The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-07-20

number of men, industrious when to work
does not mean such suffering, like to loaf in
this kind of weather, and they are taken in
tow by the police.
"The Soft Drink" Trade.
Probably but few people have given
much thought as to the recent consump-
tion of soda fountain drinks, and would
be very much surprised were they in
formed Of the quantity imbibed by heat
stricken wayfarers.
During the past few seasons ice cream
soda has had an enormous run, and has
come to be accepted as a matter of course,
and from the first of May to the first of
November the question what will you
take?" is quite as likely to refer to the
palatable decoction served out over the
counter in the drug store or the ice cream
parlor as to the stronger exhilerant fur
nished by the ''barkeep."
There are not less than 500 places, drug
stores, department stores, ice cream par
lors and general refreshment rooms where
soda water and ice cream soda are dis
pensed. Some have a much larger bust
ness than others, it being estimated by
one Of the leading dealers that his aver
age sales will reach from two to four
thousand glasses per day during the
warmest period. In several of the most
prominent places from two to six at
whom are kept exceedingly busy during
the middle portion of the day.
The consumption of ice cream for soda
alone at one of the principal resorts is
from ten to twenty five gallons per day,
even going beyond this figure upon special
occasions. Of course, the principal con-
sumers of ice cream soda are the women
and children, but it is becoming much
more common than in former years for
men to treat each other to soda.
1t is thought that 5000 gallons of ice
cream would be conservative estimate
of the quantity used daily in the prepara-
tion of ice cream soda alone.
Motor Fans in Demand.
The demand for motor fans has in
creased hundred fold. The striking
feature of this demand is that while many
fans have been installed in city residences.
the majority of the automatic coolers have
been put into the lake cottages
Among the lake dwellers who have put
fans in their cottages is George Porter.
The fans are rather an expensive luxury.
They cannot be operated by an ordinary
battery.
Clarence D. Taylor, of the General Elec-
trio company, estimates that not less than
$50 electric fans have been sold in Min
neapolis this season for residential pur-
poses.
'"The demand has been so great, in fact,
said Mr.. Taylor, "that there is hardly a
motor fan to be had in the city now, and
the few left are going at fancy prices"
Cigar Sales Affected.
Hot weather is blamed for almost ey-
erything, but no one ever supposed that
it could by any stretch of the Imagination
be charged with interfering with the con-
sumption of cigars, and yet leading to-
bacconist declares that extreme hot
weather actually does curtail the sale of
cigars, cigarettes and tobacco. While the
average smoker feels called upon to enjoy
his fragrant Havana about so many times
during the day, yet during times Of in
tense heat he is apt to skip several
smokes.
Another interesting fact Is that more
cigarettes are consumed in summer than
in winter, cold weather making the smok-
ing of coffin tacks" most inconvenient
and unsatisfactory in the open air, while
in winter time the cigar user derives much
of his comfort from his smoke on the
street.
Hottest I'm His 1O2 Years.
When man has passed 102 summers
and corresponding number of winters
he must necessarily have had large and
varied experience and, therefore, when he
is asked for information pertaining to
almost any subject, either politics, his
tory, or even the weather, his conclusions
cannot fail to be of interest and value
The Journ a this morning found
Robert Harper, who has recently passed
his 1920 birthday, taking his usual morn
ing stroll in Elliott park and engaged
him in conversation as to the present
continued hot weather. Asked If he had
ever experienced warmer weather, Mr..
Harper said:
Never until this summer have / been COM
PEELED to take off my coat on account of the
heat. OF course, l have seen a good many
hot summers, but none of them, to the best
of my recollection, that compared with this
We used to have some pretty hot weather
back in the seventies, but nothing like this
after 102 years of watching the
weather. Mr.. Harper" remarked the re-
porter, "you must have formed some con-
clusions of your own upon which to base
predictions, have you not?'
my experience" he went on "has
taught me that weather predictions do not
count for much, but I have noticed one
thing which is, that as a rule the hotter
the summer the colder the winter. l ex-
pect to see this hot period extend all
through the present month and also Au-
gust, and ! have known the month Of
September to be fully as hot as July and
August