The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-05-14
WITH OR
Tho Spiritual Meaning Conveyed in This
Query when Your Hostess Offers Ten.

Tho Spiritual Meaning Conveyed in This
Query when Your Hostess Offers Ten.
My dear. 1t is shocking!" said a %well-known
hostess the other day.
The newspaper woman looked interested.
This talk about tea being the beverage
that cheers but does not inebriate will have to
be revised. Now. II l should take one Of my
litt!ete ten cups and look at you and say With or
without 2 what would you think l meant ?"
why. cream or sugar. 1 suppose" said the
newspaper woman. who had enjoyed only a
limited Astronomical experience.
Cream" echoed the hostess. with a gesture
OF despair. MY dear. have you really been
living on this earth ?"
NO" said tho newspaper woman. 1--WE
been on THE SUN."
"Oh! should have said you came from an
extinct star" said the hostess with mild scorn.
Now. try 1t again. With or without?'
with or Without" repeated the newspaper
woman. as she tried to think OF all the things
ever put into tea. Finally an inspiration came.
Hot water!' she exclaimed in triumph.
The society woman looked at her with pity.
~ see that you are hopelessly behind the
times. You don't know any more about mod
ern fashionable tea drinking than Queen Eliza
beth did. Now. I'll enlighten you. When I
say with or without ? that means rum
RUM
Yes. rum! and whiskey! and brandy and
-a-b-s-i.n-t-h-e!" exclaimed the hostess In a
tragic whisper.
Tile newspaper woman gasped.
M 3 .yS SHs silly iF' inn s"s ssl'' One at a time. of
vi ,Ahndt yhat do I say when you say With or
""Weli. you assume an expression that ia
childlike and bland and say. 4 suspicion Of
rum. please" or you put on Q deprecating air
a dre s1 Of Srand Sn; f o.. Z wow want MsI'i to III bs S rssi
T SI1d + sSyl, Is 50 6ea'a' fiat. RathsF std:
on" said the newspaper woman. And
how do you measure a suspission' Of rum p
The same"
"f f%s ' soaspo @Hsh Is 0 Or w Occasionally al,
and ALI. don't YOU know, and the society wo.
man Put her finger. on her lips and looked
'::S Haa s sSsln sP q! q 81. is 81 ,G,s n.rs woman.
"Sh:h-hl" said the hostess. looking at the
Wsll.", she he's said EIq IN m" q ees uft emma ' Tone after
i Hob ,say had r passed w on; Iit rs only fh1s the ultra,
Wh9I: bas;asss. Any way, LAID n a supply d
and AM ia afi sft tslnSs ir S ons d 5nE ut t h0m: "a, tMr lys
an old and accomplished BARTENDER. We'll
y6on must knew = thai rum and whlskey and all
these odors get to be- regular samson smells
by the time the outer edge Of tho after
noon was reached. the craven images in tho
conservatory resled and the very pictures on |
came home to dinner no could hardly yet his
latch key in the door. At least. no said SO. |
When he got TO the reception room. where I
was still sitting thinking about several queer
things that had happened. he said-well:
nss Il / ma hsd 6 bssI h leS. ss pns Il! !T sn' N h: ns h q
Barroom,' Think Of III Ten nights in "a
we'll. as | say. I've cut the whole. business. /
h uvA n NJ In fAa n I NUT a SltaA NJ amor In L. |
and call 1t Russian. or II ] want to be eccentric
put a spoonful OF, Jam In instead OF sugar.
But as for mixing drinks undsr prctence
OF serving afternoon tea. I've quit"