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Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-10
Minneapolis Grain.

"IHnedpOnB UTuIus
Minneapolis. Aug. s.-Flour-Unchanged
TO loc higher: in carload lots, family pat
ents quoted at ss.104s.25 barrel in 9s-
pound cotton sacks
Bran-$l500. 49,
Wheat-Receipts. 3o7 cars, compared
with .lss cars year ago; cash No.
northern: $.3+% @1.asH; September,
$l.2sA; December I,30X,
Corn-No. yellow. 5o@5Ic.
Barley-409 960c.
Rye-No. 2, t1.o4R @Lo4A.
Flax-No !. SASSY 02ssh.
st. Louis Grain.
st. Louis. Aug. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
N.21b; December. $l.25
Corn-September, 54h954%c: Decem-
Der. 55&c.
oats-September. 34Hc bid. December.
37xc,
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-10
Linseed Oil.
:. Bonds and Notes

The following quotations furnished by
the Omaha Trust company:
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-10

IOIaI SHIeB, JIO, IUV SIdIbs.
Money-Close, per cent; Monday
close. per cent.
Marks-Close, 0125kc.
Sterling-Close. s3.67A; Mondays close.
$S.69k.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-10
CHICAGO CLOSING PRICES

BY Updike Grain Co., DO 1927. Aug. ..
Art. Open. High Low. Close. Vest
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-10

No. /: I car, CSC.
No. 2: l car, sec.
No. 3: CATS. csc.
No. 4: car, 97c. -.a
Sample: / car. s6c.
BARLEY.
No. a: I car, 4sc. ...,.. ...,
No. l feeding: 1 car. soc.
Sample: / car. 48c; car, 45c.
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The Washington herald., 1921-11-20

In Boston p c. Larkin Keeps Up the Town's Repu-
tation for International Tea Parties of the High
est RenouOn. Ft7ea Master" Not Only Markets
Great Portion of Worlds Supply, But Has
One of the Finest Collections of
' Chinese Art in America
The Washington herald., 1921-11-20
JOURNEY TO THE HOME OF A FAMOUS FOOD SALADATEA


names distinguishing commercial
qualities Of tea are almost entirely
of Chinese origin. In general they
indicate a graduation of qualities
from the hne and delicate product
Of the young leaf bud up to the
hard and woody expanded and
partly grown leaf.
Brick tea is the special form in
which tea IS prepared for use
through the entire central portion
of China. 1t is made chiefly from
broken leaves, stalks and fragments
OF large leaves compressed into
blocks of various sizes. The bricks
are OF various degrees OF compress
sion, some being lightly squeezed
into loose mass and sewed up In
cowhide bags. while othsrs form
compact, resonant cakes. in which
all trace of the original leaf struc-
ture is lost, with gilt characters
engraved on the surface. Brick tea
Is very much in demand over a
greater area than the whole OF Eu-
rope. By many tribes IL IL stewed
with milk. salt and butter. or other
fat and eaten as a vegetable.
The Russian factors established
in Hoo Pin. prepare two sizes OF
brick tea, which they send or IN
great quantities through the Kalgan
gate OF the Great Wall
Under European supervision the
cultivation and especially the manu-
facture Of tea have. in India, under
gone remarkable improvements. In
deed the traditional and empirical
teaching and processes OF China for
many years proved the most seri-
GUS stumbling block to the prog
ress Of the tea industry under
Western auspices. The tea plants
now cultivate in India are OF three
principle classes, the indigenous
Assam. the Chinese. and a hybrid
between the two. By much cross
ing and intermixture the gradations
from one extreme to the other are
almost imperceptible. The best quail
titles OF black teas are made from
indigenous and big class hybrid
plants, but these are comparatively
tender and require a closely humid
climate. The hardness OF the Chi
nese plants is their outstanding
character The Assam plants give
a larger yield OF delicate young
leaf than any other.
The Washington herald., 1921-11-20
Goddess of Mercy,
Buddhist Statue,
Now at Tea Plant

