Show Itoniftu EpIcure When nt Its zenith tho Roman empire em-pire laid all tbo barborio countries of tho world under contribution to supply Iho tables of its nobles and wealthy citizens with Ibo fine luxuries of life Asia and Africa poured lu Ibo itch epieeu and fruit of Ibo tropics Gor canny nod the great north countries raised tho grains and wild berries Italy Ita-ly nod tho fertile land of the Franks cnllivalcd the vIneyards to make or express ex-press Ibo wines every strip of soacoast from bOo Mediterranean to Ibo Dultlo contilbntcd Its quota of fIb and thq for csU of Brittany yielded tbo wild game of tho woods birds boasts and fowls for tho banquets of the proud dfosoluto rulers of tho vast empire With tho cholco produote of a great world so easily easi-ly obtained there wero anton waste foolish cxtravagauco and a etraugo disregard dis-regard of Ibo aluc of expensive luxuries luxu-ries and tbo historian dwelling upon thcso times delights in recapitulating thoMirloua articles of diet arranged in tempting manner upon tho groaning tables ta-bles at the grint featts and banquets But excepting Nero dish of peacock tong ocean 4 Cleopatras cup of wloo with tho dissolved pearl in II Ibo menu me-nu of oor modern banquet would com paro favorably with thoso spread in tho lime when gluttony licentiousness and greed for luxury wero insidiously sapping tho strength of Home Gcorgo E Walsh in Lipplncotte |