El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-17

his customer. Now many Of the pat
rons are real epicures, fastdious
enough to be critical of the smaliess
defect. Under present conditions:
"A chemist you have got to Dc
To take a soda clerks degree.
What used to be plain soda brew
Is now a sweetened Irish stew"
The composition of an egg drink Is
one requiring especial dexterity. tne
best usage requires that the egg al
ways must be broken in plain sight
of the customer. 1t must be neatly
dropped from the shell into glass
with the yolk unbroken which is not
always as easy as it looks. The glass
must not be smeared or the milk
spIashed and yet all must be done
as quickly as possible. This increased
skill on the part of the soda clerk
naturally calls for increased remuh-
Grafton and 1T is being paid A good
soda clerk in a very smart shop may
now receive from SIS to slOO
month in salary. If he is skiiful IN
devising new formulas he may receive
aven more In large establishment
and this compares favorably with the
weekly stipend of s6 to IS which a
"terker" formerly resolved
Oklahoma sePurity."
with the increased attention pc,
ing given to sanitation and the purity
of food products throughout the coun,
fry. the soda water fountain ana All
of its appliances naturally have not
been neglected Recent laws nave
been enacted regarding the purity OF
the flavorings and colorlng mater
used at soda fountains Oklanolna
requires every fountain using suosu-
tutes for the natural fruits to dls-
NAV in a CONSPICUOUS place an ad-
vertisennent or to have upon the
menu card. if one is used, the words
artificial favoring and colorlns
used here" In Pennsylvania, a SINH
lar law prevails and last month q
dealer tried to evade by a sign All
of our flavors are substitutes col
go With harmless coloring." The
words ARE substitutes were printed
in very small type so as to make
them practically unnoticea DE-
one civ requires all spoons to De
washed twice, first in hot and then
IN cold water. In number OF
others every glass must be sterllzeo
after each using. In several clties
are being introduced paper supsli-
tutes for the soda glass. 1t is very
,,LeIv that this substitution will be-
come general throughout the country
as they can be produced In various
decorative effects at a cost little II
anv In excess of the expense OF
having the glass sterilized and pro-
viding for the inevitable loss Oh
breakage-
Now the @Eceless'' Fountain
There has been q great advance IL
the mechanism of the newest SOFA
to,,,+ofns- during the past five years
Now the 'fceless fountain" is the
nroper thing and it is being demon
strated that the extra cost OF Ihis
is more than replaced by the les
sened expense of production when
~ freezing temperature is produced
nv chemicals instead of Ice me
iceless fountain also does away Win
the slop supposed to be lneNllaoie
around a soda fountain. Boston
soda shop, with a new equplnl t!l
has lately been supplied with strips
oS handsome carpet behind the coun-
fer on which the girls stand as they
serve the soda, and there Is no more
sion there than behind RIBBON
counter.
while from the first the soda fountain
oluravs has been designed with due
attention to its attractive appear
ance, many of the new plants are
| of exceptional beauty. Genuine opal
onvx the purest Carrara marble.
! the finest plate glass mirrors WIZ VIZ
unlimited silverware combined with
I the greatest amount of artistic skill
while the arrangements for hght-
| inc are always such that will harm-
onize and enhance the effect Vhe
progressive manager has lately Ilpteu
nm a branch telephone system with
A.. telephone on each table The Gus
toners telephone their orders TO the
clerk at the fountain and are thus
spared the annoyance or having "
wait at the counter