About Town Cocktail Book by Joe Fitchett (1925, p.29) — About Town 1925
| 1 lemon | lemon juice — Juice of 1 Lemon | acid |
| 2 oranges | orange juice — Juice of 2 Oranges | acid |
| ice — Source says a good deal of ice in a big pitcher. | base | |
| 1 tumbler | rum | base |
| 2 bottles | ginger ale — Add just before serving. | dilution |
| 1 wineglass | Pineapple juice — Pineapple Juice | dilution |
| 1 tumbler | water | dilution |
- Put the ingredients over plenty of ice in a big pitcher and mix thoroughly.
- Add the ginger ale just before serving.
Ice: Good deal of ice
This matters because it preserves an explicitly improvised social punch rather than a formal inherited formula.
The late addition of ginger ale is central to the drink's party-service logic.