GRASS-GREEN STOOLS
To increase the convenience and pleasure of having tea out of doors there are on the market small grass-green stools, the round flat tops of which are a foot in diameter and handpainted in oil colours, the surface of each being covered with a huge daisy, sunflower, chrysanthemum, or dahlia. The green stems (a foot long and an inch in diameter) are tipped at the base with iron spikes. Thus equipped, the stools can be fixed easily in the ground anywhere, even on the side of a steep bank. Each holds comfortably a cup and saucer and plate.
A lawn dotted about with these 20th century teapoys—those little three-legged stands of Indian origin preparatory to afternoon tea, looks extremely attractive, and the guests will find them a boon.
Having the additional advantage for outdoor use that their colours are weather-proof, they will be none the worse if forgotten and left in the garden on
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 185, 26 October 1927, Page 7
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