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Show l.!ourt for lv.itinjf in Hiititmt. In England, down to the days cf ' Good Ceic-n Hess," it was the custom o ho: -pit ibly . nteriaiii all strangers and ri.dtors lit any hour of tile day with i';:o far. bread, beef and beer. This wai observed ;.t every table in the land, from that of the frcdieider to tia.; biiron's and abbey's. At a itttor d:iy the niji:r cl.'ewes i .'came rcoru ai.xurious in tlieir tastes and imwrs. A; a conseqv.ence the hours for me::ls were very much modiSoJ and nave remained so until this day. Breakl'a'-t is now usually taken between be-tween 'J and 10 a. m., and the present usage for diune among the wealthier "esses is from G to 8 p. rn. A luncheon a rather substantial meal, by the way, CYm.si.-ting of cold game, roast beef and kite like is often indulged in between 'ireakfast and dinner. The meal deiiom- , 'nated supper iu this country is a com- : jjaratively unknown quantity ia Esg- j i and, that known as tea forming iu real- t : ity a part of dinner. Loaia T. Peale in j D:troit Free Press. |