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

Miss Julia Reynolds. daughter of Mr..
lindell boulevard. is one of the seasons
debutantes and already G popular one.
IE3eed, as another bud remarked last
week, everybody likes Julia Reynolds, T"
30 interesting il this young woman and
SO cordial and charming are her ways.
She Is one Of eight girls who are out
together. who have been school friends
at the Mary and later at Eastern finishing
establishments and is taking a prominent
part In all the past and impending festiv-
ity. Is her elder brother. Jim Reynolds
Is out Of college this year and active in
all social doings. the Reynolds household
has become lively one. with some sort
OF function almost constantly. Miss Julia
VIII have Jolly party OF buds about her
al the coming Yale concert, on the I'D, and
Mrs.. Reynolds will give a dinner for some
OF the faie men that night before we ali
wend our respective ways to the Odeon
Have you taken tea with the Chinese
Commissioner and Mauame Wong?
II moi. linen peasant ana novel ex-
perience is in store for you. This will
anclude the meeting under their own roofs
OF some cultured ceiestiais some CONVEX
ine-s on the part OF your hosts to discuss
Their own country ana dilate in most in
tefesting fashion on anything which they
pohteiy imagine will be diner.nt from this
iano OF the free and home of the brave.
1t Will also fnciuoe an intimate inspcc-
tion. both by taste and smell, OF Chinese
refrcsnments, PRIMARILY ana juyuusly, tea.
) Now everybody knows lea, even IL he
DOESN'T have leaning toward 1t for his
III nt.r lsv s.I.
even II he only takes It about once a
year when he makes Thanksgiving call
ana q deputante Offers him a m.ia-nvt to
say. wcak-concoction that goes by the
name OF tea.
Yes. everybody knows tea, but not the
Chinese Commissioners tea.
That tea wouid convelt the most invet-
eiate conee-devotce at ffrst taste, ana
will transport a real tea-iover into suca
realms or delight as ne never d.eamt OF
In the Philosophy OF st. Louis Ooiong or
Soucnong or o,ange pekoe.
Now, l won't say that ones rapture
over this tea of Mmc. Wong Is entire
iy tree from the soui-anu-pala,e satisfy-
ing knowledge that these little green
leaves can't be bought.
The cxciusivencss Of any article inva-
rtably heigntenS its flavor, as you may
have noticed.
But the TACT remains the same, this tea
Is never exported, came straight from the
Imperial STOCK grown IN Sou,nefn rLnina,
anu Is tne very cnolcest mat Is raIseu
acI osS the Pacific.
Its mayor Is mill and delicious, and its
bouYuc.-w cal. lmasll,e the scent Of o. ange
blossoms, cape Jessain.ne, suutic hei.o-
trope and oasn OF icinvn verona anu
then allute 10 One-sixteenth.
once heard MISSISSIPPI bachelor
whose record toy fiutatio.s In the suuny
South is SAID to be a wonaer, declare SIN
tinentaAy ana reminiscen.iy ,nal ue.,ca.e
odors always brought back deLgntfui
memories OF charming gi.is and moon
itsht ngnts ana mAgnola-t.lted Checks
and thugs. l wonael what rnapsod.es
he'd utter If he couiu sniff that tea for
minute.
Mr.. Chang, who, as yeu know, is secre-
tary TO the Commissioner ana who tells
one SO many interesting bus about Cn.na
anu teiIs .n.m in such ir. epruac..able aud
fluent English that you come away
shamed, fuzzy cognizant of your pitilu.ly
ssnsA vocabulary ana firmly resolved to
increase the same over nisnt, says that
the DOOR OF the tea steam Is one of the
greatest Pleasures which the Chinese OBJ
tam from their tea drinking.
he showed me now to do 1t, but was
not dexterous pupil with the odd little