1931 Old Waldorf Bar Days by Albert Stevens Crockett

Cocktails

I. D. K.No. 2 Solon recalls no patron of the Bar to whom those initials, "I. D. K." belonged, or the reason for their being so named.

One-fifth Italian Vermuth Four-fifths Nicholson Gin Sprig of Mint Shake

JACK ROSE (~rJacque Rose)- Lots of readers about racketeers, and such as read only that sort of news in the papers, have believed for years that this cocktail was named·after a character who turned state's evidence in the .famous Becker case, which sent a Police Lieutenant to theichair. To speak in the modern way, they are-or were-all wet. The name is really Jacque Rose, a corruption of J acquemot. It was named because of its pink color, the exact shade of a J acquemot rose, when properly concocted.

Juice of Lime · One-third Grenadine Syrup Two-thirds Apple-jack Frappe Dash of Orange Bitters Tw~-thirds Plymouth Gin One-third Red Ca1isaya Stir Dash of Baker's Bitters Two dashes Orgeat Syrup One jigger Brandy One slice Lemon Peel Stir; strain

JAMES

JAPANESE

JAPALAC

So styled in compliment to a paint or varnish man. Whether he was the owner of the company that made it, or [ 1 43]