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Show BEAUTY AND AFTERNOON TEA Tho afternoon tea has becomo rather ra-ther a conventional and necessary Institution, In tho country, nnd is altogether al-together a pretty habit. Tho afternoon toa, considered from tho health viewpoint, is decidedly moro harmless than soma other so clal functions, whoro late hours aro observed and an oxcoss ot dancing la Indulged In In ovorhcatod rooms. Aftornoon tea Is a. lelsuroly quiet nf-fatr, nf-fatr, or, at leaBt, bbould bo. It occurs In thoso dull hours In tho lata after noon, when thero docs not socm ever f to bo anything very exciting going l on; tho tea Itself, when mado right, i Is a wholesome enougn bovorago, H E mildly stimulating, not heavy, eloan- '! sing to dlgcstlvo organs, I' Tho main temptation at an after- AH noon rocoptlon which Is a foo to good Vfl comploxlon Is found In tho things 'U which bo often accompany tho toa, ;! such as rich swoots, elnborato cakes, !! largo and smnll, sometimes varied, j Bnndwichcs of nlmost unearthly com- ' rii! position nnd things, both sweet nnd 4 sour, which stlmulnto tho iippctlto.. !) 'inl All of these nro usually very good ! nnd tho temptation 1h to partake not !! wisely, but too well, nnd thus Hpoll !Mi a perfectly good dinner appetite, lead ' up tho Btomach with much that Is i not hcnlthtiil and In n few days reap ' a harvest ot tiny specks and plmplos : M upon tho chin nnd forehead. ti Tho aftornoon tea guest, as well - ns tho afternoon tea user, will thoro- ; foro bo warned In tlmo and chooso sparingly of all of these kUkshawa i nnd condiments. Just a smnll por- i tlon of this or ot that, Just u tiny ; bit ot ninny things will not hnrm hor; f but to yield to tomptntlon nnd to ! tako too much, to overeat particular- Ily of sweets, Is to raako n mlstako ! which no girl careful of hor complex- Ion will bo guilty ot. 'iii |