The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-02

rising, says liable Talk" It is a fearfut
mistake. Nature is tired. The system is
not in working order. Lungs. heart,
stomach and liver nave leftover tasks to
perform, and until they are performed,
good work should not be expected from
the brain, or that finer nature which, for
want of a better name. we call soul.
Give nature a chance; make haste slow
ly; let her see where she SIS att tax the
machinery of digestions lightly and by
noon time the physical household will be
better able to fight the battles of life.
The French folk knew what they were
about when they issued permits for those
coffee stands that literally nail the corners
Of Paris. They open before dawn to ac-
commodate the market people and day
laborers, and close about 10 A. M, when
the students, clerks and professional peo-
pie have gone to their respective schools
and bureaus. The fare consists of rolls
and cafe au lait. Nothing else. Not even
butter. The artist drinks his bowl Of hot
coffee weakened with sweet milk, puts a
crusty roll in his pocket, leaves two sous
on the window ledge and walks away with
a comfortable inside feeling. In the best
private houses the fare is the same. AS a
rule, no one calls for a meat
but the reckless American. In every col
lege. pension and boarding school, as well
as in the mother schools for young chill
dren, the meal consists of soup-hot and
thickened with vegetables and potatoes
On this sort of breakfast the children not
only feel better, but they study better ana
make more advancement than the Ameri-
can students. Feed q French or German
university student hash, chops, steaks,
outlet and vegetables thirty successive
| mornings. and the chances are even that
he will need a coffin for the beginning OF
the next month.
In all the British Isles all the world
starts the day with a hot tea and marina
ladies'. and toast follows. Grllled ZONES
which are considered so dainty, are more
sayory than anything else. The palate
Graves salt in the morning to disinfect,
as it were, the alimentary canal Hence
the taste for ham, bacon, mackerel, nnan-
haddy, etc. Men like these dishes, but
they will also eat celery tips, young onions
and radishes, toast with anchovy paste,
shredded cod, etc. dishes which COST lsss
time and money to serve thar sailed
meats.
If a cup Of tea or coffee with a slice OF
lemon is taken after bathing. Dod.ly health
will be improved, and the desire for our
so-called square meal reduced. II faut'
as the French say. something hot TO
drink early in the morning. and the earlier
the better.
Never eat soft bread for breakfast if
there is a crust of hard biscuit in the
house. New bread that often looks fluffy
| and light is ike so much lead when It
reaches the stomach. And that IS why
half the world is so stupid and cross in
the morning. Ii fresh bread must be
eaten. put it in the oven or on the toast
ing grlddle before serving and give the
family the benefit of the carbon and the
teeth something to do.
Breakfast ishes should be served indl-
| vidualIy, when possible. On orange
squeezed in a wine glass is a portions; N
toast is satisfying. one tomato p~eesedSand
sent 10 the table on a sauce dish is a real
relish; one crusty roll invites appetite,
and two china pots, holding enc a L Of
coffee and the other a cup of hot milk
wen. all this may take a little extra time,
hut it is a dainty. appetizing, satisfying
breakfast. and it pays.
In serving grape fruit. cut in halves n
send to table with a spoon; for those who
do not crave acids so early in the morn
ing, peel and skin the fruit and tear a
fourth in parts.
An egg stirred with an ounce of canned
tomatoes and seasoned with butter and
salt is good. It is easier to find First En-
pire furniture and Nankin china Of 1el6 in
private houses than a cook who can bake
-four.
There are exported from this country
many bulbs Of Towering plants. Thus
favored by climatic conditions the Amer
lean gladioli are the best in the world.
Giadiolus bulbs are exported to Eng
land, Germany. Denmark and commonly
to France, though zone is sent to that
country at present, on account Of the
! existence OF a French governmental de-
cree, which sweeping in its character, in
terdicts the Importation into France of
trees, bushes, products of nurseries, cut
tings and ALI either vegetables, or parts
! Of living vegetables, and so forth, coming
from the United States this from the fear
of the Importation of the San Jose scale.
Large numbers of tuberose bulbs, some
millions of them annually. are exported
from this country to various European
| countries. including Germany, England,
/ commonly France, Russia and
In some Of the cooler countries or parts
of Europe tGberoses are forced under
glass. Many of the tuberose bulbs ex-
ported from the United States are grown
in North Carolina. OF the bulbs of lilies
cultivated here there are exported to var
ious European countries some millions
annually; and there are exported in the
aggregate in large numbers. bulbs, either
grown or collected, Of plants indigenous
to some part Of the country as to Color
ado or to California. These include. for
example. the bulbs of a considerable var
iety of California tulips and the bulbs of
various rare and beautiful plants.
Besides the larger expectations of
American bulbs, chiefly to the various
European countries, there are exported
many scattering smaller lots of bulbs
to various other countries in different
parts of the world, as for example, to
Japan and China. Not a week passes in
which New York seedsmen and florists
do not receive orders for American bulbs
and SO on, from somewhere around the
world. There are exported also more or
less flower seeds and tree seeds.
This is the season in which the florists
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