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Show STUCK TO HAM AND EGGS. Why Drummer Made Breakfast Dish His Great Standby. "It's funny how n man will get Into the habit of eating something that ho doesn't rcnlly like," remarked a drum-, drum-, mer. "I hnvo been trnvollng mostly through small towns for tho laBt two months nnd havo had to put up at some pretty sad hotels. Tho result Is that I havo fallen Into tho habit of eating ham and eggs and not much else, about twice a dny and soniotlmos three times n day. I never used to eat eggs at homo and 1 nover cared much for nny snlt meats, but I'vo got the habit now and I order ham and eggs, oven whon I havo nn elnborato menu In front of mo nt a big hotel. Tho reason is simply that In small towns ham and eggs nro about tho only things you can afford to tnko n chance on. It Is soldom that you get packed eggs, becauso fresh eggs aro cheap enough In smnll planes, nnd then, no matter how Inexperienced tho cook is, ho can fry oy boll you somo eggs. Then they noarly always havo good ham. Occasionally I ndd boiled potatoes pota-toes to my smnll hotel menu, because thoy can hardly glvo you tho worst- of It on them, either. Hut ham and' eggs aro tho stnndbv" |