- TEA DOWN, AND COFFEE UP Somo rather surprising statistics wcro published the othor day, to tho effect that tho consumption of ' toa has decreased In this country 11 per cent, whllo that of coffee has gono up 87 per cent during a recent po-Hod. po-Hod. Ono wou'd think tho Americans wcro drinking moro ten. In tho drawing rooms of tho Smart Set, at Country Clubs, church functions, and all Boclety ovents, there Is a fluttor of feminity nbout tho pervasive tea urn. More or less of the malo persuasion per-suasion nro drawn Into tho current, nnd drink palo nippers from Colong, sharpened by pungent slices of blty lemon. Dut ono questions whother you bco as much actual toa drinking at tho tablo as you used to. Thero is an aroma ot good form that attachos to tho after dinner coffeo. The lady with hair streaked with grey may boldly call for her tea as of yoro. Dut Is it nurtlclcntly "smart" to satisfy satis-fy thoso Incomprehensible docrocs of tablo, fashions that prevail among tho young sot? Mcnnwhllo tho reign of tho coffeo pot stands, based on satisfactions moro tnnglblo thnn tho styles nnd manners of formal feeding. To tho working mnn the tang of tho cofToo cup puts zest Into Ufo again. Tho hash may bo pnlo grey Instead of a goldon brown, tho mufllns may rmvo a specific gravity far beyond what would bo normal for tholr size. Dut It tho coffeo has tho tnio tang or tho tropics, It puts llfo Into his veins again. Ho breaks tho moody sllenco of his prematurely enrly start llfo looks cheory again. Ho grabs tho dinner pnll and Btarts with a round paco for tho shop or tho Held. All hall to tho coffeo cup, nnd may tho working man always bo ablo to afford its hearty summons to llfo and labor.