1903 The Flowing Bowl by Edward Spencer

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The next item on the programme is called in my book, Drink for Dog Days^ but as this is not a nice name, and suggests hydrophobia and—other things, I will re-christen it Citron de Luxe. The composition is very simple. Put a lemon-ice in a large tumbler, fill up with soda- water, stir well, and drink. N.B.—Mr. George Krehl, of "Verrey's," who knows something about dog days, and dogs, won the prize offered in the Sporti?ig Times for the best recipe for a summer drink, many years ago, with a similar suggestion. But G. K.added a small glass of Cura^oa, and (I think) a drop or two of Angostura bitters. Cherry Cobbler Take one pound of cherries of Kent, free from stalks and stones. Throw them into a pint of boiling syrup, made of one pound of loaf-sugar dissolved in one pint of water. Let the cherries boil as fast as possible—" gallop " is, I believe, the technical word—for ten minutes, and then add a quart of boiling water ; put the whole into a pan, and when cold strain. The addition of soda-water will make it all the more watery. D. D. [This is not naughty language, but short for Delicious Drinki\ Mix together one pint of raspberries, one pint of