The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-22
The Deadly Cup of Tea.
London Telegraph. !

The dean of Bangor forwards for pub Iication full report ofhis uch-crilicised speech on excessive tea drinking. He says: am quite willing to be responsi- ble for the words which uttered, but not for the sentiments attributed to me by critics who have never read my speech as a whole. The address was delivered at public meeting in Bangor to aid the movement for introducing practical cook cry in elementary schools.
 In his speech the dean said: some times see young men and young women, we'll dressed, well behaved, intelligent and refined in manner, but prematurely old, with sunken cheeks, stopping should CTS and toothless gums, and say to my self: .'I suspect those people are badly fed. They spend much money on their clothes 10 keep up appearances, but they are ignorant of the laws O! physical health. They suffer from want of better food in their homes.' Hear, hear.) The origin of the mischief IS in the want of more intelligent and skillful house wifey. If woman does not know how to cook and to make the best of the re- sources within her reach. she boils the kettle forever, and enfeebles her husband and sons by drenching them with oceans of tea, morning, noon and night, ' Hear, hear" and laughter.
 regret that the use of tea has become so excessive in Wales. think the peo- pie were in every way stronger, better and happier when they fed mainly upon the old-fashioned susteuance of oatmeal and milk in their various forms. If 1 had my way, there would be very much less tea drinking than there is among our people of all classes. l." Hear, hear," and laugh ter.l Oatmeal and milk produced, in my opinion, strong, hardy, muscular, con- tented, good-tempered men and women. Excessive tea drinking creates a genera ton of nervous, hysterieal, discontented people. always complaining of the exist ing order of the universe, scolding their neighbors and signing after the impossi- ble. = Hear, hear, and laughter. Good cooking of more solid substances would, l firmly believe, enable them to take far happier and more correct views of exist encc. In fact. suspect that over-much tea drinking, by destroying the calmness of the nerves, Is acting as a dangerous revolutionary force among us. Laugh ter If may so without incurring the wrath of the chairman, will say that the torments of bad tea seem to me to be swelling into flood of radicalism. Re newcd laughter.
 This bad housewifery is no, only pro- ductive of possible revolution but of lamentable immortality Excessive tea drinking, renewed thrice day. and other forms of bad feeding. make both men and women feel weak. What is the re- suit: Yeu will remember that when Mrs. Brown, on her way to Brighton. felt again and again what she called |" :. sinking :" she had perpetual recourse 10 certain bottle, which in the long run did her no good, but made her sink more. Laugh ter A badly-fed population. suffering from the effects of poor house wifery, must be subject to the sense of ;" sink ing" Thus the tea-ket,le goes before the gin bottle, and the physical weakness and nervous irritability tha, had their origin in the bad cookery of an ignorant, thrihless house end in the rum of intem- peranee and deadly disease