1935 Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book

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OLD WALDORF-ASTORIA BAR BOOK

A cartoonist created a series of newspaper comics some thirty years ago, based upon traditional French polite– ness. "After you, my dear Gaston," "After you, my dear

Alphonse," was the text or tenor of the captions. AMARANTH One dash Angostura Bitters Two-thirds jigger Whiskey

Stir; fill from siphon; add powdered Sugar Five drops Aromatic Spirits Ammonia One jigger Water (Stir)

AMMONIA

Considered a cure, rather than a cause. AMPERSAND Two dashes Orange Bitters One-third Brandy One-third Tom Gin

One-third Italian Vermouth Two dashes of Cura~o on top AMSTERDAM One-third Vermouth (French or

Italian) Dash Orange Bitters Two-thirds Nicholson's Gin (Stir) Lemon Peel, squeezed on top Dash of Orange Bitters One-half Red Calisaya Bark

ARCTIC*

One-half Sloe Gin (Stir) Dash of Orange Bitters One-half Red Calisaya One-half Sloe Gin Residents of a famous and we~lthy community up the

ARDSLEY