The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-21
HUMoR OF THE TEA TABLE.

tended to tea. Tho festive board WAS
graced with both bakers bread and
home made scones. The young man
was observed to he devoting himself
chiefly to the bakers dajntieS. The
old man could bear ii no longer.
whats wrang wi the scenes. Tam
"Oh, naething John" said Tam.
"Wccl, the lnan that Gamma eat oor
Nancy's bnkin' will never get oor wee
Maggie"
This is somewhat akin to an incident
of IL very amusing nature which oc-
CURED at n farmhouse IN the North.
The nloughmen and other servants
about the place were entertained to tea
one Eastern Eve tShrOve TuesdayD
When tea was ready the mistress said
in quite homely terms
Draw in your chairs noo. and help
yoursel's. and dinna be bashfu'."
Andrew the orlaman helped himself
to Il cake of shortbread. and another.
and another, till the good lady, prob
ably fearing that he would devour the
lot. handed him Il plate of loaf bread
and one Of home made scones. saying:
"Try some o. this, will We, Andrew"
Youll find ii vera nice indeed"
mo thank you, mistress." replied
Andrew. Il dinna care for ony q your
fancy bread: I'll jist TAX II bit mair o.
the bap."
1t is not often that country people
require to be pressed to partake heart
lily of whatever is going. But farmer
whilst entertaining some visitors to tea
once did so in Il rather unique manner
by cxcluiming to one OF the guests:
stick in. man. stick in; Mr.. Broons
hale twa scones aheid q yc,'
Sandy Shaw. an honest country
"boddie." going up to London for the
first time. was invited by Il friend 10
tea 1T his lodgings. Sandy went, and
after some small talk while the land
lady had tea set the two friends sat
to-" As they did 50 the friend noted II
c,uliur expression ON Sandy's face
and asked what MAS wrong.
Great Gudness." exclaimed Sandy,
his eyes fixed upon Il large dish of let
tuccs, the PRINCIPAL feature on tho
table. Great guidncss! dis yer land
lady TAX me for rabbit"
Where children form part OF the COM
pany ut the tea table there, is nvuri-
ably some little breach of etiquette
made which serves to set all serious
thoughts aside.
stem looking old army officer ut
tea one afternoon at Il friends house
let Il niece of cake fall. The hostess's
little "hve-y yeur-old" noticing it. said:
Pick /, up, please"
The old gentleman hesitatingly COM
| piled with the request, when the child
| said:
Nov eat IL"
| Embarrassing rs the incident GER
| tuinly was the stern old soldier couldn't
help smiling at the commanding atti-
| ,uao of the pert little fellow
Another lady had invited II few
| friends IL tea, and Tommy, her little
| son, WAS consequently instructed to he
| on his hes, behavior. The conversa-
| lion at table having become animated,
! our young friend WAS entirely forgot :
| ten. a few minutes afterwards his
| mother asked the servant for Il clean
| plate,
| you can have mine, mamma" said
| Tommy. there's nothing on it,
| 4 little girl was invited to II party at
! Il friends house on "bannock night"
| After tea hammock baking WAS en-
| gagged in by the company in general
and by the Youngsters in particular,
| and fun went fast and furious to-
wards the finish, when the maiden
| hammock" VAS put on the girdle. II
| was cut up into numerous pieces each
getting one, the idea being that This
formed a sort of dream" cake. to put
under the pillow on retiring. When the