The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-02
BUSY TIMES FOR The KETTLE.
THE SEASON OF THE AFTERNOON
TEA rs NOW HERE.
An Entertainment by which Many Social
obligations Can lie Paid In a Lump
Various styles OF Teas Man OBJ
Jections 20 Them Inf Affairs.

J~ections 10 Them Informal Affairs
From now on the afternoon tea kettle viii
bubble joyously between 4 and 0 o'clock
the prescribed space Of time for tea.
The popularity Of this form Of entertain
ment has grown enormously In the last few
years. There are few afternoon receptions
nowadays, except among the old-fashioned
Everybody who entertains In the afternoon
calls 1t a tea, just as evening receptions
ar now called parties.
The tea Is specially dedicated TO dehu-
tantes and the girls In their first season
who do not nave formal coming-ou parties
Besides the social 10Y which young girls
find in the tea, their mothers have learned
TO appreciate this form Of entertainment,
for il may be as elaborate or as simple as
one pleases.
Some people spend thousands on the
music, floral decorations and gowns, but
the simple cup Of tea with It's accompanying
cakes. thin sandwiches or perhaps an ice
Is the extent to which the menu must go
at the formal tea. For teas are very formal,
although the fact that women guests do
not remove their hats and rarely remain
long enough TO sit down gives such an affair
an informal air.
The great charm OF the tea is the COM
prehensive way in which many social obi
cations may be disposed Of within two
hours. A hostess who possesses a house
large enough may entertain several hun
dred In one afternoon, although within
the prescribed time she may be barely able
70 give each guest the simplest greeting.
In fact, at many Of the brushes the greetings
between hostess and guest are omitted
and the cards alone tell the tale.
In the same thrifty manner a guest may
dispose Of six or seye teas In one after
noon II she has a cab driver who knows his
way about. chooses her afternoon route
discrectly and has a system Of getting out
gracefully soon after greeting her hostess.
Some women boast that they ran ten q
In an afternoon 10y prolonging the hours.
The woman Of many cas- learns as q
rule, like the professional d~iner-out, TO avoid
paTtaking Of entertainment at each house.
although she may make a pretence OF sip
ping from her cup Of tea, or Of chocolate
which il more IN favor with some. Only
the very young tea goer partakes OF the
cakes and ices served with the etea.
There IL a scope IN the matter OF costumes
which also makes the tea a most desirable
function. while the hostess and her as
-irtants, who are usually pretty girls and
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handsome aud elaborate house gowns,
the guests are az liberty 90 appear In COS
TUNES ranging from the richest Of carriage
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