1933 The Cocktail Book Repeal Edition (New Revised Edition)

to cook in a glass half-full of bits of purest ice, an interruption occurred, and the clar ion voice of the brave old warrior bird was heard as if in celebration of the momentous event which had happened under his very jyes. As he plumed and shook himself after his effort, one of his royal tail feathers ■loated gently down towards his mistress. "^lightening names the drink!" she cried, as she seized the feather and with it deftly stirred the glass's contents. And, again, with a sweeping curtsey, holding the glass aloft: " )5)R.INK this Cocktail, sir, to your suc cess with my father, and as a pledge to our future happiness 1" XCHUS was the drink named. And, in after days, when Master Appleton kept the tavern, its sign was the sign of the Cock's Tail, which ever proved an emblem of good fortune to him and his good wife, their children and their children's chil dren. c. F. p.