1934 Charles Book of Punches and Cocktails

CELEBRITIES' DRINKS

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TRIXIE FRIGANZA, celebrated vaudevillienne. "In that nautical city of Venice I first made the ac– quaintance of a remarkably delicious drink known as ' Port and Starboard.' Pour one half part Grenadine or raspberry syrup into a cordial glass. Then on top of this pour one half portion of Creme de Menthe slowly so that the ingredients will not mix. Dear old Venice." CHARLES ELLIS, Z iegfeld star. "I have found the Boulevard Cocktail a very pleasing drink. To one part gin, and half a part each of Italian and French Vermouth, add one half portion orange or grapefruit juice. Ice in a shaker and strain into cocktail glasses. You may try it at the Cafe Rotonde, in Paris." KARL K. KITCHEN, Broadway's favorit e colyumnist . " My good friend, Harry Craddock, bartender of the Savoy Hotel in London, and dean of all bartenders, braced me up like a new-born infant with a new cocktail he invented for me on the spur of the moment. It is called a ' Hercules,' half gin and half Mati, the Mati ,f • " coming from 1Viex1co.