The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-16
copyright. 1902. by Robert Howal

Hr- H~ennessy.
1T depends on who ye ar-re,' aid
M. DooIey. In ye're case IT'S amy
thing 10 ate that ye'rc 10 go.n' to have
rr dinner or supper. But in tn casc
~ tn rest iy this impceryal raypublic.
rs tn on'y amusement they have It's
most " tn advertiser in tn pa-apers.
lis what We see on tn bill boards
Us tn inspiration " pOthry an art.
Nv pothry an art. In d wurrud. its
oa It's.
i wiRt over to have breakfast New
Years mornin' at JOyce's. Tn air
was sharp an though I'm rot much
given to refectin' on ~vittles, regardiu
Thin more as a medium fr what
drink l tage n 4 rs anything else,
- tn time got TO tn Gure ! was run
lin over in me mind 4 bill y fare an
kind " ~Tondhrin' whether I wud hav
nam an eggs or liver an hO3in' l cGt
have both. Well. We set Gown at tn
table an / tucked me napkin INTO me
collar so that l wouldn't nav to chGS
It down iR me shoe IF ] got laCglin' q
aulytnin" funny durin' an e"g a
squared away. ARE We hungry?
Gays Joyce. Not now. says I. I've on.y
been up two hours an GOn't thirk
eUd ate more thiU = couple IL k9rOg@-'
LanYS an 4 buT-"G age, says /. II r.
I'm ii'DIc to b" hungry in = few mi0yt~
an sayS /. 'p'raps 'JWUd b. JUS 70
well t. i0Oss ND ~ ~r0a1 cE"dho0.'
says. where they'll be safe" 1 says
thinkin 10 start tn breakfast with 4
Aow " spirits, though tn rosy CaWd i
Day siidom finds ne much better na-
turad hin = mustard plaster
"'What's yer fay'rite Breakfast
DISH says JOyce. My wEat?' says
[. "Yc'er f~av'rite breakfast d.sh?' say
ne. WHATEVER we've got says I, no
IN be ~JErapDeI into gin M suffrage
to anything he didn't have in tn
house. Amy kind " food 50 long as
its lot an hUrri0. Thank Hiv5n 3
have 6 rGiud above vittIes an don't
know half tn time what I'm attn
Gays L 'Eut : name nroparcd foo1
says he. ! like il fried says I, 'hr'
7 don't mind it brOiled, roasted. steve
81 f~ricas5aed- In q mir vit q: twO t.
waive tn cookfn' an at it off tn hoof.'
i says. Well me fay lite is Cuff n
gays. P'raps ye've Sc Il tn adVerts"
ncnt: Out iv the Louse Wint LucF
Joe: Csr was tn food hat Md him
go" Mother prefer, AlmOstfood. q
scientific prcparat: n iv burlaps. I
1E3d 10 take Save JSt, which | fHu"d
too rich. an late" L had q peeryOd II
H~UnEeTeen. a G. imicaIly pure di~'
made " tn ext ryOr iv bath towel
We al have our title tastes an enthU
syasme IN tn -I&tther iv bleakfaG'
foods, dcpindir on what pa-apers W
read IN what D~ill-bOards we've seen y
hate. believe Inny Jim and jump hig
er or Cuff tn on AlmOstfOOd but
Mother says she see q sign down or
H1lSted sthT -et that C~O1-V1nCes her h
has n mos stimylatiu' tuCk-in. Amy
how he IS, 4 take gr-reat pains to
see that TIwthin' is sarved fr break
fast that amt well advertised ar
Sua~ante d pure firm tn facthry an
put up il blue or green paper boxes,
he says Well says !. give me a tub IL
Cuff 7 says III close me eyes an
think " an egg.
What dye unp they give me
Hinnissy? Mush, be Hiyens, What
kind iv mush is this says /. takin' ~
rlouthfuI. 1t amt mUsh-' says Joyc'
Tts = kind " scientific oatmeal say
he. Science says !. has eNthracte'
tn mead Pass tn ink says I. Whit
dye want ink f'r?' says he. Who i've
heard " atm Dlottin' paper without
ink?' says /. Ate it, says he. Civ
me- me hat. | says. Where ARE )
gofn'?' he s. IS. I f'rgOt me nose bag.
! saws. 4 I IN | ATE tnIS OIL Il HldI'-
Give it to III an I'll harness mesiif up
III Grlyin's buggy. have mesiIf hitChed
20 a post in front iv tn city hall, an
injyc me breakfast. I says. 'Ye have ;
delightful home here saws l. Sons
lay I'm gCin' to ask We to take me u
in tn kitchen an lave me fork dow
some hay fr tn chjlGher. But now I
mus lave ye SOW yc'er prepared oats.
I says. An / wiut out to MUlligan'S
restaurant ar wrapped mesilf around
buCkwheat cakes an sausages till tn
cook got OuckWheAt cake makers par
aiysis.
Il don't know how people come to
have this mad passion fr oats. Whin
! was q boy they was On'y ct be horses
an good horses rayfused thin. But
somcwan discovered that tn more We
did to oats. tn less they tasted an
tia tn less anything tastes, tn bet
tne- food it IS fr tn race. SO all ort'
III country countless machines i 49,
wUrruk remOvin' tn flavor firm "G'S
an turnin' thin INTO breakfast fJuf
Breakfast food IS all y6 see in til cas-
IN on tn bin boards. In tn SINAI.
"Ities it's tn principal spOor' ~ III
PEOPLE. Whore ChildheT ans looked
ON tn boards to see whin tn MINSTREL
snow was comm to town. Tn. i.pW
watch fr tn announcement iv tn
rev breakfast food. Hogan t"I M
he was out in Decor Jr' other day
an they vas e~ighty-seven kinds il
r..ts on IN bill " fare. Is they ally
thing DIN OH in this tOwn?' he asst Of
drummer. 'Nawthin' 0ntil tn
eighth whiu OdtOonO opens says tn
man People talk about breakfast food
as they used 10 talk about bicycles.
They compare an they thrade. y man
with tn 1903 mode ~ high gear oats
Is tn hwy IL tn neighbOrhood. All
IN Saw-millS has been turned into
breakfast food faCthries an tn IT,
saw has took tn place ~ tn miller.
Does it do amy harm. says We
Ne'er "a bit. \ country that's gOin'
Ia be kilt be food is on its last legs
aUnyhOw- Ivry a has its pecooly-
arity. With tn RoOChyans it's Pass
tn tall0w candles: with tn Chinese
"a plate " rice an a sharks fin. III
German sets dDwn TO 4 breakfast "
E--Eytable soup. Hungarian gOOlaSh
an beer. Tn FriuChmau is satisfied
with a rose in his b~uttOnhOle an tin
minyits at tn PLAINLY. An Irishman
rats StHrOug on uOrr toes an an Eng