For hundreds OF years IN a cool.
dim cave or moss-hung temple,
transported 70 the center OF Bos-
toms busy marts OF trsde-such
IS the history OF the wonderful
Goddess Of Mercy" lately added
to the collection that already dis
t'nguishes the salon Of the Salada
Tea Company.
An art critic and a collector Of
curios, P. c Larkin. president q
the company, is taking no little
pride in the installation OF HIS
newest treasure. secured from Pc
kin, China
The Goddess Of Mercy. or KuSn
Yin. as she is also known. Is one
OF the finest examples OF Chinese
Buddhist sculpture. The statue is
OF a very pure. translucent mar
Bile. and the work on Il is So beau
tifully done that the delicate trac-
cry OF the eyelids and the long,
tapering snEernsiis have remained
untouched by time. She has the
right hand clasped over a basket
or box OF some kind. while the
other hand holds lotus bud.
The Goddess OF Mercy is now
surrounded by many treasures that
have been brought from that far
of land OF the Orient. The soft.
thick Chinese rugs, the teakwond
cabinets and the wonderful tapes
try supposed 20 have been brought
from a Chinese temple during the
Boxer uprisings are a few - the
treasures that make the Salada Of
fices distinctive
The Washington herald., 1921-11-20
TEA APPRECIATED
IN 9TH CENTURY
Ancients Knew Delights of
Quaffing Delicious Bev-
erage.

1t was in the sixth century. while
European civilization was in eclipse.
that the Orientals began drinking
tea and writing delightful poems
about 1t. Falstaff himself whom
Shakespeare made to say that IL he
had 1000 sons the first principle he
should teach them would be Ito
forswear thin potations and to ad-
dict themselves to sack" would
surely have been converted to Sa-
lada II he had heard it's praises
sung in this wise:
The first cup moistens my lips
and throat. the second cup breaks
my loneliness. the third cup searches
my barren entrail but to hnd therein
some 5000 volumes of odd ideo-
graphs. The fourth cup raises
slight perspiration-all the wrong
of life passes away through my
pores. At the fifth cup l am puri-
fed; the sixth cup calls me to the
realms of immortals. The seventh
cup-ah. but could take no more!
l only feel the breath of cool wind
that rises in my sleeves. Where is
Horaisan? (Elysium.) Let me ride
on this sweet breeze and watt away
thither"
The Washington herald., 1921-11-20

IL and the glass is wiped of by air
under pressure.
At the time of the journey a new
mixer was being installed-a man.
moth affair measuring nine by eight
feet in diameter and six feet long,
capable of handling two tons of tea
efficiently.
From the glass tanks the tea falls
by gravity into the electric weigh
ing machines and then falls. d.
rectly into the packeting machines
on the floor below. These machines
need only a few white-robed guar
dams, for they show more than
human industry and precision,
reaching out their metal hands and
folding the aluminium paper (Which
keeps out moisture and keeps In
fiavor) about the weighed portion
of tea, slipping in the ticket that
tells you how to use IL, and past
ingthe labels on the outside.
10000 Packages Every Day.
Thirty packages a minute are de-
The Washington herald., 1921-11-20

livered sealed and labeled. And it
is well. for 100000 pounds are
stored on the top floor; 90, 900 pack
ages are turned out in a single
working day, and the tea capacity
of the building Is 10000, 900 pounds.
In finally placing the tea pack
ages in the wooden boxes to go to
the dealers note to the retailer is
put in each shipment. This is
dated with month and year, seven
months in advance of the stenciled
date of packing on the outside, and
the retailer is told to return the
shipment to the company If the date
Is later than that on the notice
This means that tho Salada Tea
Company believes that no tea will
be up to its standard II more than
seven months old. even IL the sealed
metal packets, and to keep the
goods up to the quality that Salada
drinkers should expect, 1t prefers
to have all tea older than this re-
turned.
Think what THIS signifies in pride
of production, reputation building,
confidence and consumer satisfac-
ton. Also contrast it with old-time
methods of thinking 1t a stroke of
good business to palm off a stale
lot of goods on some unsuspecting
dealer or customer, and you will
begin to feel that the subtle charm
,in the taste of tea makes 1t irresist-
ible and capable of idealization" has
entered into the conduct Of tho
business. The art and atmosphere
of the first floor has evidently per-
meated to the packing department.
Where They Come From.
Right here is a good place to say
that the Salada teas are from Cey-
Ion, where elevation and moisture
produce very fine teas. picked the
labeled blends leach one put up as
black, green or mixed teas) are all
grown at or above the quality line
of 5000 feet. These are carefully
graded and sold at prices adjusted
to quality with equal care, the gold
label being made from the finest
leaf procurable. with body and also
bouquet; the brown label is the
cheapest tea, but good, being merely
from leaves grown at lower level.
From these distinctions 1t is seen
how impossible 1t is for the buyer to
know Quality except from the reputa-
ton for skill and honesty of the
blenders. Names are only guides. But
with these facts in hand you can ex-
pertinent a bit with teas. black, green,
and mixed. Ceylon. Japanese and
Chinese, orange pekoe or Souchong
(the larger leaves), until the happy
balance between your taste and your
pocketbook IL found.
In the beginning Of Eastern tea
drinking In ENGLAND In 174o the women
The Washington herald., 1921-11-20

