Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 135, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1914 — RETURN TO CHOCOLATE [ARTICLE]

RETURN TO CHOCOLATE

AGAIN FAVORITE BEVERAGE FOR AFTERNOON TEAS. - Better Than Coffee,’ and Women Have Grown a Little Tired of Tea—May Be Berved With Wheat Biscuit or Muffins. Ten or a dozen years ago chocolate served with a dash of whipped cream was the great American beverage—as far as afternoon teas, receptions and bridge parties were concerned. Everybody served chocolate and In a round of afternoon calls one might partake of half a dozen- hospitable cupfuls of the Inevitable chocolate-and-whipped-cream, the chocolate varying from a rich, thick brown mlXr tore suggesting the Mexican chocolate beaten with a wooden spoon to a thin concoction made of prepared cocoa and hot water. Women became a bit tired of the eternal chocolate after a while—and also found that it was fattening. Then afternoon tea with lemon, or a dash of rum, became the fashionable afternoon drink. For the last few years, since every housekeeper has yearned to possess one of the fascinating copper percolators that have such a cozy hum—next best to the song of a kettle on the hearth —coffee has been the beverage served In the late afternoon. But coffee, with sugar, cream and sweet cakes, is quite as fattening as chocolate, and not nearly so nourishing. In fact, a good many women have been realizing lately that their “nerves” and attendant depression and irritableness with children and servants may be blamed on the Btrong coffee and sweet cakes taken almost every day just before dinner time. Chocolate, served with crisp, whole wheat biscuit, or buttered muffins, Is becoming more and more popular, and attractive new chocolate sets are appearing in the cbina departments.