APRICOT BLOSSOM (Always in Bloom) One-quarter lemon juice, % French vermouth, ™% apricot brandy, 1 dry gin. Crushed ice. —Prentice Bloedel BALMY COCKTAIL (And Breezy) (6 people) One-half glass orange juice, ™% glass cointreau, 3 glasses sherry, dash Angostura bitters, 2 dashes pimento, dram liqueur. Cracked ice. —Norman Whittall BREEZY BACARDI COCKTAIL (Also Balmy—Indubitably) One teaspoonful grenadine, 1/3 dry gin, 2/3 bacardi rum. The juice of % lime. Cracked ice. —George Martin BEAUTY COCKTAIL (It’s a Honey) One-third grenadine, 2/3 dry gin, 1 teaspoonful fresh cream. Ice. —Dick Davidson BOMBAY PUNCH (Don’t Be Miss Ledd) One qt. brandy, 2 qts. champagne, 1 qt. sherry, 2 qts. car- bonated water, %4 pt. maraschino, 4 pt. orange curacao. Stir gently, surround the punch bowl with cracked ice. Decorate with fruits in season. —Jack Leckie BAMBOO Half sherry, % French vermouth with an olive. If shaken with ice it is a “Bamboo Cocktail.” —Jack Leckie BLISTER COCKTAIL One-third gin, 1/3 whisky, 1/3 Absinthe, ice. Shake well and pour immediately down the sink before it is too late. —J. S. Patterson BALTIMORE EGG NOGG One egg, ™% tablespoonful powdered sugar, %4 glass brandy, 14 glass jamaica rum, ™% glass Madeira, ™% pt. fresh milk. Shake well and strain into long tumbler. Grate nutmeg on top. Ice if desired. —Herbert Foley (Jacksonville) BREAKFAST EGG NOGG One egg, ™% curacao, 34 brandy, 4 pt. fresh milk. Shake. Grate nutmeg on top. BULL PUP COCKTAIL (Woof! Woof!) Put 2 or 3 lumps ice into a large tumbler, add juice of 1 orange, 1 glass gin. Fill balance with ginger ale. Stir and serve with a straw. —Jack Roaf 201