About Town Cocktail Book by Joe Fitchett (1925, p.9) — South African

lemon peel — Squeeze on top.acid
0.17 gillgin — Source prints 1/6 gill.base
2 dashesMaraschino base
1 dashAngostura bitters — Angostura Bittersbitter
1 cherryCherry garnish
0.17 gillFrench vermouth — French Vermouthmodifier
0.17 gillItalian vermouth — Italian Vermouthmodifier
  1. Make in a large bar glass half full of broken ice.
  2. Stir up well, strain into a cocktail glass, add a cherry, and squeeze lemon peel on top.

Garnish: Cherry and expressed lemon peel

Ice: Broken ice

This matters because it preserves a named South African aromatic branch in a North American social source.

See also: Martini Cocktail, Manhattan Cocktail