1892 Drinks of the world

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Behold

! the Beau-complexion'd Porcelain,

As Bell turn'd Tulips variegated show, In order set among the tittering Train,

Replete with Spoils which from Cathaya flow. The leading Fair the Word harmonious gives, Betty around attends with bending Knee ; Each white-arm Fair, the painted Cup receives Pours the rich Cream, or stirs the sweetened Tea," etc., there was a class of people who were opposed to its use, and one of them was the celebrated Jonas Hanway, of umbrella fame. Possessed of a competence, he had nothing particular to do, so he turned philanthrope. He took up the cause of the Marine Society, he was a Governor of the Foundling Hospital, and he founded a Magdalen Hospital, which is now at Streatham. These things, however, did not fully occupy his time, and he scribbled de omnibus rebus : among other things, about Tea, against which he had a great aversion. In 1757 he wrote ''An Essay on Tea, considered as pernicious to Health, obstructing Industry, and im- poverishing the Nation ; also an Account of its Growth, and great Consumption in these Kingdoms!' Judged from our present standpoint, it was a farrago of rubbish and false arguments, and he recommends *' Herbs of our own growth in lieu of Tea." He gives a list of plants which he thinks useful for the pur- pose : — Ground Ivy, plain, or with a few drops of lemon Balm, or lemon Balm alone, or mixed with Sage, and Lavender flowers; Lavender itself; the fresh tops of Thyme ; Mint ; the flowery tops of etc. But, although some wrote in praise of it,