The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-11-02
RED LEMONADE
There is Money in 1t at One Cent {
Glass.


Here's your red lemonade, cold and
| sweet, l cent glass"
This cry you may hear all over New
| York, especially IN the side streets down
town, where people who work in shops
| and iactOrles 1eel the need OF some re-
| freshing beverage on hot days says the
| New ork Press.
Time was when lemonade could not be
! bought for less than D cents glass any
where. But the demand for cheaper
| drink became so lnsistent that the l-cent
! lemonade stands sprang into existence all
| at once. AZ this season there is sudden
| big increase In the number OF l-cent
stands. The boys who have been in
school for all the term and have just been
! released lor the vacation fly naturally 10
| the red lemonade business to gather pen
MES Tor The summer vacation. Many u
| drink OF the cold and SWEET mixture
| paid for hrecrackers on Independence
| day.
| The boys have not the business to them
| selves however. Men do everything in
| New IOrk and il Is not to be supposed
! that they would neglect SO profitable an
! occu patton as selling lemonade at a
nominal figure. Park row has score Of
these stands, and the thirsty newsboys
| and others who patrOniZe them on hot
! day make the trade roaring one.
Red lemonade al / cent glass Is not MS
! precious upp!e as champagne at 81
| bottle, but ii is as good in its way Inis
Is the Impression That Is conveyed by The
vendor as he ladies' Il out with a deX-
ferrous twist that makes the LIQUID swirl
! around in his tln pail and sets ali the bits
| oil lemonade III torment. lie tax es out
the tumberiul and with steady hand
! tor your red lemonade must be handled
c2reiulIy-and there il a gurgle and
! swish as ne throws tho ladle back into
. ftaz a Z laa of~ 1
ing the best he can, although he is mod
est over IL. " hen ne gives you the lem
/ ouade he does IL with an apologize smile,
/ as ii TO call your attention to the cheap
/ ness OF II, and 10 beg Of you not to ex pect
! too much.
The weather for lemonade is sizzling
/ heat When the man or woman who -
obliged TO walk along Park row is ready
! for anything that Is wet and cool, and
! when drink Tor cont is a thing 70 be
desired with all the arid ardor OF a dying
/ creature.
The cheap lemonade is made in differ
ent way rom The aTIslocrat!c beverage at
/ a nickel d glass. The one-cent lemonade
/ Is made in some mysterious retreat from
/ a certain number of lemons, but how
! many only The manufacturers know.
j 1AeSe - I great deal OF acid 10 be OBJ
/ tanned from two or three lemons il one
only knows how TO extract il. Then
/ there IS the lemon rind, that can he
/ thrown lnt0 the liquid To give ii a smack
/ OF tropical fruit that does It's part toward
| making lie lemonade more alIurlng
Vi Icn tie lemonade man has & big pail
/ OF X made he puts in some ice and then
/ begins 10 think what more is needed
/ The color, OIL course! The lemonade is O T
a dirty gray hue now, aud that would
never do Tor his customers. II must be
rea-a wine red. 80 he gets his bottle OF
/ : u - At
/ connection Win tho 1ruIi aud may not
! and sudlclous!y pours III certain NUM-
! Der OF drops. The result is tiuge OF red
that spreads through the whole paIllul OF
/ liquid, and with an almost iucred!bly
small quantity OF the juice the lemonade
! - made 10 look extremely rich and
fruIty.
Now the drink is ready for the mark ct
anu Tho man carries his pail To his regu-
/ lar stand, where he places a soap box on
end spreads piece Of white cheesecloth
! over II and arranges his sign: Lemon
ade, cent glass" against the pail. lie
I puts on white apron and waits Tor Gus
! toners
They come along soon. for it is the time
/ In the morning when many are going TO
work, and glass of lemonade after
walk IRON the other side of the bridge or
even up from the ferry or down from the
/ tbickly settled neighborhoods halfway
/ petN6Su sI5 OStOi4lcc auI I nlOn square
! is not bad thing.
The lemonade man is there all day and
! after dark, too, in warm weather, and the
/ stranger would be surprised to know
what snug sum he earns from his mod
! est sales
A iavorite delcacy in Washington that
IS not seen ia New York might be sue
! cess II it were introduced in the me
| tropoiis. 1t Is called ''snow ball" 1t is
! mass of grataQ ipa mazda hafora ho an q.
/ TONER'S eyes from q large block and
placed on square of white paper. The
! purchaser says what flavor he prefers
| and the vendor pours little juice from
! bothered, green, yellow, blue or any
color-and it sinks through the ice ia an
/ instant coloriug it as desired. The re-
/ suit Is a pretty and refreshing handful
! that suits tue average boy, man or woman
| exactly on a hot day. You may see
snow ball' men ali along Pennsylvania
| avenue and IN other streets in the. Capital
/ and the lrade done is tremendous