The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-22
WANTS THE DASH OF WINE.
Soda Water Fountains Cater to tn e
Savannah Up-tO-Date Girl
bat have You today? %


What have you to-day?"
well. we have whisk sours, sherry
sherbets, claret-punches, anti-migraine
phosphates."
Wen. Just mix me whisk sour and
sherry"
The clerk brought the glass. full to the
brim with the appetizing compound, and
the girl was soon absorbed in the effort
to reach the bottom by means Of a silver
spoon.
This was not in barroom Saturday
night as some uninitiated might suppose.
IT was In a leading drug store on Sunday
afternoon. There were no mysterious
WinkS required, no subtle hintings,
When the girl left the store two
DINERS were investigating the quail
Ivy OF sherry sherDet and the clerk
mad reported TO another fair caller that
the supply of Whisk sOurs was Just out"
The temperance lady, passing on her
way to the meeting Of the White Ribbon
Society, was Mortified to hear one of
party OF girls leaving a store say to the
others; Isn't that wnisk sour deicious?"
and when the reply came floating to her
ears, Yes, but the sherry suits my taste
better" she was convinced that the age
OF degeneracy mad settled upon Savannah
and the prohibition movement must have
new life infused into it at once.
The plain, oid-fashioned chocolate soda
water does not go with The fin de steele
savannah girl. The crushed ice with some
pineapple juice poured over it and digni-
hed with the name of "bonbon" has
long lost its charm. Even the whipped
cream artifice now fails to entice the nick
les from her purse She has acquired
different taste. The flavor and the frag-
rance OF good Old Bourbon, the delicate
qualities of imported sherrles or of clar-
cts from the vineyard of CALIFORNIA;
glorious climate" one or all of these are
needed now to crafty her refined palate.
Wlth the departure of the cheap foun-
tains and plain drinks of few years ago
has come a distinct art in the compound
ing OF new and attractive summer bev-
erages and cold solids.
Just as there must now be beveled mir
rors, onyx fountains, polished granite
counters, and silver holders with cut glass
tumblers, so, to draw the trade In ad5f-
lion must be supplied fancy compounds
that would test the ingenuity of a skilled
par tender to rival. The value of the nickEe
When it comes TO expanding 1t on such
distincttvely American hot weather re-
freshments, has vastly increased in Savan-
nan, and especially during the past sea-
son or two. Competition has led to a cater
ing TO such trade that no one would have
those who keep ahead of the procession
VINO take In enough of the nickles and
dimes to ind that department of their
pharmacies a profit.
Whoever started the favorlng of sher-
bets with liquors made a happy stroke, 1t
would seem. The innovation has appar-
entity caught the feminine fancy. Perhaps
as the young lady sips her claret punch
or sherry sherbet she really imagines she
is getting an insight into those delicious
mixed drinks that brother talks Of. Per-
maps she imagines there is just a spice OF
naughtiness in it all Or it may be that
1t is simply the flavor, after all, that graf
ifies and induces the inves tment Be Il
what 1t may, the calls for the mixtures
Of frigid sweetness that are dashed with
some wine or other stimulant are getting
more and more frequent. Perhaps next
season it will not seem amlss for the dear
one to tell the clerk to Just add a little
Vermouth, please" or say complacently
TO friend, won't you try an absinthe
freeze, dear, they are so refreshing"