Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-03-12
hMAN'S THREE MEALS,
Some COmlnOn-Sense Sugges
tiOns About Food in Its ReAi'"
ton 10 Health.

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From Cassslrs Magazine for March.
Yes, breakfast ought to be a
hearty one, eaten early in the morn
inc, and eaten slowly, so as to pre-
clude the possibility of eating too
heavily, which would materially in
terfere with the business ofthe day.
A man or woman who is no break
fast eater must either be a heavy
over.heavy-supper eater, or be in
a bad state of health. A person
who requires the stimulus of cup
of tea, or any other stimulus or
.timulant whatever, before partak-
ing of solid food is not in the hey
day of health. l like to see a man
have his breakfast first, and then
feel round for his cup of coffee tea
or chocolate. | have known the
strongest and healtbiest OF men
positively forget all about the liQ-
uid part of their breakfast and
leave the table without it. ! have
known men who scarcely ever
touched drop of liquid OF any
kind from one weeks end to an
other, and who, nevertheless, were
in ruddy and robust health. What
person eats for breakfast often
gives me a clue to the state oil his
health. One example : If, while
soiourning at a hotel, see a man
come down to breakfast between
10 and IL O'Clock and sit down to
deyiled kidneys with plenty OF
sauce (piouanD, and perhaps one
Door puny egg to follow, would
be willing to aver that be carries
a white tongue and that his liver
sadly needs seeing to. Ham and
eggs, bacon and eggs or beei-
steak or under done chop, with
boiled eggs to follow, and then a
cup of nice tea, is a sensible break
fast for a man who is going 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, be-
cause 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 we must support
the body well when there is a strain
upon the mind, so that no extra
expenditure of tissue may lead to
debility. Cheerful conversation III
sures the easy digestion of a good
breakfast. Itisapity that in this
country the custom of inviting
friends to the matutinal meal is
not moro prevalent. 1t may seem
a strange thing to say, but ] would
ten times sooner 90 out to break
fast than to dinner. One is, or
ought to be, freshest in the morn
ing he then needs no artificial
stimulus 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 a light one. l
am not quite sure that | do not
quite approve of the city "snack."
1t puts one past, it suStains nature,
it leaves the mind free to think and
% GO lts duty, anc, above all, |
rnables the stomach to have a resi-
Defore the principal meal OF the
day. Now, about this meal l have
TO say that, if partaken OF alone by
ones self, it ought to be an abste-
mious one. Even in company IT
need not be a heavy one. No mat
ter 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 n moderately
heavy meal is quickly and easily
digested if accompanied with and
followed by witty or intellectual
and suggestive conversation.
w'm a dyspeptic ; 1 must not
dine OUT | have heard gentle
man more than once remark.
Well, my. impression is that 1t
does dyspeptics deal of good to
dine out, if they can eat in modera-
ton and judiciOusIy, never being
tempted to call in the aid of artlii'
cal stimulus to enable them to do
as men Of moro robust physique
are doing around them.