The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-31
|IeH PRICE OF SOFT
drinks RAISES HOWL
40 DECLINE, IN KEEPING
NJ TINES, NOTED. IRE
WI u THIRSTY AROUSED.

.he Soda Man." is the shib-
rag colt drink addicts in these
pet" I 10 when the prices OF this
Prin Lion remains still SO sky-hlgh
|IllF'' man must forego this petty
r. q = he has hopes of bank book
/ y" .oing enough in its line OF figures
I ' ss-n,t him to join the matrimonial
Rslal aS. mouldy records of history lie
&! IN ln' +b be-, good old times when a
s6den ' mother kind could be quench-
f5 81 u e cents with enough OF the
III left an hour hence to call up
NV trr, me- And now when a low
RI &c: i tbe innocent ice cream sundae
Oh ' nnt of the cool breezes OF an
1 flS Exam M palace he is generally minus
1 Sa 1t 6lus the war tax. He looks
Jsn'5 ouryeyor of such dainties and
me himself, How d'you get away
'tbst3" and wishes he'd tried the
p ,r ,ll~r business instead of cotton.
Ill., h '; ire of the thirsty of New York
\ NJ bos been so aroused over the con-
., iI@5 there of wartime prices in
l@ nrssm and soft drinks, when the
~ the foundation of many of the
RncoCtions has fallen, that the papers
IT, taken the question up.
k.Tbe designs of soda glasses in re-
h years" said the New York Trib-
I on Sunday, have all tended to
\ +bp PROPRIETOR of the soda dispen-
e. in IN his struggle for living. The
.tigners of such glasses seem to have
mast kindly feeling for the proprie-
4 Of the soda and ice cream places.
Scb new form of soda glass that is
med out is more artistic than those
H. preceded it-but it holds less.
IL old time soda glass was not artiS-
bpt it held enough soda and ice
Ban TO satisfy ordinary human
In Such glasses have been sue
eded by works of art which are
boed like the morning glory, with a
pmDet-like fare at the top, but
s6den dwindling toward the middle.
II glass of such design holds only
.sction Of the content which could be
Ssorbed by the old-time soda glass.
|ko. the broad top, wherein the only
.herous lines appear, is filled with
i roth and bubbles of the soda con-
I8Eton. The solid amount that re-
Ins in the stem of the glass is nee
sariy small The purposes of art are
lived, no doubt, and the people are
kthetically advanced just so far, ow-
4 to the blissful contemplation of
4 soda fountain glassware, but at
q same time there is undoubtedly
sancial advantages accruing to the
SaiIer But such matters are never
Rntioned by the seller of soda water,
Ia if they are brought up in his pres
Zee he assumes such a panied express
bn that the subject is dropped out
personal consideration.
k"Chocolate is cheaper now than at
" other time in the worlds fevered
Story. Cream, amid its urban set
'pgs, is not lifting any mortgages
pm farms. Fruit juices have declined
4 price. But let these things be as
RfnbIed at the soda fountain, and all
ement OF CheapneSs vanishes. 1t does
q good to tell the drug store pro-
Aletor that chocolate is at its cheap
stages, He cannot hear-perhaps
cause he is talking so loudly about
se price Of labor, crockery and sill
Rrware. Those three elements, it
ems, are holding up the price of
RdaS. Clerks who used to get SIS
sFek are now getting $50. Glasses
aat used To cost 5 cents apiece now
Isl IL cents. The proprietor of long
4pntan that is going to be toppled
Fer some day from the weight of
StomerS constantly pressing against
sad his losses from breakage were
70 barrels OF glasses a month. That
sunded impressive, and it was allow
10 go unquestio1ed. Then a little la
II was figured that two barrels of
asses, even at II cents glass, would
poqnt to a mere $50 a month. An
RqrS trade at that long counter on
busy day and that $50 expense
pug be accounted for, with more
sOk OF POEMS"