The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-06
August Days Send Many To-
pekans to Soda Fountains.
Every Customer Has Own Par
tieular Fancy in Ordering.
GIRLS PICK EXPENSIVE DRINKS
You Can Tell They Are Married
BY What They Order.
Slender Persons Almost Al
ways Ask For Matted Milk.
BY LOIS RoBINETTE.

These August days send Topekaris.
old and young. attached and unat-
tached. swarming - the soda foun-
tains. And they all have their whims
and fancies in ordering, which.
waitress in one of these. cases. asserts.
are barometers to the psychological
workings of the mind
A double date" struts in. Per usual
they make a bee-line for a booth-for
whoever wanted to sit at a table when
they had a date2 The waitress ap-
pears on the scene.
Helen. said ione of the dates.
handing her a menu, 'whatn yuh
have?"
"Oh. I'll take Soul Kiss Suudae."
she innocently replied. as she shrewdly
picked out the most expensive dish
listed.
A Shimmy. Shimmy Sundae.
Mary piped up, Let me have a.
'Shimmy. Shimmy Sundae'."-another
dish rated near the half dollar mark.
Did you ever notice." = whispered
the waitress. how the girl autGmati-
caliy covers up the right hand column
on the card-the prices-and picks
her treat from the left-hand side and
the fellows. vice sa ?"
But it's kind of girls They are
good for the trade" she continued.
Whats a fellow going to do? He
has to buy them THAT they ask for.
What's more. he's generally glad for
the chance to prove what a.swell guy
he is
The next order vas two dishes of
plain ice cream.
It's Different When They Arc Married.
you see they're married." said tho
mind-reading waitress as she cleared
the table. when a girl gets married
-f1 Haar HAf 10. -.
frappes- She saves hubby's monty
even tho she blew it while they were
dating. You can only sell her a coke
or plain dish of ice cream"
Making her way to an old man m
the corner, she. remarked. "Pll ber
dollars to doughnuts he takes orange
ice You see On folks have to gum
it and ices melt in their mouths"
Four giggling girls stroll in.
They'll ask the price of everything
we have and end up by ordering
phosphates with two straws and about
four glasses of water apiece. They're
regular camels! sometimes this bunch
gets limeades and they say they eat the
cherry and ice so we can't use it
again."
The Most Popular Ice.
THE most popular ice? Well. I
, guess strawberry. with pineapple a.
close second. People think the fruit
is fresh. The soda and coke are the
daytime favorites. When people are
hot nothing cocis them like a drink
It's in the evening that sundaes and
frappes come into their own. Then
perhaps the swiss is the most POPULAR
Women and girls are strong for it.
Men as a rule. when alone. order
double-cokes or root beer. It's the
school girl who's keen about choco-
late rshmallow-sundaes ana all
other such mixtures. and she wonders
why she has pimplesi
The skinny man. with bone-rimmed
glasses and q studious look. always
calls for matted milk.
ANY parking regulations or iirnita-
tons on gum? No. but we sure need
something like that. Say the time
limit on parking your wad would be
one week. Yes. 1t is. kind of bad to
find any place to park any more
1T certainly is" we remarked
There's exactly AZ wads OF different
sizes and descriptions parked in an
intricate design under that one table
Shades of departed Spearmint,ti"