1933 Mixer's Guide

MIXER'S GUIDE

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What to DrinJ^and Why Sherry Wine taken with meals is an excellent stimulant and an aid to digestion. Claret wine will arouse a torpid liver and aid it to properly perform its important functions. White wines are beneficial for people inclined to be stout and they need not go through the task of dieting if they drink these fine wines with their meals. Port wine produces rich, red blood and will make one strong and vigorous. Tokay wine is a wonderful aid to convalescents and the average individual will quickly regain lost strength by its use. Whisky should be considered indispensable among the requisites of the medicine chest and is a good stimulant. Brandy is the doctor's every-ready prescription for patients too sick to retain any other form of nourishment. Gin arouses sluggish kidneys and helps them to fulfill the duties intended by nature. Rum should be served as a hot punch, and it will break a cold more quickly than any favorite prescription of a druggist.