The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-02
EDITORS.
A First Glass
Bill OF Fare.
MRS. R0RER KNOWS
And Kindly Tells Them All
About 1t.

| the human race, in that she thinks edi-
! tors should eat. IT may be that this
belief springs purely from professional
motives; it may be the very essence OF
irony; it may be the promptings of a
charitable heart. but the fact remains
that Mrs. Rorer, regardless of all pre-
cedent, has laid down certain rules anu
outlined course of dieting which will
raise riot with the stomach of the
average editor. To speak of an editor
ana appetite in the same breath, is lit
tie short Of sacrilege. but Mrs. Rorer,
saIe IN convictions relative to cuisine
| steps boldly forth into the world OF the
! telegraph and Ghe typewriter, the paste
| pot, the shears and the devil" snaps
her dainty dough bedaubed fingers be-
meath the nose of the dyspsptic, death
dsfying editor, and tells him THAI he
should eat.
| The angular, everyday editors Of the
present day won't suit this feminine
autocFat Of the breakfast table She
would have a brand new race of edi-
tors roll-toP desks with caved-in fronts
ana reinforced. iron bound, giac-bot-
/ TONED editorial chairs. She insists that
EDITORS can eat; that they were born
aILeF the usual manner OF man, and
that there is no excuse whatever for
tne fazor-edged editorial fraternity of
the present day. She doesn't seem to
nave any particular grudge against
uhdertakers and monument makers,
put she asserts that editors are
MARKS for these promoters of an I'M
certain hereafter, and has directed her
energies TO the work of editorial saliva
ton. '''' @
The lady's efforts cannot but appeal
10 the editorial heart and the editorial
stomach, but the way she goes about it,
IS death to editorial morals "Breathes
there the man with soul so dead" that
ne can sit calmly down with thai
inner man" Juggling at his yitais nm
opened bills in mis- waistcoat pocket so
Genus IN nickels in his pocket rafting
Joyously together, and Saturday two
Gays ahead, ard read calmly of fruit.
soup, beef, mutton, potatoes, boiled
rice, lettuce, cress. spinach, chicory
saiad hot milk and French ,iressinrq
Breathes there the man who can do this
Wlthout a touch of that tired feeling?"
NO! IL IS ignorance of the WAYS of tha
editorial mind which has prompted Mrs
Rorer to write as follows:
THE PROPER DIET FOR AN EDITOR.
th The over-taxed editor will find that
ILree or Tour meals token at r. ~~--
tlIne and composed of the proper food will
make his work much easier AM, ~ wa -.
alo[s worm the living. He may be called
az az !. 70 or II in the morning. and after his
o Gcn arihH cup or two of very weak,
clear tea; At o'clock he may partake Of
d Asht breakfast, composed of fruit, a
DOW OF some well-cooked cereal with
cream cream ana piece or two of pulled bread.
Du!1nS the afternoon the larger part OF
ms Work may be 2ccomplished, and for
ms dlnner at Z O'Clock a menu Consisting
O o,i soup, beef or mutton, carefully cooked
r r Iried, or well baked potato or boiled
oh -i.sa
Satad with French dressing, a wafer and q
olt OF cheese Will suffice. If his work
c99n,tlnues far into the night he may, at /
O'clock q. m, have glass of kuVnoIs' q
grass of hot milk, glass of buttermiIk a
SInali saucer of junket or q small bit Of
Gnocoiate placed in the mouth to melt ana
i Ii S5io ~ swallowed; Heavy food of any
kihd should be avoided at bed time
Ihree or four meals taken at the
proper time
That sounds good. and it's author
Wrote truer than she dreamed. That
is usually the way Of it. three or four
meals, as matter of courtesy that
term may be used, but it is vely seldom
mat they come at the prone, time
Ihese are warranted to make work
much easier" and life more worth the
living" In her hurry to place her
knowledge before the patient, plodding
s9ttors' MRS. Rorer probably forgot to
aGd the usual, or ''oney refunded"
Ihen the ease with which she adds.
He may be called at ten or eleven in
the morning" Yes, he NAV be n hs
Is lucky. Then again he may be called
at hVe or six in the morning. He NAV
pe night editor, and after grinding
away until a. M, ne may get settled
down between the sheets and after a
sumner Of two sweet hours be called
~ SIX TO get some medicine for the
paby TO start the fire or to stop q leak In
tneslnk drain-pipe There are various
Ihihss an editor may he called for,
sometimes at a social game of cards
after work hours he is called every few
minutes; sometimes a big fire breaks
OUT Just before going 10 press and then
ne doesn't have to be called, for he is
tisht there, grinding away ready for
the next days duties.
Ard Mrs. Rorer adds: After his
path he may drink CUP or two of very
weak, clear tea" An alitor and a bath!
me relation of the one to the other is
as that Of oil to water A real live
editor, one thoroughly imbued with the
editorial instincts and the other neces-
safIes OF editorial existence wouldn't
look a glass of water in the face. AZ
ter his bathl' There are editors who
can count the baths Of lifetime, some
who have nicked them in q convenient
cage Of the editorial sanctum some
who have chalked them on editorial
walls, others who have marked them
in editorial memorandums. "And a cup
or two Of very weak, clear teal" That
is well put, for whether the order is one
or two cups, being oditors' tea they
must necessarily be weak, very weak
and extremely clear.
And mark the freedom with which
the writer goes on 10 say: "At one
O'Clock he may partakc of a light
breakfast composed OF fruit, a bowl OF
some well-cooked cereal with cream and
a piece or two of pulled bread" Yes. he
may; that is. If the foreman Is not howl
ing for copy" and the man who COW
ers fires isn't sick and an alarm doesn't
come in and the police don't arrest a
suspect and the new reporter doesn't
come in to report that he has FALLEN
down" on every assignment given him.
and one Of the machines doesn't break
down and he isn't called on to use the
AK" and his wife doesn't telephone FOR
him to come home at once, for the chill
dren are both sick and the fire out.
and a belated resident doesn't drift in
to kick on yesterdays "scoop." and
the telegraph editor doesn't turn over
rafting good story fresh from the
wire with local snd TO it,; If these
events and fifty or sixty more don't
transpire the editor may partake of
light breakfast" a very lighs breals-
fast.
But fruit, and well-cooked cereal
and cream, and a piece or two of
pulled bread! A ham sandwich, a cup
Of muddy chop-house coffee and pos
sibly q piece OF pie, is more in the
editorial line, and barring the reaches
and the proprietor's insistence upon
prompt payment every Saturday night.
II Is not so bad. from the editorial
standpoint.
For his dinner, at O'clock" says