AFTERNOON TEA.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 156, 26 March 1908, Page 4

AFTERNOON TEA.

■ SYDNEY AND COM-' PALIICD7 •: Mr, Carroll, proprietor p£, this well-known Willis--Street, tea-robins; returned-.:from - a visit to Sydneyy' ¥ tire'-owi(§r '• day ,■ and m tho. course of a chat with -a: Dominion -tatiyc . oil mutters con- - cfei'niiig' ; the?'social f craze* : of. 'tho time,tli.at yory ; iimportant function,afternoon; tea. ■ ■ ■ ;.T,Mr- Carroll, who was accompanied ;by_b'is wife,- went across the Tasman Sea to.tho City fo'f 110 jdeas .for. his bus;-; bbt;. not without somo_rcr fkrefc tb'at sphere'...was-nothing to.learn. Plus Nonqualified todfewfiat'Tjy stating that there \yas nothing' to learn v as rogards tlio conduct oT;:t«4: : #*iss. 'i'Ho.'ji>did.:: Ic?rr^> something —a. ■ very material ' something-—aTiout the.. cost of .afteruoori !.tea? .in: Sydjipy, something that would make thd .jolly crowds that asseniblo daily'ifrlocal tea-roon)s ;hug -themselves .with .'thWicUstoni & to: tread oiii.someono's or Va lady's floor-sweopiug skirt, phimp down at i'thoi HwrsstnWPAWied table, and, in .answer to the-pretty * attendant's> query,. order ' Tea ' ahdrrealies'/v?ipl6aßol'i','ii -A plateful of. mixed i 'calces,' aiseparateOpiate;'of; sepnes, and, porhaps, 'French :jjjaric!ifces£'a v niound of -'butter, and a'- glitfcoririg '-pot.l. tea' are deposited wherever there is room;-':*You-may eat one or ' half afdozan,;SaP3,;,':lifoto a "single cup ;of;tea,' or,.t^P';brit;, all;'you. pay is - 6d._, : if r havo .y'ouij - tga^,'alonet, Most of Wolling- : .pas4s£Vlricli gives l them- a :. 'icMpni'ng .vis-a-vis,to; that to. across the good things. - ;' isi-l ; ;'• -: -V. . -,-r--Mrr, :Carroll-' says. - that things are - not; .so. • imanagedcin'Sydney. You,may.tread on someone's corns or dresS".(not a necessary'partfof 'the.-c'&'ettiohy),' and, tho tea and cakes-are : brought "along in tho usual way, .but when you come, to foot the bill there, is a ; big ; ,diteericoJ/^]?the'.l)r^ ! toa-roonis of Sydney/ ■ 'a 'jrjl°■ "kefeps a wary, eyo 011 .tho • bustles up whon a party is 'about to" rise, counts tho number . 7pfr;.cakes.rleftj--.clo'es r ,a. subtraction sijm). in UmoritalJArithmetic sm'aii-ly, charges 3d. each ■: Ifdii'Jth<S> cikesJc'onauinetl,' and adds . 3d. ;for the pot of tea; and there you.are!. .;. :; ;So: that; if a man with a'hearty appetite goes, as-far as to' Swallow half-a-dozen littlo r, teaj 'ho .finds-that . his"'little snack • costs - him'; exactly Is.. 9d., which makes.him careful . ,i j'" Mlv, "Carroll that" - the. popular i .'t'earrooini..,of. Syj^ngy^,,tliat',are. : .fun.on• the. t lycrative busiwhereas'' ho- had ; iifo i pa^fr^i-".^^ ;$1 :issiVper;-'wcefc::in'-':Wql-' ; .lingtbnjr' Sdmij. of A.B.C.' and' »?Sargbnt'*s'-|fWere' but , he. could \ ■^rn^tl^i3Ssttat l tho.'cbnduct' S'q&hi^SoWjv; = l^sine^;m^^elliijgtbiir:: 'It 1 . ;