Evening star., 1945-08-15
This and That
By Charles E. Trace1Dell,

Templeton Jones regards himself as
teacup expert.
Not that he dabbles in tea leaves, or
even collects old china, but simply that
he knows what he likes.
The principal thing, according to
Jones, Is that the cup not rattle around
in the saucer.
If there is anything which spoils a
that his coffee cup is going to slide of
on the floor.
Teacup is simply the generic name.
With Jones, it is coffee cup, since
he seldom drinks tea. Tea is tempera-
mental drink. Maybe that is just an
other way of saying that Templeton
Jones is temperamental fellow.
He prefers a large and thick cup, but
only gets it usually in armchair restau-
rants of the old type, where mugs, not
cups, are used.
Jones likes these mugs He always
did. Ladies prefer dainty wafer-thin
china, but our masculine Jones likes
best the heavy wear.
There is satisfying heft, and above
all the cup fits in the saucer.
If Jones had his way, all cups would
be baked right into the saucer. The
only thing he has ever seen along this
line was combined gravy boat and
dish, made no doubt by some exasperat-
ed manufacturer who got tired of the
boat slipping off the dish in his own
home.
Templeton Jones house has a full set
of fancy dishes, which collect dust on
the shelves, year after year, except on
special occasions.
They are nice dishes, and Templeton
would like to use them, but for some
reason known only to housewives the
dishes seldom see usage. They are
sacred to company" ct is an old
fashion idea, but one known in many
homes.)
Jones gets his coffee, usually in a
"5-and-10" cent cup and saucer. It is
amazing the things you can get in such
spots. Even Jones admires them, espe-
cially when he is told that the whole
set costs only 10 cents, for the cup,
and for the saucer.
This is amazing, as against IS cents
for cup, and rs cents for a saucer
Jones was treated to a pair of these
the other day, after the last old cup
had slid off onto the floor. Cups and
saucers are always getting nicked, chip
ped or broken altogether. It Is a way
they have, evidently.
The color OF the new cup was very
pretty. The shape was a trifle odd, as
II the cup were on sort Of pedestal
Jones eyed the thing with suspicion
but said nothing until he grasped the
handle
His finger would not 60 through!
Some wag Of q potter had curved
and bent the handle so that it was i'm
possible to poke finger through it to
hold it.
"How are you supposed to hold this
thing?" Jones wanted to know.
BY bracing three fingers, it was possi-
BILE to hold the cup, but there was too
much play in the saucer. That was
the crowning insult. No respectable
cup ought to jiggle. Sometimes they
sing, but they should never jiggle.
Templeton Jones happened to remem-
Der where he had seen some big cream
colored cups.
"Ill bring you home some real cups
and saucers," he said.
The next day. sure enough, here came
Jones with parcel under his arm.
look ut those beauties" he said,
taking on the paper. Large, hefty
they had handles one could crook q
finger through, and fitted the saueers
50 that they did not rattle around.
The atomic bomb," said Jones, with
his well known grin. 'is all right In
its place, but the place for coffee cur
is right in the middle Of saucer, with
out any side play at all"
Probably most people will agree with
him.