Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-14

Dr. Thomas Darlington, president Of the
New York Board OF Health. has put In a
good word for tea. When asked his opinion
as to the value of tea as a beverage he
said:
Tea drinking as practiced in this coun-
try is not harmful II Is only when tea is
used In excess, or when It is not properly
prepared, that there is danger of injurious
effects. There should be temperance In
tea drinking as in all other things. II Is
an advantage. particularly in cold weather,
II one or two warm cups of tea are taken
during the afternoon. A warm drink is
good for the stomach, and tea answers the
purpose better than some other drinks that
could be named.
I'm my opinion tea that is properly
brewed and taken in moderate quantities
is benefit and not a harm to the system
1t is good thing If not carried too far
Generally speaking, / do not think that
Americans drink too much tea. There are,
of course, exceptional cases, where the tea
drinking habit is formed. / knew one old
woman who kept a pot of tea on the stove
all the time and drank at frequent inter-
walls during the day. Servants drink too
much tea They are apt to keep the pot
boiling all the time, and boiled tea is In
furious The ordinary method of taking a
cup of tea at breakfast or in the afternoon,
and of not too strong a quality, is all
right and should be commended by ply
sicians. Taken thus 1t is more apt to be
restful than to cause nervousness"
Those who have the good or bad fortune
to gain entrance to the Office of the presi-
dent of New York bank or trust COM
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this city is complete without its open fire.
place, in which IN winter coal is always
| burning during business hours.
The rooms may be steam-heated and ven
tilated to the last degree OF modern en-
cheering science, but that does not pre-
vent the addition Of this picturesque touch
of the leisurely life that New York bust
ness men are not supposed to lead On a
! bright sunny day these open fires seem to
be rather unnecessary but when the clouds
are dun-colored and rain or snow is driving
| against the broad window panes, the leap
ing flames make a cheerful note in the car
| peted rooms.
The only tribute one sees to the busy
| life men are supposed to lead down
| town" is the circumstance that no one ever
| saw 4 man standing or sitting idly before
one of these cozy-looking freplsces.
| There is an old superstition that an Irish
man can light hts pipe in any wind 1t
terminated, grew and Powered into the
form OF an axiom long before skyscraper
was built. Last Saturday in New York it
received a death jolt when a party Of idle
guests at the Bartholdi hung UP a prize
| Of $40 to the man who could light his pipe
\ at the lower edge of the Flatiron building.
across the way. 1t happened that a gang
\ OF street car laborers were at work near
! by and four of them were Irishmen. They
| took the challenge and went bravely to
! work in the face of a wind that blew
sixty miles an hour. The four men burned
| their stipulated five matches each and all
| emerged from the contest defeated. They
were lucky to keep their feet. The day in
| New York was meaner than a bobtailed
| bull fighting flies in tall grass. First, It
| rained until II o'clock. Then the sun came
out few minutes TO encourage people into
! the notion that it would turn out to be a
: fine day. No sooner had the smiling coun-
/ tenance of Old Sol lured the people to the
streets then bang! the curtain was pulled
down over his face and Mr.. Boreas, the
boss of windville turned thousand furies
loose through the streets.
The most interesting of the fake
antique" manufacturing branches carried
on in New York is a beaten brass factory
in Grand street Here some work is done
OF wonderful beauty and fine workmanship.
To the Russian alone belongs the ait of
making beaten brass in all its perfectness,
and Russians only make reproductions from
| the antique.
The methods pursued In this factory are
not much different from those in the furni-
ture shop. The antique is brought over
from Russia by the head of the firm. who
spends nearly all his time abroad making
purchases for the house. \, hen the article
| arrives it is copied by the workmen and
sold to the different stores. The only diff
ference between furniture and brass maxi
ing is that the furniture man takes his
order from the collector and the brass
! man is himself chief collector of brasses,
and holds in one room in his factory
nearly all the real antique brasses that are