The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-04-19

Breakfast.
The breakfast should be always of
an appetizing character, as 1t is one of
our principal meals, and, as Leigh
Hunt tells US, "breakfast is the foun-
dalton of the days enjoyment, and
oftentimes of it's health :" therefore its
surroundings should be made asattract-
i've as possible and, although they
should be very different from the
elaborate decorations Of the dinner
table, they should be made quite as
pleasing. And a pretty breakfast SER
vice of English or French china, with
all the variety of dishes for meats,
vegetables, eggs, toasts, cakes, jams
and fresh fruits, will add greatly to
the appearance Of the table and not
draw very heavily upon the purse of
paterfamilias. A good set of English
ware can be purchased for from Sl2 to
SIS. which will give you much better
appetite than If your food is served
upon cracked, Clipped, plain white
ware, with coffee cups so thick that
your lips can hardly fit over their brims.
Money spent in purchasing attract
i've ware and other table furniture is
often well spent, because it gives a
relish to your food. Do you doubt it ?
Try it for yourselves. Contrast table
well served and covered with an ecru
W bite damssk cloth, with red or
blue borders, and napkins to match, an
English set of dishes. bright silver and
sparkling glass, with well-coOked meat
and potatoes, albeit nothing more than
an appetizing, well-browned 'hash, "
hanked with hot rolls, baked apples,
buttered toast and a well-made cup Of
coffee, with boiling hot milk and rich
cream, and table covered with a
spotted, greasy, red cloth, or worse
still, an oil-cloth, ugly white ware,
silver dull as pewter, badly washed
glass, upon which the richest of crock
cry is served, and for which should you
have the best appetite
Give me the spotless cloth and the
dainty furnishings, with oatmeal por-
ridge and simple fare, and bright faces
and kindly hearts. and l will not ask
for more delicious repast.
sis not the life more than meat s.? the
body more than raiment ?"
We must eat to live, but should we
not make our tables so attractive al
each meal of the day that when oul
children have grown up and gone fortf
from the guardianship of homo thel
will always remember the delights o.
home-fare and the enjoyments of tn,
table ?
The innate refinement Of every per
son is said to be more apparent at tn
table than any where else therefor
every child should learn at the home
BILE the refinement of eating.
But if meals are badly served ant
quickly disposed Of, and dishes ar
hustled on to the table crowded to
gethor, and the whole meal is dispatch
ed in ten or fifteen minutes, without
thought of anything but slowing
away in the quickest possible time
! how can child learn to eat decently
The father and the mother must
themselves, eat slowly and properly
they would teach their children to d
: so, and save them great amount G
embarrassment when they sit at privat
or public tables elsewhere.
Let your table linen be well irone
and clean, no matter how coarse 1t is
and the dishes neatly arranged and i
r order, no matter whether they al
a white, or blue, or brown, or of variou
: colers, with the salts, and castor, an
a butter, and plates in their places; til
cups and saucers, coffee or teapO
sugar-bowl, creamer and slop-bowl {
e the side and in front of the mistres
!, plate. Meat and vegetables placed
Is front of the master, bread and sauce
e on each side, and a vase or bowl
% flowers in the centre of the table, ar
:. you will be prepared to entertain al
u guests whom you may desire to invi
It to your home. A glassful Of mornir
Sc glorios will glorify the breakfast tai
s. still more. Try 1t when they are
W their glory and prove the truth OF t
~, assertion.