The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-06
Something for Breakfast
BY WINIFRED BLACK.

Well. IT has come true-the old song.
How many of us can remember the
man who used to sing 1t?
THE waiter roared It through the
hall. We don't give bread with one
fishball.''
What a Joke it was the no-breaA
idea, on the young man who went to
purse.
No bread. unless you order II and
pay for 1t slice by slice. and no butter
except at so much dab. oh! misery.
what are we coming to, cafe-aulait and
roll for breakfast as sure as you're
born.
Good-hys, ham and eggs, Plebe. ana
. maybe, but honestly now, honestly,
cross your heart and tell us the plain
truth.
Take cool morning in early fan.
the window has been up ali night and.
around the edges.
Sniff. sniff-ham. country cured ham.
Uncle Thomas raised the pig, fattened
him on acorns. slaked his thirst with
gnarled old hands the IRE that turned
his meat to brown crispy bacon and
sweet delicious ham.
| EGGS? There's Just one way for them
this morning. friend on one side, thank
| you, In the Juice OF the curling ham.
and few potatoes hashed In cream,
please. and what IL that?-biseuiL
light. foamy.- melting. Al the drxt kiss
of youth.
Hush child, who IL this talking about
the European breakfast? Let them
talk. Well have the good old fashioned
american article. thank you. a. long
q
Tomorrow. II it's cold and snappy
weather. what's the matter with home
made sausage. some hashed brown po-
tatoes and buckwheat cakes?
where did you say you found that
maple sugar? You have to get out 4
search warrant to find any these days.
don't youe
Another cup of coffee. please. no
there is In the little fat blue pitcher.
There. now. I'm ready to meet the
world and fight whatever fights are
coming my way today.
Fruit. black coffee and nothing eiseY
That Will do for the diiettante; that's
all right for the man with nothing
to do but read letters and go to his
bank and sign check or SO.
Chocolate and q cracker. oh. yea
| Know you call them biscuit. but
don't Crackers they are and crack
ers they VIII be to me TIL the last
cracker Is cracked That's well enough
Give me the girl with good APP
petite for breakfast and the good
sense TO order 1t and know how ID
cook and serve 1t, too. and TIL bank on
her husbands chance to get on in tho
world against any dozen poor thinxs
who think the oid-fashionsd American
breakfast vulgar.
I Get fat: Well. what n ron 10?
When you are dead and gone nobody
Is going 20. get STAT the, scale. and 80.
ho& much you weighed. They are
going to get out the letters you wrote
full OF love and human kindness; they
are going to get out the little gifts
you sent them at Christmas time ana
birthday times. They are going to tell
each other how good you were when
they were In little trouble. and they
are going to love you for what you
are and not for what you did or di6
not weigh. And the good substantial
honest TODD you ate viii have Z rood
deal TO do with II all believe.
VINO can be generous when they are
starving themselves to death? sWho
can laugh and make the world laugh
or. Diet Ut dry husks and milk7
No bread for breakfast--nOt even ~
thin. Cold slice OF the thing bakers call
bread. Not = bit OF II for dinner: ~
butter on the table for luncheon.
How smart we are all getting.