Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1898 — Tea the Curse of Thibet. [ARTICLE]

Tea the Curse of Thibet.

Tlte Times of Imlia declares that tea drinking is the curse of Thibet. “The people,” it says, “have such an insatiable craving for the beverage/ that they will sell their houses, tlieir:flocks, their very children, to procure it. If ever an apostle appears in Thibet he will have to preach a crusade in favor of whisky drinking in order to wean the inhabitants from their national vice.” , woman passes a certain age, attempts to renew her youth by curling and powdering, often result in a suggestion of Immorality.