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PART VII
Drunk
at the
OldWaldorf Bar
F
OR THE
convenience of students of the cultural his–
tory and
mores
of the American people, to whom the
significance of the names, if not their composition, may
furnish material for research, the bibulous concoctions
long known and served at the Bar of the 'old Waldorf
have been arranged alphabetically, and in two classes.
The cocktails have been set down in one list and the
others, which might be classed as "beverages," though
that title might be open ·llo dispute, have been termed
"Fancy Potations and Otherwise."
Were this a book of instruction, some discussion of
ways and means, which might be of value, would per–
haps not be out of order-particularly the latter. That
would involve further classification, as well. But one
believes that sufficient has been said in Part I to stim–
ulate earnest seekers into wherefores and hows up to
tracing the origins of many of the names, and assigning
them to their historical periods. As for effects-well, one
who glances carefully over the lists will discover that
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