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THE MIXICOLOGIST.
White Plush.
(Use small barglass.)
Hand a bottle of bourbon or rye whiskey to the
customer and let him help himself. Fill up the
glass with fresh milk.
A curious story about the origin of this drink is
thus told by the New York
H erald:
" There are some mixed drinks that are standbys,
and are always popular, such as cocktails, punches,
and juleps; but every little while there will be a
new racket sprung on the public that will have a
great run for a time, and then get knocked out by
another. About a month ago white plush got its
start in this way_: There was a country buyer down
from New England somewhere, and a party of dry
goods men were trying to make it pleasant for him.
So they took him into a swell barroom down town,
and were going to open sour wine. Same old story,
you know; get him full as a balloon and then work
him for a big order.
It
turned out that this q)Un–
tryman was not. such a flat as they thought him.
Though he had been swigging barrels of bard cider
and smuggled Canada whiskey for the last twenty
years, he pleaded the temperance business on them;
said he never drank, and he guessed h e'd just take
a g lass of water if they'd g it him one, as he was
kinder thirsty walkin' round so much. Well, tha t
was a set-back for the
b~s.
They knew he h ad
lots of money to spend, and h_e was one of those
unapproachable ducks that h ave got to b e warmed
up before you can do anything with them.