Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-21
HOuSehOld.


Those old philosophers were wonder
fully wise, and because their maxims
were the result of patient study of man
kind, they are to-day as applicable as
as when uttered, and so a saying of Lu-
cullus viii serve as a text for this day 5
discussion. The old Roman, who lived
half century before the Christian era
and could fight good battle and lndite
q fair sonnet, as well as appreciate an
epicurean feast, said: ''He that would
eat a good dinner, let him eat a good
breakfast, - and wise is the counsel.
July days are long and hot, and
while there. has a great deal been
written about light breakfasts and sup
pers, and that the Iightness is to be en-
HANGED as the weather grew warm,
there is a better lesson to be learned in q
world of experience. The good break
fast has the same relative Importance it
had in the DAYS when Roman FhiiOsO-
pliers, statesmen and soldiers did not
disdain to have personal care tor table
serving. So much hearty food may not
be needed in July as in Deem
Der, but still the breakfast must
be appetiZing, fruit should have its place
on every breakfast table, then some
farinaceOus food such as rice, farina,
oatmeal or whatever is most enticing
and better when taken with cream and
no sugar. For meat there is nothing
better, where there is no unreasOning
prejudice, than a nicely brOiled lamb
chop, but meat, ham, steak, broiled
bacon, sWeetbreads, with sliced to-
matoes and some other vegetable should
be set out ard the capriciOus appetite
coaxed to eat that the body may be
h IL - ?
The housekeeper should bring to the
breakfast table all possible attractiveness
and this is easily attainable with fruit,
flowers, clean linen and shining glass,
china and silver.
Among the fashionable at this season
the breakfast is favorite mode of enter
tainment for guests and no pains is
spared TO have it prOnOuncedly aesthetic,
showing that q simple thing can, by ar
tistic skill, be made most impressive.
Aftert this method was one lately gwen by
fashionable lady just before leaving town
for the summer. Eight people sat down
before q cloth Of white Irish linen with
square center cloth of blue linen en-
broIdered with slightly cOnventionalIZed
flowers Of the German iris, outlined IN
blue and filed III in white with honey
comb stitches. In the middle Of the
LdDl6 Wis placed u large DluE ana WHITE
Sevres bowl wreathed with vines and
flied with blue and white. iris blossoms.
Four similar bowls stood at the four cor
neTs. The windows OF the dining room
were hung with heavy brown linen mo-
uie curtains embroidered with stalks of
the blue flag cOuched on the surface with
fax cord, while the sash curtains were Of
thin dull blue Persian silk showing small
white figures Large blue and white
Nankin jars filed with blue eyed grass,
sweet clover, blue succory ana meadow
rushes stood about in corners. There
were no name cards but broad white
ribbon embroidered with initials OF the
guest in blue was knotted upon the back
of the chair she was to occupy.
Another wonderfully pretty breakfast,
and suggestive of the summer dolOr that
everyone knows is yellow. was given on
the occasion of a setting out for Europe.
In the middle of the table was set huge
greenlsh bowl set with golden marigolds.
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