The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-15

the thing was. that we would begin and
eat up (or rather DOWN the alphabet.
taking one letter a day, with bread, po-
tatoes, tea and coffee thrown in as sta
pies Furthermore. I agreed that IL I
didn't succeed I'd buy a new piano for
the front parlor
And say" continued the customer.
conhdentially, as he settled himself, on
a barrel of cabbages and took a pinch OF
sauerkraut out of an open cask. be
tween you and | I'm rather glad left
that staple clause in the agreement.
The New Dietary System.
well, inaugurated the dietary system
with bill of fare, which, although boun-
tiful. was to certain extent vegetarian.
We had apples in many forms, apricots,
picked asparagus, artichokes. almonds,
and the staples. The next days menu
was considerable more substantial, con-
sisting OF beef, beans, black bass bacon.
biscuits, blueish, buttermlk, beets, bon
bons butter and batter cakes. My wife
and family protested that the dinner lack
ed homogeneity so to speak, and border
ed on the erratic, but this was just what
| was striving for. Originality, de-
clared was my watchword.
The next day was even better. We fair
ly rioted on chicken. cucumbers, Goldfish
bails, celery, curry clans; cheese, cauli-
flower crabs, cabbage cake, carrots, cruI-
iers, canned currants, crackers, caviar
corn, canned cherries, consomme catsup,
calfs head and candy. 1t looked like
cinch for me. My wife limited at dyspep-
STA and Indigestion but / retorted that
she was envious.
We Gained down little the next day,
partaling OF roast duck, doughnuts and
dumplings We made a regular Easter of
the next day with eggs in every conceiv-
able form. / added variety with a dish
OF egg plant and a liberal allowance of
fried cells. so that after all It was really
variegated menu.
ION the following day wanted 10 make
a regular fish day of II, but my wife
arose to a point of order She pointed to
the fact that we had already exhausted
a portion of the fish family In the way of
Goldfish balls, bluefsh, cells crabs and The
like, and that under the rules I couldn't
go ahead and spring the whole piscatoriaI
connection on her during one day and
then be coming along with scattered tribes
afterward. So / got along with baked
founder, frogs legs, fritters, fnnan had
die and Frankfurters. 1t was weird
and lonely sort of day / was beginning
to feel the need of vegetables, aud / had
tried on this day to sneak In with a few
mushrooms under the head of fungi but
my wife sprung the rules On me again.
She was afraid that under the letter M
/ might want to send around the entire
contents of a butchers shop under the
head OF meats
Next day brought the scurvy nearer to
our door But as for meats we were very
well supplied. There was roast goose
broiled grouse and baked guinea hen with
gooseberry sauce and grape fruit.
1.-THE succeeding day began TO tell on
me, owing to the vegetable famine. our
meals were provocative of extreme
thirst. consisting of ham, hominy hoe
cakes, behring's and many different kinds
of hash.
Il realized, however, that my troubles
were just beginning when / tackled the
i menu. I thought over the II problem
for two days beforehand. and offered
prize OF 50 In four groceries and meat
markets in the neighborhood for an edible
dish under this head, but all in vain. One
man told me that In South America the