Bent County register., 1888-02-11
wha. should the breakfast Bea


Harper's Basai- gives these views by way
OF answer: -'But what SHOULD breakfast beE
Simply, as the name implies, iilst-bre..king;
or as the Germans call il, Fflihstack, the
early morsei' The French, indeed, re-
duce their early n,orsel TO mere cup OF
coffee or chocolate, taken on rising, and
this sultices them until noon brings the
breakfast with knife and fO-k, which Is in
deed. IA luncheon of many courses with
fruit and wine. But this artificial habit
grew out of the late hours OF the people,
and does not command itself TO 9 simpler
existenc-
The English, on the other hand, from
whom we derive our substantial meal, break
their flst with plenty and elaboration
The kissing urn stands in q solid prosper
ity at one end of the board, the tea always
made upon the table, distills its most fra
grant essence within the ugly but cosy
Mt its feet; coffee or chocolate steams in a
shining silver pot. Two or three hot
dishes, among them the inevitable bacon
and eg.ss, announce themselves in tempting
odors from beneath their FURNISHED covers
A monumental muffin plate eonceals Inys-
tcrioas viseera of burning Goals. Above
silver tripod hangs a cunning egi;-boiler,
whose flame the solemn butler lights and
tends as if it were the celebrant of some
mystic and depressing rite A contingent
of well-browned dry toast, cold rs the
fruitless moon, occupies the toast rack
and lam, marmalade and honey add color
10 the feast, while the sideboard proaers
cold joints, game amt vast loaf. A we'll
appointed English breakfast table Is, indeed,
s.S cheerful 4 sight as a hungry man could
desire But it is related that a cultivated
IIindoo prince, being a guest at one, con-
fideti to friend his missiving that a peo-
pie loving such vulgar profnsion of cosrse
food could never become civilized in the
fine sense of that word. And, indeed, ex
cept in q greater refinement of cooking and
serving, such a meal differs little from the
beef and Drawn, the boar's head and
mighty hams, divided with the fingers, and
washed down with great mugs Of strong
beer, which made the breakfast of the gen.
ties of England in Henry the Eighth time.
The German early morsel' consists OF
4 cup of coffee, bread, eggs, perhaps, and 4
cup of coffee, and comb of golden honey,
or some like dainty. On this fare the hne
brain of Germany has done its subtle
thinking for generations-the poet his i'm
agining, the warrior his planning, the phil
osopher his specializing, the statesmen his
contriving, the musician his ETHEREAL weav-
ing, the theologian his destroying and his
up-building Nay, there was an earlier na-
tion poets, orators, philosophers, warriors,
statesmen, dramatists, painters, architects,
sculptors-a nation from which we still
borrow the best we know of art and elo-
quence-which wrought its eternal labors
On a still simpler diet The old Greeks
made their breakfast of bread dipped in
wine, to which, in self-indulgent moods,
they added ripe fruit. Dinner, TO be sure,
was an affair of time and substance: but
there were slaves 10 serve it; the lahors
of the day We're done, aud the simplicity
loving Greek might permit himself little
elegant .,luttony without self-TeprOaeh.
Night not we profit by the example Of
the older and the younger nation? a
simple and light breakfast wonld 90 far 10
redeem US from the reproach of being ma
tion of dyspepties. 1t would greatly lessen
the tolls OF the housekeeper, who could
teach the most uninteiligent maid how to
prepare good coffee, and bread, and the
wholesome Graham paiis variously called,
or who could herself make upon the table
the best OF breakfast ten. Eggs at some
seasons are scarce and dear. But the ma
tutinal egg would be far cheaper than the
long array of haii-spoilcd breakfast dishes
with which the conscientious hoEsekeeper
struggles after variety" The simple vi
ands with oatmeal and milk, offer all the
chemical elements required for nutrition,
and may he uniiilingly good. This morn
ing sobriety leaves the head clear. the spir-
il light, the body stimulated, not clogged.
1t tends TO cultivate simple refined taste.
(Bro. Murray's estimate of the space re-
quired to accommodate the vast number
Of people who have lived upon the earth's
surface has been controverted by various
mathematicians, who prove-to their own
satisfaction, at least-that we have several
single states large enough to afford ample
eibow-room for all, living and defunct.
our readers, if so inclined, can figure ii
out for tliemseives.)