The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-27
Broke All Records in
Drinking.
THEY THRONGED COUNTERS
Soda Clerks Worked From
Dawn to Midnight.
Ice Cream Man MOurns Alone
Over Cool Weather.

eter sank like a drowning boy-this
isn't weather story-one man drop
ped his head in his hands and
groaned. The higher the needle the
better he liked it. When dropping
Topekans talked about "bIeeding
Kansas he slapped his pocket, which
was fat with silver. When the wealth
er man predicted "Cool wave" he
knew it would submerge him. While
the heat lasted he had the Midas
touch. His bank account swelled like
a dirigible gas bag in full flight. The
hotter the man, the more fond he
srew-the thirstier the man, the more
he loved him. He made ice while the
sun Shone. He felt lost in paradise
during the terrific summer of 1913.
All records for prosperity have been
broken in the last three months by the
drug store proprietor, the soda foun-
tain owner, and the ice cream man.
When the sun burned the corn and
the farmer mourned, the ice cream
man chuck1ed- When the weary BUSH
ness man limped down Kansas avenue
the ice cream man grinned. When
the dropping girl and sweating motor
1st complained of the heat, the ice
cream man laughed. They were all
his rightful prey. All roads led to |
the soda fountain. |
DdWH 10 h1On1Snt.
The fountain man was up at break |
OF day and working till midnight His
sleep was fretfuI- He scooped sher-
BETS mixed 1imeades, and measured
buttermi-k in his dreams All day
he labored. His strength was as the
foam and frost and froth. He sang
to himself, I'm the Good Old Summer
Time
Then cool weather came Kansas re-
riay vas over. He knew it and gave up
the fight Then he began to count his
Made 800 Gallons a Day.
Baughman Brothers collected $1,000 more
IN July; 1913, than in July, 1912. They
maze gad go gallons Of ice cream day, using
i've times as much vanilla as any other
flavor. All records for prosperity were
July.
The frozen dainty man. who sells his
pennies in one trip Ills progress tSro Ugh
he city streets was veritable triumphant
wait till ge y on eYecy Fo
youngsters. pushing damp curls back from
perspiring brows. Half dozen wagons
We're kept busy dealing out GOODNESS in
penny packages.
Scott Brothers doubled their trade and
month"; explained Mr. Scott. the .s milk
famine began in August. We weren't able
TO get half the milk we needed
rental Creamery sold 1000 gallons more
cream last summer than the summer be-
fore. They disposed of 1000 quarts in "a
hours. They're hoping there will be an
other summer like 1913.
peaches, pineapples and chocolate poured
INTO the big freezers at Heinz Brothers
quart freezers should see Heinz Brothers
they hold forty quarts The hottest
lay, the biggest business. Heinz Broth-
he mercury climbed highest.
Sold $4,000 Drinks a Day.
One of the popular druggists on Kansas
less more than tripled: Evening was his
'trollers after dusk. crowded his tables.
imeade was his best seller.
The college crowd frequent the fountain
If one Topeka druggist. He sold ten times
more limeades than he had ever sold be-
ore. His profits on his entire business
ind mint sodas He never rested. Now
Re sits quietly on a high stool and reads
md .re-reads the sporting page of the
The largest confectioner in town de-
,lares his business .tripled last sumner.
slightly inclined toward enlbonpoint.''
lie didn't like it. He worked too hard. ]
ie sold barrel Of ,1 buttermils every ten
smooth "Nut. spndae..'' Peach Ice
ars. He raEed in the dollars, put he lost
zee such a summer for ten years. 1t will
axe him that long to recuperate.
Another druggist doubled his fountain
orce. Four boys instead of two shaved
CO. poured chocolate. and plunged long i
travis into clinking glasses.
The bank accounts of the druggists
limbed with the mercury.
It's all over now. Finished summer
lone. Rush past. The ice cream men will t
-isit the storeroom and rake up old signs:
THEY'LL hang them in the window: hot
Tomato Bouillon,'' Hot Beef Broth, :
lot Chocolate with Whipped Cream"
Discusses Drunk Cures.