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INTRODlJCTION TO .MIXED DRINKS.
consequently, to be presented separately, if it is desired
on your guest's part.
Very different it is when you have a drink in which
the ice is to remain; in this case use plenty of fruits, as
it is pleasing to the eye and allows your guest to eat it
if he likes.
Reasons Why Men Drink.
MEN
drink to quench thirst, on account of a drink's
effect, to get an appetite, to promote digestion, to en–
joy its taste, for curiosity, from habit, because of dis–
couragement, on account of ambition, to forget poverty,/
to show their riches, because of sickness, because they
do not feel well, for the purpose of learning, to dispel
sorrow. This one wants to warm himself; that one is
overheated and wants to get cool; one has lost in Wall
Street; another's shares have gone up; one man's best
girl went
back.onhim; another is going to marry the
best girl in town; one drinks behind the door, another in
a public
pla~e.
Some men will drink out of pure style;
they
want~to
show their diamonds and jewelry, their
costly clothes, and mainly their money. But most men
will
drink, because it is " business." I remember a cir–
cumstance that occurred between a diamond broker of
Maiden Lane and myself. One fine morning a custo- ..
mer entered his store to buy goods, but the broker did
not succeed in selling, when all at once the idea struck
him, "A nice drink might bring him to terms ." He in–
vited his customer and up they came to the bar.
With