Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-07-17
A HOT BEVERAGE.
Men Who Drink to Stimulate Their
Appetites.

Did you ever here of Worcestershire
sauce cocktail2 Probably not. Yet
they are drank by certain persons whose
stomachs require strong decoction to
tone them up. ate breakfast in GER
tain popular restaurant yesterday, and
could find no Worcestershire on my table
with which to flavor my steak. When
the headwaiter brought bottle to me he
smiled and remarked, ''We can't afford
to keep Worcestershire on the tables any
longer, sir; too many people drink it up"
"Drink it upl You don't mean to say
that any one drinks Worcestershire as a
beverage. | should think it would burn
the roof out of his mouth"
''It probably would out of an ordinary
mans" said the headwaiter; ''but for an
old rounder w worcestershire sauce is the
best 'bracer' in the world. 1t straightens
him up when whiskey and gin cocktails,
and even absinthe, have lost their grip.
Befort we hid our Worcestershire bottles
away, | have seen them come in, sit
down at the tables, give their order for
breakfast, and then as soon as the walters
back was turned, empty their glass of
water, seize the bottle, fill the COB
let half full of the sauce, and down
it at gulp. The effect is quick and
wonderful. Men who come in all played
out, shaky and dilapidated, will
straighten up and be as hungry as a
tramp by the time breakfast is brought.
Oh, there is nothing like a Worcester
shire cocktail. The old FOUNDERS would
tell you so, if they would tell the. truth.
But they won't. They are ashamed of
it, and conceal their craving, | don't
believe you could get one of the Worces-
tershire 'iends' to own up to it
''Did you ever know anybody to ask
for drink of " orccstershire!"
Never but once He is an old Gus
toner, and gives me good tips, so | will
not expose him by telling his name. He
used to look around wistfully after the
bottles disappeared from our tables, and
when he couldn't find them he would or
der absinthe But that didn't hit the right
spot, like Worcestershire. Presently de-
tected him drinking the tomato catsup. |
said nothing, but the catsup bottles were
taken off. The next morning he came
in to breakfast as usual, and | saw him
look for the tomato catsup. He couldn't
find it, of course. I said to myself,
'What will you do now, old manl' He
was evidently disturbed But he ordered
his breakfast and began inspecting the
cruets in the stand on the table. All at
once bright idea struck him. He took
out the cayenne pepper cruet, Literally
sprinkled the water in his goblet, and
drank it down. | could stand it nc
longer. Walking up to him, said: Mr.
-, would you like some Worcester
shireG He flushed up, for he saw that
knew his secret-no secret, though, fol-
he is only oIfe of dozen such that fire.
quent this restaurant. 'Yes, he replied,
Il would. Nothing picks me up like
Worcestershire. tell you what I'll do.
Sell me bottle and keep it for me, and
when | come in to get my breakfast, pour
me out small glassful on the quiet,
Say nothing to anybody, and l will see
that you will lose nothing l did so;
and now he gets his Worcestershire cock
tail every morning, and eats his break
fast like little man."
1t is well known to the trade that one
of the ingredients of many of the sauces
used on meats is assafGtida. This is the
drug administered in hospitals and inc
briate asylums to patients who are suffer
ing from the effects of hard drinking.
Probably the presence of the assaf@tida
explains why ''rounders" find the drink
ing of table sauces so invigorating to
their orn-out stomachs. The question
is, How long will the effects last After
worcestershire, what9-[ New York Star.