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'' There's a drink 'on the beam' for you, lady!" —Pratt, THE "H. P. Mix carefully in a measuring glass one W."' COCK- part of Italian vermouth and one part of TAIL Italian Gordon gin. Add the peel of an orange and frappe. A Dissertation on Drinks " There is a new cocktail served in New York at Sherry's and Martin's and the Cafe des Ambassadeurs which is appropriately known as ' the Perfect Cocktail.' This is how it is mixed : " PERFECT Mix one part Italian vermouth, one part • COCKTAIL French vermouth, and one part Gordon gin. Add a slice of orange, and frappe. You will soon see wherein lies its perfection. CHAPTER XV The cost of wines is an important factor in entertaining. Many a man is forced to entertain friends of expensive tastes on the proverbial " champagne taste and beer income " plan. A person who wishes for any reason to economize may substitute, in almost every case, California or other American wines, w^hich cost far less than imported. In fact, I have known a man who called himself a connoisseur of wines to be deceived by Cook's Imperial Extra Dry to such an extent that he acknowledged it to be quite as good as Mumm's when told the difference. Prices are given here by the case of one dozen bottles, as in ordering wines for home use most people buy in dozen lots. The price per bottle What to Pay for Wines at a restaurant will not vary greatly from the list prices, which are taken from one of the largest importing houses in America. Champagnes. DOZEN Pommery sec (dry) $31-50 London Pommery, 1893 48.00 Vin Nature, brut 31-50 Veuve Cliquot dry, Gold Label 31-50 London Special, ditto 35-oo Heidsieck Dry Monopole Extra 30.00 Pol Roger Brut Special 35-oo Baron R de Luze Dry Comet 25.00 Perrier Jouet dry creaming 30.00 Runiart P. et Fils 32-10 Piper Heidsieck, extra brut 36.00 G. H. Mumm 32.00 American Bee Hive dry 15.00 Cook's Imperial extra dry 13-00 Great Western extra dry 12.00 Burgundies. Pommard red burgundy (sparkling) $24.00 Leiden's medium Hock 21.00 Chauvenet's White Cap 27.00 Ditto Red Cap 27.00 Ditto White Cap 27.00 Bee Hive Burgundy 5.00 Sherries. Amontillado, very pale and dry $30.00 Centennial Medal 25.00 Oloroso, many years in wood i7-50 Generoso, pale 10.00 Manzanilla Pasada 14.00 What to Pay for Wines DOZEN Picarillo $12.00 Bee Hive 4.50 A De Luze et Fils Clarets. Chateau Margaux, 1877 $42.00 Chateau Lafite, 1898 17.00 Chateau Larose 15.00 Chateau Pavell 9.50 S. S. P. Medoc in wood 5.50 St. Julien 4.50 St. Estephe 5.00 Bee Hive Claret 5.00 Sunset Claret 4.00 Sauternes. Chateau Yquem $26.00 Chateau Latour Blanche 19.00 Haute Sauterne, 1878 i5-50 Barsac 8.00 Bee Hive 500 Sunset Sauterne 4.25 Burgundies. Clos de Vougeot, 1874 $47.00 Chambertin, 1885 27.00 Chablis (white) 1893 10.00 White Cap ultra sec sparkling 27.00 Red Cap sparkling 27.00 Pink Cap Oeil de Perdrix sparkling 27.00 Bouchard's Chambertin 26.50 Chablis, 2 doz. pints 11.50 Leiden's Hoch. Johannisberger Cabinet yellow seal $24.00 Rudesheimer 14.00 Niersteiner 10.00 Bodenheimer 8.0Q What to Pay for Wines DOZEN