St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-13
The New Beverages Which Brace Up
tie SwellS.
CHAMPAGNE COCKTAILS O. K.
a SNOWFALL, John Sherman, the Ri
alto, the Iceberg, Jchn Collins,
the Creamery.

%WST A wine glassful of
brandy, glass of
ginger ale and lots of cracked ice. Then
sweeten it to the taste, let the ice get
solid and you have snowfall. It's a
dandy summer drink
''Oh, that's what we call John Sher-
man." replied the barkeeper as he pro-
ceeded to mix the decoction.
1t is cool and refreshing drink, but
it costs 30 cents at any fashionable art
gallery.
The fashions in beverages change
with the weather, and just now the de-
mand is almost entirely for summer
drinks. This does not prevents a Scotch
man from occasionally calling for hot
whisky, but such an order would cause
swell young man to go into fits.
One of the most faShiuable of the new
drinks is vichy and milk. All the drug
stores up town have a sign in their win
dowS announcing that they keep the
''new Paris drink 1t Is an especial
favorite among theatrical folks. so much
SO that the actors call for "Rialto"
when they want vichy and milk. Shed
Shook prefers it even to his own ale,
and Charlie Rice is said to drink at least
a pailful of the delicate mixture each
day. Manager j. NJ. Hill dotes on it,
and it is undoubtedly the pet of the pro-
feSsion.
"Wbat is the dudes favorite drink
this seaSon?' asked reporter.
THE iceberg. 1t has an enticing
the nerves OF a dude, and it looks very
charming"
'How is it made?" asked the re-
porter.
Half a glass of lemonade, dash of
claret and large piece of ice-not
cracked ice, mind you, but as large
piece of solid ice as can be got into the
glass. Half dozen Strawberries and
little nutmeg are then placed on the
top, and the dude drains the delightful
drink through straw.
'By the way, StraWS are going out of
fashion in the tip-top bar rooms. The
latest idea is silver tube, about tn e
size of a straw. 1t looks richer and
does not crack as the StraWS are always
doing"
"What is the favorite morning drink
at present"
"A champagne cocktail for those who
can afford it. 1t is in great demand by
men who have been sitting up all night
with sick friend. 1t acts like cleo
tricity upon the nerves, and physicians
compute that one champagne cocktail is
equivalent to seven hours of solid sleep.
They come high, though, from rs cents
up to S."
Can you make me a strawberry?"
asked guest at the Hoffman house of
the head bartender yesterday.
"Certainly," said the artist, spllling a
gill of strawberry syrup into a pint
glass. Then he dashed a spray of SeltZer
after it. placed some ice in tie glass and
favored the mixture with few slices
of ripe banana.
strawberry is a nice drink" he
said to the reporter, when the guest had
paid 35 cents for it. "Some people think
it too sweet, but the flavor is delicious.
A drink for which there is a growing
call is the John Collins. which must not
be confounded with the well-known
Tom Collins. 1t is the favorite drink of
the Prince of Wales, and was first
shown to Albert Edward by prominent
American who met the prince at a Lon
don theater. The royal scion was so
well pleased with the John Collins that
it is said he manages to get away with
several of them each summer morn
ing.'
''What are the ingredients?" the re-
porter inquired.
"a pint of soda water" replied the
barkeeper, ''a good-siZed quantity of
Holland gin, some lemon Juice and
sugar, shake well with ice and drink
slowly. The John Colius easily fills a
quart glass, which we keep especially
for that drink. Yet / have seen men
drink SIX of them in a morning who
would consider it impossible to consume
half of that amount of pure water in the
same time.
lone of the most popular drinks at
present is the GIN fiZ," continued the
barkeeper. I'm fact, gin is rapidly dis
placing whisky as summer drink, and
it is an ingredient of almost all the IA
VOrite hot weather decoctions. English
men drop in here often and ask for a
'ParalyZer,' or a Death Dealer, or some
other fanciful drink which never had
an existence except in the minds of for
eignerS. In that case we give them a
Manhattan cocktail, or some brandy and
bitters, and they think they are drink
ing mild American mixture.
Claret is being used very generally in
summer drinks. Claret punch is eX-
ceedingly popular with the ladies. and
the barkeepers are frequently asked for
claret sangaree. This is made of
claret and mineral water, with a dash
of nutmeg, and sweetened to the taste.
1t is a gentle and satisfying drink.
The ''creamerN is new drink much
in favor with the swells. A spoonful OF
ice cream and half pint of claret are
the component parts.