The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-01-04
BREAKFAST.

The Philadelphia Times, in learnedly
discussing what we should eat for break.
fast and how the table should he spread,
is moved to say that the end Of human
effort is to dine well, and that if dinner
be the index of civilization, breakfast is
the instrument thereof There are those
who affect to make light Of breakfast, MS
there are some who would degrade
dining to mere animal enjoyment; but
the teachings ofthe former class, opposed
as they ARE by philosophy and phyaiology
alike, are worthy only OF scorn, though
they may not excite u like disgust with
tho gross materiNlism Of the others, 50
repugnant TO every refined soul, Much
of the moral depravity Of mankind Is
unquestionably duo to bad dinners to
bad breakfasts may be Oscribed 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, the
mischief which bad breakfast works is
felt upon and through mans nervous
organization, sometimes as prostrating
shook, sometimes in subtle and insid.
ious way, undermining the whole intel.
lectuGl structure, till reason totters on
her throne. 1t is frightful to think OF
the havoc thus made; Of the happy
homes made desolate, the young lives
blighted. To come homo to an ill.served
dinner may destroy ones appetite and
temper for the evening, but bedtime
will bring rest and calm To rise to an
observed breakfast units q man for the
society of his fellow beings all day lopl
and makes it impossible for him L
honestly earn his dinner, But we neec
not pursue the argument further tC
show the grave importance Of our sub
ject a subject for which wo implore the
conscientious consideration of tho read
en- Some faint glimmerings of an ides
Of what constitutes dinner have latel,
seemed TO penetrate the public mind
but breakfast remains in profound neg
lect The average American dinner isl
melancholy example Of zeal without
knowledge, and the consequent waste
of good material The average American
breakfast displays neither zeal no,
knowledge, but the woeful darkness o
barbarsm. 1t 10 the Saddest thing tha
word or pen can tell OF,
1t occurs to us that good breakas
is not among the utterly unattainabl,
things, and that the tasteful and edu
catcd wife will yet grasp the full com.
pass of the subject and lay before he
husband and her children and guests
breakfast, not in name, but in reality
In the first place, clean room and
clean white table cloth The tabl
needs no elaborate decoration forbreak
fast, only some flowers or green things
| if they can be had, and plate Of fruit
There is not day in all the year whel
some fruit may not be had, if only Al
apple or an orange this is the first es
sential Of wholesome breakfast, auC
there is nothing cheaper. We leave on
Of consideration all beverages but waite
and coffee, but the coffee must be goot
aud hot, and the milk hot, if not alst
good Add good bread or rolls or no
toast and We may then begin to consider
! what we shall have for breakfast. None,
and time must decide this. Whether
there be fish and steak aud an omelette
and so on in succession, or only fish, Of
only the steak or chops or eggs, o,
whether there DO nothing Mt all but the
coliee and rolls, cannot be regulated By
law. What the law should demand i,
that what is served be served decently
and in order in cleanliness and quiet
| These things cost nothing, but they are
worth oil the rest A man who woulc
turn away sick and nervous from an i'll
arranged board loaded with all manner
7 OF meats, may go all day upon break
} fast OF herbs with contentment, the
eontentment derived from bright
wellordered table and cheerful face
to look into his own.
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