The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06
! At. THE BREAKFAST TABLE.
W !E 70 be: Observed in Nearly Every
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W.letlhler, ne. says very politely$and as IT
it, were an Associated Press sdispateA
upon whichsathe whole world hung, e
cannot eat shredded excelsior; it disagreez
with my stomach or snorts, 5::::.Take that
~half.baked dough away; it upsets my d.
gestion," the breakfast crank fourishes
in the land. ...} *.
And the tired wife and mother gently
removes the obnoxious dishes and spends
weary hours. trying to find some specia&
food that will agree with the delicate di-
gestlon Of her lord andlnastei.
The breakfast crank isn't, only mascu-
line. It is quite as often feminine MIN
ME will say with quite a pretty air Of
im3patience, oh. I can't eat bacon; &
chimes in, Eyes, 1 had to stop eating
afterward."
And so the h~ousekeeper cooks bacon
for hubby, who can't work without Il,
and steak for. Minnie. who can't work
with it, and Speclets is provided for Tom,
who will have no other cereal, and Nut
ing else. One can't live without coffee
and another can only drink prepared
chalkwater. And so it goes.
Funny, isn't it, that. high balls and
cocktails. ice cream Sodas and het
chocolates never make their digestion
finch?
THE only: breakfast 1 can eat is a cup
OF cocoa made just a certain way, a
piece Of toast almost scorched. and Az
egg that has been in boiling water for
half an hour" says one member of the
family. 49, .-"I =: : ~ -.
give me beefsteak, potatoes, rolls and
coffee, and I'm all right" says her
brother. ..~ 80.
And the unsel6sh'. mother prepares
both. .+-
So it goes. Nearly everN;. family kas
an assortment Of special foods and sFe-
eial dishes that have to be trotted euf
for~each member.
Isn't this habit going a wee bit TOO
far? " =. - y +
Properly cooked food and combinations
that are on good terms, chemically
ing and coddlipg Of the various digestive
organs can be carried too far =.
1t is apt to begin with the youngsters
by the: over-anxious mother. When VII
lie is young and can eat ten-penny nails
with RELISH the fond mother intercepts
the chunk Of gingerbread, and ayr.
It IteT Wii} interfere eGs @ WITH yo snt 6 ihat: % Sne4.s
Willie's eyes bulge. hillary duct
sounds impressive. Henceforth and for
evermore he retains conspicuouslY his
hillary duct. He becomes the man whe
must have the seeds taken out Of his
Strawberries, the eyes from his oysters,
who can eat nothing with milk in it, and
to whom tomatoes are death.
YETI he can throw down a highball or
watt off a cocktail with no thought Of
the hereafter.
My1dredde makes early and frequent
acquaintance with the jam jar until her
mother awakens her to the responsibility
of a liver. Then she can't drink tea, she
must have bread a day old, she can't
eat anything canned, and she would
turn a livid corpse if you offered her
such a gastronomic horror as mince ple-
But watch her at the hot chocolate
counter!,
And with this ever-increasing burden
Of cookery the housewife struggles The
servant girl has already struck. The
only prospect of relief is the fact TIM
after a while the breakfast table VIA
consist of an array of bottles and boxex
from which she will extract the various
foods suited to u exceedingly delicate
digestion. linen the housewife win have
time to retire to the Kitchen and ure-
pare for herself a good square meal Of
sausage and buckwheat,@ cakes. fried
mush, potatoes, coffee, and good oil
fashioned oatmeal and cream. AS II IL
now, she says with disgust: ,.sOh! I can
eat anything" and slows away a mir
ture Of any old thing handy, her eyes
liked with asfar-away gaze on visions or
new preparations, wherein star dust and
limelight are vouched to put a new brafz
and. heart into the man whose stock ar
these has vi low.-Phlladelphia Ever
ing Telegraph. . u sss - 70