| Show pepper and mustard Mi human life though a great and momentous ladair matir is the sum and result of many little and ap apparently bently insignificant arrangements who wi without out ex experience ermence eri erl ence could think that pepper and mustard could materially influence our en i jOy ments could affect everl even eyen in a moral point 0 i n t 0 of f view either the head or the h heart eart earl ype yet t s so it ie is these little things are arc great to little men menti suppose that we are set down to dinner dinne r and that we have been helped to some hot and savory soup we take up the pepper repper 1 eppel box but find it either elther empty or half ki filled led with large larga particles which will not pass pas through tb rough or it if it contains a supply of good PM er the holes boles are so staged up ulm that not a particle can catt mako make its escape or what is still worse than all the lid has been so carelessly put on that the moment we begin to use it iti aff off it tumbles and am the whole contents of gle ole the cruet fall into our plate at onci once or on the other hana hind suppose that we hara hare been presented with ablate of beef the mustard pot pat ia is empty or it is partially filled wih the rancid remains of a former day ilay dirtily clogged around the sides and top of it or it may be filled with a thin tasteless fluid the result ol 01 a hasty dish of water put into a half empty vessel before dinner it may not tint even be found on the table at all and after several times calling for it and during the time lost in going i for it or searching it out you are obliged vilen silently t ly to eat your beef beet without the aid of its a stimulating lating flavor if on the con contrary frary you are ate reso resolved sved ived to wait vait its appearance your patience and temper undergo a severe trial and your ken keen appetite is lost in the anxiety of hope deterred deferred while the tedious process ia it gone through of procuring a fresh supply supply first of all the keys have to t be found or it may be the key which opens the closet ioset which contains the tha shelf cherill aher huddled among I 1 a dozen heterogeneous packages tha the paper containing the mustard powder is to bo be found then this tins powder which has lost more than half its pun pan pungency gency by being kept in paper instead of a stone jar has to be hurriedly mixed up with water and is brought at last after a world of delay with large knots of dry powder interspersed among the half liquid masa if tinder under t the e same auspices you should dine day after day at the same table it is ten to one but the same neglects are repeated if you 0 u should ask for pickles to your beefsteak t they hey also will have to be waited for in the same manner or if on the table they will in all ali 11 probability contain a metallic spoon tha the action of the acid 0 on n which hi ca h fr producing od a poisonous mixture will e effectually ectra I 1 I 1 y deter you from part partaking aking dking of them 4 in lit short these little arrangements are an index I 1 of tho the mind of the presiding mistress it may somo sometimes times be the fault of the servant tr but the omissions of servants unless they are incorrigible more frequently depend on the tha guiding spirit s irit of the house than on their own faults peculiar pecullar faults when one sees the arrangements of the table perfect even eveh including the well filled clean and inviting mau tau mustard pot he may be assure assured that all the ibe other most important departments depar ments of domestic management are in their proper order my aly dear says mrs loof wh why should you vex and fret yourself so about auz tuc eucha as the om omission assion of the mi bisard rn sard isard how of often otten erl ell do you tell lue lne me not to fret myself about I 1 trifles besides I 1 do not think either pepper or mustard a arees agrees rees with you and I 1 h have hase been een reading latel lately that that thaL too much of such things is unwholesome 1 yes yes ves too much of anything is unwholesome but what do you say to too little or none at all ali 11 1 I have read my dear retorts mrs airs loof bat hat bat man in a state of nature requires none of these things that half broiled beef or venison of which you so plain is devoured by the savage without salt or pepper or anything else and reckoned ari arl a most sa savory savors ory meal medd ane and and I 1 do think that all the niceties of cookery are very useless and I 1 am sure they are very pry very tro the savage replies the husband takes his food thus because his squaw knows no better but depend upon it did she present him with a well cooked and well vell seasoned iness mesa he lip would sat sab at it wath a double relish and thrive under it tao bobp id a way quite derent different dlf dif from what he does under his ills ill cooked fare but even your dounn instance of the savage me is an unfortunate one t your iman man of nature naturel is just as fond of aro matics and other stimulants lants as a civill witness his avidity aridity for gait salt for aromatic and bitter litter roots and herbs forthe for the intoxicating cava for beer for tobacco nay if we to the analogy of the lower animals whose appetites yott you will allow are under tinder tile the guidance of unerring instinct we shall find that they too I 1 are sire equally incited by appetite to take alah aldag 1 with t their 11 air food stimulants mants manti such as salt and ad I 1 aromatic herbs and roots mrs urs loof however bov boN vever was unwilling to be convinced there are arc none more fertile in yative excuses than the really indolent and degli negligent c nt and she spun out the ar argument hinnent for two hours tours fours after dinner advancing however nothing but common places in support of her theory till at last she unconsciously gave it a practical tactical rac deathblow by partaking freely of both tea and coffee in the ae evening e ling both of which according to cpr view of th the question were equally unnecessary as pepper and mustard chambers edinburgh journal |
