What to Eat, How to Serve It #251744

Only in the houses of the wealthy, or of those possessed of exceptionally large dwell ings, is there found a breakfast-room other than that in which are eaten all the meals of the family. English mansions frequently possess both a family and a state dining room, and the same custom prevails in some of the private palaces of our own million aires; but in the average American home one room must do duty for every repast, whether Simple or superb; and in our large cities this apartment is too likely, alas! To be Situated in the basement.