The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-08
clear Heads From Raw Onions.

How does that strike you?" asked the
bartender, as he took bite from some
thing that looked very much like an Or
binary sandwich of some sort and then
glanced over his shoulder at the clock in
a satisfied manner. says the New York
Sun. That? Why. that's a sandwich;
only instead Of ham or beef between the
slices of bread 1 have-guess what No
it isn't cabbage or sauerkraut It's plain
white, raw Bermuda onion, all closed up"
Shouldn't think you could stand any
thing like that in any quantity said one
of the listeners. You won't have any
tears to weep if you keep that up long"
That's what they all say at first" re-
piled the bartender, but you can never
know until you try. You soon get used
10 the onions, and after that you wouldn't
give EN- up for anything. Let me tell
you how / acquired the onion habit-for
its a real habit, and, what's more, a
mighty good habit.
4 used TO mix drinks at one of the big
uptown hotels, where a number of men
who followed the races gathered nearly
every night to have a small game, with a
moderate amount of drink to carry things
along. About 2 o'clock every morning,
never ten minutes later those four or five
men would order a big platter of raw
sliced onions with a few slices of white
bread. Then they'd open the windows TO
clear the smoke out, and they'd set that
platter of onions on the table; each man
would take a fork and they would eat
until the onions were gone. didn't I'M
derstand that at all when I first went
there, but pretty soon, after got to know
those men fairly well, L asked them
about it.
What on earth do you eat those raw
onions for at this time of night?" I
asked.
Here's a chance for another convert"
said one of them. why, don't you know
that there's nothing like a raw onion to
clear your head at night. Just help your
self and try it. Why man. after you've
been working your brain all day little
and smoked little, you are in no cond-
ton TO get a good rest for the night.
Now, there's nothing like a raw onion
or two to start you right on your nights
rest Two of these onions, sliced up raw,
will clear your head and brain, and, fin
ally and most important, although you
may not believe 1t, will put your stomach
in the right condition.
"Of course, 1 tried it, too but at first I
could no more eat one onion than I could
fly. They all kept at me, however, and
in weeks time I was an onion enthusi-
asst and ate two or three onions every
night just before ! shut up shop. I real
~ believe I couldn't work at night now
without getting i'll If 1 didn't eat those
onions. Just try it some night and keep
at IL Tor three or four days; at the end of
that time you'll be willing 10 swear that
you'll never give up the habit"
That ended the barkeepers story. There
are many others who will say the same
thing. Over on Brooklyn Nights there
boards an old Irishman who Is in a busl-
ness that keeps his brain working hard
all day. He takes a brisk walk just be
fore his dinner at night, eats slowly and
then after dessert pulls a raw onion from
his pocket in a clandestine manner and
slices it and eats it. In the morning the
old Irishman rises early, takes cane
and starts out for a walk. He carries a
raw onion with him and every five min
utes or SO takes bite from it. He is we'll
dressed always and passers-by watch him
eating onions with some establishment
but he doesn't pay any attention to them
And if any one asks him why he eats
onions he will say:
Nothing like it, sir, to make a man
feel as if life were worth living.
haven't missed my onion for twenty years
and, God willing, I shan't miss it for ten
or twenty more. Don't ask why it does
it, for I don't know that I only know
the effect"