Cooling It By The Numbers

August, 1969

Cooling It by the NumbersThe man about bar who in other months professes no more than a passing interest in the alcohol-by-volume content of his drinks often becomes keenly proof conscious in the summer. 'Tis the season when "cool" and "kick" have to be weighed carefully in the balance, so that the potable fits the clime.There are times, after four or five torrid sets of tennis, say, when nothing will assuage a dehydrated body better than missile-size glasses filled with fres...