The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-26
BREAKFAST IN THE SOUTH.

| The train wa. so late that breakfast was
out OF the question At the station where
that meal was usually served Passengers
going further South and having to change
cars had only time enough TO step across
the station TO the waiting train.
The new train started The dust poured
through the cracks of the windows; the
door swung open half the time and the
black. adhesive smoke OF the soft coai
pulled into the car. Breakfast was 10 be
served at a station two hours beyond the
point ut which IL was customary. The
conductor took the names OF hungry POS
sengers. who. with no great expectations.
iresignedly said they would eat wnsn Tie
junction was reached. Then they settled
dowrf to another hour OF smoke and dust.
Twenty minutes for breakfast" shout
ed the conductor after a while.
A dinner bell in the hands OF a stall
wart mulatto youth rang a stimulating
oblisato to this announcement The pas
sengers bundled out of the two cars
The appearance OF the little station
called Branchyfle. because trains started
from IL In several directions. did not re-
assure the solitary Northern traveller who
alighted from the train. But he followed
mis- companions into the dining room The
air so soft and bslmy that the win
dOws Of the dining room stood open and
there was n faint smell of the yungent
pine brought from the thickness OF the
beit only few miles away.
The linen on the tables was WON ord
in many places carefully mended. But IL
was clean. So were the glass AMI china.
IL was the breakfast itself that proved the
greatest surprise
There were on the table ample plates Of
stewed chicken. tender and tasteful;
plates OF brOiIed bacon and ham II the
hat L. A.Nf IN hn h.,
anywhere else. chiefly because IL is prop
crly cooked In that region: hot beaten
biscuits and corn bread. thin strips Of
well-done liver and light omelettes-these
were the dishes that made up an unex-
pcctediy good meal.
The Northern traveller never =emCrl-
bered TO have Jared so well anywhere on
his extensive journeys through the cJun-
try. But more astonishing TO him than
the excellence Of the food was the 20
likeness OF his fellow guests.
He knew none OF them. He had never
about the table. He was accustomed 10
the rough and ready ways Of other r.
gions. So II surprised him when the
man on his right before helping himself
asked politely II he wouldn't ike some
chicken.
Take a piece OF the white meat" his
neIghbor added. You'll find it very |
good"
From the other side came similar invi- |
,ations. all delivered a. II his neighbor. |
ook personal interest I'm seeing that he |
vas well cared for. The sOlicitude OF the /
Walters was Just marked.
Don't take that biscuit. sir" said one
n them Let me get you a hot one"
Ard he dashed or 10 do Il.
All this pOlitene-s combined with the
unusual excellence OF the food. made TN
unusual impression on the stranger who
lad never before been in that region: and
le was convinced that the breakfast was
'etter than any that the average railroad
restaurant could supply. while the msn-
ers cf his fellow travellers were certainly
uperiOr. They were indeed a revelation
o him just a. they TO all strangers
making their first visit TO the South.