Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-08
FRESU FEZZ.
Facts Of Interest atout tS1 Summer
NernEe. Soda WafCc.

The soda water season i fully opened, and
ne slGL Gt the fountain Is heard through the
lnnG-wEich cir2umst.1nce SUCCESS Detroit
Meas writer IT, indite the following:
In ) Z henry Thompson, of Tottenham,
England, took out he first patent, AMI in ISL
Carolina, obtained letters patent for imp =
mating water vi h fixed air Europ- tnty have
led in the discovery of the principles OF prizi-
ton, but it was iOc America To lead ia the in.
yen'ion of improved machinery and in M King
! soda water peas ant. eXhiElra iag All inn >
cuunuS beverage Tor general Use. [ nti! within
a score of years ago the processes of the prigI
nal makers were still used in the Oh Void
Such thing as drinking soda Wa er, exec u
from bottle, was unknown. Ii remained f.:
rope with The soda water fountain, and t. teach
even such makers as the Ellis of Ru;hin. Sorl.
new wrinkles in soda water manufacture.
The soda water interest in the United States
has of late years grown into en0rm puS ptnpnr-
tons. Some Sl2, 0N.MO are now invested in the
manufacture of 3rated drinks, fountains and
other apparatus.
As long ago as the London international ax-
hilition of lSi2tb American soda water toun-
| tain was the wonder of Europe, and the e,fer-
vtscing, ice-cOd liquid, with delicious syrup
! and cream, was veritable revelation t. The
! British palate. The British taste runs largely
to hot d. ihks, and the reader can imagine
| the sensations of a London civic magnata VINO
was led to the fountain in the American sec
| tion at the London exhibition, and there ia
trOducrd to his first experience of Yankee
! soda wafer. The day was terribly hot. fDt
| London, the soda was deiciouSly cold crea ny
and foaming The alderman eyed thu raug It
conse, yallvely, took one swallow and set his
My dear" he said, addressing the 20 ing
| lady who dispensed the beverage, Ave yOu
such a thing as drop of 'ot water
What is soda water? 1t is simply wit
! strongly impregnated with carbonic acid ga
/ The gas is obtained by pouring sulphuric acid
upon carbonate of lime as it exists in mlrb
! termed a generator" Copper genera urS
were formerly in vogue, but frequ mt explo-
! siOnS, leakages and inevitable cOrr0Siun, even
! where the interior has been lined with tia,
! has led to the substitution of steel. The con
/ tact of the sulphuric acid with the carbonate
OF lime produces tremendous efferve Scence.
| The vltrlol having stronger affinity for line
/ than the carbonic acid gas had liberateS the
! latter, and Suiphate of lime is formed. The
! gas thus obtained is then passed thro Ish a
! WaSher-yOu can wash gas as perfectly rs you
can handkerchel-tO remove any trace Of
| sulphuric acid, and then the foua aims, al
ready charged win water This co iStituteS,
! Ill brief, the whole process OF carbon iting.
lmi atiOnS of Nichy, KiSSingen, Setter ana
| other mineral waters are made by dISSolying
i'll the water in the fountains the requisite
amount OF the sails held in solution by me
| genuine waters. Ginger ale, birch beer, root
beer and draught champagne are m de in the
same way, except that the aeraed water is
! passed through closed vessels holding the
! essences and extracts in solution which i'm
| part to these drinks their characteristic ia
! VorS. The machinery required is intricate and
| costly Tie generators used in large eStabiiS h
| mentS cost ABOUT $1,000 each. and the other
| druggists in cities make their own soda waser,
| as they can buy it very cheaply from wholesale
| 'ChargerS.H
The fountains vary from one draught tube
| and nVe SyrupS to six tubes and twenty-five
! SyrupS, ranging in form from simple Squ ire
! marble box to an elaborate Gothic temple Of
! the most exquisite workmanship, and in cost
! from $i5 TO $1,000. On no other bevera Ie is
| there such an eXtraVagant outlay of money.
| and a well managed concern seldom fails To Ut
| very profitable. With good SyrupS, an attrac-
| tive fountain and attendant, and strict clean
| illness, the soda water stand will pay the rem
! orally. Conscientious dealers make their own
! SyrupS, some even making genuine fruiC
| SyrupS, but essences are generally preferred.
ParsimOnious dealers sometimes let their
fountains 60 to ruin by allowing the tin lining
| OF the coils and syrup cups TO wear Oh, thus
exposing the copper and dosing their custom
ers with verdiglis. A IpSilanti dru sgiSt once
| pursued tins system of mastery inactivity
with such success as to kill one man and lay
! up another for an entire summer. Who are
the soda water drinkers? Every soul within
! reach of the fountains almost. 1t is the great
| American beverage after beer and whiSkey
| This year the cost of ice is SO high that most
| OF the small soda men will be squeezed out,
| as Ice at 10 cents per 100 pounds is too much
| for them.
Soda water is social power. 1t is the one
| drink to which gentleman may publicly invite
a lady; the fountain is the only bar at which
| The sexes may meet with perfect propriety, the
lady slipping vanilla and cream and the gen
| t!eman mOStenlng his clay with club lem m
that is to say lemon with stick in it,
| COurtShipS are thus materially helped, and
! matches facilitated.