AFTERNOON TEAS
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Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes was once invited by a lady friend to a social afternoon tea. The hostess had invited and had present the cream of her acquaintance and expected some expression of admiration from the great man. As he was taking his leave, the lady said to him, “Well, Doctor, what is your opinion of an afternoon tea?” And the witty but cruel man replied, “My dear friend, it is all giggle—gabble—gobble—and git!”