The Book of Household Management by Mrs. Beeton

23. HAVING RISEN EARLY, as we have already advised (_see_ 3), and having

given due attention to the bath, and made a careful toilet, it will be well at once to see that the children have received their proper ablutions, and are in every way clean and comfortable. The first meal of the day, breakfast, will then be served, at which all the family should be punctually present, unless illness, or other circumstances, prevent.