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Cocktails
JIMMIELEE
For many years, the Paymaster of the old Waldorf was
"Jimmie" Lee, a popular young Irishman. Jimmie was so
entirely Gaelic in his sympathies that when a couple of
kilted celts early in th'e War came to the Waldorf and played
their tunes, Jimmie followed those pied pipers back to Erin,
got mixed up in the revolution, and narrowly escaped get–
ting hung-or shot. He came back after the War was over,
a
100%
American. Solon thinks the cocktail was named
after this Jimmie Lee. He recalls a prominent citizen of
Youngstown, Ohio, in connection with the mixture, and his
recollection is that that gentleman was an admirer of the
Waldorf's Paymaster, and presided at its christening.
LEWIS
Dash of Peychaud Bitters
One-third French Vermuth
One-third Italian Vermuth
One-third Plymouth Gin
Frappe and serve
with~Orange
Peel
One-half French Vermuth
One-half Plymouth Gin
Frappe; strain
LIEUTENANT COLONEL
One-half French Vermuth
One-halfAmer Picon Bitters
Frappe
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