Word: teas
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...good average Englishman drinks, besides his normal consumption of beer, ale, wine, whiskey and gin, about nine pounds of tea per annum. A good average American drinks less than one pound of tea per annum. So found Major Norman McLeod, British teaman, who lately surveyed the U. S. tea market. So learned the executive committee of the Tea Association of America, re-reading the McLeod survey at a meeting last week...
After, the signing delegates bowed to smiling Premier Raymond Poincaré and went to the garden for tea. Outside an enthusiastic crowd cheered...
While the captains and the kings sipped their tea, pages, pressmen, and cameramen left the hall. The camera lights were switched off. The hall became dark...
...successful had Auguste Moessner been with this system, that he became rich. He visited all the best bars and restaurants in the city and often had tea with persons whose belongings he had previously appropriated. He was quite frequently spoken of as the best dressed man in Paris; indeed when they arrested him the police found 125 splendid suits of clothes hanging in his humble flat; and Auguste Moessner smoothing his hair, remarked, "Yes, my elegant appearance was my best protection...
...grim situation! Perhaps Prohibition is a success, but it is hard to think it is when women come drunk to my little coffee house in the Grand Central [Station] to steady up on a strong cup of tea before going home...