Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-24
SODA.
A Chapter 90 Toe Cream and sherhsis-A
Glance Behind the Scene and a
LeBH Leak IN FreHt,
Something About the ersat Establishment
Of Charles Howard, the Prince Of
Soda MsH.
The Great and FsshIsaahls Toe Cream
Rooms Of hsmphIs.

The ice cream palace Of Charles Howard,
on Main street, near Madison, is one OF the
institutions Of this city that cannot be
overlooked by q man of taste. He paid
a visit to that place yesterday and investi-
gated it thoroughly. He WSs Rstonished
how it happened that Towards was spo-
ken Of by every one and p~stronizsd by all
who affected soda and ice cream. He con-
stituted himself a committee of one and
looked into the place in the interest Of the
public. The first dart he made was to the
factory below. He found the arrangements
complete. Charley has six soda fonts down
there, which costtwO hundred dollars each,
capable of bearing a pressure of five hun-
dred pounds IN the inch. They are
connected with the refrigerator up stairs
by pipes made Of pure block tin,
many coils of which are doubled up 10 an
ice chest, upon which three hundred
pounds Of ice are placed every day. An
other arrangement of Charley's is the
means he has Of changing the water in
which the glasses are washed. The waste
pipe goes into the street, and the trough
is replenished by q constant supply from
q cistern below, which holds twenty bar
rels of water. Charley makes Everything
he sells. He has the two finest artists in
America, one a candy and pastry man, The
other, q native OF AlsRce, manufactures
syrups, the ice cream, the sherbets, and
all kindred delicscies. Our man Of taste
was permitted to analyze the syrups and
essences with which Howard davOrs his
ices. He saw them in all stages of manu-
facture, and, therefore, can confidently
assert that everything which enters into
the composition Of q glass OF soda water is
absolutely pur and sound. With such an
assurance he would rather pay twenty-five
cents for a glass of soda than get one for
nothing without that certainty. OF Char
ley's ice cream, it is only necessary to say
that it is eTedrA, and not iced milk. The
havOring material our man of taste saw in
process Of manufacture from tbs pure
orange, vanilla bean, lemon, etc.
THE sALooN
back Of Charley's store is the Ioveliest
thing of the kind our man Of taste ever
saw. There are larger rooms and
more p~retentiOus and expensive, but
for pure taste and elegance none
can equal it. The furniture is rich with
out being hashy; the decoration on the
walls indicates the hand Of an artist;
henceit is that every lady of refinement,
when ice cream is suggested says,
"LET Us 60 To CHARLEY HowARD's,"
and thereupon they go. Howard assures
US that il is all but impossible to make
good soda and sell it less than ten cents q
glass without using marble dust, which
can be got for two dollars a barrel. He
uses pure soda, n firm on Front street
having imported a whole cargo for his eX-
press use. A keg costs eight dollars, and
there is as much marble dust in one bar
rel as will make as much as four kegs Of
soda. The soda is just sixteen times as dear
as marble dust.
MEAD.
A speciality Of Howard is the "Mead"
he makes. he is the only one in town
who can make this. All the men of ply
sic affect it. 1t is recommended for its
fine t0niHg qualities. There is no such
drink for summer weather. 1t is not only
healthy, but absolutely beneficial to all
sorts OF people. We shall refer again
with pleasure to Towards.