The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-10-11
DELIGHTS OF DINING.
HOW EASILY TIE SPELL OF SOLEMN
ENJOYMENT MAY BE BROKEN.


cures Serious Addiction.
For my thorough appreciation Of a
large and good dinner am, believe,
indebted to my father. He was a great
diner, and it is well known that the fin
est qualities of the English race are her
editary. My father suffered from govt,
and the doctors, who are a mass Of pref
udices, tell me that I also have got it.
However, | am thankful to say that |
know my own constitution. What is
really the matter with me is a sort of
cold accompanied by Inflammation in
one toe. 1t arises, should say, from
overwork. Old port is good for it.
A fine appreciation of dinner should
be accompanied by a large income
When my father died of apoplexy
Drought on by a quarrel with his cook,
who was a fair instance of talent as dis
tinct from genius), l succeeded to his
position in the firm, and to an income
which even in the city is considered to
be fairly large. love largeness. l love
large incomes, large houses, large appe-
tites, large waistcOats, large dinners. |
can never be too thankful that can well
afford large dinners. 1t was always my
ambition to be, like my father, great
diner, and itwould be Jutfalse humility
to say that shall die without having
earned the reputation.
l distinguish between the diner and
the diner out. do not want to be I'M
charitable, but I have no high opinion OF
the diner out. He does not, as a rule,
take the dinner itself quite seriously. He
is liable to show an interest in the
women whom he takes in or in the con-
versation. Now, life is too short for
that division Of interests; we only have
time to do one thing well. Let dinner
be that one thing. [ say, dine-merely
dine. That is enough. Do that well
and you have the best delight that this
world can give you. AS for converse
ton, despise it.
Now, there was the case Of Charles
Nutcomb. lie was with Us at one time
and might for family reasons have come
into a small partnership. 1t would not
have been much-some $4,000 a year
but ample for a young and unmarried
man who is willing to exercise ordinary
care. Charles was a diner out, and for
family reasons I once asked him to dine
with me, although in a general way /
viii not have young men at my table.
At the very moment when we were eat
inga vol-au-vent that from its peculiar
ly subtle and lovely character demanded
the eaters attention, reverence ana 81
lenca-at that very moment. Charles
NutcOmb was tact!1ss enough to tell
a story. 1t caused noisy laughter. It,
if | may use the phrase, completely
broke the spc1. e was like whistling in
church. However, it was not in couse-
queuce of this in6iscretion alone that !
finally decided to get rid Of Nutcomb.
lie refused port A mau who refuses
port-lny po-t-is d fool and conse-
Quently unit to be q partner in Gorg-
bury & Pigge. A fortnight afterward
managed to make some excuse for get
ting hjln out of office | feel positively
certain that he would have elnbezzled
money if he had remained. His after
career only confirmed my low opinion
Of him. He went completely to the dogs
became an author, in fact.
But I am not unduly devoted to wine.
Indeed l sometimes wonder whether
ANYMORE fond of that or of the solid part
Of Tie dinner. Both are good. Both
bring out all that is best in o man. The
feeling of gratitude. for instance, is com
M5aJable. 1t is impossible TO think
muchabOut the conm0nest yiands-as-
parasfs, the simple oyster, or even a cut
from perfect saddle of muttOn-wlth-
out feeling grateful. Then, too, dinner
Promotes the kindly spirit. When lie
pack IN my chair after dinner, breathing
@eTtorously, my temper becomes kindly
70 The verge Of fatuousness.
When in the morning a clerk arrives
dn nour late and makes some paltry ex-
cqse-that his wife is dead. or some non
sense Of that sort-I of course dismiss
-Iln at once. But if l were to defer my
U,sclslon until the evening [ should very
HEely confine myself to filming him
weeks salary. If it were his first offense,
alQ my dinner had been particularly
sood, might even let him off with a
.epnmand. That is the reason why l do
~ business under any pretext after din
n n 1t is all very well to feel kindh-
Jess less but one has to be careful that the
gang shall not influence ones actions.
IL now nseparable from our dearest de-
be su'S are our deepest sorrows! L have
~ one serious affection. the great soup
A anpn of the citY-has not a real at