Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-07
THE SODA WATER HABIT.
CAR6ONIC ACID THE BASS OF MOST
SUMNER DRINKS.


Artful WiIes of the Faucet Turner-big
Money in the Business-How Good
Syrups Arc Made-The ''Foam"-Float-
ing Island.
He was pleasant looking young man,
with a well trained bang and set OF stock
srniles-sympathetic, questioning, confiden-
tisl and deprecatory-th would have done |
credit to an emotional actress Taken alto
pether, a superior person He is the presld-
| ing genius of a 5000 soda fountain, and |
what he does not know about soft drinks is |
| as yet undiscovered
t.The soda water business is better than a
| gold mine this year." said he. Never be-
fore have carbonated beverages been so pop
ular. See that man there filling up on
Vichy watera That's his tenth glass for to-
day. You see the carbonic acid habit gets
as firm hold ON It's victim as does the aleo-
hol habit or smoking. Not generally known,
but it's a fact If we once succeed in Turing
a man within our doors he's gone for the sea-
son This 1t is that makes the business good
this year Heretofore we've only had the
women. They're all right, but speaking cam
|
on such intangible stuff as froth. It's differ
ent with the men. Take that young fellow
who has just called for phosphate and egg;
this liquor will cost him 81 or s. daily, SO
be regards fifty cents worth of soda water as
a mere bagatelle His sister now, I'll war
rant thinks herself extravagant if she drinks
one, or expends one-half OF that sum on sum
mer beverages. 1t is peculiar TO notice the
-tsN,N,s hi pNSa
the soda habit Take the steady consumers
of mineral water for example They will
commence on a glass day, nominally for
!, the sake of their digestion, and end by COW
ing into the store every chance they get.
BIG MONEY IN IT.
: "Much money in itl Yes, young man, an
!. income that would make the owners of some
4 first class hotel bars turn green with envy
# One OF the large drug stores pays its rent anG
! clerk hire out of the profits from its sodt
i fountain, and has a large balance left. On
q thousand two hundred glasses per day Is per
. haps the best business done in this city. Thi
. includes all sorts of soft drinks and half I
- dozen semibard ones, as soda with dash o
- spirits of some kind in it. It's safe to say,
think that 100, 900 people In this city pa
, tronize soda fountain every day OF thei
u lives. This must be SO, because there ar
a. over 600 fountains in this city kept bus
"a during the warm weather months OF cours
NJ the number OF the all-the-year-round -four
in tains is much less.
NJ "Soda water, as you may happen to know
IN is nothing but pure water heavily charge
Nd with earbonic acid gas. When properl
or made it is the best and healthiest hot weathe
II drink known. This is when it is taken plai
az as it comes from the fount. When mike
with syrups of greater or lesser degree {
purity its effects on the system is a matter c
doubt
or There is lot of hocus- pocus about Il
- business Watch that blonde junior of mir
oh draw the glass of vanilla and ice cream he
st fixing for that 8 O'Clock young lady. Fir
,ar he put in the glass an ounce or so of syru
,re heavy, rich looking stuff, then he dashes
oh a thimbleful of cream, then a dab of IL
mo cream and now watch him manipulate d
Ia faucet; he's an expert, is that young mal
h YOU observe the maximum of fizzy and foa
with the minimum OF soda. There isn't
a that large glass, that will hold two-thirds
M a pint, over two gills of soda water. But Il
mt foam Is there, rich creamy foam that loo
ID. hard enough to stand alone and thick enoue
q, to eat with fork
,rs RICH, CREAMY FOAM
nst 'This effect does not all come from the d
or pensing GOOD syrups are made in this wa
&C. To the mixture OF plain sugar and watt
!, clarified with sizing of some sort, is added
ipt antiseptic to keep the stuff from fermentin
is This is usually salicylic acid, which is We
ny good thing for the purpose. Next the flavt
oss ing extract is mixed with the syrup. 7
the other ingredient is q small percentage Of
all preparation sold by the dealers call
his foam This is nothing more than clarifi
The gum arabic dissolved in water, clean mu
lage, in fact. The object of this Is to q
body to the mixture OF soda and syrup,
that bubbles of gas raised on the surface
ial- the liquid will not subside This practice
ON all right. because the public demand ri,
rye creamy foam, and it is to be obtained in
mi other way. But it doubles the profit on
rdl- glass of soda water.
!, TO "To satisfy an absurd prejudice crust
an fruit syrups have come in vogue We t.
ita- q lot of fresh berries-strswberries, bla
lty. berries, raspberries, or whortleberries-a
cry crush em and mix the mass with syrup
ing modicum of this is ladled into glass, VII
her is filled with soda A more insipid mkt
nan cannot be imagined. The favor of Fl
49, 1rulC Is 100 70 De ulluei .
ne circumstances, and the essential oils used
sch. making the essences from which regJ
yet syrups are concocted are fully as health
,lch when used, as they are, in small quantit
- as are the juices of fresh fruit.
1.-THE application of spoonful of ice crt
to glass of soda has proved the most
lual cessful innovation Of years. Never Def
'ink since 1882, when first used this way, has s
re- water with a floating island in the center
mo- the glass been so popular. 1t has a sug
re- ton of "a hot oyster with every drink at
mes, it that is captivating. 1t seems to +
yea bonus and that's taking. Convince the pc
that they're getting something for notf
and you'll have 'em around you in flo
taRe The ice cream used for this purpose is fla
lilac less, and as little of it goes a great wa
10 glass of soda, the chestnut photographic
may the contrary notwithstanding, skillful
penser can sell the mixture for five cen
glass, although almost all tho downt
,ness places charge either eight or ten cent:
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