The St. Johns herald., 1895-04-18
i QUEER COMBINATION.
The Breakfast Of a Rounder After
 Q Night Out.
An Institution Of Uncertain Origin Yet Familiar to All Opinions of Physicians on the Try
 ing iz;xiCre.

Take six men Of the world-gentle- men, mean, O. s1n all round social cx- perience. who have been unfortunate ; enouC;l to stay too long with their , li4u0r once ia ayvhilc-2nd pro5a ply fveof them will tell you what is meant i by the ter1 .-drd1l,arls breakfast, ;; says Jhc New York Herald.
 For the enlightenment Of the sixth ,2onber it Tnay be explained that a
 ''drunl1arel's hrea';f2st" so called in many swell clubs and restaurants, con s:sts of q salt nac,7ercl. boiled, not bro:lcd: dish Of milk toast, and pot Of 8tlong. hot tea. This is a rcpast !. which t supposed to be peculiarly adapted to t12o stomach of 2 man who permitted hiplselfto be ternptei to look
 to prol1i3c:lously upon the wine the ni3hc before,
 Hjr iviie's absence from home com i paii2l TIC to take my meals at the -2staurants recently. For my first
 breal1fast went to one of the fine
 hotels in the immediate noighbornoOd. The restaurant vas chilly, and that, | added to . severe cola in my head, must have given g w2tery appearance
 to my eyes and a nervous tremor to ] my hand as I took q seat and picked up : a bill Of fare. An ob2cluious waiter stood ct hand to receive my order. 1 ran over the list of meats second
 time, pausing, mentally, midway 'twis a c'tealz and q chop. The waiter
 noting my indecision, but utterly r1is-
 taking the spirit bchiHl 1t ell, stepped
 to my side md with perfect politenees said: 'Ecf I may be permit, reco1n- men % salt naclceral. wis zo neck
 toast and ze toa-vcr' nice. It cez ze breakfast popuIair wis gentlemen after
 ze excitement of 70 long night"
 The fellow lad actually recommend cd dIunkari's breakfast for my con dition, although as matter of fact
 hadn't taken drink in 8 year and a : half!
 uN4xt morning I went into another restaurant near by--not exactly Q Grst
 clas3 I>lacc, but an extraordinarily good Geco2d-ola35 onc-Iyllere the Gus; : ness i3 cnorico9s the cooking excel lent and the service generally aatis
 
 vctc~y still, the result of 8 neuralgic attack. The waiter, q decorous. hand. some Gcrrlan-Amcrican, handed m< the bill Of fare, eyed me suspicicusly but not rudcly, for an instant anI then remarked in an undcrtonc: How would q nice salt mackcrcl, boiled, plate of milk toast and pot of tea suit you this morning? Tl.at i3 whal many of our patrons orlcr for Ircak fast after they havc been out late ' tiaeh better than cocktails, I assure y2a."
 There was no inpertirence in the mans voice or manner. Iio didn't dream Of being intrusive. He merely thought he was doing me a friendly service in 2Ilggestirg q regular brac- ing ''drunliarl's brcaiZfass."
 Tl:e sano suggestion vii! 'bc offered in many Er3t-cla33 restaurants to any man who3o appearance CT manner in any way ezc:tc3 the auap;c:o1 that he drank too nnoh the night before. The hint i5 always offered politely und quietly. and only after the waiter has convincc.i himself that his purpose iE making the suggestion will not De mis- understood
 And tlu5, in some mysterious way, 1t has come to Dc bei;evc,i a;.ioii9 res tauraut walters that for a man ;yilo has had long drinking bout the cor rect breai5ia5t shoui1 consist of salt mackcrcl milk toa,t ana tea! It ic aa extraordinary combination. surely. and why t is peculiarly alapteI to the condition of a man recovering from 6 spree ia as t2ystcrioI5 a3 t..e Identity 0f the genius who first pro po2ed it.
 1 popalar physician who was aSozcn to with retc.enca to this fGd sai iii:
 'Ecs, I know what ';.vunlza1'.l 5 breakfast is. bat why any man st1Ete:,- ing from ovcr-iD(lulgence in drink should eat such a meat is l2orc than can tell. Salt .rac'zerel | harsh, acrid. : hot and irritating to an already con gcstcd stomach. can think Of 10 article of food more likely to increase | the digestive disorders due to drink
 than salt ia2e,zerel.' l.''
 Another physician of long practice and wide observation said: It would be interesting; to know how and with whom the ',lrun!7arls $ breakfast orig;- mated. IL is 2 ria:cnlouj idea. None l but a normal stomach i.G hcalthy con i!ition can dige:t q salt lHec|zc1el y.th- out discoIn iore, or at least unpleasant renindor5 of its presence. It is fs-i that I aEl very fond ot, but if : catol
 it even after drinking n3olcrctc.y il causes an attac:, of Indigestion Ely
 only theory of it's supposed popularity
 as Q breakfast dish fer one who has taken drop .oas much i5 this: Itscaiti ness czcitcs thirst for great quantities
 of cold water, which is, in ny opinion. Of real benefit to a stomach fov9red
 with alcoholic irritation. 1t enables : him to drink water copiou5:y until the stomach is cleaned and cooled, an., the
 Gicohol in lis tissues becomes 50 di- !! iutcd that 1t is the f4oro easily cliini- hated from his system. As for it's aE- mentary value in such cases, can see that it has any. The mill. toast
 would be all right, but salt maclzerel