1931 Old Waldorf Bar Days by Albert Stevens Crockett

Old Waldotf Bar Days

was Fanny Ward. Yes, Fanny Ward! One doesn't see as much of Fanny these days as one did when she played Cupid-speaking literally, that is, for Fanny in the play was Cupid. Fanny discovered England late in the last cen– tury, , married a South African millionaire and had a bijou house in Berkeley Square. Her daughter married a peer. She herself is now teaching Paris, London and New York-and even Hollywood-that sixty years means noth– ing, if you know what to do. Two dashes Orange Bitters One-half Sherry One-halfltalian Vermuth Stir

ALASKA

Dash ofOrange Bitters One-third Yellow Chartreuse Two-thirds Tom Gin

ALEXANDER One-third Gin

One-third Creme de Cacao One-third Cream Frappe

ALL RIGHT

Popular among those who wanted quick results.

One-fifth Italian Vermuth Four-fifths Nicholson Gin Frappe, and serve with piece of Orange Peel in glass

ALPHONSE

It was a famous cartoonist who was responsible for a series of comics that ran in newspapers some thirty years ago, l>ased upon trac;l.itional French politeness. "After you, my dear Gaston," "After you, my dear Alphonse," was the text or tenor of the captions, with the result .that neither got past the door, or whatever it was. Some barman was a [ II6)