The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11

Whats breakfast food?" asked
Mr.. Hennessy.
1T depinds on who We ar-re," said
Mr.. Dooley. ''In ye'er case it's amy
thing to ate that ye're not goin' to
have FIR dinner or supper But in tn
case iv tn rest iv this impeeryal ray
public, it's tn on'y amusement they
have. 'Tis most iv tn advertiser in
tn pa-apers. TITS what We see on tn
bill boards. TITS tn inspiration iv
pothry an art. In a wurrud, it's oats.
Il whit over to have breakfast New
Years mornin' at Joyces. TIL air was
sharp an though I'm not much given
to ref1ectin on virtues, regardin' thin
more as a medium FIR what dhrink
take with thin thin anything else
be tn time l got to tn dure 1 was
runnin' over in me mind a bill iv fare
an kind iV wondhrin' whether l wud
have ham an eggs or liver an bacon,
an hopin' 1 cud have both. Well, we
set down at tn table an / tucked me
napkin into me collar so that l wud-
dent have to chase it down in me shoe
If l got laughin' at anything funny
durin' an egg, an squared away. Ar
re We hungry says Joyce. Not now
says I. I've on'y been up two hours
an ! don't think I cud ate more thin
a couple iv karosene lamps an a
bur-rd cage says 1. But I'm li'ble to
be hungry in a few minyits, an says
l. 'praps 'twud be JUS as we'll to lock
up tn small childher,' 1 says, where
they'll be safe l says, thinkin' to
start tn breakfast with a flow iv spir-
its, though tn rosy Cawd iv Day sill
dom finds me much betther natured
thin mustard plasther.
What's ye'er fav'rite breakfast
dish?' says Joyce. my what?' saws
l. 'Ye'er fav'rite breakfast dish?' says
he. WHATEVER we've got says I, not
to be thrapped into givin' me suffrage
to anything he didn't have in tn
house. Amy kind iv food so long as
it's hot an hurrid. Thank HiVen |
have a mind above vittles an don't
know half tn time what I'm attn, >
says I. But I name prepared food,
says he. L like it fried says I, but
I don't mind it broiled, roasted, stewed,
or fricasseed. In a minyit or two I'll
waive tn cookin' an ate it off tn hoof,
! says. Well says he, me, fav'rite is
Cuff he says. 'P'raps we've seen tn
advertisement: "Out iv tn house whit
Luck Joe; Cuff was tn food that made
him go" Mother prefers Almostfood,
scientific preparation iv burlaps. /
used to take Sawd Ust, which l found
too rich, an later I had a peeryod iv
Hungareon, a chimically pure dish
made iv TIL eXteeryor iv bath towels.
We all have our little tastes an en-
thusyasms in tn matther Nv breakfast
foods' depindin' on wtEa pa'apers we
read an what bill-boards we've seen
" late. believe Sunny Jim cud Jump
nlgher on Cuff thin on Almostfood, but
Mother says she see a sign down on
Halsted sthreet that con-vinces her she
mas tn mos stimylatin' tuck-in. An
hyhoW.' he says, I take great pains
TO see what nawthin' is sarved FIR
breakfast that amt well advertised an
guaranteed pure firm tn facthry an
put up in blue or green paper boxes,
he says. Well says I, give me a tub
" Cuff, I says. TIL close me eyes an
think iv an egg
What dye suppose they give me,
Hnnissy? Mush! Mush! be Hivens.
What kind iv mush is this?' says
!, takin' a mouthful: TT Amt mush,'
says Joyce. It's a kind iv scientific
oatmeal says he. Science says 1,
has exthracted TIL meal. Pass tn
ink says I. What dye want ink
fr?' says he. Who liver heard iv atm
blottin' paper without ink?' says I.