, 1880-08-01
LEMONADE.
The Profits Of This Cooling Summer
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tS1 1E! U5t-l4 uIcke1 - 10 SulL LQe Anglo
Saxon mouth, or even to thin and piping
"lemingnade hereI fi-i-i-ye cents!' which
fits the puckered mouth Of an orthodox small
boy.
Two years ago not one glass of lemonade
was sold upon the streets; now there are 800
stands TINT appear in every quarter of the
city whenever the thermometer Is propitious,
and each and all vend large glass Of citrine
refreshlnent at the price Of q nlckei,-sQueeZe
the lemon, put in the sugar, and shake 1t up
before the purchaser, who .thus Is assured
that he IS getting the real article. and isn't
swindled and poisoned at one and the same
time
There Is a natural craving Of the system of
an overheated man for cool and acid drinks,
and lemonade supplies the want to 4 nicely.
The juice of the lemon is highly iinpregnatetl
with citric acid, which is refriSerant and
anti-scorbutic, and besides gives a certain
AID to digestion when moderately used. OF
enough is squeezed out to give the drink a
flavor, and not enough to prove deleteri0us,
although the oil, taken in quantity, is a gi0-
lent poison. Then there is the sugar and
water, which every Frenchulan, will swear
makes the best refrigerating drink in the
world without leMon-julce or anything added
to it, but just eau sucree,
TO MEET THE POPULAR DEMAND
for lemonade, iced lemonade, made with real
lemons, and true water, and pure ice, and
unqlle>tlonable sugar at popular prices. the
lemonade man 4us come into popular favor,
and promises to be as permanent u summer
fixture rs tile palmetto fan or sand-tiy. He
takes his position ut a. Ill. and vanisnes at
6, except upon the more crowded thorough
fures, where on Saturdays and extraordinary
! occasions he .proiongs lis business hours
away up into the wee Sma'.
Through professional pride, and rs fine
stroke Of diplomacy, he never uses fan.
What though
The hcaving Boulcyart flares and roars,
And the streaming Life flows up and down
From its hundred open doors,
and the hurrying crowds, starting at every
pore with business and perSplrsation, pant
and puff, and swear and blow and jUstle by,
while the thermometer blinks exasperatlngly
down from its silvery roost away up in the
ninetles-.tlse lemonade man stands calmly
yea, smilingly-behind his snowy counter
with its row OF sparkling glasses aud its
golden heap of tempting. lemons and It's
dainty globe Of sugar anu its deWy taukard
OF ice, and shrilly runs his invitations to
| doesn't seem to care Louisiana tiS-and
every one knows what q mean fig tluIt is
whether school keeps or not, just 50 long as
the swelter keeps up, and he can pour out
his lemonade and rnke in the nickels.' Is he
Of Of it " ~ ~ ~
Just watch him as he serves customer.
With what fanciful .seml-clrcular flourish
lie catches up tumbler, i'll the bottom OF
which lies the exact amount Of sugar re-
quired, to grain! Then he takes up half
big lemon, and eyes it critically to see that it
is all right, then inverts it III the sQueezer,
and IN one time and three motlons drains 1t
OF I'LL its welcome juice, Three filli2s with
iilen another flourish fills it with ice-water.
Then he gracefully inverts crit the conical
Germa11-silyer apparatus known as mixer,
churns it actively for three seconds, removes
the mixer with gesture not to be described,
so artistic is it, and finally, with the cabals-
tic inquiry i" "Strawzer ~ offers the glass aud
its foaning contents is politely It's French
Count, and watches the beverage. gurgle
away and gradually vanish with = triangular
smile us difficult Of portrayal as it is sef-sat-
fsiird and proud.
The lemonade man is 4 plilanthropist, too.
in . small way. There are hundreds Of
women and children upon the streets at mid,
day, fur from home, tortured With thirst, ana
They cannot go into bar Or hotel to slake
their thirst, so they naturally. appeal to the
lemonade man, who invariably fills Q glass
briIu1uing and hands It over as proudly, ana
and grandly, gracefully as though 1t were
receive a full nickel, and seems just as well
satisfied to give as the applicant is to re-
ceiye it.
GAINING THE CONFIDENCE
Of one of the most prominent Lemonade men
on Clark street yesterday, a TRIBUNE re-
porter yentured to ask him how business
= We'll, you see, sir,'' was the reply, "just
now IRIS little off,-weutler not hot enough.
am now runnin' from sixty to eighty. glasses
I: day, but the first streak o. hot weather VIII
send her bo0min' UP to four anu hfe nun
dred." By the soft feminine pr0nouh the
lemonade Than undoubtedly meant to deslg-
' :What are Your profts?" was then asked;
swell, they varies, sir, they varies 'c0rdln'
to circumstances. Yer see the best lemlngs,L
casc,-ilalf a lenling goes to the gl:lss- IAen
there's s.. .25 fer sugar fer every 500 glasses,
III 50 cents worther Ice fer every 2oo gi'esSes'
III strawers costs 50 cents fer q Inousln',I-
well ggers it down pretty s eloSe f1bont AZ about
three, 'lowin' that none Of the Jennings spies
on NV hands, wirh is a dead loss unless l
likes ZEN little spilled" ,-..o,,
:'How much ice-water do you give ga aWay:I ;
swell. sir, on y. real bus;in' hot day
sometimes has morc'n hundred n hfty.
That's tie aEgervatin' part Of the business
LIS nut that 1 gruuEes cold drink. Dut IL
does rile me to see 'em neSs aay, ,,';1is,, Mtenv,
tjlat other lenlingade ftller across the street.
~ riyiu' r1e the shake. But then it squares
in the long run, for the fellers ne gives lce-
~water to for nawthin'. they. comes to bny
lelninsade off my stand, wich evens IT,
Mother vendor on Randolph street, near
Dearborn. gave similar account, but hxeu
lis urotils at about two and Il half cents
glass. He estimated his net receipts 10 a'"
erage 81 q day through the season..
These men pay a rent OF ABOUT ~ GEMS
day to the stores il, front OF which they sen.
a,n; at, th,ls escape being liable to license They
are Increasing in numbers, ana some gre eS-
trayagllltIy going into display OF cuI-elass
nr.i t;np linen to increase the charm OF tnelf
nIace. Altogether, they are worthy se.,
md rertuinly do at times refresh the thirsty
citizen to y degree bordering on the maT'eF
GUS. o,-r
Something's the lemonade man has reverses.
Tie clark of the weather neglectS his auty
ar = week or So, and the despondent ther,
,,nmeter sIllks around beer and cocktail
t;onres. and never once rises to a lemonade
Standard. and then the lemonade mans lem
nns .spiie," and the flies get into Ills sugar,
and the dust into his straWs,, nnd ne wakes
snmnolent with idienesS, and then the sma!l
NV infests Him and runs oil with such port
onfes rs l,e can lay his hands on,- that from
q hrisk business he drops to bankruptcy and
mnnappiuess, i'll the long course Of which he
simultaneously gets in arrears with his rent,
o1t an advertisement in the papers running
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