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ber of hostages to Harley. street (or words to that effect), particularly of.. women, due to over-indulgence in pre-dinner drinks and their effect on the liver.
This is and news; but I doubt if it will affect the consump- tion of cocktails. Their popu- larity has been diminished here and there by the higher cost of drinking, but, given 1 fair chance, the allies of gin and cracked ice will continue their world-wide operations for the creation of synthetic cheer.
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The Cocktail Hour-peculiolu Anglo-American in origin but so widespread that a globe trotter can almost envisage the world in terms of blended "appetisers."
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tall glasses; while the West Indles suggests variations of a subtle decoction Unted like a tropical sunset and frothed' with, B wooden stick. If he has wandered from the trail marked by barmen in white jackets to the wilderness of out-stations where drinking is a primitive pastime, he will shudder slightly at the recollection of plain gin and bolled water.
THE senior clubs in the East founded by plantors and "burra sahibs" of commerce in the spacious days of drinking have their own cocktails. Many of them are historic. The By- culla club at Bombay, the Bengal club at Calcutta, the Spotted Dog at Rangoon, the Singapore, Hongkong, Shang- haf, and Tientsin clubs are in his special class.
The cocktails. they serve are made to recipes handed downi like a family heirloom from one generation of native barmen to the next. In these days of greater, restraint and straitened Incomes they have ceased to be in the forefront of social drink-. ing, but when summoned by a collector of cocktälla on tour that harbour communities of of the yen, which somewhat they materialise as powerful Britons and Americans. Our alleviates the strain upon con, the devs when they ruled the There were giant cocktails in Continental neighbours have verted pounds and dollars, the an econ-
nationals in exile carry their would go dry. nover taken kindly to it. Their Anglo-American
bar. None of your niggardly community
thimblefuls of diluted in- prejudices with them,'
gredients, such as are purveyed The Japanese have kindly en- The French regard it as a deavoured to satisfy its de- to-day by profiteering hotels, poisonous enemy of good cook- mands by manufacturing sub- but a man's size glass filled to ing, and so we find Saigon, the stitutes for well-known brands the brim with a delicious and making no claim to be a colony "little Paris of the East," of Scotch and gia. Their suc- devastating blend of mysterious has not been sensational materials known only to the of American bars. Go further Certain products have an ap: grinning expert behind the up the China coast to Hongkong, pearance of authenticity that bottles. where English is the
Cocktail connoisseurs pre- does not go beyond the label. dominant foreign tongue, and Even this has been known to their Waterloo in these potent every club will be found to have create doubt in the minds of aperitifs. Their sting is Its specific for killing care when critical foreigners, RE, for artfully camouflaged by fla-
THE cocktail has achieved social importance. As a substitute for the old-fashioned dinner narty it finds favour. In households forced on omy budget, yet wishful of giving and returning hospital- Full details are now available ity. Carried to excess, it may of the Labour Conference of well supplant all food. A six-to-eight-o'clock "open house," American States which met at furnished with
martinis, is Santiago de Chile recently. likely to drift on the tide of This gathering was the first of almleks chatter to
an hour its kind held since the founda- when appetites and liver alike are beyond service. But this tion of the International Labour merely plays into the open hands Organisation of the League of
of Harley-street.
The cocktail is peculiarly Nations after the Great War. Anglo-American in origin and The idea behind it was to devote tradition. For this reason it thrives best in foreign countries careful study to those industrial problems which are of special
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The world-wide depression has affected cocktail drinking even more in that part of Asia interest to the American Con- NOTES OF THE DAY than in Europe, for China and Japan have made Imported liquors a luxury by imposing Customs duties that are almost prohibitive.
tinent, in the light of the condi-
tions prevailing in that part of TREACHEROUS TRICK the world. Eighteen countries There have been guarded re-. availed themselves of the oppor- ports in recent weeks of sabotage,
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the middle of the day. the sun goes down. Or even in example, the brand of whisky yours soothing to the palate launched on the home market that the unsuspecting victim under the name "Real Queen goes to his doom without know- George."
ing it. He gulps down the first The cocktail addict who goes full-bodied one and finds it as travelling is likely to carry his mild as a lemon squash, and in- prejudices in his personal lug. finitely more grateful to his in- gage and permit them to colour terior. A second follows the his impressions of other lands. first with no more effect than a I know a man who talks glibly vague impression as a globe-trotter in terms of world is a bigger and better tunity to send delegations, most aboard His Majesty's ship in ndise of systematic drinkers, is a vast bar divided by climate SUDDENLY he feels a slight SHANGHAI was once a par-
blended "appetisers." His con place. A third joins the other ception of the may of the world two. * of them representing Govern-various naval depots of Britain. The bararli cocktail, tha and terperature into many com- ments, employers and workers. Yesterday two more instances wore "China side" speciality, in its
"plop" at the base of his Costa Rica, although not a mem- mentioned. No-one can guess whe various forms from simple rum- partments,
skull, the universe slowly turns may be responsible; the Admiralty and fruit juice to high-powered
upside down, massed bands ber of the ILO., thought it is at a loss, having investigated combinations with gin and MENTION the Taj Mahal and play a heavenly symphony, and worth her while to have an each of the incidents carefully, and vehicle for gilding the night, Bombay hotel with its alert He falls into a tail spin a thou- liqueurs added,, was a popular he thinks you mean the flowers bloom all around him. official observer in attendance. has finally called in Scotland Yard. and its cost was negligible. Goanese waiters.
