On Afternoon Tea
"The Muses‘ friend, Tea, does our fancy aid,
Repress the vapors which the head invade,
And keeps the palace of the soul serene."
How I do love tea! I don‘t deny it, it is as necessary to me as smoking is to men.
I have heard a lady accused by her doctor of being a "tea-drunkard"! "Tea picks you up for a little time," he said, "and you feel a great deal better after you have had a cup. But it is a stimulant, the effect of which does not last very long, and all the while it is ruining your nerves and constitution. I daresay it is difficult to give up--the poor man finds the same with his spirits. You are no better than he!"
It is rather a come down, is it not? Somehow, when you are drinking tea, you feel so very temperate. Well, at least, the above reflection makes you sympathize with the inebriates, if it does nothing else； and I am afraid it does nothing else with me. In spite of the warning, I continue to take my favorite beverage as strong and a

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