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ICE CREAM SODA

Where there is no five o'clock tea, there is no
English life; where there is no ice cream soda,
there is no American life. I believe that modern
American life dates from the time when the Ame¬
rican people began to drink ice cream soda. In
America (at least in New York) you can get ice
cream soda anywhere and anytime—at con¬
fectioneries, pharmacies, department slores, at any
time of the year. People, especially ladies, drop in
at these places on their way home from the office
or shopping, and have a glass of their favourite
drink. If we call five o'clock tea an English
institution, we must call ice cream soda an Ame¬
rican institution.

Ice cream soda has such a hold upon the Ame¬
rican people that they never can forget it, however