The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-20
ORIGIN OF MIXED DRINKS
The Mint Julep Known to Beau
mont and Fletcher.
The Cocktail n Native of Mexico.
An Ingenious Shoemaker the In
ventor of the CobbIer-HoS the
Term Smile in Reference to Inn
billing Is Said to Have Originated.

1t may please the numerous devotees
Of the mint julep to know that mankind
was acquainted with that deleetable bey-
erage as far back as Beaumont and
Fle.cher's time. those poets making men
ton of 1t in their play, THE Mad Lover
(act ii. scene u.
The word, though generally supposed
to be an Americanism, really comes from
the Arabic and Persian julab, meaning
rosewater.
The origin OF the word cocktail" APP
piled to the popular drink OF that name.
was for long time hidden in the deepest
obscurity until the New York correspon-
dent Of the MANCHESTER Examiner" rec
emily threw light upon the matter by the
following explanations:
The word" writes the Examiners"
correspondent. comes from Mexico.
where pulque, a kind of liquor obtained
from the cactus, is the national Triple
The Aztec word for pulque is Pronounced
octel, and the American Army which,
under General Scott, invaded Mexico some
nifty years ago, corrupted the word into
cocktail and carried it back to the Unit
ed States.
"There is a tradition in Mexico that
pulque was first discovered by one of
Montezuma's mobiles, who sent 1t to the
Emperor by the hand of his daughter,
Octel.' The monarch tasted the liquor,
then locked at the maiden smiled and
thereupon gulped it down. 1t not only
tickled his palate, hut touched his heart,
and it is reported that he married the
girl. From that day to this the Mexicans
have kept themselves well supplied with
pulque, and when drinking together-inva-
ri HI inpl nd 10 at ha-
fore swallowing
Yankees have adopted a si11ilar custom
when imbibing their whisky, and fire.
quently, when DESTROYS of inviting a
friend to take drink, ask him to take
Q smile ="
The NEST recent addition to the already
long list of American mixed drinks ap-
pears to be the Mamie Taylor" evil
IDENTIFY so-called from one OF the fair sex
of that name.
1t is simply compounded of whisky and
ginger ale in proper proportion. The
term .'eobbler'' is accounted for in the
following manner:
Very many years ago an ingenious shoe
maker devised warm drink compounded
out Of beer, spirits, sugar. and spice. This
he called "eobbIers' punch" and the cons
coction becoming widely known and very
popular, it was, in due time, carried into
this country Here however, it was
adapted more especially for warm weather
in which form it was composed of wine,
sugar. lemon, and powdered ice, ilnbibed
through a straw. There are various kinds
of "cobbIers," but sherry cobbler'' is
most frequently called for. 1t is to be re-
marked that this beverage is about the
only American institution which Charles
Dickens mentions fayorably in his Mar
tin Chuzzlewit-"
An eye-opeEer signifies a stimulant
adopted more especially to the needs of
one who has but lately awakened, OF
whose spirits are sill weighed down
with drowsiness. A sling" of which
species a "gin-sling'' is the must com
mon, is drink composed of equal parts
of spirit and water sweetened