They say that away back in the mists of time, coffee was discovered by a flock of Abyssinian sheep who, accidentally grazing on wild shrubs, ate coffee berries and became elated and sleepless at night! If this was the effect of coffee on Abyssinian sheep, what wonder the high-strung humans of to-day so often find themselves unable to support the effects of the caffeine in untreated coffee?
And yet to be forbidden, coffee is a fearful deprivation. With what agony does the nose greet the glorious aroma which ascends from the preparation of the morning meal. The pain need be of the shortest duration, however—just the time wanted to send to the compradore for a tin of H. A. G. Coffee. This coffee is eggs and bacon of a morning is very far from attractive. To them also Ovomaltine makes a polite bow of greeting. It is easy to take, appetizing and sustaining. A cup of milk is a cup of milk, and tea, coffee and cocoa are also just their own excellent selves—but add Ovomaltine and they all at once become a meal complete with everything necessary to keep the body going.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.