Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1876-11-04

e1ou lSSu "nIei W Ills curllcr uOG less
than to his later meals, and to indulge
Ill "milk-toast," an abominablc mess
which tastes like toast day old
which has by accident been dropped
into hot water. In San Francisco it
is common TO begin breakfast with Il
plate of fruit, which is wonderfully
appctIzing OH bright summer morn
ing; but after cup Of tea or coffee
has gone the same way as the fruit
an alarming sense Of distcnson is
produced, and there is often fricnVl
at hand to suggest al carly glass Of
curacao as The one thing nccdful to
set you TO rights. Therefore, man
who has any business to transact
would do well to keep peaches rcsolu-
tcly apart from buttcrcd toast and its;
accompanying beverages. can Eng
lish break fast" are words which call
up 50 many pleasant memories, and
such genuine picture of comfort,
that one hcsitatcs to stgmatizc it as
IN utterly barbarois institution. And
yet, in spite Of the Kissing urn, itself
Il companion, the paper lcisurcly
skinned, lie fresh morning toilets
ono sometimes secs, and the pleasant
gossip--it is said that u man is never
conccitcd until Il Ter luncheon time
i'll spite ofthcsc attractions, our most
national meal is a violation of I'LL Tie
rules Of hygiene and common sense.
In the first place, the stomach is not
prepared ut that early hour fur'thc
rude exercise to which wc condemn it;
while, i'll the second place, the mix
turc OF tea and coffee and meats is OBJ
| ljcctionablc for two reasons. Phvsi-
clans have shown that the action Of
the fannie acid in tea upon meat is
such as to render it lighly indigcs-
iblc, while coffee added to meat is
scarcely happier in It's results. 1t
may lcrhaps be urged that the Eng
lish breakfast is not always taken I'M
mcdiatcly on rising, Il good many per-
sons being in the habit Of getting up
at various unrcason able hours from :,
A. NJ. onward, and ,lcvoting the inter
val to work. Here again mctlca!
science steps in and strongly dissllales
us from working on IN empty stom
ach; though one is bound to almi!
that some excellent work has been
donc-notably Scntt'< novels, not
his poems before breakfast But
no rules can be laid down for The
guidance Of ordinary !murtals from
the habits nf 4, ,.:s-. lrriltsy7---Nrrtfr r
lock l.imscl up u; night wiha IL bottle
nfalalkl ~ IthiEc wine and cnnr 81.
hll The morning; but nc would 10,
therefore be im.l:nr.l ln recommend
all aSnirant> orlnc!;c hon rs 10 lur-
sue 'Eilar coarse, Ie>t <lccpirss.,c,.
ana ra eyes l'n'''l indeed hc appar-
cnt, but al, lh.r NY a!lcnstcin'' or
Maria Stuart !, I',nnd lacking. In
the matter ,f rc"h!;lsts the French
have given tac !,'w to Europe and
the Latin wnr !. a;lI had we been
wise VIC also s!io.lL !.Avc been ,ntrnt
to learn o: i.ic EAT nation" Our
ncighbors lave ] y. recognized the
card in'l tr'i 4. i..#i The stomach, on
first awakli- to cen$ciouSncss and a
sense Of an2:..rr lays troubles, re.
quircs to be coI:.lr.cd and STAYED
with gentle and stimulating ailments;
hence lie early emp Of coffee or choco.
late with q n,or.cl ofbrcad, followed
at al interval Of three or four hours
by the substantial meal, which il then
Ecgins impcrativcly to demand. The
second brcakias. is Of course The
equivalent oc The Britannia lunch, cx
ccpt that it seems, som chow or other.
tobc Il lighter and briskcr affair. The
fac, is that the Briton who has taken
Il .GrSt solid meal, i'll accordance with
national customs. has no need for
lunch, which somebody has described
asan insult TO breakfast and an injury
TO dinner. Though there can be no
doubt as Of the so,lnLncss Of the
French rule in regard TO breaking the