St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-05-20
SIMPLE FOOD.
The kind That Daily sufIices the
Crowned Heads of the Civ-
ilixed World.

Kings and queens, emperors and EN-.
presses, being supposed to be the
height of refinement, which is in turn
word for common sense in scientific
form, inquiry into just what the
crowned heads of the civilized world
consume at their daily meals may prove
of interest to the connOiseur in gas
tronony. It develops that Victoria, al
though by reason of the number OF re-
tainers she expends upon her larder
some 100000 per year, is in her private
eating one of the simplest of women.
Breakfast at nine is as a rule composed
Of very fine grade of Souchong tea,
rolls, either Viennese or French, and
fruit. She lunches at two on fruit,
some light baking of meat and one side
dish. Dinner at nine may or may not
be elaborate, according to the persons
entertained. She loves apples, import
ing for her own especial use a fine va
riety raised in New York state. Her
favorite center dish is fllet of beef a
la dauphine, with baked potatoes.
The royal family at Berlin breakfast
like any loving couple, the empress
with her hair done up in a loose coil,
wearing half the time a Mother Hub
bard, the emperor sporting smoking
jacket. The attendants having served
breakfast usually consisting of eggs,
meat, tea and bread, withdraw to leave
their highnesses to their own rehec-
tions. No ceremony is observed. Her
majesty serves the viands with her own
fair hands, doubtless thereby pleasing
this sturdy descendant of Frederick
the Great, who, like the heroes of his
line for generations, will eat nothing
not "made in Germany"
The late empress of Austria, being
out at dinner time in Vienna one day,
went unrecognized into a restaurant
fed to the paying place her bill was
40 cents. The queen of Greece touches
| nothing but the simplest foods, and in
Lent fasts like nun. The king Of
Italy is a vegetarian. The pope, as all
the world knows, is in his diet simple
to insanity. The nikado Of Japan, like
Emperor William, dimes alone with his
WliCs HdA pdhluS VI WINS stnd SI1lIpIS
food in truly ascetic moderation In
short, of the prominent rulers but two,
and those of rapidly decaying nations,
place their stomach on the pedestal OF
a god. The late Chinese emperor was a
gourmand, as would be the sultan OF
Turkey could he muster sufficient Vi
tality.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
| Famous Laughing Plant OF Arabia.
The seeds of the laughing plant of
Arabia produce the same effect upon
persons as laughing gas. The plant at
tains a height of from two to four feet,
| with woody stems, wide-spreading
| branches and bright green foliage. It's
fruits are produced in clusters and are
| of a yellow color. The seed pods are
soft and woolly in texture, and contain
two or three black seeds of the size of a
| Brazilian bean. Their flavor is a little
like opium, and their taste is sweet;
/ the oder from them produces a sick
1 ening sensation and is slightly often
sive The seeds, when pulverized and
taken in small quantities, have pc
culiar effect upon man. He begins to
laugh loudly, boisterously, then he
sings, dances and cuts all manner of
fantastic capers. Such extravaganza
of gait and manners was never pro-
i dueed by any other kind Of dosing.
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