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It was a different time. Ladies wore gloves, hats and nice attire to luncheons at the Woman�s Exchange. Shillito�s provided a cosmopolitan environment for its patrons, while Mullane�s was the perfect place to sip and socialize. The popular Good Morning Show radio program hosted by charming Bob Braun, and later Nick Clooney, was broadcast from McAlpin�s Tea Room. Women gathered at Pogue�s and Mabley & Carew tea rooms to celebrate birthdays, as well as wedding and baby showers, over dainty tea sandwiches. Author Cynthia Kuhn Beischel brings the Queen City�s bygone downtown tea rooms back to life and shares more than one hundred beloved recipes.