The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-11-09
THE SODA WATER HABIT.
cARBONIC ACID THE BASS or MOST
SUMNER DRINKS.

SUMNER DRINKS.
Astf0l Wiles Of the Faucet Turner-Bia
Money In tho Business-How Good
syTups Arc Made-Tho 'Toam"-Float-
ing Island.
He was a pleasant looking young man.
with q well trained bang and q set Of stock
miles-sympathetic, questioning, confden-
tial and deprecatory-that would have done
credit to an emotional actress Taken alto
gether, q superior person. He is the presid-
ing genius Of a 5000 soda fountain, and
what he does not Know about soft drinks is
as yet undiscovered.
1.-THE soda water business is better than
gold mine this year." said lie. .Never be-
fore have carbonated beverages been SO pop
ular. See that man there filing up on
Vichy wateri That's his tenth glass for to-
day. You see the carbonic acid habit gets
as firm a hold on it, victim as does the alco-
hol habit or smoking. Not generally known,
but it's a fact. II We once succeed in Turing
mar within our doors he's gone for the sea-
son. This it is that makes the business good
this year. Heretofore we've only had the
women. They're all right, hut speaking cam
didly, they dom like to spend much money
on such intangible stuff as froth. It's differ
emit with the men. Take that young fellow
who has just called for a phosphate and egg;
this liquor will cost him 90 or IS daily, 10
he regards fifty cents worth Of soda water as
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 It is peculiar to notice the
way In which a man accustoms himself to
the soda habit. Take the steady consumers
OF mineral water for example. They will
commence on q glass Q day, nominally for
the sake OF their digestion, n end by cor.
ing into the store every chance they get,
BIG IN IT.
'Much money in lit Yes, young man, an
income that would make the owners Of some
nrst class hotel bars turn green with envy.
Ono Of the large drug stores pays its rent and
clerk hire out Of the profits from its soda
fountain, and has a large balance left One
thousand two hundred glasses per day is per
haps the best business done in this city. This
includes all sorts Of soft drinks and half q
dozen seni-hard ones, as soda with a dash Of
spirits Of some kind in it. It's safe to say, I
think, that 100000 people in this city pa
tronise . soda fountain every day Of their
lveA This must be 10, because there are
9 600 fountains in this city kept busy
during the warm weather months. OF course
the number Of the al-the-year-round foun-
tains Is much less.
SODA water, as you may happen to know,
Il nothing but pure water heavily charged
with carbonio acid gas When properly
made it Is the best and healthiest hot weather
drink known. This is when it is taken plain
- II comes from the fount. When mixed
with syrups Of greater or lesser degree Of
purity its effects on the,system is a matter Of
doubt.
''There isa lot Of hocus-pocus about the
business. Watch that blonde Junior Of rhine
draw the glass Of vanilla and ice cream he's
fixing for that 8 O'Clock young lady. First
he put in the glass an ounce or 80 Of syrup,
heavy, rich looking stuff, then he dashes in
. thimbleful Of cream, then q dab Of ice
cream, and now watch him manipulate the
faucet; he's On expert, Is that young man;
you observe, the maximum Of fzzy and foam
with the minimum Of soda. There isn't in
that large glan, that will hold two-thirds Of
apint, over two gills Of soda water. But the
foam Is there, rich creamy foam that looks
hard enough to stand alone and thick enough
to eat with q fork.
4 RICH, REAxY FOAM
''This effect does not all come from the dis
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To the mixture Of plain sugar and water,
clarified with sizing Of some sort, is added an
antiseptic to keep the stuff from fermenting.
This Is usually saiicylic acid, which Is a very
good thing for the purpose. Next the flavor.
ing extract Is mixed with the syrup. The
other ingredient is q small percentage Of q
preparation sold by the dealers called
foam This is nothing more than clarified
gum arabic dissolved in water, clean muci-
lage, In fact The object Of this is to givo
body to the mixture OF soda and syrup, SO
that bubbles Of gas raised on the surface Of
the liquid viii not subside. This practice is
all right. because the public demand a rich.
creamy foam, and it is to be obtained in no
other way. But 1t doubles the profit on a
glass ct soda water.
ITO satisfy an absurd prejudice crushed
fruit syrups have come in vogue. We take
q lot Of fresh berries Strawberries, black
berries, FaspberTies, or whortleberries-and
crush 'em and mix the mass with syrup. A
modicum Of this is ladled into a glass, which
Is filed with soda A more insipid mixture
cannot be imagined. The flavor Of fresh
fruit Is too delicate to be retained under such
circumstances, and the essential oils used in
making the essences from which regular
syrupsa are concocted are fully as healthful,
when used, as they are, in small quantities,
as are the Juices Of fresh fruit.
1.-THE application Of a spoonful Of ice cream
to a glass Of soda has proved the most sue
cessful innovation Of years. Never before,
since 1882, when first used this way, has soda
water with a floating island in the center Of
the glass been 30 popular. It has a sugges-
ton Of "a hot oyster with every drink about
it that is captivating. It seems to be a
bonus and that's taking. Convince the people
that they're getting something for nothing
and you'll have 'em around you in focka
The ice cream used for this purpose is flavor
less, and as a little Of it goes a great way in
q glass Of soda, the chestnut ~paragrapher to
the contrary notwithstanding, . skillful dis
penser can sell the mixture for five cents q
glass, although almost all tho downtown
places charge either eight or ten cents."-
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