The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-30
society Ladies as Bafmaids.

London dispatches say the American
bar was by all odds the most freduented
part of the CHarilig Cross Hospital bazaar
in Royal Albert hall. Mrs. James Brown
Potter was head barkeeper and Lady
Anglesea associate head barkeeper. The
assistants were Lady Mary sackyille'
the Warehouses of CRANKY, Lady Hes
keith, Lady Maitland, Mrs. Frank
Mackay, Miss Ward, Mrs. Nat Goodwin,
Mrs. Newhouse, Mrs Harry Fenwick,
Miss Elliot Page, Miss Tennyson, the
Earl of Yarmouth, the Duke of Man
chester, Lord Vivian, Lord Henry Sey-
mour Lord Edward Seymour, Aliston
McGregor, Ralph Pulitzer, II. Savage
Lander aud Somers Summers.
Most OF these ladies and gentlemen
knew very little about the art of mixing
American drinks Fortunately for the
drinkers, all they did was to serve them
and take the money, the beverages for
the most part being made by competent
persons of anonymous identity.
The American drinks were named in
accordance with the British idea of what
they sho I'D be called. Almost every.
thing masqueraded under the title of
some "sling" or other. There were also
the regular Cockney Yankee beverages
such as Never Fear '',rhe Angels
Kiss and a new one here, which, it is
alleged, was imported from Arizona,
called "NIilady's Smile" The thirsty
Britons insisted, as usual, on having
cocktails that fixed.
The Duke of Manchester and Lord
Yarmouth were i'll the garb of American
barkeepers, with white aprons and CON
cilatory smiles. 1t was difficult to say
which best looked the part, both acting
to perfection. They made gallant at
tempts to do acrobatics while mixing
drinks.
Complaint was made by Americans
that the gentlemen of title were too spar
ing with the ice. 1t was rare thing to
get whisky punch that had in it a piece
of ice larger than a peanut, and the no.
bles insisted on putting a dash of nutmeg
on the pousse-cafes; otherwise they We're
well up in their business.
The amateur walters, however, were
onto more than one trick of the trade.
and unblushingly demanded tips from all
their customers. This bar alone during
| the afternoon took in over $500.
A Very Secret Drawer.
"a secret drawer is sometimes very
hard to locate in large cabinet said
/ dealer in cllrios. II had such a piece
of furniture in the store last winter, and
| knew the drawer was there from refer
ence to it in an old inventory, but, in
| spite Of all my efforts, couldn't dis
cover just where it was. l concluded
| that the spring must be concealed some
| where about the very ornate carving
which ornamented the sides, but it es-
capped my scrutiny until one day when
| had bit of inspiration. Such drawers
are usually made of sheet steel, both for
security and OH account of its thinness,
and / simply passed small pocket COM
pass up and down before the carving:
At one certain point the needle, just as
had anticipated, was DETECTED, and
knew l had at last hit on the right spot
l located it within a few inches, and
then pushed and prodded every projection
with the point of a darning needle until
something gave way, and out jumped the
drawer. It was very cleverly masked at
the edges by the curves of the pattern
and nobody in the world would suspect
its existence. l had hoped that might
find something of value in it, but l was
disappointed; it was quite empty. New
Orleans Times Democrat,