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Old Waldotf Bar Days
was Fanny Ward. Yes, Fanny Ward! One doesn't see as
much of Fanny these days as one did when she played
Cupid-speaking literally, that is, for Fanny in the play
was
Cupid.
Fanny discovered England late in the last cen–
tury, , married a South African millionaire and had a
bijou house in Berkeley Square. Her daughter married a
peer. She herself is now teaching Paris, London and New
York-and even Hollywood-that sixty years means noth–
ing, if you know what to do.
Two dashes Orange Bitters
One-half Sherry
One-halfltalian Vermuth
Stir
ALASKA
Dash ofOrange Bitters
One-third Yellow Chartreuse
Two-thirds Tom Gin
ALEXANDER One-third Gin
ALL RIGHT
One-third Creme de Cacao
One-third Cream
Frappe
Popular among those who wanted quick results.
ALPHONSE
One-fifth Italian Vermuth
Four-fifths Nicholson Gin
Frappe, and serve with piece of Orange
Peel in glass
It was a famous cartoonist who was responsible for a
series of comics that ran in newspapers some thirty years
ago, l>ased upon trac;l.itional French politeness. "After you,
my dear Gaston," "After you, my dear Alphonse," was the
text or tenor of the captions, with the result .that neither
got past the door, or whatever it was. Some barman was a
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