THE LITTLE TEA BOOK 



until he showed her how, no woman 

 of his acquaintance could make a 

 decent cup of tea. He insisted upon 

 a warm cup, and even spoon, and 

 saucer. Not that Mr. Buckle ever 

 sipped tea from a saucer. Of course, 

 he was right in insisting upon those 

 above-mentioned things, for tea- 

 things, like a tea-party, should be 

 in sympathy with the tea, not antag- 

 onistic to it. Still, not always ; for, 

 on one memorable occasion, in the 

 little town of Boston, the greatest 

 tea-party in history was anything but 

 sympathetic. But let that pass. 



Emperor Kien Lung wrote, 200 

 years or more ago, for the benefit of 

 his children, just before he left the 

 Flowery Kingdom for a flowerier : 



" Set a tea-pot over a slow fire ; fill 

 it with cold water ; boil it long 



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