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5b

SUMMER DRINKS

Tom Collins.

Put into a large tumbler one tablespoonful of

icing sugar, three or four pieces of ice, one

wineglass of Old Tom gin, and thirty drops of

lime or lemon juice. Then pour in one bottle

of soda-water, mix well, remove the ice, and

serve.

Velvet.

Put into a small tumbler one wineglass of

still moselle, half a wineglass of sherry, a small

piece of rind of lemon, and a little icing sugar;

fill the tumbler with shaved ice, shake well, and

strain ; put on the top a sprig of verbena.

Whisky Daisy.

Put into a large tumbler the juice of a small

lemon, half a tablespoonful of icing sugar, six

drops of lime-juice, and dissolve with a squirt

of syphon seltzer. Nearly fill the glass with

shaved ice, add one wineglass of whisky, more

ice, and half a wineglass of yellow chartreuse ;

stir well, strain into another glass, ornament

with fruit, and serve.

White Lion.

Put into a small tumbler one and a half tea-

spoonfuls of icing sugar, and the thin rind of

half a lemon; then add one wineglass of Santa

Cruz or white rum, half a teaspoonful of curafoa,

and the like quantity of raspberry syrup; fill

with shaved ice, shake well, strain, and serve

with berries in season.