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Show Accessories of Afternoon Tea. AMERICAN ,,-irls an fast talllnc late a hospitable custom long practised by their, Knglish cousins chut ol serving afternoon tea on iny ond -rvery occ;tdioii. Th beverage Itself may be Jllutqd in ftnt," Its coloring may Oe palesl amber but tea It must be. For, is then anything .ivhlcn lend such n sir 0! hospitality to drawing .-worn, ooudolr oi even the dniest bachelor pirl quaaen i.s die well iqulpped ea table, endy ax a momeui'jiodce for proffering die cup which chetH? - As to the Jtrtf at Jeri'tng, that is i mat-tor mat-tor of porsoual race .vhich is acquired by practice. It may be :cado a beaarifu uiformiil ceremony or dff awkward occasion htr ;oo, depends upon the hostess nd die mnounc oi Individuality" she Infuses into her method of brcwlnfl and dispensing. Since the revival ot the tea fad aiany quaint old fashioned tea sets of grandmamma's grand-mamma's and great-grandmamma's days have been brought from obbcuro hiding places and preyed Into service. Even ten cups minus handles, creamer with broken noses, and sugar oowte with pronounced pro-nounced cracks and apertures hav beet, restored and again made UbcfuL Not by any home mending oh. no I For only a clever chlnA doctor can work such wonder won-der with nicked and cracked and dismembered dis-membered china. To the china doctor nothing Is impossi ble, for ho is a wizard wheu it comes to restoring re-storing old chiua How? That Is hi secret, se-cret, but it Is simplj marvellous what ht can do In the way of making over a bit ol damaged china or brlc-u-brac. Nicks 01 more pronounced apertures aro filled In ond painted over so cleverly that even a connoisseur could never detect the difference, differ-ence, ind k I You have a teapot or creamer chat once more takes Its place in the world of usefulness on your tea table, which Is possibly in indque also. Your tea et may be of Jaiaty Havlland or old fashionfld wlllowware, lth cea ball accessories, ar It aiay be a. Su&siau Jevice with a iaruovnr squipmout, or Japanexv with dear little oaucerless, handleless cups; or it aiay be Chinese. Uh i fadclnadng pea reeu teapot in the cufse of a dragou, through vhose ucstrllj the beverage trickles ivhen poured ; r it may be an aesthetic lotus blossom jet In a heart of green leaves, from one stem of which tea Is poured. Any or all of these are charming and will add a charucterisdc touch to your aiteruoon tea service. But if you are uot the proud possessor of such an equipment which you have acquired js an heirloom or by sift or purchase, do you know about the uaint Holluudware which can be purchacd for a bagatelle? Not the cheap delft blue ware with which our yes arc overwearied, but that which comes in delicate deli-cate pastel coloriugs greens and blues and browns, with contrasting floral design. There are dreauis of teapots for as low iu. a quarter a piece and beautiful haudle-less haudle-less tea cupt, to match for five cents a piece. Then there are buiall plates, about the size of bread and butter plates, and, oddly enough, these are used for saucers. An afternoon of reeonnoiteriug iu our of the way shops will bring to light many odd bits of .chinu tea iet-s particularly which will-give' to your tea table an individuality in-dividuality all of its own. f As to your ea, It :nust be jf hc best iwallty if ou -iroald icu.ulre & reputation 'is a brewer of cc-su Kut ao matter what Its quality nnle the water eis reached the boiling point your tea -?III be flat ind ta.sieless. Be particular therefor to have the contents of yonr ketdc bubble before ever ! any a drop U poured over I your tea ball or lato the teapot. And then let It brew, and brew and brew. There Is the iccret after -ill, for when die boiling water is allowed 10 1 moisten the dried loaves their strength Is extracted and jn'iroma ries that ' au- 1 nilstakably chat of enuinc tea. 1 SIMPLE NECKTIE RACK. ! WfTH all the crure for making elaborate elabo-rate embroidered rachs for brothers!' and Kwcethcart lads to hang dieir I1 neckties over with far more display thuni' room to hold those aocessary articles of a man's toilet there -dll remain manyj boys who would prefer a. perfectly plain'-urmngeraent plain'-urmngeraent of some jort. ji The thing simplest of all, and cosy tot put up. Is no more or less thau a three M armed nickel platod towel rack, such as 1 can fa? hhd for ten conf at any five nnd!: tun cent store, -crawed to the side, of ajl Joor frame or the moulding In any part of rlip bedroom, even to the side of the bu-l Tan mirror. |