Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-08
ICED BEVERAGES.
Cool Drinks Favored With Fruits and
Flowers to soothc Irrltated Nerves.
Correspondence OF the DispatchJ

Correspondence OF the Dispatch)
NEW YORK, July "A charming
French custom for summer and one
that might, with pleasing effect. be more
generally adopted in this country, IS that
Of Offering cool syrups 10 afternoon
guests. After a warm. enervating day
the nerves are always more or less UNI
strung. and al that particular moment a
glass Of iced eau De sucree. orange-hoWcr
water, or violet syrup Is deliclously sooth-
ing.
In France there IS 10 end to the variety
Of these hayorsome drinks. Raspberrcs,
strawberries. cherries. aprcots, bananas,
currants, pincapples, lemon, mint, and
even rose-eaVes are used for this purpose.
The serving OF thls informal refreshment
is always a graceful act Of hospitality.
A bottle Of syrup. of form as tasteful as
possible with Carafe Of water ard
gobiets. placed on a tray before the host
ess, who prepares the syrup by putting the
sweet to the depth Of an inch in the
glass and filling up with filtered water or
eau gazeuse.
SOME SIMPLE RECIPES.
Here Is an admirable drink for warm
weather: Upon half cup Of loaf sugar
pour three pints Of filtered water; sdd a
lump OF sugar by which two drops Of al
mond essence have been absorb d, another
lump which has taken four drops of Va
nilla: still another that has absorbed three
drops OF eau dc cologne See that the
label reads Jean Maria Farina infer dem
Pulichs platz" | will not be responsible
for any others. In this eau de cologne
for / have reed tho original recipe In
the archives-is compressed the essence
OF rosemary and lemon thyme and other
delicious bouquets, and | know Of no other
such skilfull preparation. This eau sucree
will neither taste nor smell OF eau de
cologne but the additions Will b. subtle
flavor agreeable 20 cultiv4ted taste
Then. for beauty. you may add few
well-washed small lemon-thyme leaves
demon vrrbena) and some white or pink
rose petals.
\ FASHIONABLE BEVERAGE.
Bschon is delicacy at high tea. y
delicious one is served al Lady Duftern' )
garden-partles at the BRUSH Embassy
This Is the recipe:
Break ten ounces of loaf sugar into a
punch vase and add two lemons cut in
slices without the seeds; zcst OF half an
orange-otained by rubbing sugar on the
peel-also or half a lemon-peel Pour IN
thu vase two bottles of chablis. de Mo
selle. or Rhine wine, ana two bottles Of
settler and let il stand ten minutes;
then add a quart Of clean Ice chopped
small, and lastly pint Of strawberries.
IL they are In sea son. II not, half the
quantity Of cherries will do, crystalliZed
or bottled. II is served in glass cups. /
should say the delicious Virginia, Florida.
and California wines would make a su-
perb Bischon. \ form OF cold tea IS
popular, and eaten at restaurant and
houses alike. To give 1t correctly:
PUNCH Az THE.
Put into a punch-bowl a lemon zcst
and its Juice with six ounces Of sugar,
two teasp00nfuls Of rum. and small
lumber OF brandy. Upon this pour a
quart OF well-madc strong tea, and pass
through a sieve into a glass punch jug,
half filed with chopped ice. Serve with u
slice of lemon in each cup.
CLARET-CUP A LiANGLAIS.
This is modification of the English
claret-cup, and only shares the general
fashionable quite another thing from po-
nticaD rage FOR all things a FAngiais.
CNr. Emerson, you know, noted SO long
ago a. IN one of his essays that even the
Chinese would be trying 10 AnslIclZc their
pistai!sJ
But this IS not pigtail, but claret-cuD.
therefore, TO proceed: Take twelve ounces
of sugar, the zest Of lemon, and TWO
oranges without their seeds; pour upon
this two bottles Of yin ordinaire and two
bottles OF saltwater, ana a small end OIL
greei cucumber mot peeled, unless you
happen 10 have borage growing in your
garden. then add that. Pour this in a
B large Jug upon a quart OF chopped Ice.
CHAM AND CHAM"
Upon six ounces Of loaf sugar and
pint Of chopped ice pour bottle OF
Chamhertln into a glass punch-bowl. SIN
with = silver puncn-iadie and let IL dis
solve. Upon this pour a bottle OF cham
pagne-one OF the lesser brands-and serve
as soon as possible. It IS generally made
on the table, 50 that the partakers drinI
the effervcScence.
MRS. FLORENCE GREY.