title: Shake 'Em Up!: A Practical Handbook of Polite Drinking
author: Virginia Elliott
description: <div>"This witty drinking guide, originally published in 1930, is <B>packed with cocktail recipes and contrarian advice </B> ."<BR>&#151;<I>New York Times</I><BR><BR>"It is hilarious and unpretentious, and I&#8217;m talking <B>laugh-out-loud hilarious here, people </B>. . . . the introductions to the drinks, and the descriptions of the dinner party experience, that really make the day."<BR>&#151;FoodRiot</div>
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  Prologue: A Town in the Country of Snow
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  「Listen up, you guys. Alcohol is an adult's drink. That means whoever drinks
  alcohol is an adult.」
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  In a snowy country in Eurasia, under a dark gray winter sky. In front of a
  church shed, a red-haired ten year old little girl held an emerald-green
  alcohol bottle in her hand and raised her voice.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  「Once you guys taste this, you won't be kids anymore! You'll join the ranks of
  cool adults like us. And cool adults would never betray their friends! They'll
  never abandon weaker people! This alcohol is that kind of an oath between
  friends. Are you ready for it!?」
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  At those words, the two five- or six-year-old boys standing in front of her
  stood straighter and answered in loud voices.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "Yes we are!"
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "Good! Then show me your readiness!"
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "Okay!"
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  With their answers, the two boys held forward wooden cups in their hands. Into
  each of those cups, the red-haired girl