The Yard took over the case three Now that the Nanking govern- merely recalls the longest bar hitting solid earth hours later Great Britain, indirectly, had an
Shanghai sand miles to nowhere, and on weeks or a month ago and two ment is squeezing foreign im- of all Ask how he liked Pei- loses interest in the Conference, send-more of these deliberate attempts ports to the limit, it has be ping and he will become fluent what happened.
much time wondering.. ing two representatives, while to delay the work aboard His come a rich man's toy. Many on the subject of diplomatic These forms of bottled light- Mr. Riddell of Canada attended Majesty's ships have occurred.. It of its former patrons are drink- parties in the Legation quarter ning also haunt the African as Chairman of the Governing had either very little fear of dis- have been driven back to beer. tional by copious portions of tion of a suave Goanese barman as though the perpetrator ing spirits thriftily, and some made, indiscreetly conversa ports. There is one, the inven-. Body. One of the most inter-covery or very scant respect for Janan presses even more tax-free liquors thrown together at Mombasa, who has given it
heavily upon the favourite In- in a shaker.
looks.
esting resolutions asked Geneva Scotland Yard.
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SIDE GLANCES By George Clark
strength in the wilderness. The architect will not divulge Its secret. Strong silent men rome off ships at Kilindini Harbour and form guessing parties at his dispensary. De-. feat overcomes them, and they go back to the docks prattling like children at their mother's knee.
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his name, thereby hoping to to set on foot expert enquiries We can only hope he blunders,tures desired by her depression const
gredients of antithirst mix- His memories of African achieve.immortality. It is pink. with regard to migration from presently, and puts himself into the
towns are bounded by In colour and a tower of Europe to America. The hope, hands of those who are seeking was expressed that, as soon as him. There is nothing more possible, this subject would be treacherous and sneaking than a placed on the agenda of the trick of this sort, cutting a hidden International Labour Confer- and vital clectrical connection; It was felt that it would loosening a piece of machinery, be useful to have the principles pouring acid on key bolt, and
the like, calculated to governing migration and colon- isation set out in an internation- Majesty's service, if nothing worse. serious damage to a ship in His al agreement. The American The malefactor does not think or States, too, showed. interest in the subject of social loss of Hie or limb because of him. care about the men who may suffer insurance. They heartily, ap-
Whether he is motivated by proved of the spadework done at politica, whether he is a hireling Geneva, and recommended that of some sort of Anarchist move- compulsory insurance against ment, or whether he is acting with accidents, sickness, invalidity, some perverted Idea of helping to old age and death should be provide work or to enact stme sort organised throughout America. of vengeance, the trade of this Little surprise should be felt at worker of sabolago is n leath come. the enthusiasm for industrial one. He, will richly deserve the progress which was so apparent punishment he will certainly re- at the Conference. In the last few years, the Latin American
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States have been developing a other country, while Nicaragua consciousness of their short- and Uruguay come next on the comings, combined with an list, with thirty ratifications apparently sincere desire for each. Whatever. may be the reform. This tendency har shortcomings of the League of found reflection in the ratifica Nations in its political activitica, tion of the International Labour there can be nothing but praise Conventions adopted at the con- for the valuable work it is ferences in Geneva and else achieving in Industrial matters where. It is significant that as well as in connection with Chile shares with Spain the queations pertaining to problems honour of having ratified more of health as they affect all parts conventions (le. 88) than any of the world.
I think I'll ask Mrs. Ponkblossom to arrange the seating at the tablo; she knows just which of the guests aren't on
speaking terma.":
THE cocktall drunkard goes further and falls deeper in his quest for a new "kick" than almost any other type of ex- plorer in the limitless field of alcoholism."
A now low-level record was achieved in my presence during a recent tour in the Far East. Several conservative consumers of mild bacardis were sitting in a bar much frequented by world travellers when there entered a homused individual in search of the elixir of life.. He had ap parently tried all ordinary forms of mixed drinks without success, for he leaned across the bar and, with extreme gravity, enumerated the ingredients he desired compounded in equal; proportions. The barman re- garded him in n stunned way, and slowly set about the horrid business...
When the crenture had 'got to work on it the barman came to us and said, "Can you beat it? He is drinking gin, bacardi rum, vodka, Scotch whisky, and Grand Marnier!”
That man is beyond Harley- street. Somewhere an under- taker is waiting for him.