Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-16
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Written for the Timas- Renuhlican

Written for the Times Republican.
"Oh, Mr.. Pessimisti why didn't you
come down to our Christmas" asked
Angelina of the old gentleman. I'VE
put on lots of style. had a regular
course dinner. Started in with blue
points, and sat over an hour at table.
wish We could live that way all Of the
time. Do you think Chauncey M. De-
pew will so out to as many dinners
now that he is married What did he
get married three time3 in one day for ?
Why don't the papers tell how old his
wife is? Hasn't he a grown son, and
is he married too? Don't you think
people live longer when they take an
hour or two for dinner and have lots
of conversation between the courses ?
Mr. Depew has been dining that way
for twenty-five years, and here has just
married young wife, and says he's
just commencing life. When get mar
ried | intend to --"
MY dear child" said Mr.. Pessimist,
I'm not a society encyclopedia. If you
want to know my opinion Of course din
ners, you can have 1t distinctly, very
plainly put. They're a fraud, a snare.
and delusion. You don't eat enough
of any one thing to satisfy you. You
eat ten times as much as you ought to,
because you wait long enough be-
tween courses to get up an another ap-
petite. and for fear some of the guests
appetite will fail them, you fill in with
Roman punch, port wine and cham
payne. Then to assist digestion comes
black. strong coffee and stronger CT
gars. wonder Depew has any stomach
or digestive organs left. More Of our
public men are killed by overeating
than oyerdrinking. When was a
boy -
ALLOW me to finish that sentence"
said the writer. You sat down to
New England boiled dinner. You ate
a quarter OF a pound of boiled fat pork.
a half of a pound of sailed corn beef.
big turnip. carrot, pint of mashed
potatoes, two boiled onions, a big dish
of boiled c,sbbage. two big slices Of
brown bread and finished up with
half of mince pie. Between mouthfuls
of food you swallowed two glasses of
hard cider and finished up with a big
cup Of strong coffee, sweetened with
four spoonsful of sugar, and cooled off
with a lot of thick cream. In those
days you fed; now we dine. When you
was a boy, you swallowed your food
like an animal. you cared for quantity
not quality. Now we scientifically ar
range our food and give it to our stom-
ach, first in the form of soup, then
fish, then meats, etc. Meanwhile Of
fering our digestive organs assistance
with a wine containing a small per cent
of alcohol and finishing with sweet
that nature Graves, and -"
II know you'll excuse me for inter-
rupting," said Mrs. b., but If / am to
have any chance to get in a word, I
must interrupt Your scientific ar
rangement of foods is very funny bust
ness for me to listen to. l have given
way to Angelina and Seraphina and al
lowed course dinners And what has
been the result? Why. simply this you
have asked time and again, why don't
we have pork and beans? Can't you
make brown bread as mother used too?
That terrible New England boiled din
ner, you accuse Mr.. Pessimlst of having
eaten, is a list of foods remember you
once wrote down and handed me. A
philosopher to talk of scientific dining,
when he has asked his wife with tears
in his voice, for boiled beef and cab
bage. We dine" not "eat" do we?
When you came home the other day
with dozen pigs feet were we to
"eat" them on dine" off them? Maybe
we scientifically prepare, wiene~urst,
tripe. sauerkraut. bologna, Swiss
cheese, and a worst kind. Who is 1t
that wants course-very coarse dinner
of liver and onions? Who was it that
said he would rather have bottle of
beer with his dinner than a bottle of
champagne? Mr.. Pessimist 1t is sell
dom / have to take your part, but
could not stand by and hear your New
England dinner abused"
Madam" said the writer" excep-
tional cases prove nothing. 1t IS not
surprising that when man sees his
whole income being spent in riotous liv-
ing, L. e., course dinners, that he should
suggest change towards more prim-,
tive form of meals Theoretically -
TN help you out, Birdseye," said the
man. This quail on toast
business is all right, theoretically, but