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WTTTY, WISE AND OTHERWISE.

Friend of my soul, this goblet sip,

'Twill chase a pensive tear,

'Tis not as sweet as woman's lip

But oh! 'tis more sincere;

Like her, elusive dream,

'Twill steal away the mind,

But unlike affection's dream

It

leaves no sting behind.

Germans and Saxons used to rlrink their wine and beer from horns unpro–

vided with handles or feet so that the horn had to be emptied by each

~rinker.

"Pledging a health" is a Saxon memento. The drinking horn bad to be

raised in both hands and the drinker's pledge stood beside him with sword

drawn in order that no one should stab him while drinking.

When drinking healths as many cups were drunk as tbere ·were letters in

the name of the person complimented.

French statistics show that France exports four times as much wine as the

vineyards of the country produce.

American statistics show that more California wines and brandies are

shipped to .l!'rench ports than to all other shipping points combined.

These undisputed facts show that the American people are buying Cali–

fornia wines under French labels every day, proving conclusively the truth of

P. T. Barnum's old saying : "The American people like to be humbugged."

When helping a ciistomer to· a still wine of any description, vermouth, a

liqueur or any plain drink with which you do not wish to serve ice,

a very nice

and tasty way to cool the beverage is to bold a piece of ice over the serving

glass with a pair of ice tongs, and pour the drink over it.

Some recipes order the use of

lime juice,

and some call for

lemon juice.

Long experience has taught me that the juice of one is as good as the juice

of

the other; but in using

rind or peel

for a flavor, lemon peel is the proper

thing, as lime-skin has a. very bitter taste and is only used in the :flavoring

of

a Rickey or a Mamie Taylor.

For the benefit of the novice, I will state that a jigger (which is ordered

used in

~any

of my recipes) is a little silver measure shaped like and having

the same capacity as a sherry glass.

It

is supposed to hold an average drink

of any liquor, and I would advise any inexperienced person to use either a

jigger or a sherry glass until they accustom themselves to measuring correctly

by practice with the eye.