1946 The Stock Club Bar Book by Lucius Beebe

MontyWoolley improves on the usual proportions of the dry Martini simply by increasing the conventional proportions of gin and ver– mouth to four to one, admonishes barkeeps to use cube ice and no lemon whatsoever, and, when asked what this will do for the con– s umer, remarks with a worIdly leer: "Consult Lillian Russell!" Still another variation on the theme of gin and vermouth, which Cole Porter in The Two Little Babes in the Woods discovered was the fountam of youth comes from Mary Astor:

Astor Painless Anesthetic:

3 oz. gin I oz. French vermouth I oz. Italian vermouth I oz. cognac

Shake well with ice cubes and dash of orange bitters, twist of lemon peel and just' a touch of sugar.

Don Ameche frowns a masculine frown upon mixed liquor in any form on the understandable grounds that he is an admirer of straight bourbon whisky and no nonsense about a chaser. But Bonita Granville offers what she contends to be the barkeep's answer to · the atomic bomb:

Snow White:

5 oz. Southern Comfort I oz. vodka I oz. fresh pineapple juice 1h oz. orange juice Mix in a Waring mixer and serve in an old– fashioned glass.

A touch of sentiment attaches to the favorite drink of the ever– provocative Billie ~urke Ziegfeld who writes in as follows:

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