Tin Roof Sundae; Ice Cream Soda

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TIN ROOF SUNDAE

   I think Edys and a few other brands offer a "tin roof sundae."  (It does not come with Elizabeth Taylor or verses of Tennessee Williams.)
   From the SODA FOUNTAIN, November 1931, pg. 30, col. 1:

   _4th PRIZE_
   _"Tin Roof"_
Joseph Frejman, Grand Rapids, Mich.
   Place into a sundae dish two scoops of ice cream.  Around the edge of the ice cream put some marshmallow.  Cover the rest of the ice cream thickly with fresh salted peanuts and top with a cherry.  Sells for 25 cents.

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ICE CREAM SODA

   A check of "ice cream soda" and "ice cream sodas" on the MAKING OF AMERICA (Michigan) database shows that it comes from the Paris exhibition of 1867--much earlier than previously thought.
   This lengthy, repetitious piece is from the SODA FOUNTAIN, September 1931, pg. 38, col. 1:

   _Father of Ice-Cream Soda_
   Hailed as "The Father of Ice Cream Soda," G. O. Guy, establisher of a group of fountains and drug stores in the pioneer Northwest, had his memory perpetuated recently by the Guy fountains which he left behind in Seattle, Wash., with a son to operate them, and which effervesced with their celebration in his honor.
   In the Pacific Northwest, this pioneer is generally regarded as the first man to combine as an innovation that has lasted through the years ice-cream and soda.  G. O. Guy was at that time operating a store in Chicago, before his footsteps turned to the new lands opening in "the last frontier,' where new people were arriving in large quantitites, and building a civilization with their homes, new businesses and drug stores.
   The innovation of the ice-cream soda which later became an institution of this country, and the basis for the founding of many fountains, dates back fifty-nine years this summer.  This June the 59th anniversary of the invention was elaborately celebrated in the Guy fountains of Seattle.
   At all the G. O. Guy fountains in the chain of drug stores in Seattle, the "59th anniversary of G. O. Guy's great achievement--the ice-cream soda" was made the occasion for the type of celebration in which the public is more prone to participate than any other.  For three days the Guy fountains held a celebrant sale with two ice cream sodas offered for a single price.
   During the public celebration with many new fountain fans attracted to the Guy fountains, the management pointed out certain facts behind the celebration:
   "Fifty-nine years ago, G. O. Guy, the pioneer founder of Guy's drug stores, originated the first ice-cream soda.  Millions from all corners of the world have benefited by this invention and this week all G. O. Guy's stores are celebrating the fifty-ninth anniversary of the event.
   ....There's nothing that can quite take the place of Guy's famous Ice Cream Sodas....Made at all Guy Fountains at that exact mixing point of coldness....fizzy, tangy, soda water....pure, wholesome fresh flavorings...and a heaping ball of velvety ice-cream....these treats make you smack your lips and wish you had room for a dozen.  Now, during this special event, take advantage of our most worthwhile offer.  Treat your friends to a soda...."
   Thus like a monument at Seattle, the memory of the late pioneer is kept green with the anniversary of his great discovery, as the Guy fountains prepare to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary next summer.