1906 How to Mix Drinks Compiled Selected and Concocted by G Spaulding and W Rositer

50 HOW '.1'0 MIX DRINKS. TOASTS (Cont'd) , CONNECTICUT. The fame for shrewdness that the folk Of Connecticut · ho.ve won, ls substantiated by the fact That we speak of the state as "con." DELAWARE. Delaware's a mcdest state, They do less talk than thinking ; · so let's not talk but fill a glass And sing her praise by drinking, FLOR I DA . Here's to the groves of Florida, The state we all love well ; It's a lovely spot in winter, "'But in summer it's hot as-well , here's to it. GEORGIA, Down south there · i s a. sta.te past which The Atlantic gently flows ; And whenever our nation asked for aid , Then "Little George-he-rose. ' ' IDAHO. (Sung to the air of the song "Navajo." ) Ida, Ida, m y Idaho, I have a love for you that will grow, oh, oh ; Nothing snide about he , I know- I love my Idaho. ILLINOIS, The way to spell old Illinois Very few people know ; The correct way to spell Illinois Is C-h-i-c - a- g -o, INDIANA. Indiana-pride of the west- Her novelists have won her glory i Her story tellers are the best, And, really, "that's no story . " Th e test of f1·i.e11dsll ip is t o go bro1ce.