The sun., 1913-11-30
MINT .ICLEP.
Many Are the Kinds, hut the Way Of Fer.
feet ION IL One.

WuUy sNTC tvC nVVbSs Uut tt WY W.
fcctiOn Is One.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir. When
you see 1t in THE Sun and II isn't so. what
shall poor woman do? Write and give
authorities, 1t seems to me. Hence please
say to your reviewer about his verdict on
my way to Mint Julep: THE Old South
would not stand for It" that the way Is
my fathers way He was born in 1897 and
certainly knew the proper drinkings OF a
gentleman. Marrying so late In life that
his children might easily have been his
grandchildren, he passed on to me, the
youngest of them. very much concrete
wisdom Of experience.
Further. he was no provincial; the
stretch between manhood and matrmOny
was spent in high adventure. which took
him pretty well over the whole peoping
wilderness between his native Carolina and
New Orleans. His miniature. painted In
New Orleans around 1928. smiles at Inc as
I write. He sent II back 70 his mother
before going on to buy a Mexican silver
mine. Incidentally to his rangings and
tradings he saw pretty much all the
notable sporting events. as for example
the match between Bonnets o Blue and
Clara Fisher whose owners backed them
| respectively for 5000, at four miles and
repeat.
This write not I'm vainglory. but as
attesting his knowledge OF julep and
other things. His father would none
| of jueps, for good cause. After dissolv-
| ing tidy patrimony in the brandy bottle
| he decided that sweet wine alone was fit
for gentlemen sound Canary or Madeira
| thenceforth served him, bought IN casks
| and ripened in the wood. lie had reason
| for his faith, since SOLDERING thus on wine
he retrieved his fortunes, though he died
comparatively young. His WIFE, my
grandmother. true to her French strain.
had a pretty taste In liquors also great
| moderation in use of them Her cherry
| bounce Is duly set forth in "Dishes and
Beverages" II better is brewed have
| not happened ever to taste it.
| Harkng back TO mint julep. ! wish my
| critic might have the luck once to see and
smell and sip julers such as were served
| to us upon rising at the most hospitable
house in hospitable Robertson county. Mint
| for them grew in very rich soil. partly
| shaded. thus 1t sprang quickly. almost
| magfcally, but was never coarse.
| II was cut at dawn in midsummer
! drenched with dew. shipped off at three
| inches or less and Set dew gemmed around
the goblet edges. half sunk IN sugared
| water and broken ice. Washing would
have been PROCLAMATION it had grown too
Iuuickly to have even "A trace of dust. After
| 1t was duly placed the whiskey was
poured very gently. very steadily. until 1t
stood level with the rim. Such whiskey :
| Robertson county's best Wilson Pitt was
! "A faVoritc brand so was Silver Spring.
| Made from sound Hint corn. after the
| old honest fashion. aged in wood, colored
| very family by charred barrels and kept
| at least four years II was fit for the gods.
Not a headache IN hogshead of it, un-
less YOU overdrank The pity of it that
J prohibition has conquered such an Eden
That however. Is beside the mark.
Our juleps came up TO us about sun
| rise A tinkle Of ice and spoons outside
l .,l,,
one maid fetched the tray of juleps. Be
hind came another with II bigger tray fell
of dew flowers. roses. carnations, hello
tropc. scented and scarlet geraniums. II
| was the law OF the house that YOU came
to breakfast beautifully. with flowers in
your hair, at your throat, in your belt
thus only were You in harmony with Il
table heap.d high with dew Wet blossoms
Ian down It's length. And truly. thiih
b!oiled oh ckcr wai'lcs and their con
gcncrs tasted better Tor the pans We had
taken to adorn ourselves
Here in New York town | have mad,
mint julep hut sem -occas.oually This fol
cause, the difficulty Of getting ~ hand mint
worth while POS Ni.ld hVt srlut Bnt
stprvcliuc sprics and thCy harhOr Sealr
As for the common market variety tHa|
butchers supply. | hate the sight Of L. i5u
row and again hy the largesse OF country
friends. have been able to serve iul"ps
. Henry dralIl one OF them with markcr
and manifest approval Al the same TIM
he told M his way of Julep, which was
quite unlike NY own 1t Included. a'
nearly as I remember. fruit cordia!s am
MIXED liquor whisliey and brandy. n
whiskey and a specia! rum. iie was cage
20 have my husband try IT, They pianuc'
such an occasion. hut fate inter- os"d
Thus | lack a household verdict uuo'
juep with frills on. Being no doemat 81
am willing to admit there may hr os nHr'