Word: lemons
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...formula, as printed in postcard form for handy mailing from "Bilgray's Tropic Bar & Restaurant": Babylonian Grape Brandy, Ice from the crest of Mount Sinai, Lemon from the desert of Sin, Gomorrha and Sodom Vermouth, Rum aged in Noah's Ark, Add Cain's Syrup from the garden of Eden, You then give it the Hebrew shake, and Say Hallelujah after drinking...
Wine is fermented, brandy and whiskey are distilled, but vermouth, like tea, is steeped. Italians, Frenchmen, Spaniards drink it straight or dilute it with soda, lemon peel or various fruit juices...
...word 'stone' can never have the affect of the object. To say, 'I shall pull your nose' may be as effective in producing anger as to carry out the threat. A man's mouth waters when he first eats a lemon, then when he sees another eating it, then when he hears the word 'lemon'. When this occurs he has learned the meaning of the word. It is astonishing (with references to Pawlow,) how much you can tell by watching a dog's mouth water. I certainly think this idea of the conditioned reflex largely covers the question of meaning...
...huff when she was dunned for nonpayment of dues. Mexico thought it was worth while. Fat Foreign Minister Genaro Estrada, who surprised his friends last year by marrying a Mexico City socialite, cabled formal acceptance to President of the Assembly Nicolas Titulesco. The message contained a carefully wrapped lemon...
...League covenant. The regional understanding that Mexico was not admitting is, of course, the Monroe Doctrine, distasteful to proud Latin Americans because of its implication that Latin American countries are not capable of guarding their own interests from European aggression. Washington was not particularly soured by Minister Estrada's lemon. From the State Department came an unofficial statement that no matter how Mexico feels about it, the Monroe Doctrine will remain in effect...