Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-04
Is Dinner a NIt.taker
THE EXPERIENCE OF ONE WHO TIMES HE EAS
MADE AN IMPROVEMENT,


MADE AN IMPROVEMENT.
Late theatrical hours arise out OF the trente-
siG pldfs which the chef has sCarcely time to
prepare between tie hour at which the d. su1lsr
IS ended al the diDter served; and it takes a
couple or hours To get through now a rasnlon-
able menu, without gcbbling Ike swine at q
trough. Dinner is a mistake. speak from the
fullness OF my experience, as a diner in the
nous e and out OF the house. Ones Intellectual
faculties are cl0uded and mudd ed after a or 5
O'Clock meal, including soup, fish hors d'@nures,
entrees, entrenets, rots, salad, vegetables, sweet
dishes and dessert. TrifeS light as air, in which
the real joy Of life are bound up, do not please
straws do not tickle when we rise from TOO
well-furniShed table. Brain and stomach can
not work simultaneously. They are made TO
accomplish their functions like buckets In
well; and If the stomach has heavy repast to
digest and the brain play to follow, or to get
through the celebration at the expense OF which
Lively conversation Is carried on, both organs
become dlsorganIzed.
earlier than we do, to eat heartily towards noon
and not too heartily when we get out OF our bed;
to take Slight refect1op-a goUter-inStead of
an elaborate dinner, and to partake-for the
closing meal should be a sociable and never
solitary one-or jolly supper, at which there
ought to be enough and no more: Good humor
will take up its ABODE In every house in which
this alimentary regime is followed, and many
stupid notions and customs will die ous. We
are liable to the infection OF dun ab5urdity
when we are in the uncomfortable state OF
boa-constr1ctor which has just swallowed a
long horLed milcn COW. Noltalre quilted the
play when he was n haJttue OF the Odeon The
aier at little before 10, and supped at l0:3D at
the house If some lively woman OF quality. The
repast consisted of potage grGs i. e., beef broth
thickened with rice or some farinaceouS pre-.
parat1on, cold fowl and a salad OF raw or cooked
vegetables Fruit was taken sparingly. Tlere
were few vlntages, and water was drunk with
them. After the theater the throat is very dry.
l think have improved on the eighteenth
century and am about to tell you how. When
| go to the play l do not dine. pain .fourre
sardine, with a crust of bread and glass of
wine and water, is as much as care to take.
| instruct my servant to have against my re-
turn the cloth laid, some piscatory hors d9urres
aid very ripe fruit and cheese on the table. and
in small tin rooster, which can perform IFS
functions at my dining room fireplace, par
fridge. woodcock wild duck, or quaiis &C
cordiDg to the season. The fire Is to be so at
tended to that wnen come in 1t Will be bright
and Al dent If log is thrown upon it. My do
nestle can go to bed when she likes. There Is
no weary watching for me, and let myself In
at the lobby door OF my tiat: All have to do
is to add some dry wood to The fire, to hook On
the rooster to the CRATE. and to transfer from
it the bird or birds TO the dish In quarter of
an hour partridge is cooked as game should
be. Five minutes are enough for snipe; ten for
golden plover, which in December is a morsel
for Brlllat- Sayarin. a Corsican blackbird is
also delcacy which recommend to any one
who may be tempted to follow my example. Do
not trouble about bread-sauce. The succulence
OF plump game-and never buy any other-is
sauce enough. Law students at Lincoln's Inn
or the Temple viii appreciate my system of
reConciling the Intellectual amuSements OF the
thea er with domestic saugness and the pleas
ules of the table. The only supper wine. un-
less there is a mob to sup, when champagne
IS the thing, is Bordeaux, and In moderation.
A petit souper thus composed and thus cooked
is the most appetislng OF any, brings no bad
dream In its train, and promotes lively CONVEX
sation. The worst OF moderate indulgence in
the pleasures OF the table and the cheerfulness
arising from it is that one gets fat which is an
impeachment to the purchase OF ready made
clothes when one Is travelling, and an obstacle
TO long walks. Your GAVOlrinU AhA660nS
tie worst patrons OF Banting. They are thin
because dyspeptic, and morose as well. Your
friend Sarcey is supper-eater, and what a
relish has he not for fun and sparkling thoughts.
his humor could not be damped by the tmmedi-
ale prospect OF the gfllot1ne. Pierre Veron is
another supper eater and bad diner. The late
Cham looked upon dinner as social coruee, and
on supper as meal which renovated mind and
body VI London Truth, Sept, II.