The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-13

world 8 fair in America now would be
cheap at double the price.
-Four Of the principal concerns manu-.
featuring soda fountains were merged
IN 1892, and have since been known as
the soda fountain trust, II makes foun.
tains to sell from 500 to SIS O00 al.
though few under $500 are now put up.
FASHIONS change i'll soda fountains as in
other things, and improvements arc be-
ing added constantly. The chief change
or late years is that the syrups are in
'front.' OF the operator instead of behind
him as he serves drinks. Really. the
soda fountain has moved from the wall
to the counter
The largest soda fountain in the world
is one in New York which has its own
refrlgeratlng plant. freezes its own Ice
cream by ammonia gas and is entirely
independent of the use of ice In the
busy portion of the, day' this fountain
sells two gallons of ice cream a minute,
1t uses thirty dozen eggs and sixty-five
quarts of milk each day for egg drinks,
a whole case of lemons and another of
oranges are used every day. This foun-
tain employs force of thirty-six men
Soda fads and fancies vary in diff
Ierent sections of the country. In one
town limeade will outsell all other
drinks by three to one. A hundred
miles away in another town Of the same
size the soda-j -jerker won't know what
llmeade is. Fashions in egg drinks
and ice cream mixtures are rarely the
same in any two cities, and. indeed, vary
largely from drug store to drug store.
Socially the soda fountain is a great
promoter of courtship and marriage,
and has become an absolute necessity
OF the puppy love stage of Young Amer
lea. The soda counter is club for
young people of both sexes. In the
cities the social feature is not so
marked. as couples come in and drink
little towns the soda fountain is the
very heart and center of social activ~
ity.
Each set and clique has its favorite
drug store. The business is profitable
and the druggist puts up with great
deal to accommodate his young friends
If one wishes to speak TO Charlie Rob
lnson he calls up Reed S drug store
" No, Charlie is not here now, but he
is due in twenty minutes and / will
have him call you, y replies the drug
gist. The lonesome wight who drops in
at Reed S Just after supper will be
pretty sure to see all his set before 10
o clock. IT is wonderfully easy to loaf
an hour over one chocolate sundae with
a pretty girl, as thousands Of young
chaps will testify
The chief by-products of the soda
fountain are the Chocola tie. Ice Cream
Soda.Girl and His Nibs, the Soda Jerk
er. In all cities where there are not
too many people, and in suburban drug
stores, the Soda Jerker is the bosom
friend of every human not too old to
have a bosom friend. He will deliver
messages for you. he will remember how
much sugar you take in your lemonade,
he will sometimes confidcntially insert
R stick = In a phosphate as the rcsulta
of n confidential wink, and he will al
ways try TO please, The Soda Jerker is
always young, and wherever found he is
all right. Let every true American
drink deep Of his favorite soda water
tipplc to the health Of the Chocolate
Ice Cream Soda Girl and to His Nibs,
the Soda Jerkcri