Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-10-06
SOFT DRINKS.
No CITY No Larger Than Pine Bluff
Consumes More.

| than glass Of water it is a glass of
ice water. If the American tourist
wants such thing he must ask for
| it, and though he may get it he is
| apt t. be regarded as a crank 1t is
no wonder, therefore, that such peo-
pie do not establish and patronize the
soda water fountain.
In this country, Oh the contrary,
the number and elegance of the soda
water fountains and their appurten-
ances are criterion of civilization.
| A man Of travel and observation, if
conducted blindfoldeG to any city,
great or small, i'll this country, and
then allowed to inspect two ~ three
Of its representative soda water foun-
tans, could tell in a moment whether
he was on the frontier OF in the heart
of refinement and civilization.
Origin of SODA Water.
Soda water and all aerated waters
owe their origin to the carbonated
, springs that exist in many places in
Europe and America. Probably no
one will ever know when and by whom
artificial carbonated waters were first
made. The earliest thing Of the kind
recorded is the statement that Pro
fessor Eenel of Montpelier, France,
whose report on the subject was laid
before the French Academy of Sci
ences in 1850, made a bottled soda wa
ter by mixing in bottle "a pint of
water, some marine acid and two
drams Fl soda
The beverage is next connected with
the name Of the celebrated Dr.. Priest
ly. the disc overer Of oxygen. In 1867,
when he lived in Leeds, his residence
was next GOor to brewery. and he
made a PIE .on,Cd study of The carbon
ic acid gas that was generated in the
vat; Al that day the science Of chem
istly did ut exist and the gas had no
name but fixed air. He called his
eNporin It's by the name of "eXperi-
ments with other kind of air. In the
ccErsc CT lis experiments he forced
this air" into water and made a drink
of it. He also recommended that wa
ter prepared in this way be furnished
to the soldiers and sailors If the Brit
ish army as preventative of scurvy.
DR.. Priestly's soda water was GER
tainly an improvement on Professor
Venel's, inasmuch as he made car
donated drink that was free from the
nauseous soda. But both of these
inventions sto1eed lar short of the
fascinatins>afd sweetened and flavor
ed American beverage.
The first soda water drunk in this
country was made a glass at time
and closely resembled seidlitz powd-
er. A little sirup and tartalic acid
were mixed with water in one tumbl-
er and some bicarbonate of soda with
water in another tumber. The Gus
toner took convenient position for
prompt action and then one tumbler
was emptied into the other, which he
seized and drank as rapidly as pos
sible before the effervescence could
subside
Over 400 Soda Drinks.
One of the directions in which the
business has improved is the charact-
er and variety and elegance of the
dI inks. Soda water dispensers say
there are now over 400 drinks and
new ones are being invented every
season. Some of the names given
them are: New York shake, frosted
coffee. royal cabinet, claret bouquet,
Sartoga c-)ler, o.angc spray, almond
sponge. Turkish sherbet, champagne
fzz, golden 5fizz, silver fZz, white
plush. clarine. frosted glace, Pixies
peak, Neapolitan shake, coffee bou-
chee Monte Carlo, pineapple float,
Jueen Charlotte Alaska freeze, buffa-
10, ping-p punch, Oxford spray,
egg royal, tallyho punch and g. ape
Aoat.