This is an interesting entry that presents a few items for consideration. Firstly, be amused by the misattribution ’Frisco in the 1908 Edition:
Secondly, the method and description have an air of being borrowed from another source. This is not Jack’s natural voice.
My interpretation:
4 dashes Angostura bitters
1.5 oz Hawthorn’s London Dry Gin
1.5 oz Martini & Rossi Rosso Sweet Vermouth
5 drops (about 1 barspoon) Hiram Walker White Crème de Menthe
In small mixing-glass with one large piece of ice stir mixture well (20 seconds), strain into small bar glass (cordial or lowball) and serve with ice water (separate glass). Squeeze lemon peel or twist lemon rind over drink and use for garnish. — A cooling bracer (more bracing if you use overproof / Plymouth gin) that would be just the thing to sip in a makeshift “Barbary Coast” booze-tent after a tiring day of hauling charred timbers and clearing blackened bricks from the remains of your recently burnt-down house in the City by the Bay (Jack’s First Edition came out a couple years after the Great Earthquake and Fire). And it comes with built-in mouthwash.
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