CUP OF TEA, $1,000; AIDS CRIPPLED TOTS - One cup of tea sold in Chicago last night for $1,000.   What the brand of the tea, whether from old Ceylon or one of the many varieties of oolong, was not revealed. Sufficient on that score is the fact that it was good tea and that the purchaser was satisfied and the seller delighted.  The latter was Mrs. Graeme Stewart and the purchaser was Thomas A. Griffin, president of the Griffin Wheel Works.  Those who will benefit from the sale, and from many others of other delicious beverages and of articles of merchandise made last night, are the destitute crippled children of Chicago.......the tearoom at the bazaar arranged by leading women in Chicago's society circles to aid the Home for Destitute Crippled Children.  Orchestra Hall, where the bazaar was held, buzzed with pleaded comment immediately after Mrs. Stewart had received Mr. Griffin's personal check for the $1,000.
[The Chicago Record-Herald, Wednesday, November 16, 1910..... sub. by source #1]

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