THE LITTLE TEA BOOK 



Even gentle Gay associated soft 

 tea with the temper of women when 

 he pictures Doris and Melanthe 

 abusing all their bosom friends, 

 while 



" Through all the room 

 From flowery tea exhales a fragrant fume. " 



But not all the women were tea- 

 drinkers in those days. There was 

 Madam Drake, the proprietress of 

 one of the three private carriages 

 Manchester could boast. Few men 

 were as courageous as she in declar- 

 ing against the tea-table when they 

 were but invited guests. Madam 

 Drake did not hesitate to make it 

 known when she paid an afternoon's 

 visit that she expected to be offered 

 her customary solace a tankard of 

 ale and a pipe of tobacco. 



Another female opponent of tea 



