Slice fresh, juicy lemons ; pare them carefully, lay a piece in the bottom of each cup; sprinkle with white sugar and pour the tea, very hot and strong, over them.

Or,

Send around the sliced lemon with the cups of tea, that each person may squeeze in the juice to please himself. Some leave the peel on, and profess to like the bitter flavor which it imparts to the beverage. The truth is, the taste for this (now) fashionable refreshment is so completely an acquired liking, that you had best leave to your guests the matter of "peel on" or "peel off." There are those whom not even fashion can reconcile to the peculiar "smack" of lemon-rind after it has been subjected to the action of a boiling liquid.

Tea a la Russe is generally, if not invariably drunk without cream, and is plentifully sweetened. It is very popular at the "high teas" and "kettle-drums," so much in vogue at this time, - tea being to women, say the cynics, a species of mild intoxicant, of which they are not to be defrauded by evening dinners and their sequitur of black coffee. Others, who cleave to ancient customs, and distrust innovations of all kinds, will have it that the popularity of these feminine carousals has its root in remorseful hankering after the almost obsolete "family tea." "Since there must be fashionable follies," growl these critics, "this is as harmless as any that can be devised, and is, assuredly, Jess disastrous to purse and health than an evening crush and supper."

For once, we say "Amen" to the croakers. The "kettle-drum" is objectionable in nothing except its absurd name, and marks a promising era in the history of American party-giving.

Cold Tea

Mixed tea is better cold than either black or green alone. Set it aside after breakfast, for luncheon or for tea, straining it into a perfectly clean and sweet bottle, and burying it in the ice. When ready to use it, you must fill a goblet three-quarters of the way to the top with the clear tea; sweeten it more lavishly than you would hot, and fill up the glass with cracked ice. It is a delicious beverage in summer. Drink without cream.

Iced Tea A La Russe

To each goblet of cold tea (without cream), add the juice of half a lemon. Fill up with pounded ice, and sweeten well. A glass of champagne added to this makes what is called Russian punch.