The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-17

testabiej. tea or coned If you order q. ant
two boiled eggs You may order any
thing you like in addition. on condition
OF paying for II. When the charge L
two shllings. jam will be added to th'
bill OF fare. Jam is one ~ the nationa
dishes. The English breakfast is a thorn
In tho flesh to the American visiting
London. IF had my way said dis
tinguished American. who had suffered
many things because Of English cookery
"if / had my way. would change the
British coat Of arms. The lion and the
unicorn should be COW and n sheep
and Britannia should be represented as Q
dirty servant girl holding 4 pot OF Jam.
The critics who objected to the free
and easy method Of serving breakfast IL
one Of Mrs. Langtry's plays las though
Mrs. Laugtry were not familiar with the
usages OF English society made a dire
mistake. The presence Of a waiter IN the
Breakfast room il not considered oollSa'
tory. The bell Is there. and the man or
maid comes at call. but il Is quite en-
regle for the guests to wait upon them
selves and TO hop up and run to the sid
table for the cold meats set out there.
very convenient custom. "a breakfast
goes on for an hour or mere and guests
come down when il suits their pleasure
Luncheon is usually an informal meal
with cold meat, jam. bread and butter
cake and tea. This is served at about
o'clock
Five o'clock tea Is an English institu-
ton. Not only ENGLISH women but Eng.
lish men feel craving for their cup of
tea at that hour. and a leading London
actor told the writer that in America he
always felt homesick at O'Clock in the
afternoon. and had "a yearnins for some
good Christian to take me in and do Tor
me 10 the extent Of q cup Of tea.
ANY one who drops in at that hour ex-
poets. as q matter of course. TO be offered
a cup: and besides. every English lady
has her day" when. after p m. she
may always be found in her drawing
room. a low table. which just reaches
comfortably TO her elbow. at her side
This is daintily spread with an embroid
cred cloth. and holds tea. with the add
ton OF chocolate and two or three kinds
Of cake. and bread and butter cut thin
as waters. There is a good deal Of pride
taken in this fairy like bread and butter
and Punch has celebrated it more than
once.
Perhaps the best apropos Is Of u little
girl. whose mother TOOK her TO drink tea
with two very particular old ladies. Ma
bel behaved BEAUTIFULLY. and the proud
mother was listening delightedly TO the
praises bestowed upon her bv the old
ladies. when. horror Of horrors Mabel
was discovered in the act Of pOcketing
slice OF bread and butter. "Oh. Mabel
gasped the mortified mamma. "how
could you? beg yon will excuse her.
dear Miss Smvthe; really, never knew
her TO be greedy before" II am not |
greedy now. responded Mabel with dig |
nitv: Il don't take things 10 cot. but J /
thought might have just one slice of /
this beautiful bread and butter To take F.
home az q pattern for nurse. And /
strange 10 say. the nice old ladies did not .
seem to be very much shocked after ali .
The tea is scalding hot, so hot that YOU .
are apt 10 wonder whether il is not taken .
from the fire at the very instant that the .
doorbel rings 1t is deliciously fragrant
such tea as we never have in America
The English have a theory that long
sea voyage destroys the flavor of tea. mo
matter how carefully it may be packed
Tor transportation. Wher you praise
heir tea they say: "You should taste
.he tea in Ru isia." Following out this
theory, the choicest teas are brought
overland through Russia from China
md only cross the English channel on
'ast steamer. They say. also. that Amer
cans have no idea how to make tea. Il
I'm going 10 Mrs. IS. and | shall have
o drink her tea, said an Englishwoman
,laintively. 1T is sure to be luk-warm' {
DO you never serve tea really hot in
America? The Americans over here
hardly ever dor Iced tea they consider
'arbarous to a degree. indeed. they looS
ipon ice water as a suicidal be-erage
Dinner il the great event o. the day
rhen the cares OF business are dismissed :
nd your Engishman resigns himself 10
njoyment in the serious manner in
-hich he is used 10 enjoy himself he
lways dimes in his dress suit. and re- I
ards the American who wears a dress
X gown and slippers 20 dinner with his s
life and children rs a Goth and outside S
arbarian. Mrs. NJ. =. HANDY l