1934 Charles Book of Punches and Cocktails

CHAPTER XIII

CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE DRINKS What Some of Our Best Known People Drink When They Are Abroad BEN BERNIE, Orchestrian Extraordinary. " In London I have found an excellent Chablis. In Berlin at times I have enjoyed something like a ' Sauterne Cobbler.' It is made by filling a container with Sauterne, adding shaved ice, and throwing in a few white cherries and small pieces of pineapple to give it color. Travel is not without its benefits." WINNIE LIGHTNER, international star of musical shows. " When I was playing in London I used to call for a drink that all my friends laughed at, but after a while they began to call it the ' Lightner Special.' Absinthe and Canada Dry ginger ale stirred up together in a glass. Can you imagine it?" "BIG BILL" TILDEN, most famous of tennis stars. " I use only water." CHARLES WINNINGER, musical comedy star. "Have you heard of the ' Pousse I' Amour ' ? Try it at the Cafe du Dome in Paris. First, pour very carefully into a sherry glass one half a glassful of Maraschino, then 43