Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
JULEP SECRET
IS KEPT SACRED
CONNOISSEUR
COnnoisseur of Drinks Sees Mix
oIogist Work Twelve Minutes
on Connection.

WASHINGTON. June 2S.-A Prov
i5ence, R. L, man, who IS a con-
noisseur in things good to eat and
drink, to wear. to read and to Look
at. was in Washington recently when
a feeling came over him that ne
would like to have what he had not
enjoyed for several years-a real
Southern mint Julep, the kind that
he and others read about and that
are dispensed i'm the private club
rooms of Southern cities by leading
citizens accompanied by the tradi-
tional manifestations Of Southern
hospitality and courtesy.
At the cash register Of an ornate
bar an elderly gentleman was doing.
and there was no evidence whatever
Of life in the gilded and glass be
decked room. The old gentleman said,
however in reply to a query, that he
thought mint julep, could be mixed
there and he rang a bell. He was an
old man, somewhere on the shady
side Of 20. and had all the earmarks
Of Southern brigadier Of the type
that up to a few years ago was u
typical Congressman.
Disappearing for several minutes
the Colonel, as the visitor afterward
designated him, returned with two
punches of mint, the delicious aroma
Of which showed that It was fresh
and crisp. Placing two glasses on the
bar, he dissolved a lump Of hard
sugar in each by means of a table
spoonful of water
Then, selecting shreds Of the mint
as carefully as if he were selecting
pearls for a brides necklace. he
! placed "a bunch in each glass, folding
the bottom ends into the dissolved
and now thoroughly stirred sugar
and pushing the tops back from the
rim Of the glass.
Whisky Aged as Mixer.
Then he added cracked ice. cracking
| II as carefully as he selected the
mint until the glasses We're two
| thirds fun. After this the dignihcl
| barkeeper strOlled deliberately to the
other end of the long bar and -
! turned with a bottle Of whisky that
/ bore a popular label and date show
| ing that it was only slightly younger
Putting a large iigger Of this into
each glass, the Confederate brigadier
next, by the same process Of selec-
! ton, collected two more Punches Of
mint, which he inserted piece ~
| piece, into the connection and added
| a little more cracked ice. Up to this
! time eXactly eleven minutes had been
/ consumed since the glasses were
/ PLACID on the bar to receive the sugar
and water, and the thirsty patrons
| thought the beverage was ready for
| them.
Mysterious Bottle Used.
But not yet. Going off to the oppo-
] site end of the bar the CoIrtly mint
! iulep mixer returned with a little bot
| tie the label of which he carefully
/ concealed by covering it with his
! hand. Squirt, squirt, he put a dash
| of something into each glass, went
| away back to the shelf whence he
| got the bottle, placed it thereon, ana
returning, indicated by a nod Of the
/ head that the juleps We're ready 10 Oe
! disposed Of Twelve minutes had nov
! been occupied in the labor Of love and
/ not a word had been spoken by anv
| of the three persons present at the
| performance.
The glasses were picked up. the
| gentleman from Providence and his
| friend rejected the straws placed
| handy by, each stuck his nose into
/ the mint and proceeded TO drink. As
| they did 80 they looked at each other
with an expression that spoke vol
| umes. The Providence man, after his
| friend had returned from the other
end of the room where he had gone 70
/ pay the check. found the cookies 81
| his heart opening up, and he said to
! the silent and sOurtly barkeeDer, My
dear sir, that was the finest NAV