The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-13
Turks IN FIZZ
THERE IS DANGER IN SOME OF THE
Triples IT FURNISHES.
One Result Of the Fad Of Nervousree-Ex-
travagant Habits Arc Fosseretl--A Liquid
Drug Fountsin-A Dispenser Of -Pies xs
Cp" Decoctions Expresses Hirnss,f

travaSans Habits Arc Fosseresl--A Liquid
Drug Fountsin-A Dispenser OF -Piek Hs
Cp" Decoctions Expresses Hirnss,f
Nervousness seems to be fad lust
now said the man behind tho soda water
bar Half the trade is from persons who
think they need something u pick them
up, First is's phosphate. then bromide
in some form and then something stron-
ser. don't know where the era.s viii end.
The soda fountain has become a bar
for mixed drinks and a prescription coun-
ter whore every cuSto=le. Is his own dec
tor. / guess the nex3 Improvements Ill
be nickel-in-che slot attachment for pull
ing teeth while You wait
lou needn't Ceote me as saying So"
tie focaac!cas rsiSclocist went on. ''bus
rs fact that must nc apparent IN every
one that the soda wafer fountain Is randi
IN becoming a menace and a nuiSsns,e.
It's good cheap affair for young spcoa
To march his best girl mp Co on a hot SIM
Inc- night; IL : less expensive than the tes
cream table, and therefore IL is nm eco
no-aicai device, but II gets men, women
and children into the habit OF ar.nsiag
all sorts Of villainoUs decoctions about the
effect of which they know nothing and
which they don't neeG ut all
Il don't mind serving ice cream soda
TO bevy Of pretty girls, for that Is
harmless sort Of beverage. and the girls
are generally Sittenish enough 20 give the
service n certain amount of interest. hut
when your hypochondriac GENES iu-ths
fellow who Is blessed with perfect health.
who doesn't know that he got a stomach
except when he's hungry. who knows about
liver only aS something that gocs with ha-
con and about kidneys only as viauds
incest when They're hrOilcd-whsn such a
Iuan comes III and studies out something
he has not vet tried, why, thcn i want "a
go back To- Iowa "
With that awful thought in his mind
the egg shaker gave the marble counters
swipe with n towel and sent drops Of
Waukesha water flying all over the chew.
inS gum.
The worst feature of the business.
though, he said. returning 10 the attack.
lis the medicinal end of it. Men want
brumo this and oromo that, and some ask
for quiniue and others bicarbonatc OF
soda; some got whisky, and have a rcgu-
lar cod liver oil patron. Another Ioan
wants pcpsin in his, and peppermint is
common enough. Plenty of them come 10
the soda water clerk II he were a doctor
and ask for something for ills. real or imag-
mary, of which they may or may not be
seized or possessed as | have heard a
lawyer friend Of mine say.
You wouldn't believe IL, the drug
store teddy tosser continued after fixing n
raspberry phosphate. but men. and won-
en-, too, come here and ask for poisons
One ohlorotorm drunkard drops In resu-
larry TO try 20 persuade me 10 give him "a
drink, and woman who lives near here
comes frequently after laudanum in hers.
One chap staggered me by asking for soms
bromo hyacene, drug never heard Of.
and | kept drug store in Dies Moincs till
got caught at IL.
i looked up bromo hyacens and found
that one hundredth Of a grain j. enough
TO put a man so sound asleep that "A check
erbosrd suit wouldn't waken him. He
didn' gee bis medicine. Cues. he wanted
To shuttle of 3"
The dispensing chemist, sided up 20 tho
other end Of the bar, served lemonade
glassful Of the citrate OF magnesia and
swabbed the counter on his way back to
the cracker bowl, for this soda water har
had free lunch waters or biscuits"
instead of dirty crackers and much finger
ell cheese.
That's the worst feature OF the trade
he began again, "the prescribing for self
feature. | used 10 think when patent med
icines were my chief stock in trade thst
the dear people were dosing themselves
into early graves, making themselves
brainless ~ chimpanzecs, fncagcr rs liz
ards, but think now that the crownin1
glory Of American foOlishness IL the ~
allied soda water fountain Young pco-
pic gct into bad and eTtravagant habits
the soft drink bars and older
Dcople-business rnsn who ought % have
,ettcr ssnse--coms milling Ia here for n
race up on drugs half IA dozen times "A
lay when all they need Is as much oxey-
Use as Is contained ia IA walk around the
,!ock
The soda fountain. or liquid drua
ountAiD, Is the first cousin 20 tho Office
Dunge said the ex Iowan ~ ho<p>,iish-
Il a gas after swallowing "A lemon phos-
hate. There are more lounges in Offices
owadays than ever before The prufes-
iOnsl man becomes tired, bis eyes swim
nd his head aches. lie lies down for q
~ minutes and thinks he is all night
gain and resumes wOrk worse Of than
efoTe rest for be- has % make q greater
Fort % pick up the thread where be
ropped IL. II be doesn't lie down. he
1ns out 10 the soda fountain, gulps any
sing be happens 20 think Of and goe@
ack refreshed after the faith cure idea Of
sfreshnsnt. That H. he thinks be IL re
-eshed when be Isn't. Thai, Why Say
10 lounge and the fountain are related
axe q little something before you CO.
Nos Oh, this won hurt you, its only
lid cherry, with a little phosphate Ia "a.
I'd there Isn't enough prU-sic add IA tho
4crry 70 hurt any body
Growing Yes. It's growing In fscs.
s the pot boiler q ali The down town
rug stores Hot drinks IA winter and
ID drinks in summer Buy a big foun
in, throw away the ky q the front door
-sp OPEN day aud night eUs prize GA
-filar trhds. snd your fortune ia made
"a cigarettes and nerve touies. and you
n keep tramp armies supplied Sith
aB.s Keeping q -0ls water foBut1ia
about On = level win running hotei "a
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