Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1884 — Tea Saves Doctors’ Bills. [ARTICLE]

Tea Saves Doctors’ Bills.

The Scientific American propounds and answers the questions: “Why is it that those who are sick or convalescing from sickness ask hr and relish a cup of tea? Why is it, again, that physicians will often recommend tea and forbid coffee? Plainly, the answer is because tea is the mo t wholesome beverage, and in th s respect excels coffee. But while the use of tea is increasing, there is oue class of the community who do not realize the advantages that tea offers them; and that class is the

very poor in purse, who regard tea as a luxury that they cannot afford, when, if they did but know it, they could not afford to do without tea. It is the general use of tea that will save many a doctors’ bill. It is tea that assists digestion, and it is tea that makes one’s beefsteak go further. In this respect it is a positive economy, and it is not always the lowest-priced article that is the cheapest. Quality in tea means strength and flavor, and it is much better and cheaper to buy good tea at a fair price than to get the very low in price; and it is good tea that the poor man wants.”