which GAsWs q decided increase
First a0oag these should be men
toned tea, for this savory bever-
age continues to be an economical
one. Have you ever stopped to con-
sider> that a single pound of SaladA
will produce 500 cups Of tea?
The per capita consumption Of tea
in Canada and the United is in
creasing surprisingly, and that, too,
Notwithstanding the oft-repeated
assertion, prohibition has little to
do with IT." A man. who wants
whisky will not take a substitute.
He is far more liable to resort to a
stronger stimulant. The increase
per capita in the consumption of
tea, especially in the United states.
IT is found, iS due to the number
of soldiers who learned to drink
tea when overseas. and to the ract
that the public is becoming better
informed as to what constitutes
good, bad and indifferent teas. More
tea would be dunk in the United
States II users got strictly fresh tea
and II they knew how to brew II
The Washington herald., 1921-11-20

spent as much a. 40 shillings $50,
one writer complains. on a tea equi-
page, with. its silver spoon and the
teacup and saucer of fine porcelain
holding as much as wine glass.
These each good gossip carried with
her to the party
Porcelain Adds to Color.
Fine, thin porcelain certainly adds
to the color OF the "froth OF liquid
jade" and the Orientals make a great
point Of the color Of the tea china.
Blue and white are favorites in
Chinese ceramics Whatever the color.
let it be thin. and the teapot thick
walled to hold heat. and Danish all
noisy" flowers and masses of bloom
from the tearoom.
The tea ball and tea bag question
is holly disputed. Whereas metal
is never the ideal in tea making.
several tea balls skilfully manipu-
lated with fresh, boiling water and
more tea used to the cup to balance
the shorter time of sleeping will
give an excellent brew when serv-
ing many. If you make a whole
pot of tea 1t must be poured off the
leaves into another pot for serving.
The bags of tea, when hung in in
dividual pots, can be stepped for
the proper three or four minutes,
and easily withdrawn without cool
ing the beverage too much. The
great problem is to remove the tea
from the leaves and still keep it
hot.
Slender Glasses for Iced Tea.
For iced tea the slender, tall
glasses, sometimes spider webbed
with fresting, and the glass and
silver coaster, with a long spoon
perhaps having a hollow tube so
that it can act as a straw, add
The Washington herald., 1921-11-20
Teas Grown in High Lands
Gain in Flavor and Quality
Great Care in Manufacture and Blending Nee
essary to Insure Finest Grade.

Teas come from many countries
and from many gardens. Some are
At sea level and some are 5000 feet
and moro In the air, and it is from
the gardens that grow high UP in
the rarer air that the finest teas
come.
Then again the top leaves and
bud OF the individual plant are the
finest quality, the second leaf CIV
Ing the orange pekoe grade from
whatever country or elevation 1t
may come. Those who confidently
order orange pekoe" and nothing
more are not always getting the
quality they expect.
Furthermore, leaves from the
same bush may become green or
black, according to whether the leaf
is steamed and softened and dried
without fermentation, or whether
IL Is fermented until the leaf Is a
soft copper color and then dried.
becoming black in color. The
black tea has less tsnnin than the
green, hardly half as much; is
weaker, we say in common par
lance.
So the quality and flavor of tea
depend on the elevation of the
gardens where 1t is grown, the
manufacturing care, the size of the
leaf. the blending and skill in
packing to prevent loss of flavor,
and lastly, exquisite care In brew
ing and serving it Let any one OF
these steps go wrong and your
teae loses. No light matter, this
tea making.
Accordingly. the tasters, with
many formulas of previous years to
guide them, combine and brew and
taste. until the flavor desired for a
certain grade Is obtained-some-
times twelve or fourteen gardens
may be represented. The formula
and he proceeds to fll II as an
aptthecary would a prescription.
The different chests of tea are
emptied into the hopper. and right
here the cleansing by air begins.
o the fan to the right carrying away
all the dust as the tea goes into
the hopper. This mixture falls to
the seventh floor, where the great
machines known as sifters and cut
tiers do their work and the dust
formed in the operation is again
winnowed out by purified, dried air.
The Final Dasting.
Again the tea descends to the
next noor. falling into great revoIv-
ing mixers which, after a certain
number of revolutions. discharge
the blend into pipes that carry 1t
down to the NTH floor and into
great plate glass tanks, each one
holding a ton of tea. And here the
iast busting" by pure air u given
The Washington herald., 1921-11-20
Do Not Spoil Good Tea
With Unskilful Making
Steep 1t Three or Four Minutes-and Never
Longer-in Porcelain or Earthen-
ware Pot

