BREAKFAST TIME HAS ITS QUEER HABITS

Northern Advocate, 6 January 1938, Page 4

BREAKFAST TIME HAS ITS QUEER HABITS

Most people are not wakened 1 alarm clocks; their average time rising is 7.40 a.m., and over half ; hour passes before they sit down their first meal, says the “Net Chronicle.” These facts are based on an inyejßl go lion which has just been made in the breakfast-time habits of adults and children. Only 27 dress at once on awakenln Seventy-two go to sleep again, 23 re; books or magazines, and 158 remain bed for another three-quarters of d ■ j What We Eat. Thirty per cent, of the total coi their own breakfast, one-half eat.wi the rest of the family, but the reraai ing 20 per cent, breakfast in shifts. ;i« this, meal — / ■ For every 40 who have porridge, 60 have cereal, For every 40 who have toast, 60 have bread; For every 20 who have jam or honey, 80 have marmalade; For every 20 who have coffee, 80 have tea. An egg, fish or meat dish was eah by 60 per cent, of these; 30 per cer had bacon and eggs; , 16 per . cent, boiled egg. Very few ate fish. Only 88 people made a set meal breakfast. How Much We Smoke. ■I

The inquiries were conducted. 1 Mass Observation, which promised t result of an analysis into smokii habits and the contents of 800 mant( pieces.

It asked for a detailed account from over a thousand observers of what happens between 10.30 and 11.30 a.m. The instructions were: “Describe4l morning in detail from the end; breakfast to the end of lunch. “Include details of your workii routine, if you are at work; of hbus hold routine, if you are at home; ■ of shopping, if you go out to the shops In the case of any “national emer ency,” all observers have a standii request to make a detailed account what .happens to them and the r actions of those around them.