1933 The Cocktail Book Repeal Edition (New Revised Edition)

tibe IReal ^ale of tbe Cocb'0 Znih ♦JfN a famous old cavern not far from ■■ the Philipse Manor House, the site of what is now Yonkers on the Hudson^ and the very centre of the most popular sport of the times, was blended the first delightful cocktail. If the descendants of William Van Eyck, its jolly host, may be believed, no better place could be found along the length of the river, for William's stories were as good as the liquor that washed them down, and his liquors as honest and true and as spark ling withal as his daughter. Mistress Peggy, who gave them forth with such demure grace as made their serving doubly welcome to the thirsty gallants who thronged the bar and taproom. TPIOW Master Van Eyck loved but three