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Jhe 'Bon Vivant's Companion
the Planters House, St. Louis, seventy-five years ago.
His very name is synonymous with quality in the lexicon
of mixed drinks, and remember that he was as inexor
able as the Medes and Persians in his principle that no
excellent drink can be made out of anything but excel
lent materials.
"Good wine needs no bush," Shakespeare tells us, and
over one of Jerry's mixtures eulogy isquite as redundant.
Howsomever, here's to you—the Eighteenth Amend
ment will soon be a dream. Drinkhearty, and best wishes
for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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Cordially,
George A. Zabriskie