The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-06
COLD DRINK HABIT
MUCH INCREASED
New Names for Old Beverages
at Soda Fountains
SUNDAYS ARE POPULAR
Among the Alleged New Drinks Are
the Egg ekIdoo," the Happy
Thought" and the
June Bride"

From the Kansas City Star.
The man who. early in the warm
weather, still elings to the theory that his
occasional glass of brew is cooling. has to
give up to a degree sooner or later, this
notion and revert to the soda fountain
to procure the real cooling drink He finds
before the warm weather has fairly
merged into the hot days" that there Is
enough alcohol in the brew to warm him
up bit.
The soda fountain proprietor and his
clerks have prepared for the mi-bibulous
man and his many friends, all of whom
are victims Of the afternoon sun. Tempt
ing mixtures of ice cream. fruits and nuts
have been ooncocted and given a dash
or. If the clerk happens to be liberal, a
dash and couple of hyphens-of elaret
or some other reminder of the stlmulant
counter. This connection, II 1t bears u
new name, appeals to the palate of the
man and his friends.
sundaes Popular This Year
For the regular patrons of the soda
fountain new names for the same old
fiavors and the same old mixtures will
not long hold heavy sale. The regular
soon recognizes the drink which was a
favorite last year and begins to call for
a new flavor or a new mixture Choco-
late fruit fiavors ice cream and ''nzz wa
ter form the substantial ingredients of
the ordinary ice cream sodas. The sun
daes, however, give a better opportunity
for new mixtures, and for that reson are
more popular than ever this year
The cold drink habit has grown notice
ably in the last few years" said a clerk
at one of the fountains. Care in making
the ice cream, and the purity of the
syrups and fiayors used have done a great
deal towards helping the trade The sun
daes are more popular today than ever
before"
Some of the COG drinks are novel in
name If not in substance The Egg
| Skidoo" has never before been known to
the thirsty public. II is not made of
| twenty-three ingredients. as the name
| might imply, nor does it cali for a TWEEN
| ty-three-oent check to the cashier 1t
| consists mainly of an Egg, a nip of claret,
some maple of other simple syrup and
milk, The clerk shakes the mixture,
strings" it and puts on it nutmeg
top similar to that on a Tom and
Jerry"
Swiss MIX Chocolate.
The Swiss milk chocolate Is a growing
favorite with the patrons of one fountain,
where imported Swiss goats milk is used.
Ice cream. chocolate syrup and the Swiss
milk form the ingredients of this COM
fination.
Happy Thought" consists of lemon
ice, fruit and nuts. The Buster Brown
features ripe cherries and nuts. June
Bride" sundae is a structure OF chocolate
and vanilla ice cream separated by sliced
bananas. A Pineapple Mousse" consists
of sliced pineapples and frozen whipped
cream.
Egg drinks still head the list of nour-
ishing beverages. The person who Graves
nourishment may combine foods in an
egg matted milk or a chocolate maltese.
In some egg drinks Ice cream is added to
the mixture and shaken with 1t.
There is no end to connections for those
who seek originality In their drinks. The
season for fixed and frozen drinks is on
and the woman shopper and the business
man are victims of the same chronic
summer thirst which characterizes the
boy with the sweet tooth and the dry
throat