THE LITTLE TEA BOOK 



Even the beaux of the day affected 

 feminine frills in their many-colored, 

 bell-skirted waistcoats, lace ruffles, 

 patches, and powdered queues. 



Dryden must have succumbed to 

 the charms of women through tea, 

 when he wrote : 



"And thou, great Anna, whom three realms 



obey, 



Dost sometimes take counsel, and sometimes 

 tay." 



From the great vogue which tea 

 started grew a taste for china ; the 

 more peculiar and striking the de- 

 sign, the more valuable the tea-set. 



Pope in one of his satirical com- 

 positions praises the composure of a 

 woman who is 



" Mistress of herself though china fall." 



Even that fine old bachelor, phi- 

 losopher, and humorist, Charles 

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