The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-06
Mss JULIA REXNOLDs

| tea dishes. and after scalding my tongue,
| decided to drink and not to inhale. Ger
| tain 1t Is that no tea ever brewed in q
| pot and boiled en- the stove can equal that
| made in regulation Chimes, fashion.
The dishes ara first heated by having
| hot water poured into them. Then a
| spoonful Of tea Is nlaced in the cup and
water that is boiling hard is poured in to
| fill the cup. over which small china lid
| fits tightly. While the steam escapes as
| TIE lid Is tilted to one side, the Celestial
gets his delight In an odoriferous way.
When 1t is cool enough to be quaffed he
drinks. still keeping the lid tilted so that
tie leaves do not escape.
Of course. there Is neither sugar nor
cream. Mr.. Chang says either would be
an insult to good tea, and that the Eng
liSh and Americans put sugar in their
black tea to disguise the bitter twang.
No Chtnaman cares for black tea, consid-
erinG it much inferior to the other.
The sweets which are served with
Chinese tea are indeed sweets. They have
SO much sugar about them that one does
not miss the saccharine substance in the
beverage. L nibbled at everything on a
big nat brass tray which was divided into
little compartments, each holding a diff
ferent dafnty-the ''whang pi'' a small
orange, the size OF ono of our grapes, long
slices OF some candied substance which
bore q faint resemblance to layers of
SWISS cheese-with the holes-but which
ChanG said was candied root of the lotus
Diossom-imagfne such luxury!-bits of as
parasus, which had no particular flavor.
put We're just sweet; cocoanut strips,
which tasted according to Hoyie, and, of
course. ginger in several forms. straight
from Canton
lhcle were a few American bonbpns.
snocoiates ana buttercups. as our Chinese
mo fIo,,
uenca'e manner. but I noticed that no.
pody partook. The new swcetmcats
claimed undivided attention.
These afternoons Of Mr.. and Nine. Wong,
are very pleasant novelty in the win
ters festivities They are to continue all
this week. every day except Saturday.
Mrs. George Ittner. who was Caloyma
Evans. gave a very pleasant entertain
ment, in the shape of heart party, on
Friday afternoon. for her sister, Miss
Bertha Evans. The t-bics were five in
number. with SIX girls Mt each, and the
favors, tallies. refreshments, everything.
In short that could be utilized in this way,
was done In heart designs. Mrs. timers
pretty home In Simpson place came In for
much admiration from the guests. She
has just completed the furnishings: that is,
the few articles that were needed after the
wedding gifts were put in position Some
OF the young women who enjoyed this aft
ernoon of fun were: Rena Dula, Judith
Oliver. Marjory Oliver. Margaret jackson,
Marjory Simpson, Amy Samuel. Frances
Allison. Nettie Hale. Adele Armstrong,
Ammo Sullivan. Lolita Klemm, Bessie
Prince. Emma Tittman and Florence Rey-
nolds
Speaking chinchilla- wise. 1 have seen
few more luxurious going-away gowns
than that in which Alice Orthwein- Heiss-
Ter began her matrimonial career. 1t was
OF castor velvet. the shade almost a match
for the ch!nchilla fur that trimmed ski,t
and bodice. Her hat was a toque of the
same fur. with some rich red roses nest
ling on one side. The red relieved the
grayness and made it wonderfully be-
coming.
Mrs. Horace Rumsey has a new pelerine
and muff of the soft chinchilla. The for
mer is beauty, coming well down on the
shoulders, and fringed in gray chenille
A tricorne hat faced with chinchilla goes
with the other two pieces and is well suit
ed to her dark hair.
Mrs Francis u. Hirschberg is wearing
some excellent sables this winter a deep
pelerine and large pouch mun. With q |
brown zi5eline walking costume they are |
especially goo"
Mrs. George Gould has the wonderful fur |
garment of the East this year In chinchil- |