calls for hot tea NTH milk IN TIE
middle OF a July day, We have
heard them do It. though many Other
bevers ges offered. For most ~
US iced tea makes a stronger ap-
peal in summer time. and besides Tho
plain tea itself with lemon. Russian
fashion, IL offers a basis for fruit
punches Of many kinds. Few realize
what body and superior character
tea gives TO any punch-it was used
as such even in the days Of rum.
The tea should be strong 1.-TWO
teaspoons 10 a cup). and be poured
after three minutes sleeping. hot.
over the glass Of cracked ice. This
insures both fragrance and strength.
You may pour the tea of and let n
cool partly. thus making less ice
necessary; or you may make il as
usual. sweeten IL while still hot. chill
it in the icebox. add lemon Juice and
serve with only a little ice in the
glass, just to get the tinkle, and
give a final frosting.
With Fruit Juices
These fine points all count in
serving a real glass OF iced tea
Even the lemon seeds left in the
tea will give a bitter flavor on
standing. This punch may be i'm
proved by a spring OF mint a~1 he
poured from a pitcher. Other .uit
juices, fresh or bottled (such -
loganberry and grape juice. may
be added to the tea basis. adding
the lemon and sugar TO taste afts3
the fruit juices are in. Orange alss
combines well with tea.
We may laugh at Mistress Giles
of Haverhill, Mass, who, on receiv-
ing a gift of a pound OF tea from
Boston, in the middle Of the eigh-
teenth century, hung her dinner pot
put the whole pound on with water
and a good piece of meat and let -
stew. A piece Of 3ellied meat and a
liquor that was "despot" stronx
was the result But people sd
stew tea, though they have had twy
centuries in which to learn better,
and IL is a poor return for the
painstaking care and cleanliness ex-
pended In bringing the tea TO YOU
with its delicate flavors unmarried.
And whatever else you serve with
your tea be sure that Il is served
with serenityl
The Washington herald., 1921-11-20

much to the best OF iced tea or
fruit tea punch.
In Japan. when the train pulls
into the station, tea vendor comes
along the platform, instead OF candy
and chewing gum men. A tea tray
hangs from his shoulders. bearing
individual teapots with bamboo ham
dies. each with its tiny cup on top.
In each pot is the charge Of tea
leaves. and at the signal he pours
water into the pot from the steam
ing iron kettle in his hand and
passes it through the window to you
for four sen 1.-TWO cents). You drink
and leave the "equipage" in the car
TO be collected at the terminus At
least you do il you are not a curio.
misunderstanding American, in
which case. stimulated and strength
ened by the tea, you probably slip it
into your bag. With a guilty con-
science but happy heart
The Washington herald., 1921-11-20

with these thoughts In mind
and The Book of Tea" IN hand. we
departed for Boston Town and the
spot where the SAlada Company
BLENDS and packs its many differ
emit blends of tea and surrounds
the doing Of Il with an atmosphere
Of subtle charm and brooding quite
characteristic of the East. combined
with the science, skill. sanitation
and mechanical deftness of the
West
The Entrance.
The diznifed eight-story build
ing that stands not for from Copley
lana and Trinity Church deyotes
even-eighths of its $1,000 feet OF
DOR space to the impressive ma
hinery that handles the tea, from
Lending to packaging and labelling,
with the maximum Of cleanliness
and the minimum OF motions. On
the first floor. in the executive
offices, one gets the real spirit of
'-Teaism" and IL convinced that
there Is one place where our ORR
entail tea lover who said that in
dustrialism is making true refine
ment more and more difficult the
world over" could be obliged to
note an exception
The broad windows, ceiling high.
are hung with perfect curtains Of
oyster-whits crash cashmere and
between their folds march 4 stately
procession of elephants In diminish
ing perspective Bronze urns and
vases bear spikes of narcissus
blooms that lend just the perfume
and delicacy that the Old World
gods seemed to demand: rare rugs
and wall tapestries add mellowness.
one piece of red an gold bearing
Chinese Inscriptions so ancient that
Chinese scholars from Harvard have
been entirely unable to decipher II,
just ~ we might be nonplused II .
bit OF old Anglo-Saxon were pre-
scented for translation
The cloisonne dogs (seven or
eight feet high) which guard the
century-old painted wooden Buddha
and the Goddess of Mercy are but
feebly suggested by the pictures
and described In further detail In
their captions. You might think
they would seem out Of place in .
mart OF trade" But the spacious
ness Of their setting and the dignity
Of their surroundings are In keep
ing with the atmosphere of these
ancient gods and with the philoso-
ply of tea drinking. They seem
much at home under the shadow Of
Kew South Church and Trinity
tires.
Just = word OF the special beauty
The Washington herald., 1921-11-20

