The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-03-13
A Mans Three Meals.
CnaselL's Maaazine.

Yes, breakfast ought to be hearty
one, eaten early in the morning, and
eaten slowly, so as to preclude the pos
sibility of eating too heavily, which
would materially interfere with the bus
mess of the day. A man or woman
who is no breakfast eater must either be
aheavy-over-heavy-supper a eater, or
be in bad state of health. A person
who requires the stimulus of cup of
tea, or any other stimulus or stimulant
whatever, before partaking of solid food
is not in the heyday of health. 1 like
to see man have his breakfast first,
and then feel round for his cup of coffee,
tea or chocolate. l have known the
strongest and healthiest of men posi-
lively forget all about the liquid part of
their breakfast and leave the table with
out it. have known men who scarce
ly ever touched drop of liquid of any
kind from one weeks end to another,
and who, nevertheless, were in ruddy
and robust health. What person eats
for breakfast often gives me clue to
the state of his health. One example !:
If, while sojourning at hotel, l see a
man come down to breakfast between
10 and II o'clock, and sit down to dev-
lied kidneys with plenty of sauce (piq-
uant, and perhaps one poor puny egg
to follow, would be willing to aver
that he carries white tongue and that
his liver sadly needs seeing to. Ham
and eggs, bacon and eggs, or beefsteak
or underdone chop, with boiled eggs to
follow, and then cup of nice tea, is a
sensible breakfast for man who is 60
ing away out into the fresh air to walk,
or ride, or work till noon, but not for a
person who has to sit all day in the same
position at manual labor. l emphasize
the word manual because intellectual or
mental work conduces to appetite. An
author hard at his desk, if his ideas be
flowing freely, if he be happy at his
work, and time flying swiftly with him,
soon gets hungry, which only proves
that VIC must support the body vel
when there is strain upon the mind
SO that no extra expenditure of tissue
may lead to debility. Cheerful conver
sation insures the easy digestion of &
good breakfast. 1t is pity that in thi:
country the custom of inviting friend:
to the matutinal meal is not more pre-
valent. 1t may seem a strange thing tc
say, but 1 would ten times sooner &c
out to breakfast than to dinner. One
is, or ought to be, freshest in the morn
ing; he then needs no artificial stimuli;
to make him feel bright, witty, happy.
as he too often does after the duties OF
the day are over.
The midday meal, or luncheon to
those who dine in the evening and who
have work TO do in the afternoon, should
be light one. 1 am not quite sure
that I do not quite approve of the city
SNACK 1t puts one past, it sustains
nature, it leaves the mind free to think
and to do its duty, and, above all, it
enables the stomach to have rest be-
fore the principal meal of the day. Now,
about this meal I have to say that, il
partaken of alone by ones self, it ought
to be an abstemious one. Evensin COM
pany it need not be heavy one. No
matter how many courses there are,
there is not the slightest necessity OF
making too free with them. But it is a
fact, which every one must have felt,
that even moderately heavy meal is
quickly and easily digested if accom-
panied with and followed by witty or
intellectual and suggestive conversation.
I'm dyspeptic; I must not dine
OUT 1 have heard a gentleman more
than once remark.
Well, my impression is that it does
dyspeptics deal of good to dine out,
if they can eat in moderation and judi
ciously, never being tempted to call in
aid of artificial stimulus to enable them
to do as other men of more robust ply
sique are doing around them.