Show FRENCH NOW DRINKING TEA seems seem to have bacomo not only fashionable but popular cups drunk in 1909 paris tea drinking in france seems to have bacomo not only fashionable io lo but popular its increasing vogue Is shown by the rev revenue eutte r returns for 1909 which show a consumption of 0 1293 tons a pinch of tea a cup this represents about cups drunk la in the course of the year ten or fifteen years yeara ago tea was waa regarded in franc aa a semi medical concoction to be used to restore fainting women it was classed among the mild liquids commonly known as aa lianca th ln anca ianes and in the provinces at any rate people who expressed a liking for ten tem as a lip beverage a were looked upon as a snobs sa ob or 0 o centrich nowadays the fashion has ban spread all over the country and no hotel would be likely to perpetrate su auch ch an absurdity as aa tha th comous announcement ment tous toua tea lea jour bourl a it a heeres hebrea hen rea the practice of gar ing sweet wines with padva in the I 1 afternoon aliterno atter noon on la 13 now loot ed upon ai quite quit e put ut of date |