Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-25
SAID ON The STREET.

a Drug Clerl; The soda water business
IS starting on well this year aud there
Us more call Tor new OF fancy drinks than
thcre was last season. i suppose from
the number Of founts running today
there were about three or four thous-
aud glasses sold In Fort Worth. Yea,
q majority Of Our customers are ludius.
but good many men drink soda water.
COCO cola. bromo caffeine, bromO soltzcr,
I champagne hzz, or the uh0sphatcs. ia-
dies generally call for Ice cream sodus.
There viii be number OF now drinks
this year For plain soda syrups, vanilla
stll retains its lead hut chocolate Is very
popular especially with ice cream There
were two ladies' came in today. that serve
10 Illustrate what n soda water clerk has
70 undergo. They were nicely dressed
aud euch carried q purse Ia her hand.
! eteued mp TO wait ON them but they
didn't see me at first.
IT Is my treat
No, Il Is mlne."
No, let me treat"
well, III treat next"
What win you haveT
~ don't know. what win YOU hayef
"Oh, n chocolate cream is just de-
licious. don't YOU think soY'
u believe l like a cherry Ice don't
yonT
by this time several others were watt
ing and ! said, well, ladies, what win
You hnveT'
Al don't know turning to her friend
what win You havef'
Il will take what you do"
1.-THE last time ] drank soda ] took
cherry ice Mr., T., Miss c., and
Miss - were along aud we just had the
best time"
What win you have. ladlesT l again
asked.
"Oh, give me-lcts sec. Have you
got any ice cream
Yes, maam.'
We'll, give me some cream Don't
! you want creamT turning 20 her friend
les, give me some cream" was the
rcPly.
syrup! Oh, yes; we forgot the syrup
how funny What DO you think would
| be uiceW
Her friend suggested chocolate.
| Gives W. two chocolates
BY this time crowd had gathered
! around the fountain waiting 10 be served
They drank their chocolates, aud then
the one that was treating said. "chnrg,
tbs to my husband. and they left.
! dldnt know either OF them and / wui
too nearly pnralyged to ask who Ia,
husband was.
Judge Lynch-O'rom lettcr)-I an
having good time here. / arrived
| dressed In q corduroy suit ana q whit
hat aud as | walked into the hotel every
body stared at me. ! didn't think mucl
about u until went 20 the dinner table
An irishman waited on me, and he tool
me In at glaucc.
YOU'RE from oirelandg" said he,
"An bedad. ycz amt been here long
Not very"
81 knowcd yez the blessed mluit SET
dyes on yez. You're wan o them lord.
way mp ia the skies, an yez air here
In dlsgoise-l know yez"
Now see herc' ] said, "you are an
lnshAnn. and so avn j; you have Il
right, but don't want you TO give m,
| away"
But he told all Of the other waiter.
| about h and / never was rs well served
IN my life, but / either had 20 change my
clothes or put up a tent and charge nd.
mission, 50 | have bought new suit of
clothes There amt anything Va thl,
! town too good for the Irish lord.
A LADY, have unfortunately obtained
| the reputation among my friends Of
being literary and the result ~ some
| what appalling ! had no idea that s0
! many people were trying 10 write, and
| whenever one OF my friends writes any.
| thing / must hear IL read and pass judg.
ment on Il. OF course the Judgment
! must be favorable otherwise 1 would
| lose my friend. The other evening n
| lady wanted me 10 hear a story and /
resigned myself to the DEGREES Of fate
The story was book, the afternoon
| passed away, supper time came, and
| still she read. l was hungry and wanted
TO cat. but that did not make any differ.
ence. the story interested her ana she
| thought II ought 90 Interest me. Why
| viii otherwise sensible and charming peO-
! pie make themselves such bores with
/ their literary productlonsf