The St. Johns herald., 1895-08-01
4 QUEER COMBINATION.
The Breakfast of a Rounder After
 a Night Out
An IDstitution Of Uncertain Origin Yet Familiar to AT ,7ai:ers-O Opinions of Physicians on the Fry
 ing EIxsura.

men, mean, or an all round social ex- perience, who have been unfortunate enough to stay too long with their liquor once in awhilc-a9d probably five of them will tell yoI what is meant by the term ''drunkarI's breakfast" says the New York Herald.
 For the enlightenment of the sixth member it may. be explained that "drunllard's breakfast so called in many swell clubs and restaurants, con- sists of salt naci1erel, boiled, not broiled; dish Of milk toast, and pot of strong, hot tea. This is repast which is supposed to be peculiarly adapted to the stomach Of man who permitted himself to be tenp-ei to look too pronliscuously upon the wine the night before.
 My wifc's absence from home com pellcd me to take my meals at the restaurants recently. For my first breakfast I went to one of the fine hotels in the immediate ncighborhoOd. The restaurant was chilly. and that, added to a severe cold in my head, must have given watery appearance 
 my hand as took a seat and picked up a bill of fare. An ObSequiOus waiter stood at hand to receive my order. 1 ran over the list of meats q second time, pausing, mentally, midway 'twix 6 steak and Q chop. The waiter, noting my indccision, but utterly nis- taking the spirit behind it all, stepped to my side and with perfect politeness said: lief I may be permit, I recon men ze salt macAerel. wis ze meelk toast and ze tca-vcr' nice. It ecz 70 breakfast populair wis gentlemen after ze excitement of ze long night"
 The fellow had actually recommend cd drunLard's breakfast for my con- dition, although as q matter of fact hadn't taken & drink in year and helfl
 nNcxt morning I went into another restaurant near by-not exactly first class place, but m extraordinarily good second-class one-wllerc the busi- ness is enormous. the cooking excel. lent and the service generally sati5- factory. Ny eyes were bloodslot and watery still, the result of neuralgia attack. The waiter, e decorOus, hand some Gernan-American, handed me the bill of fare, eyed me suspiciously, but not rudcly, for au instant and then remarked in an uDdcrtone: How would Q nice salt nackcrel, boiled, plate of milk toast end pot of tea suit you this morning? That is what many of our patrons order for break fast after they have been out letc. Much better than cocktails, 1 assure you"
 There was no irnpertiacnce in the mans voice or manner. He didn't dream of being intrusive. He merely thought he was doing ne a friendly service in suggesting 2 regular brac- ing "drunkard's breakfast"
 The same sugg :stion will be offered in many first-class restaurants to any man whose appearance or manner in any way excites the suspicion that he drank too much the night before. The hint is always offcreI politely and quietly. and only after the waiter has convinced himself that his purpose in making the suggestion will not be mis- understood.
 And thus, in some mysterious way, it has come to be believed amonr res taurant walters that for a man wiIO has had long drinking bout the cor rect breakfast shoul1 consist of salt mackerel, milk toast and tea! It is an extraordinary combination, surely, and why it is peculiarly adapted to he nf i-,~~ from a spree is as mysterious as the identity of the genius who first pro- posed it.
 A popular physician who was spoken to with reference to this fad said: "Yes, I know what a 'drunkard z breakfast is, but why any man suffer ing from over-indulgence in drink should eat such Q meal Is more than can tell. Salt macllcrel is harsh, acrid, hot and irritating to an already con Cested stomach. I can think of no article of food more likely to increase the digestive disorders due to drink than salt mackerel."
 Another physician of long practice md wide observation said: Tt would be interesting to know how and with whom the 'drunlIari's breakfast Origi- mated. It is ridiculous flea. None but normal stomach in healthy con- dition can digest q salt Iaacllorel with out discomfort, or at least unpleasant reminders of its presence. It is fial that I am very fond Of, but if 1 cct oi it even after drinking moderately ii causes an attack of indigestion Ny Gniy theory of its supposed popularity as a breakfast dish for one who ha s taken drop too much i5 this: It's s<i- ness excites thirst for great quantities of cold water, which is, ia my opinion, of real benefit to stomach feycrcd with alcoholic irritation. it enables him to drink water copiously until the stomach is cleaned and cooled, ant the alcohol in his tissues becomes 50 Gi- luted that it is the more easily clilni- mated from his system. As for its al;- mentary value in such cases. 1 can t see that it has any. The milk toast would be all right, but salt laac.lercl and tea-what al insult and crime it is to force them upon a stomach al ready smarting and burning under the