Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1913 — Over the Teacups. [ARTICLE]

Over the Teacups.

An open fire, bind tea things on the table, and a teakettle singing a little song of comfort are the proper stage settings for this little anecdote. An Irish hostess, when she asks if you’ll have sugar in your ”tay." holds out the bowl and absent-mindedly goes on with her conversation, or stirs the lire, allowing you to help yourself. An English hostess asks: “One lump or two?” and carefully drops the sugar into your tea. If you should aok a Scotch hostess for a little more sugar In your tea she would demand, with a note of surprise:. “And hae .ye Btirred it yet."