The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-17

Midsummer has produced its fad Cor So
ciety-the lice cream soda Marty"
Parties of from twelve to an unlimited
number are arrange by invitation. ard
they visit a soda fountain. There is just
a bit of Bohemian about an ice cream
soda party that makes them varv pep
ular with the young folk. Then. too. an
ice-cream soda is so refreshing on a hot
summer evening.
Sensible mothers place the ban on the
ice cream parties, fearing agonizing pangs
of indigestion, but the young people are
quite taken with the novelty and the free
dom. 7sssc4e n. S'.S
Il drank six glasses of ice-cream soda
last night at the soda party" declared
a young society girl the other day. L
have been suffering with a headache all
day. l wish l had a soda now. j think it
would relieve me. L nave not eaten a
mouthful to-day"
And no wonder. Ae glasses Of rice-cream
soda Is quite enough to impair the diges-
ton of a laboring man.
Society has the soft-drink habit to an
injurious degree" said a West End ma
iron as she gave to me a clear. sparkling
glass of ice water. 1T may be true that
the American soda fountain is the great
est enemy of alcoholism, but 1t is also true
that the person who cultixates a pam
pered appetite for soft drinks is guilty of
practically the same offense as he who
resorts to the use of stronger ones.
That most Americans train themselves
to feel thirsty often when not really so
Is a fact too little appreciated
I have always heard the Americans ac-
cused of not drinking enough said a
young society girl.
DRINK THEORY ABUSED
The theory that one cannot drink too
much water is greatly abused" said the
matron. Free drinking and frequent
fiushing of the system are excellent prac-
tees. blu the enormou quantities of
water drunk by many persons disar-
ranges the systemic equilibrium and
predisposes to disease. That we are dis
posed to drink whenever we feel even
slightly thirsty, after having thus trained
ourselves, is perhaps responsible for most
of the interest which centers in the sub
ject of summer drinks, both alcoholic and
nonalcoholic.
Our grandfathers with their limited re-
sources, made their acid drinks from vine
gar, the expressed juice of currants, goose
berries, cranberries, green grapes and
from the young stems and leaves of the
grape and from sumac fruits. Although
We may now employ-a much greater va
riety of fruit sirups. we rely chiefly upon
lemonade, either made directly from the
fresh juice of lemons or lines. or from
their extracted citric acid. The use of
the fresh fruit is preferable, and that Of
the lime is richer in acid. besides being
the finer favored.
THE relative portions of sugar and acid
are determined chiefly by Individual taste,
but 1t is we'll to remember that a sparing
use of sugar is prudent. Sugar not only
promotes the drink habit. but tends
toward Indigestion by undergoing Tactic
fermentation in the stomach. resulting in
heartburn. 1t moreover DISCUSSES aciSity
and thus encourages the freer use of the
acid, which is itself distinctly injurious. il
over-used. to the stomach functions.
DAT MEAL IN WATER.
The farmer. when serving his farm
hands during the excessive heated period,
stirs in the water a couple of handsful of
finely chopped oat meal. The mixture is
calculated with vinegar and sweetened to
the taste, and its thirst-relieving proper
ties are much greater than those of an
equal amount of clear water. In the
household the same result can be secured
more elegantly by the addition of gum