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Show Here and Xliefe ANALYZING COCKTAILS. Notv Tork Pre!. As was anticipated, the Pennsylvania Dairy and Food commission has, upon investigation, found that the cocktail at lc3t of the Philadelphia brand 13 more deadly even than tho formaldehyde formalde-hyde cherry which accompanies it There arc several recipes for making a cocktail; this is the Philadelphia one: Take, In parts to suit tho taste, ether. Cayenne pepper, paprika, wood alcohol, coal-tar dyes and sulphuric acid. Mix well with Ice, strain off and serve. Those who like frills on their drinks will, of courae demand also the cherry picked green, bleached In alkali, colored with coal-tar and preserved In formaldehyde, and the toothpick which is stuck In it. It remains now only to analyze the toothpick to find out Just how many different chemicals go into the compounding of a Philadelphia's Philadel-phia's appetizer No ono has yet had the courage to UfU the veil from the New York cocktail, but, as It Is a common saying that "nu city In the world has worse liquor than New York, unless it be Chicago."- It Is safe betting that, when the cocktail of, this imperial burg Is scientifically revealed re-vealed to us, only those who are pretty well grounded In chemistry will be able thoroughly to understand the results. |