The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-13
ada Water-The National Drink
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

a fountain with its trappings
and silver-plate and mirrors is
''d |s'',;reIy American, While ice
s,aa is unknown to. the people
Fl nations, it is familiar to all
,ountrv, either in city, town or
The manufacturers assert that
s,,;,ed States proper there are
oyer 10000 soda fountains,
nv aa66oO bottling works where soda
inJ iU1 soft drinks are bottled for
nJ tbe range of the fountains.
u the American people spend
q mn for soda water and other
,spks The increase in the con-
y of soda water is largely re-
~ u. for the comparative falling
~. amount of whisky and other
y, Gonors consumed. Beer drink
aot affected to so great an ex-
~ nv one needs no better evidence
sact that soda water is super
: siroholic liquors as a summer
!. than to watch the crowds at
lin on. summer day. So
' has this tendency become that
..ioons have put in soda foun-
conserve their trade.
ada water business of today is
rsyed from what it was ten
.ro Then there were but few
rhich offered thirsty man
Ian simple mixture of sweet
nd carbonated water, Favored
.,ored according TO the nature of
,sf;cular fruit, Nowadays there
shinations Of al fruits, there are
4 Tith fancy names the compost
\ tTh;cb no man knoweth, and
s,s numerous dope drinks
.hs hurmfulness or the harmless
which there is continual con.
n The plain ice cream soda of
'ars has given way to mixtures
y sorts. There is the Sundae-
4 which no soda jerker is able to
Ia dish of ice cream with choc-
,rnp or crushed fruit or nut ker-
I yrup poured over it, In some
rths Sundae is a soufhe, and there
Y freedom in spelling the word.
q from Sunday to Sondie.
ample milk shake cf other days !
forcrunner OF the great variety !
4 and milk drinks which are
4 in hundred different ways.
s5rs. cream, matted milk and
'ns Of things go into these drinks,
In are ali livened UP with car
q water, A big glass with two !
"a shaken with an ounce of
n Mix, and two ounces of choco-
rmp and water, will indeed give
4 "square meal;' if he likes
|M in that form.
4 rear there is cry from some
d that soda water fountains are
q The public health. While there
|,ay grave charges which may be
4 II is impossible TO change the
come particular fountain to the
system. If polluted water is
|ud if the fountain is not kept
|ihen there is danger. If good
4 Is used and there is conscien-
:sznliness, soda fountain is not
q OF danger to health. Some
lions sold there are undoubtedly
! but carbopated water itself.
a moderate quantities, is a
|me aid to digestion and is in no
|Gurions to healthy person IS
people of England drink more
|ted water than Americans. but
INK it from bottles and without
da water is an English institu
never, and as such is highly re-
in the Fright little, tight little
n although the greatest i'm
r=nts in methods of making and
d hive come from Germany and
tlicl States. The first sugges
hl carbonic acid sgas be mixed
|'dlnary water TO initiate the
ksters charged by Nature came
Joseph Priestley in 1772. He
y a method of making the gas
-zrble dust and sulphuric acid
rlng IT with water by agitation.
tthod is the basis of that still
In 1910 the first soda water
was granted to Simmons and
Of Charleston. S. C.. for a
+cf saturatlng water with "fixed
saTled.
n Bramah in England was first
sail1e the water so charged with
y y scld gas. AS he made the gas
@safoonate of soda, the water
Known as soda water. This
a@ suck. although until lately
fs ense used the bi-carbonate
IN = N making the gas. Marble dust
'syipuqnc or muratic acid have
zoe most widely used materials
ss" although in Europe chalk
= used more than marble dust,
snf Is entitled 10 the credit for
sn.on Which has made the mod
soda fountain possible
,p,, German scientist. dem
,a ,net carbonic acid gas could
d ,si.ed to a liquid under pres
,v'sa IN heavy cylinders and
"..a from place to place, On
-. lS0, submerged empty
was attached by wire cables to
y rock weighing 63 900 pounds
nnPerial> harbol' at Ecjl. At
'm OF the balloon was the iron
i5gniaining Rr. Raydt S prec
%a enrbonic acid 4 diver
.s! the water and turned the
ilh,.hg TO the balloon. In cx-
,Sa xSu! minutes the balloon APP
Yvse inc surface. CARRYING the
weight of its anchor with it.
s,sa5n:dlng the immense force Of
HI'ng gas, The cylinder was
0' perfectly safe.
,s..uhtry villages all over the
ssts are today receiving liquor
os ssid in cylinders. When the
ir'hea isv this liquid expands into
ooay as gas. The cylinder
ny inc fountain, and there YOU
sriy griy the gas had to be gen
Y re premises. dangerous un-
~ lhe careless or unskIlleti