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A
BACHELOR'S
CUPBOARD
Temperance
Drinks
afternoon.
It's
nothing
less
than
the
"
sweetened
water
"
with
which
Plupy
Shute
regaled
his
friends
up
in
Exeter
in
the
days
when
the "
Real
Boy
"
penned
that
famous
diary.
Water
is
the
basis,
ginger
the
flavor,
and
molasses
the
sweetener.
They
are
mixed
to
taste
in
a
great
stone
jug,
which
is
corked
and
set
In
a
convenient
brook
to
keep
cool.
LEMON-
''
Pooh!
"
I
hear
you
say
in
disgust.
"
As
ADE
if
any
man
couldn't
make
lemonade
without
being
told."
But
as
this
book
may
fall
into
the
hands
of
a
Hottentot
or
Malay
or
some
other
hot-house
variety
of
bachelor,
I
will
set
down
the
proportion
of
the
juice
of
a
lemon
to
tw^o
tablespoonfuls
of
sugar
and
one-half
pint
of
water
as
being
a
desirable
one.
This
may
be
varied
by
using
the
juice of
orange,
lime,
or
grape-fruit,
in
which
case,
of
course,
it
will
be
the
other
sort
of
Ade
(not
Hoosier).
An
abuse
of
ice
at
once
destroys
the
effect
desired,
besides
being dangerous.
A
liquid
set
on
ice
and
slowly
chilled
is
far
more
to
be
recommended
than
the
drink
in
w^hich
ice
floats,
but
it
is
not
everyone
who
will
admit
this
truth.
Than
plain
lemonade,
made
from
the
juice
of
the
lemon,
sweetened
sparsely
with
sugar
and
diluted
with
water,
and
finally
cooled
on
ice,
there
is
no
drink
more
acceptable
and
cooling
in
the
heat
of
the
day.
It
ranks
before the
long
list
of
acidulated
drinks
and
gaseous
mineral
waters,
but
it,
too,
falls
into
disrepute
when
too
liberally
imbibed.
It
is
said
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