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Show Good Men He wns a florid man with a pleasing pleas-ing plumpneis of person and possessing possess-ing what Shakcspearo calls "a fair round belly with good capou lined." Ho sat In a restaurant and discoursed of eating In this wlso: "Pcoplo are writing and preaching nowadays all the tlmo about the danger dan-ger of overeating. Why, bless my stars and garters! wo do not begin to eat as our ancestors did. What are our puny llttlo snacks of kickshaws compared with the Gurgnntuan feasts to which our greatgrandfathers yes, and our grandfathers, too, for that matter sat down? Their hearty break.sts of meat, eggs, and often beer or alo to wash It down; their great midday dinners with roasts of nil sorts In nbundance and puddings and vegetables In profusion, and their suppers of cold meats, perhaps a chicken, cakes to beat the band and preserves and pies and things Indigestible Indi-gestible generally often topping off beforo they went to bed with a panful pan-ful of apples and a pitcher of elder. Oh, they wero caters If you llko! And between meals how they did pitch Into chceso and doughnuts and anything elso that camo handy. "These were our grandfathers and some of our fnthers. Going a little further hack, see that 'curious document docu-ment descriptive of manners In the last century, to which Thackeray alludes al-ludes In his English humorists. Here Is what seven of 'em ato at Lady Smart's dinner: A slrllon of beef, a fish nnd a tongue. Then came almond al-mond pudding, fritters, chickens, black pudding nnd soup, The third course consisted of n hot venison pasty or mado pie, n hare, a rabbit, somo pigeons, partridges, a goose and a ham. Then they topped ofT with cheese and drank during the meal claret, ale, brandy and tea. They sat at table four or flvo hours to get away with this meal and afterward drank port and played cards until 3 o'clock In tho morning. "That was 'the way our great-grandfathers ato and their fathers before them ate, It they could afford It, and If they could not they mado up In quantity what was lacking In, variety and quality. Eat, why bless you, child, wo modern men do not know what eatfng la. Perhaps, though, if our ancestors had done less eating and drinking we might be able to do more of It without the aid of dyspepsia dyspep-sia tablets. Then, again, they did not know how to adulterato food in those golden days of gastronomy However, How-ever, I am a believer in hearty eating eat-ing if a person can stand it. Ah, here comes my double sirloin steak with fried onions. Doesn't that smell n IrM? |