1935 So Red the Nose or Breath in the Afternoon

JFranh Scully^s FVN IN BED Coektail

1 PART GRAPE JUICE

1 PART APPLEJACK

Ice, Sliake, and Serve

TROUBLE with most cocktails," writes Frank Scully H from the Upper Story of Bedsicle Manor, Burbank, Cali- fornia, "is that even butlers bave to be pretty sober to mix them at ail. In addition tliey require toc many ingrédients, or such précision in percentages that nobody short of Oscar of the House ofSavoy canbesure to keep them uniformly épatant, magnifique, exquise, or even plain good. "The Fun In BedCocktail, on the other hand, is easy tomake. It has the further virtues of power, smoothness and simplicity. "Blondes go down after the second drink, and after the third, picture stars ask you to move over. The drink can be easier made, and the picture stars too, with canned grapefruit juice, but theapplejack should bemade from Jonathan apples. "Tliese come from Ulster County, Woodstock, New York. In fact there's amémorial, a huge boulder bearing a bronze plaque, about a mile north of J. P. McEvoy's place which marks the spot where the first Jonathan apple was squeeze^from its jack. This was shortly after the Révolution when bun- dling was the chief indoor sport of the upstate liillbillies. "Ulster County Jonathans are not to be confused with the Dutchess County Apples which keep Hamilton Fish Jr., and Franklin D. Roosevelt constantly at odds." (Editor's Note: The rumor that Scully's next book will be entitled "Fun in the Next Bed" is pure libel.)