Show lights of new york L y 1 STEVENSON reports reaching here from london are that a new drink la is rasing raging over there it Is known as a apple frappe and Is in demand at all the better bars the base of the concoction in tact act the principal ingredient Is a liquid well known know n locally it Is sometimes called je jersey arsey lightning an unnamed gentleman from georgia sub was innocently enough responsible for the new english fad not trusting liquors the history of which he did not know tully fully when he went across on the Britt brittanie anic he took with him five gallons of american can applejack sure that he had enough to last throughout the voyage he was extremely liberal with his supply of 0 high powered liquor many of 0 the pas passengers rigers were english and they quite relish the taste of the apple appie product though they were quite ready to pay due respect to its authority it entered the mind of andrew III brown own steward to chief purser edwards that something might be done to applejack to remove the bit of so he went to experimenting after throe three nights lie he produced a blend samples of which he submitted the acceptance was instantaneous and those who had J apple frappe aboard the Brit brittanie tante demanded it in london nence hence the tad fad hence also a new market tor for those gentlemen who do things with apples what brown did was mix one third prune juice with two thirds applejack in a shaker wath a lot of lee ice and continue shaking it until it was chilled thoroughly a a 0 keeping right on the high seas there Is wadi chalfa halfa his name Is said to alexandria egypt there a plague ot of locusts was encountered the insects sw armint aboard in such numbers that they covered the ships decks several inches and that was black tragedy y for the beld beloved ved rubber plant was out taking the sun the owners were la in despair they wade through all those locusts and they had bad visions vision s 0 of thir plant being eaten alive but bu t along came wadi wad haifa the ladles ladies appealed to him for help he was waa smoking shag tobacco to in a big pipe so he waded through the locusts and gave the rubber plant a thorough smoking cut but to the great despair of the rubber plant owners shag tobacco had absolutely sol no effect on those tough locusts of old egypt locusts that may have bare been descendants of that plague of if bible times at any rate they kept clustering on the rubber plant thicker and thicker wadi balfa was a resourceful man however ue he tore off bis rubber collar crammed it into his pipe ignited it and smoked the rubber plant clean of locusts locust sl 1 hence his cherished letter 0 0 0 still remaining on the high seas as this Is being written a japanese freighter Is far out on the pacific part of the cargo Is tons of silk stockings that have been discarded as worthless by american women when the stockings reach the land of nippon so im told they will be unraveled carefully and then re woven into stockings which possibly will be shipped back here for american women to wear and discard as soon as holes or runs appear CL 1932 bell syndicate service |