. American cookery. the sacred hour and claimshonors on the lemon. German societyis so unpatriotic, for once, as to threatento abandon its afternoon coffee brewin favor of such an English beverage astea, and its offering to the tea table isluscious gingerbread. Spanish societydiscards its tiny cups of thick, cinnamon--flavored chocolate dipped up with asimple roll of bread, the more refreshingand complicated tea, truly in this caseto the Queens taste as Spains Eng-lish bom Queen sets here the still does in Rome as do the Romanseven when taking tea and scones, whilethe Dutch hav
. American cookery. the sacred hour and claimshonors on the lemon. German societyis so unpatriotic, for once, as to threatento abandon its afternoon coffee brewin favor of such an English beverage astea, and its offering to the tea table isluscious gingerbread. Spanish societydiscards its tiny cups of thick, cinnamon--flavored chocolate dipped up with asimple roll of bread, the more refreshingand complicated tea, truly in this caseto the Queens taste as Spains Eng-lish bom Queen sets here the still does in Rome as do the Romanseven when taking tea and scones, whilethe Dutch have moved their tea kettlein its copper pail of glowing embers,once only the accompaniment of theirluncheon and dinner tables, on to thetea-table in company with delightfulsweet rusks. Tea-fashions are as varied as thenations. Some place the cup on theleft hand and others the doyley underthe saucer; the spoon may be served ina glass of water as in Italy and anotherbe used with the cake as in Switzerland: FOURTH PERIOD. Fourth Period: TEA (Vaudeville-Tango-Maxime-Mannequin Fashion Parade) COMPLET TEA AND THE TOURIST 201 tea may be taken sitting down at a bigtable as is popular in France, or bybalancing precariously while standingas in England, but in all the essentialsafternoon tea has become a standardizedmeal throughout Europe. Quite so, says Tea, now if you willgive me the time and space and somemore hot water I can prove that I havepopularised the fad for the out-doorsports of society. Certainly there isno possibility of golf without tea betweenbunkers, nor tennis that does not finishat tea-tables under the bright umbrellasof the lawn; no football, polo, wintersports or summer outings, without itssoothing administrations. London hasintroduced tea into cinema audiences;Paris, tea into theatres; one can onlydigest lectures through the medium ofthis brain-calming herb; while for longwomen have been able to select a gownin fashions capital, the rue de la Paix,only with the aid of
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