The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25

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TEETcTALERS WANT A DRINK
Varieties of Beverages Do Not Msse
Demand for Refreshment With
Bite of Spirits.

During the recent summer weather
London's cafes and restaurants made
tentative displays Of the stereotyped
"nonalcoholic" beverages.
However, 1t was not warm enough
to make many people sufficiently
thirsty to drink them, though the fact
that they were once more in evidence
caused many teetotalers to complain
that they were at a loss as to what
to drink In winter.
THE trouble with temperance
drinks" manufacturing chemist init
mately connected with the trade"
said, "is that they are either brewed-
and so contain alcohol-or connections
Of incongruous materials dissolved In
water mechanically aerated, and there
fore necessarily lack distinction and
character
1T will probably be news 70 many
that the law allows nonalcoholic
drinks to contain 215 per cent Of
proof spirit. and practically all brewed
teetotal beverages do contain It,
Home brewed ginger ale, such az
one buys at country refreshment cot
tages. frequently contains more alec.
'hol than bitter beer does. a..
Having dismissed such drinks az
being alcoholic. there remains only
the gassy bottles of variously flavor
ed water to which different fancy
names are given; Or lime juice Coz;
dial and lemon sauash. both lpwerips
to the system i TOO freely consumed.
xsN6 one q really satisfied with
thsee coHeoctiops, but the trouble =
that It bias not beer found possible
to syolys anything better. -
-ssTes fast g 90 substitute for alec.
hoi 6a$ been Invented, and nntil some
one d}scovefs 1 substance with the
bite Of spirit, but without its intoxi-
eating qualities, the problem Will re-
main unsolved. -,
For the man who can invent a pals
table teetotal drink a fortune waits,
nor will the brewers be able, speaking
generally, to compete against him by
making and initiating his product.
For example, a tremendous guam
tity of ginger wine is drunk In this
country.
THE taste for this has survived
from the time when every household
In England made its British wines.
but now, owing to the massing of the
people. In the towns and the want Of
accommodation for such work, It 10
manufactured by old firms, and much
of 1t is sold to the brewers TO be 70
tailed IN their tied houses.
Notwithstanding the quantity Of
this trewed beverage that is drunk,
the brewers do not make 1t them
selves. The inland revenue authorities
would impose many restrictions, and
in most cases the articles of associa-
ton of the brewing companies restrict
the business carried on to the brewing
of stout and beer.
Orange wine is another British wine
that has an enormous consumption IN
the smaller towns In the provinces,
yet the brewers do not make it.
British wines pay no duty, though
they are often as strong as bottled
beer
"One firm, registered at Somerset
house lately. thinks 1t has solved the
problem by the introduction to the
public of unfermented fruit juices,
principally those of various grapes.
Fruits are the finest and purest
natural foods" the managing director
said. for they contain grape sugar.
albumel and various Variable salts. :
These ARB siI retained In the Hujt
3piSes, orAitoh ol-free WINES, We Sen
and We eepsider that fsrmenatlon Of
4 cOhSsNsS 70 sasp6ol and the albu
men is destroyed when Fermentation
takes placer Il