Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-02
THE AFTERNOON TEA.
How to Make It an Agreeable Form
Of Entertainment.
ORIGIN OF THE PRACTICE
Tho History and Literature Of Tea-How 1t
should BE served-Dangers That Lurk in
the Path Of the Tea Drinkers--Pressnt So
eial Customs.
Written for The Evening Star.

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80" taoorSeo MS arguments s'a"hg tna'
proniDition absolute and uncompromising OF
the noxious beverage was the first stem toward
insurinR health and strength for the moor" and
ASSERTING that vbon :. ,aho-o- sono;ea h;,,sor,
.-os.aat,s - 49,: ~. u A-oo.,
.noo WIN h,ess Vi 'hiS SUN, s"ee'eheo
with the coarsest brown sugar and by azure blue
milk, it was only the warmth of the water which
consolsd him for the moment,
Cohhstt cl.;r,ed .h.. a.. A.. ...,.
a. ,. - -, NV
'uppo'' '"sn "ooio Keep TWO cnlidren al
| nurse.
| perhaps by the most famous chemist Of tbs
d.v LA th... ..rrs. -. q, ~ 'n'
| ger rather by mechanical distent;on than nv
supplying the waste Of nature by adequate sus-
tenancs." put claimed for it the power Of calm,
plaen anu Dehgnant e1hilaranon, greatly
restiye srsrt;on and sn,;nn -. M .! u,,
diIutant M the chyla NJ IN aPf. ;;.
into ths on,,;,;ss n AZ. raorI;a .oa
have tended to ,s;ss - II rormi.p s. -. 20
though no one has sats.actori s,rta;ned 81.
| II has becoma az nn;v.rso,I, an " ny
human race "0oo''"'' v" VIC
"onA"n faoo'
EVERY ONE WANTS AcuP OF TEA
An agreeable little book called 1.-THE
beverages we indulge in. The herbs which we
infuse''-or some such title-bad . ureat dea,
20 IA ~;.h ~. .a....;
800, ,nn ' '.S =. .oa US 9rlnk ior
~ ~, doa; WI" were .ralnlng 10. poat race
a monuta;s oi;rst, ''o"oiiAo 'neir s'reis'h III
Rnt asarv ON rn
the stndsn; the 1919 o arc 20
s1ron~ 49, daroaaSa snS niio iaoy ~no 'ne
''r To ~ an" ; uelai !. cup OF yea.
danoaro,s Tauni,, .a.s ueaies. soiaee !. II! rs
&C. Z. I o aS.iiusen. eieineht III
se",ns t ,;, uau ior Gencase stomachs ana
never hs .iinrad - 60 unt V snouia
nn ~. &c., '" sanu not waer Poureu
S On Me leaves anu poured on into cup can
tsa Jr;nLars a.s, mn ~ ..u W 80. ou' since
ball nerforated and Sine tbis tSronrh .,, 90
boiling water, thus is produced the most deli
cate cup OF tea.
THE CHINESE WAY.
The famous Chinese lyric, which is painted
on almost all the Chinese teapots of the emnire
In hisblv poetical
90, q L., a. ar
r.ir -" n my, 20. HiPod, NIL II with clear
T T1ouou w. safh Msn Wnlse ana iopsters red
tas 10, !. ,.o; VIC uelioa'e ieaves OF cnoice
y conS A. xanr Is So ,ohs as 'he Vapor rises IN
~b;uS LII nv your ease arinS the pure hquld,
he W." '"ase away INC nVe causes OF trou-
The "tea Of the cel,s n, tho d,..,o,. f, =, .
mn aak Del
rpsar"",d lat. ,ium .ne leal Duos OF tnree-
Rnt ~. p,ams' no one ever sees IN Europe.
-h;oh We ~ na.e how secured many brands OF tea
Indian tea broncbt IN bv m. 60, axnnait;am
in Paris in 1859 is fast gaining an enyiable
reputation. 1t has perfect bouquet and fla
st. . Eeen tea, oeioved py our grandmothers
moved n houa 90 wv, , Ione Goilholsseurs, mas
If into,sc.ton ~ w luz .he.he, inc eiement
den TO nervous neonIe II ia this siemaut
which makes ten nave fo"d NV ,ts nt, s Is; a
yentino yor;o~s 49, ~ DE .'' ao.ion All pre-
tbrs nscnVariu s.~as,tai, :" 'n9 sys.em ~ is
IN tbs tired ,:hn.;,ep , " ei1erY Persons-
Gamn,s fawors taa'not .-;,h h;.I aiS
tainsd Betsv pr;c canta,rad .ran', 'ne eh'ei>
80, ~
lhA DANGEROUS.
But there Is an unusually large amount Of
nitrogen in theme and green tea possesses 40
large a proportion of Il a. 40 he ,,o.;t;voI,,
don,.r.r. T. a.. ~ p0s'
;nn "a. .,i..,,n PioossS vi urying ana roast
T uS sa.' AZ .oau . oa engineered. The
baa 80 uaro NO. use ~ iof year AFTER the leaf
nooLer - X anu .n1 packer anu I'M
fkLn 80. .Ae &c euner nluch from paralysis
;nn.,;Ss ,,st ~ .ea oocome frequently great
~ Thereio "na nmr " f.s eo. ,., ..
noIe eohsoihg Is the legend OF the origin OF
nne pam oroWsy hermit after long wrest
ing win sleep, cut on MS eyelids and cast them
u MI, a .ne srouna FROM them sprang shrub.
- ''fe. 'AAo oyohus anu DOruereu
Will fringe OF lasnes possessed the power of
tury and the nIant ,vas 20. " WIG 'iii" oeh-
THE op,o,x,, r,vr o,
But what has ali this to do w;,h o.. ,.,.
vision of a steaming lat,,s ho;,;na p'a a'
inc .,.oboI lo,nn .ha 81. 49,. 0'a"
,,.5a.s ' 80, 70" eauoy' the
PaIueo 10Y W Keep the teapot warm, the
oaeAst VI Sahe, ule WIN bread and butter, the
ple'y siri presiulhe over the cups, the deli
es.e emma, ne more delicate infusion. All
these eiements go TO make up the afternoon
yea. FROM one or TWO ladies' who staid at home
one Jay IN Tue week ana onered this refresh
men. 10 the many, VINO grew to lind that it was
a very easy metnod OF entertaining (the origi-
nal o CLOCK tea which arose in England, from
the fact that ladies' and gentlemen after hunt
Ing required some slight refreshment before
dressing Tor dinner, and liked to meet for
little chat, out Of this simple informal enter
tainment grew the present party in the day
time. 1t now is used as the method of intro
ducing daughter. &C., and is the ordinary way
OF entertaining everybody.
Inc primal Idea was good one. People who
nad no money Tor grand spreads were enabled to
snow TO their more oputent neighbors that they,
s;o nau sne spi. vi nospitanty; The doctors
fast tea would Keen nobodv sw nnsi' Tt oeeak-
of tea and the sandwich at would sno;I nap
body's dinner. The ladies who began these
entertainments receiving modestly in plain
dresses were not out OF tone with their guests
VINO came In walking dresses.
THE CHANGE WHICH CANE AHour.
But then thu "other s;da,, ve. ,h;s. al.