Speaking Easy
by Binoy Fernandez
such as artificial flavors get created as the chemists at pharmacies
used their skills and inventories to obtain the flavors they wanted
cheaper. It was likely that the former bartenders, craftsmen of their
trades, lent their palates to the chemists in experimentation to
get the flavors right. The 1920s were, of course, all about making
money.
It was to the soda fountains that many of the former bar patrons
went once Prohibition went into full swing. It was not to the
speakeasy bars. Those that went to the speakeasy were those looking
to get drunk, to find a fix, to find that girl he could take home and
not worry about the next day, and to find a party. He was looking
for the flapper, he was looking for the music and ѡ