New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-06
FRUIT FL4TORING ESSENCES.
HOW THEY ARE MADE FOR USE IN SODA

HOW THEY ARE MADE FOR USE IN soDAl
ice cream soda strawberry havoring, pleas,
and nickel was silently placed on the COUNTS
The girl with the fluffy bang picked up the con
then with deft movements poured the havorin
into a glass. dipped In the ice cream turned u
siphon and the soda sizzled and bubbled up alarm
inglv but did not overflow. Stirring il with i
long handled spoon. the girl placed it in silVs
holder and IT was ready for the Customer-foan'
fizzy soul satisfying. II was l torrid day, and U
counter was surrounded by women. who stirr'
and slipped the cooling drink with dreamy cOntsHi
In the mind OF one wonder arose as TO whsa
and how all the delicious favorng essences wsa
made. She had not far 10 go TO ind out for n
the newspaper in her hand she read:
Wanted-1So girls to pick over straw5 ,sI1Is
Birkham. Canter Co, wholesale drusssA
Water-st. Apply at o'clock tomorrow morning
She decided to investigate. This is what sri
learned
One hundred girls, Though the advertisens-
had only appeared in the papers of the prevOs
day yet there more than enough 10 supp
the demand waiting at the door Of Birkhs-
Canter & Co. before o'clock the next mOrnts
AS rapidly their names and addresses could =
inscribed in a large book. they given placs
before long crates filled with Strawberries; on or
side there a bucket for the huled berries
the other a pan for the stems and waste. Som
half dozen boys were busily running about rehln;
crates. emptying buckets and waiting the gri
generally. The red stained fingers of a hundrH
girls were soon rapidly hulling the berries whs
a hundred tongues chartered ceaselessly- DOW
below a great carload Of berries had been rl
into the yard. and men were busy unloading IL
IL is nice work. this initial work Of straw
berry essence. Besides the sand and dirt uns
on the berries originally when they srss
and ripened in the rich. warm soil of Souths'
State is an accumulation of SCOT and cinders froH
he all ii1fNa les ahOll
staining the fingers and clothing. The girls Ia"
all taken the precaution Of taking of the street
garments and slipping into old calico dresses tns
can be Numbered or consigned 70 the old clothes
man when done with. As fast as the buckets ar
filled the boys take them to a manager. Vno
weighs them and credits the amount 10 the propG
number for the girls all go by numbers.
After being weighed. the berries put int
large washing receptacles. where they get wv
thorough washings; they then put into a.
inclined receptacle with a sievelike bottom. ana :
stream OF water is turned them to carry On
any remain lining sand. The water and sand ri'
through the sieve. while the berries doHn
the incline into huge boiler. They boieo
only few minutes. until the berries soft. an'
are then out into heavy cloth strainer. ID.
strainer is perhaps about six yards square ~
strong burlap, with slight dip in the centre; II :
hooked supports about five feet high at u,
sides and corners. After the straw berries are ~
on. iron weight. worked by machinery. Is fcre..
up and down. crushing the juice from the berries
which flows through the cloth into copper bol
below. The juice is now ready for the susa-,
This Is put In through great funnel by man On
the floor above and looks as IL barrel after oal
rel was emptied recklessly into the funnel ia 4,
I'm fact. IL is all carefully weighed and put ~ ~
proportion TO the quantity ~ Juice II tne o7 ron-
sistency when Il is sealed in huge Jars. and tn'
is the essence of commerce. - .,ms
manner although no other berry needs 50 rss
washing or Is so troublesome to handle as "a "a
strawberry Cherries not washed a. all -.
girls are only needed 10 pick OF the stems ia
chinery does the rest. There Is no waste u Ia Ia
ries as the pits are crushed. boiled and n nsss
into phosphates and navors- While the han sr-
of Strawberries Is the most disa greeable wors
the girls vet pineapples the hardest 10 Wig srr
with; for although rubber gloves are worn; pa an
a pineapple requires a strong wrist and nrni rns
gers and even then the fingers and wrls'S "
before many pineapples are pared. ,.,ss"
''Ice cream soda, strawberry essence plss,1rrsr
and the nickel clinks noisily down on the cours
as shabbiIy dressed girl. with red stained l jus
sips the dainty with satisfaction. ana 49,