It Was Sympathy Japanese Tea

From the New York Mail and Express: He was only an Italian fruit vender. There was . .hing about him likely to inspire tr beholder with feeling, one way or mother. He was not ragged enough to cali for especial sympathy, nor unkempt enough to provoke disgust. Yet to the policeman on nis beat he was undoubtedly the object of considerable animadversión. This was evidenced by the unrelenting vigor with which he was pursued from corner to corner by the over-zealoue guardián of the law. The other day, in a too hurried response to the everlasting order to "move on," the fruit peddler's. cart was upset and his peaches and pears were scattered over the ground and across the street car track. The enraged policeman could hardly restrain the impulse to use his club. "The dirty loafer!" exclaimed he. "He did it on purpoee - just trying to excite sympathy." "He has succeeded, then," said a soft voice at the offlcer's elbow, and a neat little woman stopped and began to gather up the scattered fruit. The officer's face reddened. He hesitated a moment, and then he, too, joined in the work of restoration. To-day the Italian was seen peacefully plying his trade on his accustomed beat, unmolested by hie old enemy, the policeman. ■ The Japanese ladies, of course, make tea to perfeetion; somehow the cup ! that cheers but does not inebríate seeme to be always associated with tho dainty little women who flit about like so many gorgeous humming birds in beautiful Japan, seeming determined not to be outdone by the glorious scenery in the midst of which they live and die. The approved Japanese style of teamaking is as follows: From a kettle of boiling water they pour into an earthen or china teapot enough to heat the pot thoroughly; then they empty out the water and put in the tea, let it stand five minutes and serve. The teapot must not touch the stove. A little tea cozy of Japanese paper is clapped over the teapot the moment the water is poured on, and a delicious cup of tea is thus secured without having extracted the injurious ingrediënt - the tannin.