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THE GENTLEMAN'S COMPANION
as we tried it then, for instead of flowing each layer on carefully out
of a teaspoon, we poured direct from bottle-so that any heavier liquid
sank at once into the lighter, and mixed results were usual.
All memories of that especial evening faded into a tropical after–
glow by about eleven o'clock, when Chidsey the Dodge agent tells us
he came over hoping for a spot of stud poker, and found the two of
us, heads bloody and almost bowed, still muttering and mixing with
exaggerated care more and bigger
pousse cafes,
while a brace of
Mohammedan bearers peered at us through doorways, and marvelled
at the madness and triviality of certain white Sahibs who would thus
procure child's size glasses into which they continued to pour the same
pretty coloured liquids.
Recalling this in Havana last month, we made it a point to collect
types from the best
cantinas
and fancy tourist bars, to see if there might
be anything new in the routine. We found a couple of fancies, which
appear below, each in its proper place, and now turn the whole busi–
ness over to readers, depending on their judgment and decorum to the
last.
FIRST A BRIEF COMPANY of SIX ANGELS
Aunt Belladonna Fittich may blink a bit at this short list, but when
things have been going on as long as this "angel" business it belongs
to history, whether or no. We have our own personal idea, not con–
venient to mention, of just why angels were born; but be that as it
may, full many a lusty swain has screwed up his courage to the stick–
ing point and proposed honourable marriage to the maid of his choice
while either-or both-were being swayed by the gentle caress of an
"
l"
Th
ange · · . .
ey are too sweet for serious consumption, and all end
up with a nominal amount of thick cream_..:.whipped, or from the
bottle. Ladies and gentlemen we give
yo~:
The Angels.
ANGEL'S BLUSH
Pour in
Y4
each of the following: Maraschino,
Creme Yvette,
Bene–
dictine, thick cream.
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