1937 Café Royal Cocktail Book Coronation Edition

extravagant fantasy, they were interludes. The Cafe had its own sort of domesticity, a home from home. The afternoon sleep of the famous musical director was gently broken by the ting-ringing of a spoon on a balloon glass. For the staff had to be confidants, friends and diplomats at times of need, experts in the straightening of curious complications and disputes, hierophants of the genius of conviviality.