Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-25

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New York, Oct. 19.-rhe season has
come for the annual tea drinking. That
Is good, old fashioned name, and it is
one that our greatgrandmothers used
when they were served in the most dig
nified way with "dish of tea" There
is something curious about it. Nobody
can deny its being comforting, aud
nobody can deny, If one has had good
cup of tea, its ability to make one feel
genial and talkative. The average tea at
an afternoon affair is pink to look at,
lukewarm to touch and exceedingly
weak to taste. The average hostess has
TO guard the teapot girl who don't
know. how TO make tea and who would
rather fiirt than do it, and the consc-
quence is she sends out cup OF tea that
neither cheers nor inebriates. Sometimes
she hopes to make the taste better by
filling it with Jumps of sugar, and then
one can shut ones eyes and imagine
that one is back in the nursery drinking
"cambric tea"
TEA AND TEA.
The kind of tea people drink, think,
affects their dispositions. never knew
: q woman devoted to black tea who
wasn't little bit hard; nor one devoted
to green who had not little malice in
her; nor one given over to mixed who
did not waver in her beliefs and never
know how to make up her mind. But
the tea that keeps your nerves all right
and which, when properly made is most
delightful, is English Breakfast, and it
is really what everybody ought to drink.
Made poorly, it tastes like weeds; but
made properly, it is nectar. How to
make it? Well, you want your kettle
TO boil, to boil we'll; you want to be able
TO see the steam coming out from it, and
then into your teapot you want to drop
full teaspoon of lea for each guest, one
for the teapot, one for good luck and one
for Accomplishment Then pour on the water
and you will know the delight of having
what Dean Swift called "a bowl Of tay."
If one does't wish to ruin ones diges-
ton by taking tea at the afternoon affairs
one can at least play with the cup. look
at the teaspoons, and hear all the chat
ter that goes on about At some houses
they serve ct 5 o'clock, with the tea,
toasted and buttered mullins, and can
assure you that where this is done there
is always found a number of people to
enjoy them. OF course half-past 8 finds
be satisfied with tea alone.
THEATRICAL RUDENEss.
The other afternoon, over good cup
of tea, somebody was talking about the
women of the stage, and another
woman, who, notwithstanding she earns
her living by her pen, has never lost
her social position, told what she knew
OF them in regard to politeness. She
said; SIT frequently comes in my work
to say something about the theatre and
people on the stage, and thinking it u
courtesy invariably send them q
marked copy of the paper. 1t is funny
to see how absolutely rude some Of
them are, never acknowledging this and
never seeming to recognize the kindness
that is done them. don't care, because
/ get the money for my work just the
same, but one would think that time
would teach these people the value OF
politeness. Henry Irving always writes
note of thanks for a pleasant word
said about him; Ellen Terry never.
THOSE WHO DO AND DON'T.
"At least, when say never, | know
that my experience has been the same
as that of good many others among the
writer's. Mrs. Kendall acknowledges q
kind word at once, and invariably ask.
the woman who wrote it to come anC
see her. Sane Hading sends a little
note in French, in which she speaks o!
her liking for American women, dilate.
.on their cleverness, and ends by sayinL
how thankful she is for the compliment
paid her. Fanny Davenport, Georgi,
Cayvan, Maude Adams, tombstone Ben
nett, Richard Mansfield, Marie Jansen
Lilly Langtry, every one of them ar
polite and recognize politeness show
to them. How about the rest? Well,
am afraid the rest must be put on tn
lother list. At least, these are til
women that remember as polite"
Another woman spoke up and said
"While we are talking about the stage
want to tell you something in regar
to Mrs. Kendall. There is woman her
in New York who can do very little fo
her except give her good deal Of atfet
ton. Two years ago this woman wa
ill, and not ill in q romantic or prett
way. She had a horrible abcess in hi
ear. Every day, no matter how bus
she was, Mrs. Kendall came to see he
:. brought her some flowers to cheer he
up, had some bright words to say to he
and the day was never too cold an 81
was never too tired not to remember IL
afflicted one, and to do all she could fl
her. Now, that is what call kindness
A girl, who had evidently had
TOO MUCH GREEN TEA,
spoke up and said II wonder if that
true" And a quiet voice came fro
the corner, saying: 81 know it is tru
for / was the woman" Blythe b
they say that this production Of "Clai
carly" that the Kendals are bringir
out is the finest production ever seen
this country. | do not think it has bee
played here since Langtry tried
What charming play it isl Full
romance, full of action, and all Il
time full Of humanity. That is VIII
we want in our plays nowadays. U
fortunately, most of the people that Il
playwriter puts in are puppets, al
only once in while does he manage
make them seem real Well, abo
Christmas we will see "Clancarty," 1T
then we can all say what we think of
ApTopos Of stage people, how Il
characters have changed. The adve
lures of the stage in times gone by il
variably showed her weakness by n
pearing in bright red silk frock, wi
gold luce, and her hair most elaborate
Y arranged. Then, when she had ma
aged to commit the awful deed viii
the red frock seemed to lead her to, $
assumed black one, with white la
\collars and cuffs, lowered her voice ~
looked like saint. But it is all difTt
ent. Now
SHE APPEARS IN YELLOW,
and, though she may, little later
the play, put Oh a pale blue, trimm