The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-02-07
MEN AND BREAKFAST.

MEN AND BREAKFAST.
From Harper's Barr.
Breaktast-a most trying duty, ant
one which many man shirlSs, say
irg: 81 never care for breakfast.
take only roll and coffee.n Anc
even that pis alter he would rathe,
take alone, judging from the grump,
silence with which he surround
himself, or the absorption with whicl
} he devours the morning news per
de Tho rof faes ~, 5syess','- N'a. y liss. 4
gus from Europe, and, more than that
from it's upper classes, therefore i
has won It's way here through tn
emulation OF fashion rather than it
fitness for our modes of living. Tn,
American breakfast is looked upoi
with horror, as barharons and inele
CANT. just what the American
breakfast isswouId be hard to definr
except by those European theori,t
who have never partaken OF it. But
that it is in some families execrable
through its length, and in other,
through its quality, we all unfortu
nately know.
Within forty miles of New York
are innumerable towns which send
all their male population, save the
INDECENT, to the city every day in
| pursuit of bread-sweetbread may
hap, for the men of larger gains. To
reach the Office at the proper hour
in the morning (and every one
knows that the fundamental principle
underlSi ing all wealth is a prompt
and early appearance at the ofiice)
uecessitates breakfast at seven
O'Clock, or half after.
Luncheon does not Ollow until one,
and is even then a hastily snatched
meal, making an interval of five or
Nix hours without TODD, during Which
Tine both body aud brain are sub
mllted to every sort of fatigue--the
nervous anxiety of catching a train,
the bad air of the ,urney itself, and
the hurry and worry of office work.
What sort of preparation has tn
man had for this strain on his sys.
tenn? "A nights rest, which Of course
exceeds in value any other restora.
tive-but after that? Sumeumes
merely his makeshft of coffee ana
roll. Before it, his lorgcst fast
h6ht ha6t of eathhs thih1 s"it ssht Srs4 Msst THs
all wrong.
Perhaps the man is willing to eat,
but the hou seville, never having
studied the relative values of foods.
places before him those dishes which
do title TO feed the vital flame OF
life. An autumn breakfast served in
a house whore three young men OF
the nervous American temperament
went daily to town serves as a sam.
pie. To begin with, there were
Concord grapes, then oatmeal, then
Clipped beef creaned, with fried
potatoes, and coffee to drink. 1t
sounds well and tastes we'll, but for
nutrition pure and simple is not
worth a picayune.
There are u thousand and one ways
of serving fresh beef, mutton, poul
try, and eggs TO make Them accept
able TO the peevish breakfast palate,
and as a "space filler" there are
better things than fried potatoes.
If dyspepsia has laid its tenaciou-
hold on the family, coffee must give
way to weak cocoa or hot (uot boileo)
milk. All these things the house
keeper should know, or, not knowing.
should study, that she may preserve
the prev oIs health for which she is
largely though unwittingly RESPONSE
BILE. OF course If improper dishes
please the taste and are set before
man, he will eat them, but don't let
him have the chance. These thing
apply as well to school children as
to business men.
Eating breakfast is more of habit
than one would think. There is no
more common declaration than:
"Oh, can't eat breakfast. | never
have any appetite tor it " That too,
is matter OF habit, and a practice
which should be coaxed away into
disuse. 1t takes but a moments
reflection to know that it is a false
theory, for with the long fast before
it, and the hard laoor after it, break
fast should be meal equal in nutri
ton to the others.
By gradual training even the most
fastidious can increase the first meal
in day TO include fruit, du nlturel
or stewed, and a chop or bit of
broiled steak or chicken, which, with
some sort of bread and hot drink
is sufficient variety to satisfy the
ply steal needs until the luncheon
hour.
LITTLE TOMMY'S FORENOON.