Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-09-09
"WHlTE PLUSH"
A New York Drink and tho origin
of It's Name.

A New York Drink and tho origin
OF It's Name.
what is the reason for the big de-
mand for milkP This place does not
resemble dairy"
"Oh, everybody wants white plush
lately. It's caught on great"
"And what Is white plushp'"
what is itp Well, you ought to be
labeled! Where do you livep Jimmy
with the tone of q man explaining a
curiosity here is a gentleman what
don't know what white plush Is
Why, it's the new drink. thought
everybody knew that.
"But what is it made OFF"
~Oh, inst milk and whisky. / never
knew drink that caught on SO quick,
or got so popular as white plush has.
All the swells drink it. 1t makes
very good booze too--palatable, and is
a first, class all-around drink. II fell
low hasn't eaten anything it is very
nourishing; takes the place OF food.
Then, il the man has been up all night
whooping things. a white plush is a
better bracer than cocktail. 1t slips
down, easy, you know. when a fellow
finds it pretty hard to swallow any
thing. Then. too, it's good day
drink, for it doesn't leave breath,
and man can talk with his employer
or a temperance advocate without Civ
ing himself away. AS an evening
drink it has its advantages also. You
can make them either short or long
and as nobody knows how much whisky
you are drinking you have no need to
get fnll unless you want to. 1t is q
great snap for that"
How did white plush first get into
the market?"
..Oh, by accident. Just as all the
fancy mixtures, do. There are some
mixed drinks that are stand-bys. and
are always popular. such as cocktails,
punches, and juleps; but every little
white there will be new racket sprung
on the public that will have great run
for awhile, and then get knocked out
by another About month ago white
plush got its start this way; There VISA
country buyer down from New Eng
land some where, and party of dry
goods men were trying to make it
pleasant for him. So they took him
into q swell bar room down town. and
were going to open sour wine. Same
old story, you know; get him full as
balloon, and then work him for big
order. 1t turned out that this country
man was not such flat as they thought
him. Though he had been swinging
barrels of hard cider and Struggled
Canada whisky for the last twenty
years, he pleaded the temperance bust
ness on them, said he never drank, and
he guessed he'd just take glass OF
water if they would git him one, as he
was kinder thisrty walkin' round so
much. Well, that was setback for
the boys. They knew he had lots OF
money to spend, and he was one OF
those unapproachable ducks that have
got to be warmed up before you can do
anything with him.
. oh, take something they said;
take some milk
Well, / guess . glass of milk
would 60 sorter good. said he.
..Some one suggested kumyss and
told him what it was. AS they did not
have any kumys in the place they gave
him some milk and seltzer. That's
about the same thing. One of the boys
gave the bartender a wink and he put
a dash of whisky in it. The old man
did not get on to it at all. He thought
it was the settler that favored it. The
next round the setzer was left out al
together and more whisky put in.
They kept On giving it to him until he
got pretty well set up. It's a very in,
sldous and seductive drink. Pretty
soon the countryman got funny and
tipped his glass over on the table. As
it spread around he said:
- Gosh, it looks like white plush,
don't it?'
q" so it does. said the boys. Give
the gentleman another yard OF white
plush, here and the name has stuck tl
it ever since. "-Neto York Sun.