OF the Goddess OF Mercy who seems
to offer the hospitality OF this house
of tea as you enter. The purity
of the marble, the contours Of the
slightly Inclined figure, the benign
smile that shines even through the
closed eyelids, the tapering fingers
that hold the basket of charity and
the lotus bud of promise-all this
has lasting charm quite in keeping
with the traditions of tea. Doubt
less the president of the company,
who has chosen to adorn his place
of business rather than his private
home with these rare objects, must
be himself what the Japanese call a
tea master" who displayed great
ingenuity in producing effects of
serenity and purity"
And now let US go up to the
eighth floor and come down, follow
Ing the tea in it's course, and see
how well. the symbology OF the en-
trance hall and executive ofices is
carried out IN the actual workings
of the plant.
The Washington herald., 1921-11-20

The tiny leaf and bud at the
top of the stem are commercial
ly known as Broken Orange
Pekoe." The next leaf shown
on the right of the stem is
Orange Pekoe." Then to the
left is seen a "Pegoe" leaf and
to the right again is "Souc-
hong" This is the amount that
is plucked and later sorted into
the above-named grades. Gen.
orally speaking, the smaller the
leaf the better the quality, but
this by no means always fol-
lows, as more depends upon the
elevation at which the leaf is
grown
The Washington herald., 1921-11-20
By ANNE LEWIS PIERCE,

started with vigorous, party
How dgenerad into
thinking beverage ladies who had nothing better land
nothing drink is hard
who would not be
pounds of while the American drinks
from Australia with eight
conspicuous the valiant Of the
earth IN ne world wide conflict.
The Japanese Chinese make drinking of their
religion of life their philosophy of serenity and
their courtesy Like the watch which first
deemed and later became of the soldiers field
eouiornent coming and its beverage
and dinner, cold straight
In fruit drinks there who need the
philosophy the serenity and the mild stimulation that
THE of humanity" fitting for it,
and that the shares fully with the
East Naturally, melting Of the than
The Washington herald., 1921-11-20
TEA PRICE IMMUNE
FROM H.C.L. faint
Drink of Orient Remains in
Reach of Both Rich
And Poor.

While we have the H. c. L. still
with us. and growing ever more I'M
popular, II is a fact that there are
a few necessities which the high
cost OF living" has not materially
affected, but the consumption of
The Washington herald., 1921-11-20

well. This can be obtained only by
seeing to it that the tea supplied
to them at the stores is in alright
packets. which are guaranteed II
is sufficient proof OF the genuine
ness OF the manufacturers inten-
ton TO have Salada kept up to
high mark Of freshness; that il is
invariabl sold in familiar alumni
mum packets, sealed from the air
absolutely.
The tea-drinking habit is grow
ing. You may not know It, but II
is a fact, proven by statistics. that
the United States is fast becoming a
tea-drinking country, and has ac-
cepted the English practice OF serv-
ing tea at all hours, both to the
where from 8 TO 4 o'clock is the ac-
cepted hour. Energy GIBBS low as
the afternoon wears on, and a cup
OF tea and a cracker are wonderful
restorers OF tagging vitality. It is
good business. efficiency, and not a
mere fad, or an old maids indul-
gence.
The color OF all genuine green
tea is due to the processes used in
drying. The green tea sent out
from China is almost invariably
colored with artificial matter. prin-
cipally with a colored mixture OF
gypsum and Prussian blue. The