1903 The Flowing Bowl by Edward Spencer

204. THE FLOWING BOWL dreadful sinking at the base of the stomach, pal pitation of the heart, and a desire to eat any thing solid within reach. A prays faintly for burnt brandy, or death, and could not swallow even ^ devilled biscuit, were you to promise to make him a director of a gold-mine for performing that feat; whilst B is " dead off" brandy, but is capable of washing down ham and eggs and chops unlimited, with a gallon or two of coffee. Any medical man will doubtless give a reason for this discrepancy, which is quite beyond my powers of elucidation. The Best Pick-me-up known to the writer is " the Boy, the whole Boy, and nothing but the Boy." 'Tis an expen sive restorative, no doubt; but, just as you can not make an omelette without breaking eggs, so are most of our pleasant vices more or less costly in the long-run. Champagne, i.e. genuine champagne, is about the most valuable restorative known to science, and has—I believe, though this is not within my own experience—saved the lives of sufferers from the " black death," cholera. Whether blended with beaten eggs, bitters, or brandy, or in his pure natural beauty, there is, believe me, no such effectual sorrow-chaser as « The Boy." Anchcfvy Toast. The next best restorer of the faculties is a quasi-solid ; and the recipe for its concoction has already been given in Cakes and Ale. As, how-