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MISCELLANEOUS

DRI~KS.

180

WHITE ROCK LEMONADE.

A LA JOHN F. REILLY, NEW YORK CITY.

Place a heaping tablespoonf ul of bar sugar in a large ·goblet and a <lu

just enough White Rock water to dissolve the same ; stir until the sugar is

dissolved; now add a large lump of ice and the juice of two lemons; stir

again and then

:fill

the remainder of the goblet with lively water and serve

while effervescing. No decorations are necessary.

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This year the must shall foam

Round the white feet of laughing girls,

Whose sires have marched to Rome

!-Macaulay.

AQUAVITA.

( WA'rER OF LIFE.)

The Italian term for brandy.

'ALF AND 'ALF.

In America this beverage is a mixture of equal parts of ale and porter

or beer ftnd porter, but in Great Britain it is a mixture of any two kinds of

malt beverages which the drinker may prefer, and there are at least fifty

different kinds to select from which are brewed in the British Isles.

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AMBROSIAL NECTAR.

FOR A PARTY.

Use a punch-bowl. Take six sweet oranges, peel and slice them, take out

the seeds and cover if possible. P eel one pineapple and slice. (Canned

pineapple is j ust as good as t he fresh f ruit.) Grate one large cocoanut.

Alternate the layers of orange and pineapple with the cocoanut, a nd sprinkl

each layer with bar sugar. Pour over it two quart bottles of Nuits (Burgundy)

and

freeze from the outside. Serve cold in thin glasses.