1935 So Red the Nose or Breath in the Afternoon

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Van Dine's

TBE CANARY MURDER CASE Cocktail

^ JIGGER DRY GIN Y2 JIGGER COGNAC

1JIGGER ORANGE JUICE 1DASH ORANGE BITTERS

1/2 JIGGER YELLOW VERMOUTH Sliakc Wcll This cocktail was "Fiendishly plotted, with mur- der in mind" by the creator of that supersleuth Philo Vance, who knows more about ceramics, Scotties, liquors and Broadway than any living art critic. Willard Huntington Wright, who may be Van Dine to you, got his literary start as a bookie at a Western race track. He is often seen these days at Belmont and other New York tracks, but outside the barred window. He loves food, good wine, fine dogs and horses, Eng- lish tweeds and Regie cigarettes—sold by only four to- bacconists in the world. He imports his own spécial brandy from France in fancy blue porcelain bottles that bear his name. Van Dine is a familiar figure at Djsmpsey's, Tony's, the Stork Club and other resorts. He helps young writers and painters; plays, studies, and writes like a fiend; thoroughly enjoys his pent- house, and is generally conceded to be a darned good guy.