The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-12
CITY OF TIPPLERS
TOpekans Swallow a Million
Cool Drinks in a Week.
This Is an Estimate for the
Soda Fountains Alone.
THE BILL AMOUNTS TO S35, 900
Limeade Heads the List of
Popular Beverages.
Buttermilk Ranks Well Up
Among the Best Sellers.
THE BILL AMOUNTS TO S35, 900

A half million cool and refreshing
drinks trickled down the threats Of
thirsty Topekans at local soda foun-
tainS this week. And this does not
take into consideration the vast guam.
titles of pop consumed at the kid
pop stands and elsewhere, and the
drinks prepared in private homes. AT
the same time a quarter of a million
dishes of ice cream were made in
the capital city.
A State Journal reporter in making
the rounds of the soda fountains in
Topeka CLEANED some interesting facts.
Fads and fancies in drinks change al
most as regularly as do the styles in
wearing apparel for the feminine por-
ton of the population.
Limeade, which was unknown in To-
peka four or five years ago, has forged
to the front until this season it has
displaced coke" as the most popular
seller. 1t is estimated by the soda
fountain men in Topeka that 100, 900
glasses Of this beverage were served
this week Cococola comes second in
the list and root beer is still preferred
by hundreds but is losing ground. The
Jew ice cream sodas''-smooth drinks
are fast going into the has been"
list, and perhaps it is well as their pre-
paration cause the boys who off1ciate
at the fountains, to say things inward
ly that wouldn't stand repeating aloud
in polite society. These fellows curse
the man who invented the smooth
drinks.
Buttermilk Is Popular.
Butternilk, which was first pushed
by a local dealer, two or three seasons
ago as a regular seller, now ranks
among the four or five most popular
drinks. At one soda fountain-the one
at which was first exploited the milk
stun-50O persons are served in a day
with this cooling liquid.
Grape juice, tame and wild cherry
phosphates, and mint phosphate are
drinks that are frequently demanded.
Ice cream sodaS-particularl choco-
late flavor-are in the first rank and
particularly called for by the women.
And the women prefer their drinks
sweet, although of course there are
exceptions to the rule. They usually
ask for ice cream sodas, sundaes, or
drinks with fruit flavors with plain
water. To them the carbonated water
is often distasteful Chocolate is the
favorite flavor, although sSawberry
and pineapple are often demanded. It
was noted, also, that it is the most ex-
pensive thirst quenchers that satisfy
the feminine fancy.
At one store a special drink 81. c."
is all the rage because it is pushed
beyond all others. With some people
a name makes a strong appeal For
example the fairy kiss" and soul
kiss" combinations are frequently or
dered, especially by those sentimental
ly inclined.
AT one establishment in Topeka
where drinks are dispensed there are
three distinct fountains. Here the
seating capacity is one hundred and
sixty and it was estimated by the
management that three thousand
drinks, on the average, were handed
out daily this week. There are two or
three other places where two thous-
and day is the estimated number of
soft drinks sold. In round numbers
there are eighty soda fountains in the
city.
Topeka's bill for drinks is enormous.
This week-roughly estimating-itl
was $4,000.