pleasure.
LADY GoURMAND.
Gourmandise is not unbecoming to women; it suit
the delicacy of their organs and recompenses then
for some pleasures they cannot enjoy, and for SOM
evils to which they are doomed Nothing is more
pleasant than to see a pretty women, her napkin
well placed under her arms, one of her hands on thu
table, while the other carries to her mouth thu
the choice piece so elegantly carved Her eyes be
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agreeable, and all her motions become graceful
With so many advantages she is irresistible, and
even Cato the censor would feel himself moved.
ANECDoTE.
will here record whatto me is bitter reflection
was one day most commodiously fixed at table by
the side of the pretty Madame Nj and was in
wardly rejoicing at having obtained such an ad-
vantageous position when she said, ''your health" "
l Immediately began complimentary phrase which
however, did not finish, for turning to her neigh
Dor on the right, she said, ''Tringuons," they
touched each Others glasses. This quick transition
seemed perfdy, and the passage of many years
has not made me forget it.
INFLUENCE OF GoURMANDIsE ON CoNJUGAL HAPPINESS.
When gourmandise is shared with another, it has
the greatest influence on conjugal happiness.
gOurmand couple have at least once a day a
pleasant occasion to meet for even those who sleep
apart-and there are many-dine together. They
talk of what they have eaten, of what they have
seen elsewhere, of fashionable dishes and of new
inventions. We all know how full of charms this
chit chat is.
Music doubtless has many charms for those who
love it; but to succeed one must make business
of it.
Besides, sometimes Cne has cod misplaces the
score, has the sick headache, or feels inert.
One necessity calls each of the couple to the table,
where the same feeling retains them. They exhibit
naturally slight attentions to each other, which
evince a desire to please, and the manner in which
they act towards each other speaks loudly of the
manner of their lives.
NOTE OF A PATRIOT GAsTRoNOMER.
81 observe with pride that gourmandise and CO.
quetry, the two great notifications which society
has effected in our imperious wants are both of
French origin"
SENSUAL REPRESENTATION.
The persons predestined to gourmandise are in
general of medium stature. Their faces are either
round or square, and small, their noses short and
their chins rounded. The women are rather pretty
than beautiful, and they have slight tendency to
obesity.
Those who are fondest of triandises have delicate
features, smaller, and distinguished by a pecu-
liar expression of the mouth.
Agreeable guests should be sought for among
those who have this appearance. They receive all
that is offered them eat slowly and taste advisedly.
They do not seek to leave places quickly where
they well received. They are always in for the
evening, for they know all games, and all that is
for astronomical soiree.
Those, on the contrary, to whom nature has re-
fused desire for the qualification of taste, have
long nose and face. Whatever be their stature, the
face seems out of order. Their hair is dark and
fiat, and they have no embonpoin.
They inreted pantaloons.
ANECDoTE.
was sitting one day at a great entertainment
and saw opposite me very pretty woman with a
very sensual face. leaned towards my neighbor
and said that lady with such features must be
goUrmGnde.
"Bah," said he, 'she is not more than fifteen; she
is not old enough-let us see thought
The beginning wasnot favorable, and | was afraid
of being compromised. During the first two
courses the young woman ate with a discretion
which really amazed me- The dessert came, it was
brilliant was abundant and gave me some hopes
was not deceived, for she not only ate what was
set before her, but sent for dishes which were at
the other end of the table. She tasted everything
and we were surprised that so small stomach
could contain so much. My diagnosis succeeded
and science triumphed.
Two years AFTER met this same lady, who had
been married week. She had become far more
beautiful, and was something of a cogueHe for
fashion permitted her to exhibit her charms. Her
husband was man worth looking at; but he was
like one of those ventriloquists who laugh on one
side of the face and weep on the other. He was
very fond of his wife, but, when any one spoke to
her, quivered with jealousy. The latter sentiment
prevailed, for he took his wife to of the most
remote departments of France, and /, at least, can
write no more of her biography.
GoURMANDs BY PROFESSION.
If there be gourmands by predestination, there
are also gourmands by profession. There are four
classes of these fnanciers, of letters, doctors
and devotees.
FINANCIERs.
Financiers the heroes of gourmandise. Those
persons who make money easily must be gour-
mands
The inequality of wealth produces inequality of
wants. He who can pay every day for dinner fit
for hundred persons is often satisfied after having
eaten the thigh of a chicken. Art must then use
well its resources to revive appetite.
PHYSICIANS.
Causes of another nature, though far less baneful
act on physicians who from the nature of things
are gourmands To resist the attractions set
before them they must necessarily be made of
bronze.
One day / ventured to say-Doctor Corvisart
was at the end of the table, the time was about
1906 -
"You are" said l., with the air of an inspired
Puritan, the last remnant of fraternity that once
covered all France. The members of it are either
annihilated or dispersed No longer do we see
farmers, generals, abbes, chevaliers, &C. Bear the
burthen they have bequeathed to you even if you
resemble the three hundred Spartans who died at
Thermopyle; such fate should be yours.
Nobody contradicted me.
At dinner made remark that was worthy of
notice.
Doctor Corvisart could be very pleasant man
when he chose to exert himself, and was very fond
of iced champagne. For this reason, while all the
rest of the company were dull and idle he dealt in
anecdotes, and stories. On the contrary, when the
dessert was put on, and conversation became ami
mated, he grew serious and almost morose.
From this and other observations, deduced the
following conclusion: Champagne, the first effect
of which is exharating, in the result is stupify-
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