The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-06
CLEAR HEADS FROM RAW ONIONS
A Couple of Enthusiasts Tell oil the
Brain Food From Bermuda.


How does that strike your 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
i'm a satisfied manner. "Ihat! why
that's a sandwich; only instead or nam
or beef between the slices OF bread l
have-guess what. No. it isn't cabbage
or sauerktaut. rs plan while "a" BeF-
muda onion. all sliced up"
shouldn't think you could stand any
thing like that i'm any quantity, said
one of the listeners. You won't nave
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 us
20 the onions. and after that you
wouldn't give 'em up for anything. Let
me tell you how | acquired the onion
habit-for it's a real habit, and, what 5
more. a mighty good habit.
Il 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 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 plat
ter 0f raw sliced onions with Few slices
of white bread. Then they'd open the
windows 10 clear the smoke out and
they'd set that platter OF onions on 'he
table. each man would take a fork and
they would eat until the onions Were
zone. | didn't understand that at all
when | first went there, but pretty soon,
after cot To know those men fairly
well | asked them about II.
What on earth do you eat those raw
onions for at this time Of nightY /
asked.
" Here's a chance for another convert,
said one or them. why, don't you know
that there's nothing like a raw onion 10
ol4ar your head at ufght. Just help
Yourself and try IL. Why. man, after
you've been working your brain all day
and half the night and maybe have drunk
a little and smoked a little you are In no
condition 10 get a good rest for the night
Now. there's nothing like a raw onion
or two 20 start you right on your night s
rest. Two of these onions, sliced up raw.
will clear your head and brain, and,
finally. and most important. although
you may not believe 1t, will put your
stomach I'm the right condition
"Of course | tried it, too, but at first
7 could no more eat one onion than I
could Oy, They all kept AZ me, however,
and in a weeks time | was an onion en-
thusiast and ate two or three onions
every night Just before | shut up shop
I really believe / couldn't work at night
now without getting I'll If / didn't eat
those onions. Just try It some night and
keep at 1t for three of four days; at the
end Of that time yOUW be willing 10
swear that you'll never give up the
habit"
That ended the barkeeper's story
There are many others who win say the
same thing. over on Brooklyn Heights
there boards an old Irishman who is in
business that keeps his brain working
hard all day. re takes A brisk walk Just
before his dinner AT night eats slowly
and then after dessert pulls a raw onion
from his pocket in clandestine manner
and slices II and eats II. In the morning
the old Irishman rises early. takes his
cane and starts out for a walk He car
ries a raw onion with him and every five
minutes or 80 takes a bite from IT, He
f. well dressed always and passers-by
watch him eating onions with some as
Punishment. but he doesn't pay any at
tention to them. And II any one asks
him why he eats onions he will say:
Nothing like IL, sir, to make a man
feel as II life were worth living
haven't missed my onion for twenty
Years. and God willing, l shant miss 1t
FOR ten or twenty more. Don't ask why
- does IL for don't know that. | only
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