1931 Old Waldorf Bar Days by Albert Stevens Crockett

Cocktails

banker took it and drank. A half hour later, he was cold sober, and enthusiastic over the new discovery. And that, according to the legend which has come down by word of mouth from that day, was the origin of a huge fortune– a chance discovery of a means to cure the world's headache. However, while Emerson was a frequent patron of the old Waldorf Bar, Johnnie Solon, who served him often, said he never was known to call for his own remedy on the premises.

Juice one-half Lime Small teaspoon Maraschino One-third Italian Vermuth One-third Tom Gin I Stir; strain One drop Angostura Bitters One jigger Whiskey Stir; strain Dash of Orange Bitters One-halfltalian Vermuth One-half Scotch Wliiskey Stir

EWING

EXPRESS

FANCIULLI

Certain unmusical memories seem to· recall an I tali an opera of that name, but Solon thinks the title was bestowed by some wag who wanted to give "the beys" a new cock– tail, and named it after them, as it were, but without their knowing it. That it was not a misprint for "Fanciulla del West"-Puccini's "Girl of the Golden West"-is rather cer– tain, as its origin considerably antedates the premiere of that of the opera at the Metropolitan, December 10, 1910. Fanciulli is what they say when they mean "the boys" on the banks of the Tiber; also in the environs of Vesuvius.

One-fourth Fernet Branca One-fourth Italian Vermuth One-half Whiskey [ 1 35]