About Town Cocktail Book by Joe Fitchett (1925, p.29) — About Town 1925

1 cupfullemon juice — Lemon Juiceacid
1 cupfulorange juice — Orange Juiceacid
Rum or brandy — Rum or Brandybase
2 cupfulsstrong tea — Strong Teabase
1 canCrushed pineapple — Crushed Pineappledilution
2 cupfulsgrapefruit juice — Grapefruit Juicegarnish
1 small bottleGreen maraschino cherries — Green Maraschino Cherriesgarnish
mint — Garnish with mint.other
0.5 cupfulMint jelly — Mint Jellysweetener
3 cupfulsSugar syrup — Sugar Syrupsweetener
  1. Mix the ingredients well in a punch bowl.
  2. Pour over a block of ice or ice-cubes and garnish with mint.

Garnish: Mint

Ice: Block of ice or ice-cubes

This matters because it preserves a tea-and-fruit social-bowl punch in the later club-and-party layer.

The source text is slightly broken around the cherry line, so that detail is preserved conservatively.

See also: Tea Punch, Emergency Punch