1927 Barflies and Cocktails

There is a popular belief chat Men-About-Town are all cast from the same mould, chat they stem directly from the proverbial peas in the pod. Recently, one of New York's flippant weeklies offered its readers an authoritative portrait of the Man-About-Town; an excellent bit of characteriza– tion, only it made the common sociological error of sup– posing every member of the breed to resemble every other one as closely as did those fabulous pre-war Prussian Guards. Well, birds of a feather· may be judged by their company. or so~e such thing, but I have never contemplated such human variety as may be found any day at cocktail hour lined up at any well known bar. I don't mean merely differences in tailoring, or even complexion. No, the dif– ferences that mark these typical Men-Ab:>ut-Town are more than surface or skin deep. Taste marks the individual. And the variety of tastes exhibited by any group of Men-About– Town has drive n many a good bartender to drink. Not only do they clamor for every possible liquid combination; they even invent their own. And when it comes to these individualistic flights of fancy, you'll see that Men-About- .Town are by no means as regimented in their likes as are the Gentlemen that prefer Blondes. And if you would like to further test my theory, try downing some of the appended liquid recipes which have been invented by these typical Men-About-Town. A, coming before age, let' s start with the concoctio_n in– vented by that youthful iron-merchant, Phil Ambler, and which he has given the tidy name of the " Butter-and-

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