Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03
THE SODA WATER TRADE.
Pretty Girls Add Much to It's
Volume in Cities.
a Venerable United States Senator
Tells Why He Prefers Bright
Eyed Women Clerks-How the
Stun Is Made.
Especial Washington Letter. I

II am fond of boys and young men,
said an elderly senator to me this morn
ing, land / like to see them prosper.
always take pleasure in helping young
men whenever l can. But l would
rather walk three blocks on a hot day
to have my soda water drawn by a
pretty girl than boy.
There is n drug store on the corner
near my residence. There is another
on Connecticut avenue. There is an
other at the Shoreham. But boys
handle the faucets there, so L walk past
all of them and go down to the drug
store opposite the treasury department,
because there L always find couple
OF pretty girls. and enjoy my soda bet
ter III that place. While L sip it look
at the girls, and also at the customers.
Lots of young fellows feel as l do
about it, for | see them in that place
every day flirting with the girls, and
sometimes drinking two glasses, just
for the sake OF staying and talking
with the little authenticated, vivacious,
plump girl or her black-haired, sedate
sister. Funny, amt it, that an old fell
low like me should have such fondness
for the girls? But can't help it.
Zone morning, after several young
fellows had been in there, while | was
standing back taking my Ice cream and
vanilla soda, asked the blond if she
had ever waited on a sensible man. She
looked at me quizzickly for a second,
and then said: 4 can't remember a
single one. They all think that we
girls are light-headed fools, and we
know that they are making fools of
themselves all the time
Then | asked her if she had many
old gentlemen customers, and she re-
piled: There are seven or eight, count
ing yourself, who come here to buy
soda and firt with us That staggered
me bit, and | quit asking questions.
l had no idea of flirting with the girls,
but simply liked to see their bright
faces and hear their chatter. But the
girls had put me down as one Of the
Old fools, and l came to the conclusion
that they were right. Nevertheless,
! shall continue to buy my soda there"
1t is on principal thOroughfare, and
/ concluded to go there and see the
girls myself. They are both very pref
ty. The elder is always smiling. Some
body, or u looking-glass, has told her
that she has pretty row of pearly
teeth, and there is no reason why she
should not smile. Her little sister is
stately and dignified, but a thorough
student Of human nature, as she sees
it from her station beside the foun-
tain. The young fools whom Senator
S. had mentioned were there buy
ing soda. The girls were busy hand
ling the faucets and making change.
Several ladies came in, but the boys
had the entire counter to themselves,
and not one of them moved aside. Lit
tie Miss Dignity mildly said: Gentle
men, will you kindly allow those la
dies 10 take your places?"
She said it in manner which indi-
Gated that she was really weary, and
the Johnnies. all of them reminded of
their rudeness, stepped back and made
room for the ladies. There were four
of them. and all swell-looking. Not
one of them was as pretty as either Of
the soda fountain girls, and they were
as rude as the young gentlemen who
had been driven away. They talked
boisterously, and debated concerning
the various sirups, as though the safety
of the national treasury depended upon
their conclusions. Meantime two ell