THACKERAY ON TEA.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXXV, Issue 38, 21 May 1909, Page 3

THACKERAY ON TEA.

I lie important part that Tea plays iii the daily lives of tlio vast majority <)i people throughout the world to-day is hardly realised by any of us. We drink of the cheering beverage without lnueh thought as to the infinite care and constant effort that are exeroscd in preparing it for our delectation. But if the supply wero suddenly cut off ! Can one imagine tin! consternation such a calamity would cause ? No other beverage could quite take the place of Tea in the estimation of our women folk at least.

'I hackeray, in "Pendennis," has the I following- ehnrming passage, showing what the family teapot meant to people in his day "So Mrs Shandon went to the cupboard, and in lieu of a dinner made herself some tea. And in those varieties of pain of which wo spoke anon, what a part of confidante has that poor teapot played ever since the kindly plant was introduced among us ! What myriads of women have cried over it to be sure ! What' sick beds it has smoked by ! What fevered lips have received refreshment from out of it ! Nature meant very gently by women when she made that tea plant. With a little thought, what ,j series of pictures and groups the fancy may conjure up and assemble round the teapot and cup ! J Melissa and Saccharissa aro talking love secrets over it. Poor Polly has |it and her lover's letters upon the i table—his letters who was her lover | yesterday, and when it was with pleaj sure, not despair, she wept over them, j Mary comes tripping into her mother's bedroom, bearing a cup of the consoler to the widow, who will take no other food. Ruth is busy concocting it for her husband, who is coming home from the harvest field. One could fill a page with hints for such pictures." The thousands upon thousands of persons throughout New Zealand who year in and year out drink "Tiger" lea can truly appreciate the sentiment of Thackeray's words. As a means of refreshment to the invalid, as a source of enjoyment to friends and lovers, or as a restorer to the tired worker, "Tiger" Tea has played and is playing its part well. No Toa pure and strong. If you want to is so good as "Tiger," none is more experience all the delights of a good wholesome Tea, be sure always to insist on "Tiger." Sold in various grades, each one the best value it is possible to got.