Lela Angier Lenfest

“ It is very hard to find genuine Staffordshire from Wood's pottery. You see this border of sea shells around the picture? That Wood trademark. At that time each pottery was known by the design of its borders. I like the Staffordshire, because it is so firm and substantial."
Stout and substantial teapots, surely. One could easily imagine colonial dames, with towering puffs and stiff brocades, presiding in state behind them, exchanging gossip so trivial as to be rebuked by the ponderous teapots.
Mrs. Mills is loyal to the traditions of New England, even in the matter of pottery. ”

“ Unlike the colleges of an older civilination it is not bound by tradition and must prepare for a larger social and political life than was ever dreamed possible in the past.
"Woman in the home has ever been the conserver of health, the promoter of comfort, the divider of the loaf and the missionary of beauty. ”

“ It seems entirely fitting that a college president, who has spent her life in upholding high standards of education and culture for the young women of the Pacific coast, should have selected for her hobby teapots, which are representative of the art and culture of the people who use them. This may seam a trifle extravagant, but a little observation and consideration will show that a people's progress in social life and. in the arts may be quite correctly gauged by the form, style and workmanship of its teapots. ”

“ Intellectually and morally a woman's college in the West must be upon broad foundations, for it has unusual opportunities for training women for the larger service required of them in this great Western commonwealth. ”

“ The tea, which is the finely powdered leaves of the holly, is put in the bottom of the gourd, covered with sugar and hot (not boiling) water poured over it, and one sucks it up immediately through the bombilla. If the tea is allowed to stand It becomes acrid and black. It has a very curious flavor, reminding one a little of mild licorice and still more of the Chinese leltchli nut. I do not care for it, but they say one grows to like the flavor, and it has a very exhilarating effect"
"That is very interesting," smiled Mrs. Mills. "The Chileans do not use that variety of tea. ”

“ Mills hurried to another case devoted entirely to quaint conceits largely Japanese. Every beast of the field. fowl and creeping thing has been cast into teapot form by those clever and inventive people. ”