Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-01

.wF two mischievous boys hadn't dropped q
dipper of ice cream into q glass of soda
water, just to see what would happen, one
day back in 1872 you might not be order
ing your favorite ice cream soda at
handicapped counter today.
If another curious youth hadn't insisted
! some chocolate sirup on his ice cream. one
night in Two Rivers Wis, although the pro-
prietor insisted that it would ruin q perfectly
good dish of vanilla ice cream, the sundae
might also be missing from the current menu.
Ice cream sodas and sundaes had to be
evolved exactly like ether foods. People had
TO develop liking for them, just as they some
times do for olives.
Ice cream itself the plain undecorated mix
ture, is old stuff One hundred and fifty years,
at least An italian by the name of F1orin. who
had a little shop along the Bay of Naples.
served it to the ladies and gentlemen of his
city in the eighteenth century. A London con-
fectioner named Gunton got the same idea at.
about the same time.
France also had the frozen idea just as early.
BY 1774 the court favorites were served cream
ices when they went down to Versailles TO hear
the fountains play.
THE FIRST record of the sale of ice cream in
America is connected with q man named
Hall imp New York City. Jacob RUSSELL. though,
was the who had vision of q Nation
eating ice cream. RUSSELL was q milk dealer in
head at the amount Of cream that was left
over. Being an economical SOUL he decided to
do something about it. Lots of people liked the
deaicacy called ice cream, he reasoned He
would see if they weuld just as soon buy his
brand Is make their own.
They preferred his CONNECTION. So much so,
, enAt he decided that there was much more
money in ice cream than milk. He sold the
dessert for 90 cents q quart. He opened plant
In Boston in 1862 and one in New York in 1864.
The price advanced. Now he could get $r.25
quart. BY 1872 ice cream was as firmly estab-
tished as the Gregorian calendar. The stage
was ready for something more interesting 20
happen. and it very quickly did,
The ice cream sundae appeared quite by acci-
dent 3. G.. BernerS had q little soda parlor'
at Two Rivers, Wis. SO years ego. Trimmings
On dishes of ice cream were not known then"
he says ice cream was considered q delicacy
alone"
But one night George Hallauer dropped in.
George liked ice cream. and came frequently.
Berners put large scoop of vanilla ice cream
In q dish and set it before the boy
Then George had his grand idea. On the
back bar he saw a bottle of chocolate strip.
which was used in making chocolate sodaS.
Put some OF that chocolate strip over the
ace cream" the boy suggested. The owner of
the soda parior gasped.
You don't want to ruin this dish of ice cream
with that sirup." he told him II only use that
chocolate sauce for sodaS."
Il know what you use it for. but III try
anything once" George insisted.
The Sirup was poured over the ice cream.
thick and creamy. Berners felt guilty at the
dissertation. But George liked IL. The other
customers had gathered around 10 watch, just
as though Fulton had been trying = new steaza-
rIboAk.
Now they ordered the same mixture. One
attempt wouldn't hurt. they said. And they
liked It, too.
The dish became popular at once. Every
one who left the store told the people he met
about the new Invention The crowd came
docking. Berners had to keep his storA open
until late that night.
DEOPLE who hadn't been downtown didn't