Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-07-28
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WHAT SHALL CITY PEOPLE DO in
SUldME Ri

~, Al, of orr city folks who have pnid their gro
-, hilIa and milk bills, and bread bills, and hav
.Hl little money left, the question how to bes
amend tho summer presents itseif, each year,'sitl
.ari,us weight. The advocates of the greer
aolls and babbling brooks, the country air, thu
fragrant meadows, the outrageous woodlands
contend with those whose mouths echo thu
uraises of cool city houses, abundant bathing
facilities, we'll supplied ice-chests, accessible ics
cream saloons, and Arctic soda fountains. Ant
A. each argue pro, 80 do they coii--we hear Of
low ceilings and ill-ventilation OF tue ccantry
houses, the flies, the heat, the poor cooking, the
lack of any servants at all, the absence OF
b,hipg appliances, the insufiicie,1cy Of ice, the
coorness Of icecream, the want OF soda water,
Nc.. &C.. on the. one hand |; while the blazing
payements, the red-hot brick walls, the close and
suirorating air, are equally denounced on the
other
Aproposto this great controversy, in which 10
many good people with acute brains and lively
tongues are deeplyinterestedt the GALAXY for Au-
gusto ffers some discussion, in which-the author
being no doubt, an unfortunate journalist,
unable to leave his post Of labor-the advan-
ages of the city are decidedly preferred. Some
Of the arguments are good, some of the state
nlent accurate, some of the suggestions sound
ba there are some for which, true or not, We are
not going to be held responsible by our country
friends Thus, on this general question
Nothing more forcibly illustrates the badness
and dearness of our country hotels, than the IN
sane attempts at country boarding made by so
many people of moderate or more than moderate
means veritable leap from the frying pan into
The fire. ......... Farmers fare has always
been hard fare, comparatively innocent to
hard workers, deadly to idlers and holi- a,l
country fare, pretty much all the world over.
American cookery is below that of most nations
not absolutely barbarous, and it does not require
much logical power to draw the conclusion that
American farm cookery must be OF very low
grade,
Now wherc,you see we arc treading on dangerous
ground. This author shall be responsible solely
and alone for his own temerity. 1t is none of
our statement We do not join with him, either
in that last paragraph, or those we now quote !;
THE three great staples of civilized diet are
bread, meat and milk When these
are bad nutrition falls or and defective assimi-
iation cannot be permanently made good by the
usual Standardization, coffee, or tobacco. Now
country bread is generally bad, because farmers
wives either don't know how to make it perfectly
won't take the trouble. We are bold enough
TO say that there is too much truth in this.
Country meat il inferior in quality, (the best
being sent to town badly broken up by ignor-
ant butchers, and badly cooked in that most
mischieyous Of household implements the stove.
country milk is bad because the farmer sends
his best milk, as the butcher does his best meat,
10 some town or city for sale. ...... Farmers
coffee being always, and farmers tea generally
bad, it becomes useless to dwell on other dis
comforts; the proyender alone is ample con-
dennaon of the farmhouse as a boarding
house
! AnAeoour adviser says that ''nnless you have
very Young children, whose health imperatively
requires change of air, stay at home" We
have quoted his views at some length, because
they take one side of the question: strongly, and
vii he of interest to both sides. AS for the
criticism on bread, he is pretty just on meat
only partially 80; on milk not at all farmers
milk. unless he be most an intolerably mean
farmer il reliable and excellent. SO also his
coffee, generally as for ten, he affects that but
Irle
lint, after ALL the matter of provender does
not cover the whole ground in this city and
country comparison There is much more to be
said on the other points,