Eureka Reporter | 1905-06-09 | Page 4 | Fashion in Tonic Flavors

aill i a I 1 fashion in tonic flavors being a man of excellent wisdom the doctor seldom makes remarks about ats patients but that day he was so mad he coulden couldn t help himself that woman said he Is a dashed tool what has she done asked a listener she I 1 as insisted upon my flavoring the medicine for which I 1 just wrote out a prescript on with swiss lilac because that la her favorite perfume did oi do if asked the listener yes I 1 had to J won t take the stuff it you dont said she won t take it if I 1 do I 1 said you wont be able to it ft ill be so nasty you can t swallow it it that argument never fedzen the fornai it is 1 lacs or nothing she said I 1 d rather d e than be in consistent so I 1 gave her lilacs it is anyway proceeded he doctor about the flavoring ot cine I 1 don t know whether you know it or not b it styles in flavoring ex tracts used by druggists change with the seasons the same as hats and coats and dinner table decorations last spring the majority of alons compounded tasted like sweet peas before that peppermint was the favorite now it is lavender pepper mint by the way has its most frequently a a popular essence there are a good many people who don t like peppermint but there are more who do and it comes ino favor abo t three times as otten as any other essence for one thing it mixes with other ingredients more carmoni bously than other extracts and there are some doctors sho are old fash ion el eno gh to stick to it year in and ear out no matter what their more up to date brethren may be us ing tor a time fortunately the flavor of a prescription has nothing to do with its efficacy so it a doctor feels like it t e can mal e a tool of himself as I 1 did just now and the whim of a fashionable patient by flavoring her tonics with an essence that matches her perfumes without endangering her life however freak flavors are not calculated to make a disagreeable drug more pleasant to the taste and after a few experiments of that kind most doctors at the request of the patients themselves go back to lavender and sweet peas and the ever reliable peppermint new york herald