The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-16
THE COMPLETE BARTENDER
REMINISCENCES OF HARRl'
JOHNSON, DEAN EMERITUS.
As a Puhllean ZEE Sai az the neeeipt -
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Harry johnson. publican useE
no Old fashioned word himself who has
uught their business more or less 10 hun
reds 81 thousands Of bar. restaurant and
1otsl keopsrs in this country and Europe.
.sturnod 20 New York few days agoafter
TWO years tour on the other side. This
= the Harry johnson who was In charge
Hf Delmonino's bar and wine cellar when
nat restaurant was az Broadway and
Jhambers street and mixed drinks Tor
rwcei and many other beveragisss Of
mat day And he rs also the author Of
the -Rartenders Manual which is now
tinted IN several languages.
I was a publican Tor fifty yeaFs.' said
Jahnaon yesterday. hut shall never go
.ata the business again ! came over
Iartly 10 ses how my nephew, Paul Henk.e.
- managing the kaiaerhOf restaurant.
Tor brought Paul up in the business and
raturally I want 20 Sc how he h carrying
rut my Instructions
No he said. In answer 10 a question.
did rot start as publican IN New York,
although date hack 80 Tar here that many
p.opls think began here. II was away
tack in Isoo in Sun FnRcisco when | was
only rs years old that | began 10 mix
drinks in the Union Hotel IN that city.
The drinks ! invented and the way
I mixed them attracted many patrons
70 the har. and | had 80 many requisite
from other hartenders to tell how ! made
tbs ar that drink that wrote a little book
which 1 called the Bartenders Manual.
and within six weeks my publishers had
odd io.00O copies at a price much higher
Than get for my new boots. which are
very much larger
well the book got scattered all over
the country and the newspapers wrote
many stories about the book and ms and
a very curious thing resulted Il was in
isaa that man named - Bpuh. who kept
the finest harrOom In New Orleans. wrote
and asked me Il I would enter a national
composition in drink mixing ! went 10
New Orleans, and there were compositions
from Sc. Louis. Cincinnati. Boston. New
York and same other cities The COM
r,ittee 20 Judge us were partly people In
the trade--hotel keepers and the like
h,lt Thew were patrons Of the tar too. who
we're Judges and lawyers and merchants.
The conditions were that each contestant
in turn was to 90 behind the bar. arrange
tie working bench. as We call IL. to suit
himself. and when the contestant was
ready a dozen customers were 70 step
IN and order each his favOrits mixed
drink when IL came my time a certain
Judge Wilson led up a party 81 a dozen
men and instead Of giving me- orders Tor
cocktails. fips. iuieps or whatever, said
ne Judge: Well Master Harry. you can
Jl4t mir us a dozen whiszsy cocktails.
ana we'll zee what YOU do with an order
lks that.'
4 out a dozen water glasses on the
ra- in two rows of six each. On top q
each row I made pyramids u cocktail
elRssea. three At the bottom thea two
sad ons al the top, The glasses under
the ton one we're nearly covered over
YOU see. hut I Arranged - that there " a.
q little crack left uncovered In the mouth
u each glass Then ] mixed what would
maize iurt 4 dozen cocktails, poured Cll
u them inty one large sinss. covered
sat ovs- WIN the mouth 81 imila-
rl&ss. aud using No strainer whateve-.
held the two big Elsses mouth -
mouth and iust opened little bit Of q
tsevice % lei tho oocktGiis pour out and
ssen the ice in. And IN that wav ! filled
the ~ elve glasses. not spilltng drop,
tpot gh I had but a crack o. pour from
and \ crack % pour IN AZ times. Your
trinks are ready gentlemen, / says. and
honestly they gave ne cheer After
that 10 was twelve mint iuleps. favOrite
drink IN NsW Orleans IT, those days. but
nv mixture seemed b slit pretty well
ANY, az wOn the prize That Nas 81 900
in gold and . solid silver mixing sloon
AMI tunlhloT
PEN New Orleans Mr. johnson went
10 Chicago: there he was burned out ia
TIE great ire 4 bOOlcseiler gave him
81 10 then for a revised edition " his
Manual aud that started him HgR'n
IA his career % e publican. At the ten-
tenniai oalebrf ton IN Philadeiph!a be h. 4
oha-re u the Globe Hotel tle-n. with 20Q
employees Under HIM,
~ VS. IN 1873. continued Mr Johnson
that came % New YORK and lleluonicD's
naid me- tin0 q week ~ take charge both
nl the bar and the vine cellar. Tweed vas
a daily Customer there then He would
c9ue in every Afternoon With Harry
Burnett who was rweed's contractor
lnr paving BroatWay from the Battery
D flurte-uth street, They both drank
snampa ene. nothing but champR gne
esrert that II they dined there they otld
,,,rna oct % me a. the bar after dinner
for y pony OF brandy That was brandy
that I0rsng DelmOnioJ told mo he paid
glOO q gallon for ThVsa ! served u - In
usnis.s paid 81 n pony for a.
II vas while DelmOnicO was still down
nv CIV Hall that Gen. Grant came In one
dlv with the Grand Duke Alsxia. ] sup
poe some one had been telling the Grand
Duke abOHt ne. for he said a. polite a.
volu. ease that he wished me N mix him 9
drink asked him Il there was any sttll
vine be- Was fond 81 particularly. and be
rzld yos. sherry. ~ ] MIXED him a sherry
a.. aud he drank. well. ! wOuldnt say how
Inany hat he was a biR husky man and al
vav. mad a reasonable thirst BY the
way YOU often hear that Russians are
fond Z hard drinks, but the Grand Duke
reside, the sherry fips drank nothing
Hr champagne. Delmonico's bar bust
res boz those days was great. Right
icross the bar Itself. not including any
vine ~ any other drinks served with
meals. my daily average receipts there
IL 81 the International News Com
parry asked me 10 revise and enlarge my
Bartender. Manual. which did. They
PINNED a 90 copies and paid me Tor them
g.'ri .rf With that money aud what mad
a'ed thiie with Delmonic0 | started the
'at.Ir Jumbo on the BOgery near 0rhnd
.trcaf next 20 CnOgan Bros u vas a
'fFn Dis ~ a place. only fourteen teci
vidr. hut I put q lot 81 money INTO ~
fvWrps and furniture, and my friend.
AID 2 Vas crazy 20 20 70 the BowerY and
zen DO. most extensively furnished bAi