Word: bacchus
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Fresh from the presses was a handsome, claret-colored volume called Wine Making For The Amateur by Professor Rose. It is privately issued by the Bacchus Club*Its format was designed by Carl Purington Rollins, head of the Yale University Press...
...besides, I'll instruct you, like me, to entwine the myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's vine...
...uninvited guests systematically frisk the parked automobiles; others aid lost articles in staying lost perpetually, in spite of the efforts of the Lost and Found Department; other little magicians prove that the hand is quicker than the eye when exploring the pockets of the fallen devotees of Bacchus; and still others persist in destroying the pleasure of the game for those who find that one of these soiled ragamuffins has usurped a neighboring seat...
...most successful of Strauss operas, has had frequent amendments. In its present form there is a prologue and one act, which makes a play within the play. Ariadne, tragically abandoned by Theseus, must listen to the cajolery of Zerbinetta, the comedienne; listens to learn and herself turns finally to Bacchus. All this Strauss has set to droll, delightful music which demands more of his singers' virtuosity than of his own originality. Philadelphia singers lacked the necessary virtuosity last week but Alexander Smallens almost atoned with his 37-piece orchestra...
...with one teaspoonful of pulverized white sugar, and serve in a small bar tumbler, with a piece of lemon peel. ... A beholder gazing for the first time upon an experienced artist compounding this beverage, would naturally come to the conclusion that it was a nectar for Pluto rather than Bacchus. The novice in mixing this beverage should be careful not to scald himself. To become proficient in throwing the liquid from one mug to the other, it will be necessary to practice for some time with cold water...