The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-01-06

Ane Hhauelphia ItpieS, n ieafnedly
discussing what we should eat for break
fast and how the table should tie spread
is moved to say that the end of human
effort is iodine well, and that if dinner
be the index of civilization breakfast is
the instrument thereof. There are those
who affect 10 make light of breakfast, as
there are some who would degrade
dining TO mere animal enjoyment: but
the teachings of tn e former class, opposed
asthey are by philosophy and physiology
alike, are worthy only of scorn. though
they may not excite like disgust with
the gross materialism of the others, so
repagnant to every refined soul. Much
of the moral depravity of mankind IS
unquestionabiy due to bad dinners: to
bad breakfasts may be ascribed a fearful
proportion of the physical sickness of
the world Not that the character of
breakfast does not also influence mans
moral nature On the contrary. tho
mischief which tad breakfast works is
felt upon and through mans nervous
organization. sometimes as q prostrsting
shock, sometimes in subtle and insid-
ious way, undermining the whole irtel-
ieetusl structure, till reason totters on
her throne. 1t is frighiful to think of
the havoc thus made of the happy
homes made deso!ate, the Young lives
blighted. To come home to an observed
dinner may destroy ones appetite and
temper for the evening, but bedtime
will bring rest and calm. To rise to an
observed breakfast units man for the
society of his fellow beings all day long
and makes it impossible for him to
honestly earn his dinner But we need
not pursue the argument further 10
show the grave Importance Of our sub.
ject, a subject for which we implore the
conscientious consideration Of the read
or. Some faint glimmerings of an idea
OF what constitutes dinner have lately
seemed TO penetrate the public mind,
but breakfast remains in profound NEG
lect. The average American dinner is a
melancholy example of zeal without
knowledgc. and the conseqr ent waste
Of good material. The average American
breakfast displays neither zeal nor
knowledge. but the woefal darkness of
barbsrism II is the saddest thing that
word or pen can tell of
II occurs to as that a good breakfast
is not among tho utterly unatiainable
things. and that the tasteful and edu-
Gated wife will yet grasp the full CON-
pass Of the subject and Law before her
husband and her children and guests
breakfast, not in name, but in reality.
In the first place. a clean room and
cle.n white table cloth. The table
needs no elaborate decoration for break
fast, only some flowers or green things,
if they can be had, and plate Of fruit.
There is not a day in all the year when
some fruit may not be had, ii only an
apple or an orange this is he first es-
sential of wholesome breakfast, and
there is nothing cheaper. We leave out
of consideration all beverages but water
and coffee, but the coffee must be good
and hot, and the milk hot, IL not also
good. Add good bread or rolls or hot
toast and we may then begin to consider
what We shall have for breakfast Money
and time must decide this, Whether
there be fish and steak and an omelette,
and so on in succession, or only fish, or
only the steak or ehops or eggs, or
whether there be nothing at all but tn.
coffee and rolls, cannot be regulated by
law What the law should demand ia
that what is served be served decently
and in order, in cleanliness and quiet.
These things cost nothing. but they are
worth all the rest. A man who would
turn away sick and nervous from an i'll.
arranged board loaded with all manner
of meats, may go all day upon break
fast of herbs with conten tment the
contentment derived from a bright,
well-ordered table and cheerful face
TO look into his own.