The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-20

tor sale I'm the United States, but The bar
koopegs do mot seem 70 b able 70 live mp
20 The quality OF their liquoe.
There 10 said To be . Law Of compensar
t3on operating In all thinas; it certainly
operates very powerfully ON the Bsitish
Columbian barkeepers.
They can put the finest liquor into q
cocktail that tastes worse than the effort
OF The latest recruit In . German grocery
20 give . pleading surprise 10 . half-frosen
milkman NJ g q. mn.
The cosnm0nest gr0Ggery In Victoria
has three-star Hennessy brandy for sale
~ 10 cents for . big glass wish q quarter of
q pint OF sodN thrown in; Burks's Irish
whisky of the hest brand i. on tap every.
where, and IL you want Bourbon whisky,
they give you h best Kentucky brand,
pure and straight as II came from the still
straight. but Il YOU wan a mixed drink
you are sure TO have trouble.
Ihey d,d nave = vt . nr. n-. Ansri ss
runs the swell hotel there came down to
Kkarney street barkeeper. to Victoria to
mitigate the asperitics Of life OH vancouv-
Gus-the proprietor's name was Gus
was proud OF his new ~barkeeper, and
talked about him.. One day the Marquis
suite aes 10 pia sSp q game as' Of ' biili a1ss. VII" his
Gus was there.
he saw a chance to give the new har
Timidly he approached the Marquis
and told him hat he had q great Ameri-
do him the honor to sample the work Of
the great man 2"
His HiGhness would.
cafe for eight. seven colors in each glass.
II was q sight to see that bartender 30
g work: The TSarHui. and his seven
him. First he put i'm the red liquor and
then added a stratum Of pale blue. A
dash of vivid green. A line of pure white,
brilliant canary yellow ana q dark
hssc% ;,,s So% y 9ssea IL drink topped s of
hand Of the cunning workman had done
fits work we'll: Not q line WAS broken. not
eight brilliant drinks were placed ON the
bar with eight glasses half FULL Of water
"All ready. gentlemen said the bar
"Aw," said the marquis, rs he APP
"Aw,' said the seven gentlemen of his
The supreme had arrived. and
each heart beat 30 wildly That the room
Sclsmnly and slowly !, the he marquis raised
SoIemniy and slowly the seven gentle
men of his suite raised theirs.
Calmly and deliberately the marquis
water and drank the mixture.
Calmly and deliberately the seven gem
tIemeIl OF his suit did the same.
An hour later the American barkeeper
might have been seen i'm a small boat
headed for the United States.
have been content with the old-style bar
keeper. He is always "a broad-shouldered
Briton, wears a WOODEN jacket, has his
shirt-sIceves rolled up and couldn't tell a
brand that stood behind the bar of a swell
s ssrs. %ha s se@ G %Sr.n ns TO- S S%s salmon f%rss for @. a
San Francisco house, walked in. Walters
was dry, but theo outlook did not please
"Cany you make me a decent cocktail"
he asked. obviously.
ayes, sir" replied the barkeeper in con-
G. ahead and make one then,'' said
that would hold a quart and set it on the
bar. Then he put in u heapinR spoonful
ais that for my drink ?" asked Walters.
ayes, sir" replied the b~arkeepcr, and
he added more sugar.
Then he threw in four squirts out of the
Jamasca ginger bottle and paused. A
spoonful of orgate and one OF Curacao
~ere the next ~nGredients ronr sa"lr1ss
lowed.
ayes sir" replied the barkeeper as he
threw i'm six squirts of absinthe. This he
supplemented with a dozen drops each OF
benedictine, orange bitters and
By this time the big glass contained a
quarter of q pint of a muddy fiuid. The
barkeeper added an equal amount OF
whiskey, shook ii up in a shaker, poured
il into a bar glass and pushed it over to
"Drink it yourself" said Walters. "If
you'd make a cocktail like that i'm Amer
lea they'd mob YOU"
The barkeeper drank the mixture and
never winked. .
Twill you make n cocktail my way ?"
asked Walters.
ayes, SIR"
"Then put i'm as much sugar AS would
cover a dime, six drops of water, one drop
of absinthe, one drop of Boonekamp, and
cool the glass with ice. Then half fill the
glass with whiskey and pour the drink into
a thin glass.
The harkeeper obliged and pushed the
drinlNover to Walters, who gulped it down
with tleep satisfaction.
.Db you know what they'd say IL I made
q cocktail like that in Victoria ?' asked
she h~Arkeeper 0ravely.
'No."
"They'd say, Drink IL yourself, you -
BLIND SCULPTOR.
vidal, the French Artist. and the WORK He
A~cc0mplishes.