New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-28

lily TRIBUNE, SUNDAY, DECi
mind Of the average servant the idea that water mat
has boiled is therefore fit for tea and "'i' l'"
are Ovcrfastidou, to require that 1t shall DC "'lhe
al the time the tea is made. and that il should '' nave
been boiled before.
The Use of tea which is the Oldest of the three most
common table drinks. date, back 10 the ldi P'r' "'
the seventeenth century when il ntlodiced hi'
Europe by tine Chinese with nnc porcclan>, NH'A HpI
also been brought spanugl before through 'H' com
munication, of the Italians with China. DIS means III
which Impulse early given {" por''"'i' ""l
silk manufacture in Italy. The Chinese inNar"''N Use
4 teapot Of porcelain OF earthcLwa.i Ihs is '''' 'N
suitable material to make Tea H. ana common """h
teapot - 10 be- preferred silver for this puip"' as
tn" fannie acid ol tea uutes with silver or an' metal
and invariably corludcs il. Til, be proved by n.
spccting any metal teapot long 10 Gac. Very "'m'N
japanese tcap0ts can be bought for twenty H'o
cent, in blue and white OVAL Wa.c, large en"i" 10!
a family NJ four. II larce teapot J., desired u costs
but ttl more. After the tea is mad" ana 'tNei'
such POI hould be cmpucd ont at once. aud washed
and wiped side and ont. instead OF being iti'' - u
often is, in hcrwi,c neat families. Standing with The
fairgrounds in It till the next meal II is A. essential mat
a pot should be OF ~tOncwarc or china - teapot
ANY who used a coffee pot long and inspect
ed the inside, must hay" noticed the DARN c.i mat
collects there. Th. is caused hy The metal uniting
coffee can only be made In porcelain common
covered coffee pitcher, what j, generally called a
chocolate pot. is good thing 10 make coffee ill., Ihir
shape was used IN Germany for coffee when The
Leverage was first introduced, and in old collections
of royeI Dresden ware such coffee pot, Frequently
shown. \ common e.rthcn pipkm is better to make
coffee in than tin coffee pot Coffee higgins with a
porcelain drip are imported from France and Germany
They cost ~ - each. the same price a. tin hIssn
and with care they will last a. long Great CON
Portable homely higgins. >toUcy made Of heavy white
stoneware and decorated in blue with the Dresden
onion pattern. used many breakfast table, and
are both picturesque and valuable. They cot - n
the smallest size They thick that The coffee
Ia, 40 chance to cool. The best utcn-I for maans
chocolate IN is a wdemouthcd porcelain pot. where
The chocolate can he cooked very rapidly and where
large surface exposed. ~ this method the OIL
does not separate from the chocolate - il doc, in
covered dish when the chocolate is cooked AT low
temperature. Pour the chocolate in an uncovered
china or carlhcuwarc pitcher and serve it with
howl of whipped DO not De- tempted hy
name 10 buy eoctItd chocolate pitcher. They are
good for coffee even for ta but chocolate should
not be served in covered pitcher. II r'tain- the
heat well there is excuse for covering Ike Tea
and coffee
There are a great many dainty designs this season
in the tiny bread and butter plates that form pretty
feature Of the O'Clock tea table. The" plate ar"
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other EugSl factories furnish such plate, decorated $50
q variety of old >cvrc, and flower pattern. and lu
prrrcd Dresden de- -u- with dchcatcy sldod ci-c..
a pretty English design ha- rocco crrvIu+ "dr'
heavily edcd and is prigSci with pale green spray
>til another D., -cattord with little aud finished
with q ourviug and dcloatey -ildcd edge French
china plate, in this small SIZE alo shown m whit" and
gold and IN a variety Of pretty flower patterns. som"
Of the most expensive these plate, have perforated
edges. ~ the pattern. described these pat,- riHg" u
price from rio t. Slo ID dozen. In ROYAL Dr"-d go
much a. SO dozen j. asked. For the" pat.s there
has been such demand lat ~ that the supply IN New
York shops Is almost exhausted.
There are very few bracelets worn now Curing The
DAYTIME g. the ,le.v, j, 70 long that thcy would Doe
entirely concealed beneath II. When one g. WORE u j.
generally q knife EDGE Il gold with diamond. cor
alternate diamond aud pearls soft. h"NAi" co..
Of .od j. elected studded at intervals with quaint
stone. Nike ruby nd p.nels. pac green perdot'. o.
weird AicAuudr'c, that are green by day and I'd JOS
uaht and are forever vavcriue from color 20 th"
other throwing ont rd na-hc5 IN the daylight and
green lights az al-ht.
Quaint lace pins are made in frog lizard or serpent
shape studded with pale green divine and -'t with
diamond eve, and somc;imc- with line OF iube-.
The chains and other ornament, made Of the
rcticulated quartz known aS loves arrow arr very
odd and pretty
Pretty blue ard Wilt, German china crr servers
are made Ike the metal crr boilers in shape. -1.l
low stand holding D. dozen china esgcups arranged 900
"a circle.
There comes from Franco the prttIc-f dccontci
sionc,vaD in the shop. IL j. white and is
decorated in several col,r- Tic I'D ,p"nse howl, 90
thi, Wa, arr ouamen'cd with figure ~ e,mra-t- boo
.v ai,hc .ro aIc Sd, arranged t'' -pr.;c Ger "trip
in tcln II f. very dlnicllf To- keep % Iathn~ -ponc"
perfectly ,W srt Unless carefully wrirt or ana