Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-03-07

animals and japanese women are very
common. No evidence OF infection or
the transmission Of disease was no
dced."
The Growing" was the subject OF .
lecture to the blind, delivered In the
National Library
Tea Drinking for the Blind the
IL pnn,Lar other day by Dr..
T. Galloway, chief
cler... of the bureau Of plant industry
OF the department OF agriculture.
Clippings and seeds OF tea plants
were distributed among his audience
for their inspection. DIR. Galloway
also passed around japanese tea
making device and teacup.
DR.. Galloway said that there were
just three sorts Of teas. black. green
and oolong. The black tea 10 obtain
ed by q process Of fermentation. arrest
ed ut the exquisite moment OF perfec-
ton. Green tea II unfomented. 90
long Is partially fomented.
There are $50 .000, 900 cups OF tea
drunk in a year In the United States.
about one pound to each individual.
England. he said, IL the great tea
drinking nation Of the occidental
world.
The tea-raising industry in Ceylon,
Java, Japan and China was described.
The development of a thousand or
more years Of culture In these tea
gardens afforded an interesting topic
OF descriptions.
Tea grown in the United States on
the estate developed by DR.. e. 8.
Shepard Of South Carolina. who never
saw tea grown in the countries where
1t came from, gave DR.. Galloway op-
portunity to describe an American In
dustry which may become important
Charles, the smiling colored messen-
ger who attends the footsteps Of Oscar
Underwood. and
Big Field Day who sits SO impor-
Err charioe family on the out
side OF the big
Ways 0uU mCduo SOuAAlStOC AOSAA 49,
the house Office building while the
tariff is being slaughtered inside, had
a great field day few. days ago. 1t
was the date OF the hearing on the
tobacco schedule, and the men who
were pleading with the committee rep
resented enough smoking material to
satisfy a world of smokers. My Lady
Nicotine had her ambassadors there in
full force. and they all carried sam
pies Of their goods. At the doorway
they had tossed half-smoked Havanas
worth q half dollar apiece in such
abandoned recklessness that the most
barefaced "snipe hunter" would have
tainted from sheer Joy. There seemed
to be $50 worth Of fine Havanas lying
there in q state Of neglect.
As for Charles, he was human to-
bacco shop. His pockets bulged with
fine, big black after-dinner cigars, lit
tie light ones, perfectos and all the
other shapes and sizes. On his face
was q grin that lasted the whole day
long. II all the other hearings are as
profitable to Charles az that one was
he will be supplied with food. clothes.
glassware, jewelry, perfumery and
everything else for the rest of his life.
The common finger bowl was ON
cially put under the ban by the Unit
ed States public
Finger Bowl health service.
Is Under Ban. surgeon y. IT,. H. H.
his report that the finger bowl in COM
mon use in hotels and restaurants Is
removed only degree from the COM
mon drinking cup, and that diseases
are transmitted to patrons In even the
high-class restaurants.
His observations were taken in New
York, Philadelphia and Washington
where he says a few finger bowls do
service for many patrons, and only
occasionally is fresh water poured In
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