THE TEA COSY.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 18023, 19 May 1930, Page 5

THE TEA COSY.

Tea cosies often fall between the two stools of being despised or overrated. There afe those, who place . them amid nightdress cases, toilet | tidies and other bazaar comforts, while > their upholders are unhappy if there is not a cosy for every egg. If they are called thermos cushions or some such modern name, the advantage of having a second cup of tea o rcoffee at as exhilarating a temperature as the first would be better understood. Moreover, the tea cosy need not be I made in th shape of a doll, a dog or I a cottage. It can be simply what it is—-a highly scientific invention for keeping things warm which could be applied with equal advantage to bacon and the rest of the breakfast that is generally the lot of late-comers, and, particularly, visitors. And being a scientific invention need not prevent it from being attractive. Perhaps the prettiest tea cosy covers are made of linen, which can look crisp and fresh, and can be very easily changed. They can be embroidered, or, better still, worked in cross-stitch. This gives them the colour required, and crossstitch implies rather quaint designs, instead of flights of fancyWvhich used to be known under the generic name of “sprays.” Some of the Italian cross-stitch and colouring is very w r elt suited to the tea cosy. The linen is a little off white, and it can be worked in cheerful copper or orange colouring. The cosy itself is merely a matter of unbleached cotton wool sewm into the requisite shape. It w r as probably the abuse of the tea cosy in satins and velvets which led to its taking the place of Cinderella among the household conveniences.