The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-10
WHAT SOME PEOPLE EAT.
Interviews With Public Men on Pie
ana other articles Of Diet.


when talking about proper eating, Except
ing Goldfish. | Ike that great way off. l
think three blocks S the shortest distance l
care to have it approach me. No maa can
be christian if his stomach is out of order.
l eat more on Sunday than on any other
day IN the week, for do more work on
that day than on any other"
DR.. Talmage sad further that he was
fond Of pie ID that ne always eats light
lunch Of fruit aud sandwich after speak
in tn evening. e had bsen advised
aEai st t.: S last, he said, but had found by
experience tina i5 did not harm nm, bu,
he slept better for tine late lunch, as it TOOK
tue blood from tao brain.
Ii was an interesting TAX and led to some
speculation as TO now osner prominent me
treat their stOm schs, AID | took pains for
long ii Ne to find OUT and make NOES.
enienin f. Butler claims to be the only
man eft W no knows how 10 make chowder-
an art Of which DAME Webster, was in his
day, the great master. he has, heweyer,
ne YER published his recipe.
Gen. Butler was accused soma time ago OF
eating lobster pie On his yacht, but in
speaking of it. aiterward ne said that he
never ale lJb-tec pie in his life and did not
know wla 1t was
james Il. f,tc or says that he is really
ofnIuvOr.,!s, eating anything that is good
ana taking plenty Of exercise. lone par
t.cuiar Ingredient" he said, "Ou ght TO be
aided 10 every recipe and every menu.
That is leisure. Soup ought to lie taken
with leisure. Elsa ought to be taken with
leisure Neat ought t. Ue .aken with lels
ure. Everything you eat ought to be taken
with tue same sauce.
Dr. AiexaIder B. Mott says: I'm cook
ing for lnyalids the graat deslderatum Is to
give nutriment in such form that the stom-
ach eau most really asslmiiats it, he
taste aloae is no, a safe guide. a dyspeptlc
for examp g. Is Constantly craving Jnlngs
that can OF be taken with impuuity. The
great tang about feeding is 20 tade such
food as IS suitable 70 a persons habits"
Adelaide Nelson wa, great & urmand
and actually died from improper eating, or
| over-9atlng.
MIS-. Langtry is remarkably fond Of oys-
tiers aud ) ends large sums on the kitchen
department OF her establishment, whether
she is living in town, at the seaside or on a
railroad car.
Rose Coghlan prefers the white meat of
a chicken to almost any other meat.
Clara Louise Kelogg's favorite dish is
pork and beans.
Lillian Russell will not dine without a
salad if there is one to be had.
The Rev. Robert Cnllyer says: "As for
myself | try TO live like christian and a
white man. / like plain food well cooked
and do not care for any kind of messes. l
| ike chicken pie. like roast pig, for Charles
Lambs's sake. We have roast sucking pig
once year when | can get my ks to COX
| it. | like seed loaf and tea cake for my
mothers sake Ga the Sabbath | eat four
meals. / would hardly know how to keep
the Sabbath without Fl h balls for breakfast
| Supplemented with chops ana coffee they
| are an excellent thing to preach a Sermon
on. On my birthday | always have a
| big dish Of oatmeal and cream; not that
am particularly partial TO oat meal. | had
So much of it when | was boy that it
| pal OF on my taste, but | made up my mind
| long ago that i. / ever could afford it.
| would nave oatmeal ami cream-Got blue
milk-o my birthday every year"
DR.. CasSa5us ". Richmond, the famous
| dentist aud well-known bon vivant, say
there can b9 no god eating
without good teeth, and that he has
cured a very severe case of dyspepsia by
| pu ting a complete set Of upper teeth into
| the patients mouth. This, he argues, IS
! sufficient proof Of the value Of proper mas
| tcation.
Jim Nixon, the veteran circus man, is
| respo sibe for the statement that lodv
| Hamilton and Oh rlcs Stone, as well as all
! the rest of Barauui's people corrobora e,
| that circus employees are amo-g I 20 great
est beef eaters in the world. Their work is
hard and their hours irregular, and they
| eat great quantities of the heart est food,
and lea n 10 INSIST upon having the best.
Robert B. Roosevelt, the new minis or to
Holland has been called the legitimate sue
| cessor to Sam Ward, the finest epicute
| A,uerica ever saw. Certainly he (Roose-
velt was the leading gastrononer If New
York when he was here. He said Il have
long looked Tor an occasion sufficiently con-
splCuouS to justify tle giving of a purely
American dianer, wit its honest roasts, its
simple bruIls, Its true-bl4e boils its meats
cooked with the flavor of meats, not OF
tie tiresome and absurd fagot or bouquet
Of herbs, which dlsgusts with its endIo.s
superhulty.' Let us maggie uinn + to-
gaining with boiled fish: not a salmon,
for at is too r.c4 for an elaborate dinner
AID is worthy OF making least by Itself,
but one of tle llnumeraDls Americal va
rleties which are delicious wien plaillY pre-
pared. Then II you please, turkey, that
national bird whic is to be fou d nowhere
else in such perfection; afterwards terrapin
aud fried oysters, not the cold c.lmmy I'M
cooked ones waich fashion requires us to
outrage an emptt stomach with. For game
canvas back duck o. Miu1es I'd vension. Ii
anyone must have beigHetS in the middle of
mis- meal, give him sLral5ht-out American
though all ,uch ilterpol .tioas are vandal-
ism, Tor dinner shOsld be dinner and dessert,
dessert. Then for the lat g., have something
satisfying to the natural longing for sweets
no qdtedur rdrieS, dried 10 cakelets, but
pumpkin or niaCe pie, or one OF the in
Vulnerable puddingS that are pudiings, or
plu n, or batter, o. cabinet, or indian And
So on with additions too numerous to men
ton. A d then the wines that take the
priz at the ex posi- ion held in the capitals
of all Europe bat which are neglected at
home, the Pleasant Valley or Hammond
sport champagncs, or the vi Itayes of Cali
fornia, the ricu. full, fruity ced and waite
wists,uo he wrc ched tbin Vim Ordinueir
logwood and vinegar 9 ,ntinpall ,erveI TO
US under various appe!litiols, aid winding
up with good glass Of digestive old bJur-
bon orrye'
Russell sage eats three hearty meals a
day He sad: Il eat wheaton gr4ts 365
tl.Aes a year at breakfast, and they always
agree with me. | eat what agrees wish me
all eschew what does aOt. ) mo tbs IN
the year | nave baked or stowet apples for
breakfast. Fruit an fond of aud always
fad it beneficial For the rest, mis- diet is
chetiy chops, steaks, chicken, baked pJta-
toes, bread milk, aHd honey For drinks ne
uses tea, coffee, clarot, and bourbon whis-
Ky which last he calls an excellent tonic.
Charles 4. Dana lives on two meals
day, seldom taking luache1ns He says;
live well and take rational exercise. | have
no hobbies abou plain a d y, nple 10 vi, but
ca ever tang can "a that Is good and