TOWN IN ENGLAND SUBSTITUTING SOUP FOR LIQUOR IN PUBS
Carlisle, England (JFK+50) On January 13, 1926, Associated Press reports that "soup as a thirst quencher for beer and whiskey drinkers is being tried out by the Carlisle municipality."
According to the AP report published in The Evening Star, soup bars have been installed in Carlisle pubs serving "piping hot bowls" of soup. The price is only one cent each.
Authorities believe that if the drinking chaps eat soup then "they won't care much for liquor."
Mr. (James) Bond, what will you have to drink?
"Oh, just bring me a bowl of soup, shaken not stirred."
SOURCE
"Soup Substituted For Liquor in 'Pubs' Of English Town," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., January 13, 1926, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
