Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-29

The GI eat American stomach Comforter
Is Inimitable.


Is Inimitable.
4 gentleman OF New England an
cestry. who lives on West Pine street
St Louis. solemnly asserted TO the re-
porter that pie is largely responsible
for many Of the mental peculiarities
of the American people.
1T Is a fact scientifically estab.
lished." he said. that different kinds
of food have distinctively different eff
fects on the mental traits and ten
denotes OF men. For instance races
whose diet is chiefly of meat are al
ways OF a bioodthirsty, sangulnary
disposition. while those who confne
themselves to grain and vegetables
are nearly always mild aud unwar-
like. Persons who eat highly spiced
and seasoned food are apt to be pep
perry and irritable, and so on. Peo-
pies minds depend on :he condition
Of their stomachs. and their stem
achs depend on what they eat Now
pie is the only kind Of food eaten by
Americans that is not eaton by others
of the Caucasion race 1t is dis
tinctively American dish. When it
is considered that nearly 2 zoe. 600
pies per day arO eaten in America it
may be said to be our natiOnal food.
And do not think il unreasonable TO
infer that pie may be tho inspiring
source of many of Our creates /
achievements aud sublimest thoughts
AT any rate. all our great men have
been very fond of pie.
Abraham Lincoln used to go out OF.
his way to get good old-iashioned
piece of cherry pie, such as had
stained his youthful lips and fingers
in the old Kentucky days George
Washington was so VIGOROUSLY fond
of mince pie that the Quaker house
wives used to send them to him, with
their humble respects. even after he
had become president. The Marquis
de Lafayette is SAID to have pro.
nounced the pies of Mount Vernon
Exquisite. land he attempted to intro
duce them to the haut ton on his re-
turn to Paris. The attempt failed be-
cause the marquis forgot to take an
American cook back with him and no
French chef has even until recently
conquered the mysteries of pie. 1t is
remarkable fact that pumpkin pie
has recently become very popular in
Paris 1t Is the pioneer, but it will
undou btedly become the avant courier
of all our delicious pastry.
The French have nothing APP,
preaching our pie. They make all
sorts of delicate and creamy puiTs and
meringues that are dreams OF the
culinary art In many respects they
exec! our efforts in similar. directions
But they have never attained TO the
sublimity of pie. Tho English have
nothing that will compare with it but
tarts. While these are pleasant little
fripperies OF diet they no more COM
pare TO pie than last years bird )
nest does 10 the capitol OF Washing
ton.
The nearest the Germans get to
pie is The pretzel. Think of IL!
Pretzel versus pie! The Italian is
still worse. Though he is a past
master in the art OF pate making, and
has given to the world that marvel OF
culinary ingenuity, maccaroni he
has never thought TO combine the
crusts with the grapes and berries of
his sunny hillsides No lazy person
can make pie and so the Spanish
have none. Ii seems as if the peer
less dish had been reserved by the
gods from men until the banner OF
freedom had been unfurled and
tyranny defed.