The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-14

much damage, especially when he is
allowed only a small punch glass of it
once an hour, nor will half pint of
claret divided among ten men prove
injurious; so that it is really worse in
sound and anticipation than in reality.
The properly mixed summer drink is
like the properly made mince pie, all
right as to the intoxicants. They are
hidden and merely used for flavor, and
the woman who can conscientiously
eat her Thanksgiving piece of pie can
just as conscientiously sip her summer
drink.
For the prohibitionist there is no
argument. He can take his ice and his
lemon into one corner and make him a
nice little summer drink. When he
wants a very good flavor he can add
a tablespoon of mashed currants, well
stirred in with the ice and the lemon.
But if he prefers a spicier
drink he can use a little Jamaica
ginger in the ice and plenty of lemon
and sugar. Such drinks are very good
and If mixed by an expert they are so
high and fine in flavor that the lack
of claret is not noticed. They will be
greedily drunk even by degenerates,
who will smack their lips and ask for
more. People who demand a little
whisky in everything can find a sub
stitute in bruised root ginger, which is
really very healthful and invigorating.
The new summer cup is not a pro-
hibition drink. 1t starts out with bot
tie of claret, which is its background
and the foundation of it's being.
To make it pretty girl is necessary,
for there never lived a military man
who could relish a drink that was not
brewed by a pretty girl Let her stand
herself 70
her military friend near by to counsel
and to sip, let her place upon the table
a sauce bowl. The bowl should be a
china one of military type. Get one
decorated with Santiago scenes, or
with shattered Spanish forts, or with
Filipino natives. The more warlike the
better, for half of the spirit of a sum-
mer drink lies in its environment. The
old oaken bucket gave forth bracing
drink, while the modern water pail is
fiat and tastes of the pail.
BY the side of the bowl must stand
wicked black bottle, labeled claret, and
fianking it are lemons, cracked ice and
a bottle of settler ready for the at
tack.
A tall glass is the implement of
workmanship, and with this in her
hand the pretty girl shovels in ice. Mil
itary cup is not a shake and take
drink but one that is mixed and pull
ed through paper straw.
The bowl should hold two quarts or
half a gallon. In mixing there should
be room left at the top for the spoon
to sink in and for the chance jostle
of the table. An overfull bowl is as
bad as one that is too skimp.
Into the glass which is the beginning
of all things go five small Jumps of
ice. Then comes a squeeze of lemon,
just enough to make a flavor. Each
lemon should be good for six squeeZes,
so let the fair mixer take note and reg
ulate the pressure of the squeeze.
When she has let the lemon drip
over the ice she will shovel in two tea
spoons of powdered sugar. and will
squirt and stir well. Then into the
glass she will pour enough claret to
cover the ice. This she will toss into
the big waiting bowl.
She will repeat this operation six
times, or until she has six glasses of
claret and lemon, ice and sugar, all
tossed into the bowl.
Now, when all is in the bowl, comes
the pretty part, the actually trying
part the stage in which the mixer
pronounces her doom or stamps herself
as a mixer extraordinary
With her griZZled cavalier as an audi
ence she lifts the benedictine bottle and
carefully measures out tablespoon.
This she pours into the big bowl of
claret lemon, sugar and ice, and stirS
up.
When the benedictine has assimilat
ed she takes a wine glass and pours 1t
quarter full of the best brandy. This.
too, goes into the punch. Finally, If her
audience approve. she may add half
wine glass of sherry.
A quarter of a wine glass of brandy,
half a wine glass of sherry and a pint
bottle of claret will not make a great
disturbance in half gallon of cup, but
they will give a flavor which is slipped
by connoiseurs and pronounced great.
If the mixer be so inclined she can
slice half cucumber into the bowl
and remove the slices after five min
utes, and she can float half a dozen
berries on top. This is according to her
discretion and her ability to obtain
good berries.
The military cup is not completed I'M
til served. 1t must be dipped into a
glass until the glass is half full. Iced
settler is now squirted upon it in suf-
ficient quantity and with force enough
to fill the glass.
With two paper straws the whole is
served and slowly partaken of by the
audience. If mixed with care and "ac-
cordng to taste" as the cook book
says, the result will leave little to be
desired.
The ingredients are in such small
quantities, with the exception of the
ice and settler, that the grizzled cav
alier may beg for more, in which case
give him an extra dash of claret and
bid him reflect upon his mercies.