The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-07-24

| face assumes an expression of satisfaction
and well being, beside which the ice cream
soda expression Of the matinee girl Is
sullen.
There Is apparently no feminine wink
| that corresponds 10 the masculine drug
store wink, although the perennial tastes
OF hard drinking among New York women
would lead one to look for such deyel-
opment
The fact is" said a soda water clerk
VINO was questioned about the matter,
you couldn't trust woman or tell when
she would make a break and give the
whole thing away. We've had plenty Of
women come IN and buy little bottle of
| Whiskey or brandy, at the other counter,
ana then walk over here, get plain soda,
and drink the two together That's one
way OF getting around the difficulty.
Coca wine, calisaya and ginger are IA
Vcrites with women, who in this day Of
nerve tension show a deplorable tendency
70 depend upon stimulants, in order to
keep going; and on one day, last week
In a pharmacy, noted for its soda foun-
tain, forty-tWo glasses al brOmO seltZer
were sold to women; but il is a reas-
surfing fact, in regard 10 the eternal femin-
me, mat chocolate Ice cream soda is still
the staple article of diet. Twenty choco-
late ice creams sOdas are sold 10 one drink
OF any other kind az the soda fountains
Stra Wberry Ice cream soda Is a good sec
ond, and after those two, come the rank
and file. with seltZer lemonade making a
fair run for place. II seems according 20
expert testimony, that more lemonade is
being sold al the soda fountains this sea-
son than ever before, The sellers do not
pretend to explain it. That is a problem
for the philosopher. Perhaps the Ameri-
can public. in spite Of anti-imperialist tes-
timony Oh the contrary, is growing wise
with age. Buckwheat cakes are anguish
ing, AMI II lemonade Suppiants ice cream
soda, dyspepsia may have 10 seek fresh
fields and pastures new.
To OFFSET the rational lemonade tenden-
cy, there are innumerable signs Of per
sistent depravity. Lemonade is the fash
ionable drink. but the Young thing who
will be n the swim, and yet considers IL
a departure from principle and precedent
70 drink anything wholesome, appeases
her conscience by having vanilla ice cream
put in her lemonade.
ut began just about a month ago"
said a clerk at the most popular sofa
fountain in the city. Il don't know VINO
started Il, but all Of a sudden the fad
was here, and the girls were calling for
lemonade with ice cream in it, We were
worried az hrst-thOught the girls would
be sick before they could get out Of the
shop, and would make a sort Of McGurk's
out OF the place. but. bless you, 1t seemed
10 agree with them. The same girls come
back for the drink day after dsv and
don't show any signs Of i'll health. so
we've stopped worrying"
What's a Sunday asked the Sun re-
porter, searching for light on feminine
taste.
"A Sunday? Well, that's something
that started in Chicago, but every town
has a different name for it, It's only ice
cream with fruit strip poured over H. but
II has more names than SDanish baby
The girls call II Sunday and White Win .
and HObsOn and Sunshine and DNwcs,
Now, when any one comes in and asks
for something We never heard Of We
serve a Sunday. and nine times out az
ten it's the right thing"
Cafe frappe and the frappe are having
an unusual popularity this summer and
are sold al most Of the soda fountains
There should lie no soda in them. bur iced
coffee or tea Is sUgared. creamed and
served in long glass. with two or inches
Of whipped cream al the top Mint phos-
plate Is new thing at some OF the soda
fountains To any one who has known
the delectable mint julNp mint rho-rbsro
is a hollow mOckery. suggesting b,s -ot
fulfilling Elysian possibilities stilI iesy-
Ing mint ju!ep out Of the question .be
phosphate deserves a good word IN IT,
own merit. IL Is made ~ mixing Min
phosphate and. presumably, creme AZ
menthe, though about that crerns -
menthe the discreet clerk rnst,-
tains a cheerful silence. The rni-.
aqTs t ts p pg' crsi n eIaret cup
lemon Is added, and a handful on iron
mint sprays IL bruised and tucked tnta
the top or the glass. The drink Jonkg
deiciously cool, sounds cool. Is cool, and
J. emlnentiy worm considering on a tOrrtd
day. Yet II can be drunk in the odar -
sanctity surrounding the soda fountsfn
where wlnks are OF no avail.
II seems rather an odd thing that no en-
terpEising New Yorker has imported ths
soda fountain triumph through which
New Orleans druggist has made a fortune
Several years ago when the iezitfrna,. /
soda water business seemed 20 be lang
uishlng. and the druggists fountain re- |
eeipts were falling of he sat himsaIf /
down and evolved a new idea Delicious |
little nutmeg melons aEe cultivated near |