The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-10-12
BREAKFAST.
How 10 MakeItand How to Eat IL

y r. -, b,e.kf..t intellisently may Be re-
r,rded as duty, for a good oreaklss! =
IoI,oSe5 by GOOD work and light spirits,
"a ,hs,eiore he who has broken his
~" n;Sh,;. fs.t in a rational manner becomes
nlsus s..on"-,iop , I useful and agreeable TO his
IN PILTiL PLiLn,. There are two distinctive
ne.VS IatSoS. of feeding in the morning. They
ms.nV sH ~ defined a. the English and the
F,:neh, The EnglShman, whether 10
R,i,sip or America, or Auhtralia, as .
nile breakfasts early and largely, deem.
| ;nr Il BY no means an act o. Judicial ten.
deScies 10 rise at s and dispatch beef
s,eak, washed down by pint Of tea At 8.
The Scotch have the idea Of breakfast in
principle, but apply it more generously,
commence with porridge, proceed to ami
NAL food, and wind up with marmalade.
Long years ago Dr.. Johnson's prejudice
against the Scottish race vanished at the
sight Of Scottish breakfast. The great
photographer, as our awe-struck anees'
tors liked TO call him, did ample justice
first 10 the repast SET before him, and sub.
sequently 10 his hosts. The Yankee break.
iasts much as his cousin, though he has an
uncomfor table tendency 10 add iced water
10 his dish, and to indulge in "milk toast" ,"
an abominable mess, which tastes like
tost day old which has by accident been
dropped into hot water. In San Fran
cisco il Is common to begin breakfast
with plate OF fruit; which is wonder
fully appetiEing on 4 bright summer
morning; but after cup Of tea or coffee
has gone the same as the fruit, an alarm.
ing sense Of distension is produced, and
thereis often a friend at hand TO suggest
an early glass Of curacao as the one thing
neediul 10 set you 10 rights. Therefore, 3
man who has any business to transact
would do well 10 keep peaches resolutely
apart from butleredi toast and its secom.
panying beverages. IAN English break
iasih are words which call up SO many
pleasant memories and such genu-
Inc picture Of comfort, that one hesltates
10 stigmatiZe il As an utterly bar
barous institution. And yet, in spite
ofthe kissing urn, itself companion,
the paper leisurely skinned, the fresh
morning toilets one sometimes sees,
and the pleasant gossip-it is said that 8
man ia never c0nceiIed until luncheon
time-in spite OF these attractions, our
most natural meal is violation OF all
the rules Of hygiene and common sense,
In the first place the stomach Is not pre-
pared at that early hour for the exercise
10 which we condemn it, while in the Sec
opd place the mixture OF tea and coffee
and meat is Objectionable for two reS-
sons. Physicians have shown that the
action OF the tanic acid in tea upon meat
is such as TO render il highly indigestible,
while coffee added TO meat is scarcely
happier in its result. It may perhaps be
urgedI,hat the English breakfast is not al.
was taken Immediately on rising, 4 good
many persons being in the habit OF
getting up at various unreasonable hours
from 5 4. N. onward, and devoting
the interval to work. Here again
medical science steps in and strong
" dissuades US from working on an emp
ty stomach; though one is bound to admit
that some excellent work has been done
notably Scott's novels, il not his poems
before breakfast. But no rules can be
laid down for the guidance Of ordinary
mortals from the habits Of genius. Schil.
Ter would lock himself up at night witha
bottle Of sparkling Rhine wine and COM
pose till the morning; but one would not
therefore he inclined 10 recommend all
aspirants for poetic honors TO pursue =
similar course. lest sleeplessness and red
eyes should be apparent, but another
"Wallenstein" and "Maria Stuart" be
found lacking. In the matter ot break
iasts, tie French have given the Law to
Europe and the Latin world, and had we
been wise we also should have been con.
tent to learn OF the great nation" Our
neighbors have long recognized the car.
dinal truth that the stomach, on FIRST
awakening 10 consciousness and = sense
Of. another days troubles, requires to be
comiorted and stayed with gentle and
stimulating ailments; hence the early
cup OF coffee or chocolate with morsel oi
bread, followed. 4, an interval Of three or
four hours, by the substantial meal which
it then begins imperatiyely 10 demand.
The second breakfast is Of course the
equivalent OF the Britannia lunch, eI-
cept that il seems somehow or other TO be
a lighter and brisker affair. The fact is
thai the Briton, who has taken first sslid
meal, in accordance with national cus'
toms, has no need for lunch, which some
body has described as an insult to break
fast and injury to dinner. Though there
can be no doubt OF the soundness Of the
French rule in regard to breaking the
nights fast-namely by gradual and we'll
considered steps-there has been a good
deal OF discussion as to the propriety Of
commencing the day with a cup OF coffee
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