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logical, zoological, or otherwise "logical" designations as
Adonis, Bird, Bridal, Bishop Poker, Creole, Goat's De–
light, Gloom Lifter and Hoptoad-to name just a few
samples of cocktails of other times-consider others that
betray less of fancy and originality, but perhaps more of
cause of origin.
For example, take the Armour; called after a well
known Chicago patron of the establishment. Then there
was a Beadleston, named after another customer who sold
the Bar much of the beer he brewed, and after whom was
baptized a second cocktail, the Beadleston No.
'li.
Speak–
ing still alphabetically, there was a Bunyan, spelled with
an
"a;'·~
not an "o," and summoning up thoughts of a
thirsty pilgrim's progress to a land of never-never-thirst.
A "Chauncey" must have been named after the most dis–
tinguished person of that prenomen, a famous orator and
wit. There is no record that its namesake was present at its
christening. Nor is there evidence that the originator of a
celebrated march upon Washington graced the birth of
the Coxey cocktail. The Dorflinger got its name from a
glass manufacturer who made containers for drinks.
For the creation of the Eddy, I may predicate at once
that no scientific lady of that name was responsible; I
am inclined to attribute its origin to a popular and hand–
some young diplomatist of the early part of the century
who married an heiress and went into eclipse. And surely
one would not think of attributing the Hearst cocktail to
any personal interest on the part of a great newspaper
proprietor; rather to certain of his staff who were in the
habit of dropping in at odd times when assigned to a story
in the neighborhood of what was then Herald Square.
And there was McKinley's Delight. Just why it was