The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-11
HOW 1T Is DONE.

Commenting on the return of an
eminent citizen of Maricopa county
| from the convention of the National
Bartenders' association at Denver, the
Phoenix Republican takes the liberty
of airing it's knowledge of the sublime
art of compounding mixed drinks. The
Republican has defended the water
cure" in the Philippines and other
questionable things at home, but when
it tackles the mixed drink problem it
goes beyond it's depth.
Discussing the qualifications of the
returned delegate from the Barkeep-
erss convention, to properly represent
the skillfuI men behind white aprons
and diamonds who minister to the
thirsty of Phoenix our contemporary
takes occasion to sneer at the high
ball. This was entirely uncalled for
and unnecessary. The high-ball is
| the thirsty mans best friend, and to
refer to it as ''the simple high-ball'
reveals ignorance. How would the
learned man of the Phoenix Republican
make high-ball?
A scientific person contributed to a
recent issue of the New York Sun a
more or less learned disquisition on
the subject of high-balls, first stating
the component parts of that popular
beverage, and then deducing from his
own premises the conclusion that it is
other point of view Objectionable He
tells us how to make high-ball thus:
A bit of ice is placed in the bottom
of the glass, and then bit of lemon
peel Ia positively barbarous combina-
tion); a lot of whisky is poured in the
mixture is stirred with a spoon; the
customer raises his glass; the bar
tender squirts it full to the brim or
some effervescent water; the Gus
toner drinks it all up at one or pos,
sibly two gulpS. very much as he
would take seidlitZ powder.or a pill;
and by a few repetitions of the opera,
| ton has filled his stomach with gases
that drive the alcohol to his brain, the
lemon acid increasing the stomachic
activity, and the customer is drunk.
| though similar quantity of liquor
properly imbibed would have produced
no i'll effects.
Is that the prescription commonly
used in Phoenix? Is it the one ap,.
proved by the Republican? What sur
prises us is the fact that the New
York Sun, in commenting editorially
upon the scientific persons PROPOSE
ton, accepts all it's fallacies without a
protest. The Sun must know-cer-
tainly the Phoenix Republican ought
| to knOw-that the true high-ball is not
made with one piece Of ice or with any
amount of lemon peel. Lemon peel
enters largely into the composition of
the cocktail. the "Remsen cooler" and
the horses neck" 1t has no place
in the high-ball, and the evil effects of
that ingredient may, therefore, be
W.
THE true high-ball, we desire to
firmly inform the Phoenix Republican.
| is made by putting several pieces of
ice-chunks, not shavings-pouring
in the measure of whisky desired by
the customer, and then filing up with
some effervescent or sparkling water.
After this the genuine epicure stirs
the concoction smartly with a spoon
thereby liberating most, if not all, OF
the so-called "deleterious gases" and
retaining only the softening and miti-
eating results of the original injection.
Nor is it true that the drinker absorbs
his high-ball at one or two gulps. any
more than it is true that he consumes