Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-27
BREAKFAST
CONVERSATION
What 10 Yoursf II Has Possibilities
and " Well Directed Starts tho
Day Right

To them, as TO animals. eat
~ ing is a pleasant necessity to be
accomplished in the shortest possible
time. They know nothing of indi-
gestion--at least. we suppose they
are ignorant of this supposed product
Of civilization. They know nothing
Of Fietcherism. In some stages OF
primitive society doubtless man.
again like animals. is aotuated by the
necessity OF eating quickly lest some
greedy fellow steal his food.
Civilized man makes of meals
pleasant ceremony. He lunches at
hts club with his friends. He dimes
in society or AZ home. in freshened.
n not formal. clothes. with the
women OF his household dressed for
the occasion. Instead of plucking
bsnann from n forest tree In passing
when the ravaEes of hunger make
hetw cen meal advisable. he accepts
ices and jellies and tea at tho hands
of his hostess or her servants he
goes 20 pleasant place where a club
sandwich OF. in these benighted days,
even a glass OF chocolate soda water
may be bought
Rut breakfast what about that
Isn't civilized man at his worst at
that makes him chat pleasantly from
appetizer to black coffee with a din
ner partner that is a hore- At break
fast this veneer is. at least. cracked
Your Part
Women make the world 60 round
without doubt Men max think they
have something 20 do with it, But
veil when YOU think how far the
tact and charm OF woman goes TO
make society what 10 Is there's no
need even TO try TO prove the above
statement But IL you must prove
Il Just compare the usual breakfast
manners Of wives and their husbands
There YOU are The points proved
The man Of the house comes scowl-
ing to the breakfast table-that
charming man who last night brought
his wife fivepound box Of her
favorite chocolates. tucked theater
tickets under her plate at dinner as
a surprise. and played the Walter
Raleigh kind Of gallant 20 her all
evening. He scow!s He pulls his
chair noisily out from under the
table. crashes into it. and Jars the
table =. be pulls himself and his
chair back into place. Then h
noisiiy unfolds the paper. props IL up
against his water tumbleT. and starts
IN on his melon. In answer to the
morning salutations of the rest Of
the family he murmurs almost in
sudibly Morning" He strums his
fingers nervously on the table while
he waits for his eggs. He's cross IL
one OF them Is cracked or If one Of
them is small or II one Of them IS
large. II they're brown he wonders
why on earth one can't always get
white eggs: IL they're white. he
links (sloud) that the favor Of the
GROWN variety IS better.
He leaves the house IN a crouch
this charming man, quite unconsCious
that be has displayed very bad break
fast manners.
Perhaps II is the motor or subway
"trip TO business that cheers him up.
thst shakes him back into his usual
mood Perhaps his breakfast Crouch
eth clinRs 10 him when he enters his
Office and il IS not until he has
plunged into the daily routine Of
business that he RECEIVERS his usual
point OF view At any rate. an hour
or two after breakfast he is his nor
nal, cheerful. courteous self.
NVN AAdA - IOA al GAaE aAtN 0t1-
scription OF a great many men, They
are Doors al breakfast. They don't
mean to be. Many OF them don't
know that they are. But the fact
remains that the top OF the morning,
with them. Is something quite unde-
sirable
And II is the duty. the privilege
whatever you want to cali it-of the
lee ~ ha -
change this breakfast atmosphere to
great extent Most women are
mildly amused al the state OF their
husbands tempers in the early morn
tnr hours It's just his way. they
cav complaeently. They give up at
tempts az conversation. They put up
with the bad manners that the chill
dren reflect from observation Of the
raternal attitude toward life in gen
~ral az the breakfast hour. They
think about something else about
che days occupations. about a new
frock about the garden. about school
plan for the children, about Christ
mas gifts about anything 10 pass the
time pleasantly until the man OF the
family takes his grumbling way Office
ward
How To DO II.
Now u is usually the part OF the
mans mother-this early-morning
manner OF his She has probably /
petted and spoiled him If he wasn't /,
hungry she probably said something !
like this
why Bob. dear. is there anything
She matter with the grapefruit? /
Doesn't the cream taste right? II |
you don't like those eggs Ill have /
c&~D s>@orrow Let Lizzie make I
you Al omelet-it won't take q min /
UTE ren't you sleep well? Dear |
me. and now you've got TO 90 off to a |
hard day az the Office Poor boy"
Maybe Il wasn't her fault Maybe I
she didn't say such things But /
maybe she did and maybe il was.
It's great shame that the best /
meaning mothers in the world do so
often spoil their~thildren. They are
likely TO spoil their daughters by
neriecting 70 teach them the value of .
money A girl naturally is adapt
nble, tcctful She must be But /
SrUv aDofi their sons by coddiing al5