Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-25
THE SODA SEASON.
A DISPENSER OF THE Flxx TALKS
OF THE NEW DRINKS THAT
Y ARE INTRODUCED,
May Sunshine. Developing the Drink
Ing season-Men Taking Over tho
Soda Water Cult Without Much
Trouble - Try An Alaska SNOWFALL.

The soda water season has opened in
Ottumwa. The appetizing chink of ice
IN glasses is heard again, and the good
old sizzle of the soda fountain is In
the air. Steaming cups Of hot choco-
late and clam boullion have given
place to glasses Of sundaes, and the
confec tioners are beginning to adver-
tise the season's new drinks.
I'VE are glad to see the warm
weather" said. a white-coated dispens-
err of drinks. from behind a soda foun-
tain. counter. "Of course, there Is a
brisk demand for hot soda and beef tea
during the winter months, but it is. not
to be compared with our trade in the
summer The heat is our best friend.
Soda water injurious? Where on earth
did you get that idea? That illusion
was destroyed long ago.
1.-THE soda water of today Is an en-
tirely different composition from that
of twenty years ago. Then the public
glanced askance at soda fountain,
believing. Its product to be highly in
furious. This suspicion was not to-
tally unfounded, for artificial flavors
are none to salubrious. Then, too, the
old-fashioned generators were imper-
feet. But pure fruit fiavors and the
present method Of carbonating which
is done largely by electric carbonators,
makes the soda water of today abso-
lutely pure and really healthful.
| Times have changed" he rumin-
ated. Take, for instance, favors and
syrups. The pineapple you are devour-
ing with such avidity in that sundae
is the natural fruit. We preserve 1t
ourselves, thus securing absolute pur-
ity and an assurance that 1t is free
from glucose or similar adulterants.
The same care is. exercised in the pre-
palation of all our fruit flavors and
extracts. While the margin Of profit
is .appreciably diminished by this
method, an Increased patronage more
than makes 1t up.
Some New Drinks.
/ I'VE are introducing a number OF
new drinks this year. Styles in soda
combinations change, just like any
thing else"
There's MY Lady Lou one of the
most popular and delicious drinks that
ever delighted the palate of the thirsty
There's a rose blush June atmosphere
in its caverns of dazzling coral crysta,
and it's cap of whipped cream reminds
4 you Of the fluffy. clouds that float idly
over summer skies.
I s"As its name implies the Henrietta
Flip is sort OF saucy, smacking at
fair. 1t is not as f1ashy drink al
some of the others, but what it lacks
| in looks is made up by its other quail
ity.
CAS- sweet and pretty as the rose.
after which 1t is names-that's the
American Beauty There's a rose peta
tinge, and a delicious flavor ane
there's cherries in it.
81 zone of our chocolate combinations
: is known as Coon and it will be {
, great favorite with woman-kind. Wo
! men, you know, almost invariably Xix,
chocolate, and this Is delicious
drink.
s'But on a sweltering day when th,
mercury is ballooning, try the Alask,
Snowfall. 1t will revive memories o
last winter, when the wind blew fort.
knots an hour from the north pole AM
the frosty air set your blood tingling
It's when the Alaska SNOWFALL is dis
pensed that one wishes one had tn
neck Of giraffe"