The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-27

THE CUP THAT CHEERS DESERTED
FOR CHOCOLATE

FOR CHOCOLATE.
HeIpuaeets In More Than nvanse--A Fio-
neer Hewspaper VFo1nan-rhs Modern
woman Young women Composers.
Connections EducationaI clubs
Every one at all addicted to afternoon
tea going-and who is not in q day given
over to these delightfully."- economical
and comprehensive enterta1nrneafs?-i
very well aware that at one end Of the
daintily laid table, yellow d pink or red.
whichever it may be. sits q pretty girl
presiding over a teapot, opposed at the
other end by one equally charming but
devoted to the service of chocolate.
One would naturally suppose That on
such an occasion the latter beverage
would have small chance of popularity
for why should the affair be called 2
tea" unless it includes the cup that
cheers without inebriatingf
Ia truth, when the AnglOlnaniacs first
introduced this function the guests did
invariably take orange pekoe for the
best or accommodating else was o.
fered-but in course Of time the longing
to Guido her neighbor took posses sion Of
the hostess mind, and an era in enter
tanning was inaugurated by the installa-
ton of a second pourers whose success
was instant not only ats novelty. put
because the delicious concocuon she of
fered tickled the most fastdipus palate
Even the men gave in No enehant-
ment Of bright eyes and dimples had
ever been sufficient to persuade them
into tea drinking, and though they how
cred around the divinity behind il the
kettle steamed aw@y in vain. only called
into service by the women and a few
middle aged professors or ltterateurs
who had travelled much in England and
learned the national habit of imoi1ing
there.
with the advent Of the belle choeoIa-
there All was changed, and her Office was
and is n0 sinecure. Back and forth from
the pantry fly the chocolate pots. W adg-
wood. Coalport. Dryden in quick suc-
cession. and the cut glass bowl is many
times. retllsd with its snowy masses of
whipped cream
The beaux come and stay as anxious
to make a record of cups as the German
student to become the bier k0enig Of his
class, and pretty bud who has just
been going through the ordeal Of pour
ing" being Of q statistical turn Of mind,
kept her wits about her sufficiently to
remember just how many applicants she
had served-t204." She announced tri-
umphantly To her rival of the teapot who
opened the lid of a squatty silver Queen
Anne heirloom. peeping in mournfully
at her only too plentiful supply and adj
hitting with visible reluctance that but
IL people had yearned for a fragrant
draft from the fields Of Caylon.
A word to the wise is sufficient Tea
givers in future might just as well do
away with the tea altogether and send
out their cards instead inscribed. @Choc-
olate from 4 to g.
Nowhere in the world is more delicious
chocolate made than In America. where
it is only beginning to be SO widely popu-
lar. In Europe lit is a staple article of
manufacture. German chocolate is pro-
verbal Tia Switzerland every other
shop has a supply ia tne windows, and
being very cheap much is eaten 1y the
poorer classes. for its well known nltri-
tive qualities are held in great esteeln.-
Boston Herald.