Adventures in the Arabic Dictionary

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The nobility of sugar

Something to consider over a glass of cloying mint tea served piping hot to cool the body on this, the longest day of the year: 

"Genre stereograph showing two women and a man having tea in a parlor. One woman sits in a chair in front of the tea service, her hand hovering above a sugar pot. The other, younger woman stands behind the table, looking toward the handsome young man who faces them." [sic.]

Library Company of Philadelphia / Raymond Holstein Stereograph Collection