The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-05-24


should place small, low table before the
lady of the house and lay pretty white
cloth upon II. She should then bring in d
large tray, upon which are tile tea service
and plate of bread and butter. or cake.
or both, and place it upon the table and
retire, TO remain within call. though out
Of sight. in case she should be needed.
The best rule for making ten is the
old = fashioned one Zone teaspoon
fui for each person and one for
the pot. The pot should first BIO rinsed
with hot water. then the tea put in, and
upon it hot water enough to cover the
leaves poured, which is at the moment
boiling This should stand for five min
utes, then fill up the pot with more boil
ing water and pour it Immediately. Some
persons prefer lemon In their tea to cream,
and it is good plan to have some thin
slices cut for the purpose in pretty little
dish on the tray. A bowl of era cked ice
is also a pleasant addition in summer
iced tea being a most refreshing drink in
hot weather. Neither plates nor napkins
ever appear at this informal and cosey
meal. A guest arriving at this time in
the afternoon should always be offered
cup of tea
Afternoon tea In small cities or In the
country, In villages and academic towns
can be made most agreeable and ideal
entertainment for the off cial Dresenta-
ton of daughter or for the means of
seeing ones friends. But in the busy
winter season of a large city 1t should not
be made the excuse for giving up the
evening party or the dinner. lunch or
ball. It is not all these; 1t is simply
Itself" and it should be refuge Tor
those women who are tired of balls, of
oyeTdresslng, dancing. visiting ana shop
ping 1t is also very dear TO the young,
who find the convenient tea table q
good aren for Irritation.
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lows one to dispense with etique and TO
save time. A lady or gentleman who re-
cefves an invitation to an afternoon tea
and makes his visit. leaving his card be-
mind him, has done his duty; he need not
make another call, the acquaintance is
established. Nor need lady do more
than leave her card on the day of the tea
her duties are then over for the season,
unless dinner invitation follow. This
is a great boon to society women, who
cannot get around to make their calls.
HIGH TEAS.
There is q high tea which takes the
place of dinner on Sunday evenings in
cities, which is very pretty entertain
nent.
In small rural cities, in the country.
they take the place of dinners. They
were formerly very fashionable IN Phila-
delphia. 1t was the opportunity to offer
hot rolls and butter. scalloped oysters,
fried chicken, delicately sliced cold ham,
wa flies and hot cake preserves
It is doubtful, however, whether the
high tea will ever be popular in America
In large cities at least. with the custom of
o'clock dinners. People find them a
violent change of living, which is always
a challenge to indigestion. Some wit
said that he always liked ito eat hot
mince pie just before he went to bed. for
then he always knew what hurt him. y
| If any one wishes to know what hurts
him, he can take high tea on Sunday
| evening, after having dined all the week
will tell him that the hot waffle, the cold
tongue, the peach preserve and that last
cup of tea meant mischief.
Oliver Cromwell is said to have been an
| early tea drinker; SO was Queen Eliza
beth. Elaborate teapots are sold in Lon
don with the cipher of both. But the re :
port lacks confirmation. We cannot
| fmaging Oliver drinking anything but
| verjuice, nor the Lion woman as suppin q
| mp anything less strong than brown stout
| Literature owes much to tea Fro m
| Cowper to Austin Dobson the poets have
had their fling at it. Ana what could the
| modern English novelist do without it ?
| 1t has been in politics as all remember
/ who have seen Boston Harbor, and it
| goes into all the battles, and climbs Mt.
| Blanc and the Matterhorn. The French
| who despiSed it are beginning TO make a
| good cup of tea, and Russia bathes in
| it. The samovar cheers the long jour
neys across Hthese dreary steppes, and
| forms again the most luxurious ornament
| of the palace. On all the high roads Of
| Europe one can get cup of tea, except
! ing in Spain. There 1t is next to impossi-
| BILE. The universal chocolate supersedes
| it. If one gets cup of teo in Spain there
| is no cream to put in it 1t is ruined with
| goats milk.
giIn fact. the tea drinker is hard to please
! anywhere There are to the critic only
| one OF two houses of ones acquaintance
where Five o'clock Tea is perfect