Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22
MIDSUMMER DECoCTIoNs.
PATHS Possible Plans for Next Season
Theatrical engagements.

cIaret punches eoncocted at the Hoffman
House bar the other day, when, through
a casual acquaintance with the dispenser,
1 learned something of the tricks of the
trade. A disciple of languid elegance,
whose face told of over indulgence the
night before, sauntered up to the bar, and
said: ssCharley, old boy, / want
sbracer.'n The bartender quickly grab
bed a glass, filed it half full
Of ice. poured a gill of brandy into 1t,
squeezed in some lemon juice, put
strawberry on top Of that, and opened
small paper package and poured in few
grains of a white powder. The mixture
fixed and sputtered, the perspiring man
eagerly seized il and Smacked his lips
with satisfaction. He cheerfully paid 90
cents for the drink, and walked out up
right and seemingly cool and refreshed.
"Thats what braces them up re-
marked the dispenser. That powder is
composed of a small portion of arsenic
and an East Indian drug which the ma
tives declare will bring dead man back
to life, The arsenic also imparts cool
inc sensation if too much is not taken.
ssWhat are your highest priced drinksY'
l asked. eve make a goblet full of cham
payne, favored with little alcohol and
sweet scented drugs, and charge 81 for it.
By the way, drugs are coming into gene
down town house which trades
with the East Indies supplies all
the fashionable barrooms with different
kinds of drugs that are suited to the
weather. Some are for use in the hot
weather and others during the cold sea-
son. Tnls little powder here VIII give
glass of champagne ten times the Intensl-
fy of cold that ice will, and other drugs
will make it boiling hot.
''Is THERE ANY DEMAND
for political drinks Just now?'' eyes. The
political campaign always originates new
drinks. Some are old preparations merely
rechristened but we are always equal
to the task of inventing new
drinks to suit any OCCASION" A bustling
little man here entered and said: "Give
me a Blaine blizzard" His order was
quickly filled. He smiled approYingly
and said: "That's the best drink of the
season, and jim ought to win for having
it named after him." "What was it COM
posed of?'' / asked after the little man
had retired. "Whisky, soda, Ice and red
pepper. The latter causes it to fizZ, and,
by a stretch of imagination, it may be
compared to a blizzard" HAS the
President been remembered by thirsty
voters % zone of our most popular drinks
Is the ARTHUR antidote.' tits rather eX-
pensive, and is made of champagne and
beer, a queer mixture, but it tastes very
good. Then few persons, evidently New
Englanders, have called for some Sd
munds' endowment 1t is a cheap mix
ture, and its principal ingredient is ice.
Logan lightning is new invention,
and is very popular, especially among
visitors from the West. It's a dan
gerous drink this hot weather, and
is liable to cause sun-strOke. Red-hot
brandy, undiluted alcohol and a dash of
bay rum is enough to make even stall
wart hurrah for Black jack A 'sher-
man sympathIzer' is a mild, cooling drink,
much in demand, and is composed of
claret wine, well iced, and little old
bourbon. We have not had many calls
for Democratic drinks, but in couple of
weeks we shall study up the system OF
making a 'Tilden terror 'Bayard
bulldOzer' or a kelly Konsoler' We
have had several calls for Randall
rally already"
IN THIS HOT WEATHER
all the actresses who are not seriously at
work have gone off to the mountains and
plains and seaside to flirt. None of those
who can get out of town, and who are not
looking for their next seasons engage
ment, are left to tell the story of their
sisters firtations, and so it happens that
even the theatrical profession where there
is so much to tell in this line is almost
barren of news. From a private letter
received in this city from Col. Maples0n
it may be judged that the impressario
of Her Majesty's opera troupe does not
intend to return to America in the fall,
notwithstanding his bold assertion when
he sailed away. The Colonel speaks in
bitter terms of the action of the stock
holders in not standing by him to the last
after all he had done for them. As far as
he is concerned it is very probable that
the Academy of Music will remain empty
next winter. Patti is enjoying rest IN her
Welsh mansion, and while speaking in
unmeasured terms of the kindness of the
American people and the country in gen.
eral, has no idea yet whether or not she
will be in the United States next season.
The Colonel says that Madame Patti will
stick by him in any event, and he believes
that there is more money IN England and
the continent than on the American side
of the water. 1t is believed. however, that
the Colonel is closely watching the dis
posal ofthe Metropolitan Opera House, land
if there is no opposition in the American
field he will undoubtedly come across.
The stories that Mr.. Daniel Frohman was
engaged to Miss Georgia Cayvan and Mr..
Charles Frohman was engaged TO Miss
Louise Dillon appear to lack cOnfirma-
ton. The last report has been started OF
late with great deal of pertinacity, but
Mr.. Charles Frohman says, smilingly,
that there is no foundation for it what
ever, and that for some time to come, at
any rate, he will live and abide a single
man.
IF NEW YORK DOES NOT ALREADY OUT
STRIP PARIS
IN its wickedness and extravaganza it
soon will. Its people are travelling along
the broad highway leading to that goal at
an alarmingly rapid rate. That the city
is leaning toward autocratism is seen even
in advertisements. AS an illustration, the
advertisement of the new storage COM
pany announcing that its building is bur-
glar proof, fire proof, and ''mob proof"
The reference to a mob is more than
ordinarily significant. Not that there is,
perhaps, any immediate danger of an up
rising of the impecunious classes, but as
showing how sharply ostentatious and
spectacular wealth has drawn the line
between itself and the grinding poverty
which drives men to desperation. New
Yerkers of this ostentatiOus class would
employ some one to.save them the exer-
ton of breathing if it were posi-
bic. There are hundreds of fami-
lies whose parlors are visited
daily by professional buster, who dusts
the delicate bric-a-brac, and who also
knows how to arrange and constantly re-
arrange the furniture and pictures and
fancy things, so that the room don't al
man who let me into the secret of the |
buster business, told me that there was
not a house on the block where
he lives that is not visited I
periodically by a professional clock |
winder, who sees that every clock |
and watch in each building is regulated, |
and who winds the clocks when they |
need it. This young mans boots and his |
fathers are called for at 7 O'Clock and 4
brought back polished at 8 o'clock, and at I
the latter hour every day in the week the /
barber calls and shaves the two men. The |
son, when he was in London last sum-
mer, arranged with tailor to have ten
suits of clothing each year sent over, and
in return agreed to pay $500 for the APP
parel. His father pays a Broadway
tailor 81 800 year on a similar arrange
ment.
A NOTED PUGILIsT
is his boxing master and an ex-champion
billiard player gives lessons in caroms in
the billiard-rOom in his house. There are
eight servants in his fathers house and
stables, not including his little sisters
governess and his mothers seamstress
and companion, who is poor cousin on
salary. The accomplishments of life are
mere matters of fact to the average New
Workers, however extravaganza they
may seem in the provinces. In
fact, while the household described
is among the most aristocratic in the city.