The Press., 1899-06-01
Quaint Customs Once Observed by
 English Danes.

English Danes.
 Tea drinking has bee ome very fash ionable among us of late years, almost as much so as it was in England cen tury ago, but the prevailing customs at the table are different. The ''teacup times of hood and hoop had their own etiquette of sort not likely to be re- vived What should we think now of fashionable lady who cooled her tea with her breadth Yet Young says of 8 certain bewildering Lady Betty: Her two red lips affected zephyrs blow To cool the Bohea and infame the beau, While one white finger and thumb conspire To lift the cup and make the world admire.
 Again d passage in contemporary lit erature shows that it was lack of good manners to take much cream or sugar in ones tea. Says lady of quail ity to her daughter; 'I must further advise you, Harriet, not to heap such mountains of sugar into your tea, nor to pour such a deluge of cream in. Peo- pie will certainly take you for the daughter of dairymaid.
 Ger tain other customs may be re- membered in this country among us who had grandmothers trained in the ceremonies of later day. One of them consisted in putting the spoon in the cup to show that no more tea was de- sired another was that of turning over the cup in the saucer for the same pur pose
 Etiquette also demanded that the tea should be tasted from the spoon, and that the hostess should then inquire. ''Is your tea agreeable" Certain scru- pulous old ladies ask that now and the question savers of more sedate and gentle day than this.-St. Louis Republic
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