The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-11-14


Chsflemagns, although d verv frugal liv-
on. "as extremely fond OF game. On orai.
nary occasions, writes Cape6gne, there were
bat four plates on his dinner table, besides
. piece Of game which the hunters brouvht
20 fhe emperor, ready rpifred, since t6ev
knew this was his fsvorite meal. The his,
torian adds thas this prince used rarely 10
drink more than three times ut bis repast.
Augustus Caesar was fond OF brown bread.
little fsh, cheese made or new cow's miIk'
and frssh egEs. Suetoniue relates thar ~
drank habisaaily bus three glasses At eaoh
meal, which shows him 10 have been Of
much more sober and simple tastes thar
most OF his Successors.
Apicius, she celebrated Roman gourmand,
whose name has furnished proverbiai
pnrass 20 the literature OF dietctics, was
passlonately fond Of lobsters. Having heard
that the coast Of Africa yielded lobsters
larger and more delicious than the Italian.
Apicins Immediately chartered vessel and
ses sail % ascsrtain the fact and bear home
the prises across the Mediterranean. He
spent on bis table hundred millions sester-
ces, or about y, ,000, 900 OF our money, and
one nns day, having cast up his accounts
and found that II hin debts were paid. he
should have left bus ten million aerterces,
ne quietly swallowed poison for fear Of hun
ger.
The latin poet, MArtisl, who died in the
year lO6 OF oux era, had special taste for
the thrush and the hare, preference which
he himself declared in IN epigram.
The Emperor Alexander Severus was 90
fond OF rabbits that, according to his biog-
rspher, Lampridius, he ate one at every
meal
Frederick, Emperor OF Germany, who died
in l643, was madly in love with melons and
his immoderate passion for them finally
carried him TO the tomb, mo q consequence
OF nm Indigestion. The same accident. and
from precisely the same csuse, put an end
to the career Of the Emperor Maximilian II,
OF Germany.
Tasso, the Italian poet, had marked pre-
dil-ction for sagared dishes, well baked in
the oven, and for all kinds OF fruits and
confectionery. He was 90 fond Of sugar
that he always put it in his salad.
Henry w., Of France, had a passionate
fondness for melons aud oysters. He used
to eat immoderately Of boGh, but Il would
appear that the wine Of Arbois. Of which he
made great use, saved him from the indi-
gestion 90 which the great indulgence in
such ailments exposed him.
The French Marshal, Hocquincourt. who
died in 1883, had a particular psachant for
Sleeps tails, and kept all his life A cook
who knew how to prepare a savo.y dish of
this caudal mutton, which the Marshal dis
pensed 20 his officers to put them in good
stomach for batrle.
Charles XII, King of Sweden, was GER
tainly not a difhcult eater, since Voitaire
records that n slice OF bread and butter
was bis supreme choice in matters Of diet.
Crebillon, Ills, the French novelist, who
died IN l777, was an Unsuitable deyourer of
oysters.
A certain English gentleman, named Rog-
erson, gave great preference to ortolans-at
least the inal act Of his life seems to prove
this We are assured that this Disciple of
Apicius expended, in the course of nine
months, the almost incredible sum of one
hundred and fifty thousand pounds sserIin0
upon his table and culinary experiments.
ln fact, bis whote fortune had been thus
swallowed mp and, seeing himself red uced
70 want, be employed guinea, the last tha,
remained 10 him ont OF ais large fortune.
70 the preparation OF an ortolsn. his favor.
ite meat. Then, having tasted with all the
deleesatlon OF consummate epicure this
ultimate dish, he quietly fell back and blew
his brains out.
volsaire was extravagantly fond of coffee,
which ne drank TO excess, as Dr.. Johns on
did tea. The same characteristic was exhib-
tied BY tho naturalist Button, who almost
Tired upon coffee. NJ, "
sehiiisss the great German poet, who
died 10 lso5, was 20 extremely fond OF ham
shat ~ ale 10 nearly every day, and, not
withstanding this remarkable ta.te. be
drank but sparingly..
Frederick the Great, Of Prussia. had a
notable prediction for a. dish called DO
isnfa-i 1has was . species Of barley cake
reduced 60 powder and roasted. On shis
and scap Of coffee (in his passion for which
this prince faarly rivaIled his friend Vol
taire)s ne used 20 regale himself with much
gusto. MOS very great debauch to q king
on philosopher
Napoleon was another great coffee
drinksE, and would take sometimes tvsasy
cups per day without apparent injury. Il
was he only married taste I'm dietary mat.
ters, the othsr plea1nres of the table having
been In measure indifferent % him. Thi,
easssd his chamberlain, N. Cussey, q re-.
nownsd gesrmaad, so lament that tbe . sen.
tinenf W the cssisins" Was wholly wanting
~ The smpsror and he cited shis facs AZ NJ
ssidsses snas even the greatest men cannol
b psrfeos.