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CHAPTER XIII
CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE DRINKS
What Some of Our Best Known People Drink When
They Are Abroad
BEN BERNIE, Orchestrian Extraordinary.
" In
London I have found an excellent Chablis.
In
Berlin at times I have enjoyed something like a ' Sauterne
Cobbler.'
It
is made by filling a container with Sauterne,
adding shaved ice, and throwing in a few white cherries
and small pieces of pineapple to give it color. Travel is
not without its benefits."
WINNIE LIGHTNER, international star of musical
shows.
" When I was playing in London I used to call for a
drink that all my friends laughed at, but after a while
they began to call it the ' Lightner Special.' Absinthe
and Canada Dry ginger ale stirred up together in a glass.
Can you imagine it?"
"BIG BILL" TILDEN, most famous of tennis stars.
" I use only water."
CHARLES WINNINGER, musical comedy star.
"Have you heard of the ' Pousse
I'
Amour '
?
Try it
at the Cafe du Dome in Paris. First, pour very carefully
into a sherry glass one half a glassful of Maraschino, then
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