Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-09-11
a GOOD DINNER.

Everybody who has good teeth and a
good digestion enjoys a good dinner.
breakfast and supper are secondary
considerations.
1t may be a melancholy fact To con-
template. but it is a fact, nevertheless,
that half the satisfaction of this life
comes from eating, drinking, and sleep
ing.
In order to have good dinner, you
need, in the first place, the best OF ma
terial 10 work with. Then there should
be good cooking, good serving, a good
appetite, and good temper all the way
through
The stomach is a small organ, and d
very small matter, viewed in the alb
stract, but it is capable of kicking up
more trouble than all the hurricanes
that ever swept the ocean. SO much of
the happiness Of the world depends on
II; and SO much depends upon what
goes into it.
y wealthy man once remarked that
it seemed such pity that a man could
not hold any more, and yet. no matter
how much money he las got, he cannot
eat and enjoy two dinners at once any
more than the begger that tramps the
streets.
y good dinner IS supposed to be con-
ducIve To good nature; and it IS popu,
LARRY believed that good livers are bet
ter tempered than people who diet and
last for convenience, or for indiges-
tons sake And if there are any facts
To warrant this belief, what pity it Is
that some means could not be found
for fattening lots of people one knows,
and Tor filling them every day of their
lives with dinners so good that they
would smile tG eat them, smile 10 dI-
gest them, and smile at the memory of
them.
Do you want to gain friends? Give
them good dinners.
Do You want to keep the friends you
haver Give them good dinners.
"Where the carcass is, there VIII the
eagles be gathered together"
Who Is the hotel-keeper whose rooms
are always filed? He who gives good
dinners TO his guests. Where is the
restaurant where you have TO wait for
a seat? The one where they give good
dinners.
Where is the man who can always
gel employment and at his own price?
Iue gOOd cook, And right here is the
place TO say that the market for good
cooks Is not overstocked, and it never
has been; and il some of the half
starved, half-1edged, half-clothed army
OF ministers, lawyers, and doctors, for
whom there Is no place III the world,
would only turn their attention To
cooking, they might make living, and
be of some benefit TO the world instead
of "A burden.
We all must eat to hve-and there
are unique ,tiOnably those who 1--we TO
eat; ana for both good cooking is nee
essary. When one comes 10 think it
over. how few really good cooks there
are! And there are still fewer cooks
who know how TO make the most, and
the best, of everything.
We most devourly wish that every
young woman could early be taught the
way 10 prepare a good dinner. Cooking
aud eating, OF course, should not be the
end and aim of existence, but a we'll
nOurished body Is necessary To a we'll
balanced brain: and If William Shakes
peare had lived on bad bread, and
burnt mutton, and strong tea, and his
liver had been out of tune, and the
demon OF indigestion had set up his
workshop iii his stomach, Bacon, or
some other man, would have written
his plays, and received the honor tor
il.
a good dinner has cheered many 4
lonely heart, and made many hard lot
endurable. The lack of it has caused
discomfort, AMI uuhappiness, and mel
anchO!y, and suicide.
SO let US nave good dinners. Let us
have a school To educate cooks. Let US
cherish Miss Parker, aud her confed-
crates Let US offer prizes for bread
instead of Greek essays. Let US foster
the knowledge of how much a Joint of
beef should be roasted, instead IF reach
ing out after Latin and French trans
lations. so we shall rear Up a nation
with good stomach's, good teeth, good
tempers: and they will be eminently
capable of approaching god dinner
if they can get It.