Subject: Re: Schrafft's or Schnapps
From: Scout Thompson (one38@one38.org)
Date: Thu Aug 24 2000 - 04:57:22 GMT
My grandmother worked for the Schrafts building
which still stands over the Sullivan Square area of
Somerville, Mass. Though I doubt it will solve your
mystery: The company, from what I gathered, was a
manufacturer of wafers and various other candies,
which she placed into packages. Its my assumption
that it is the same company, abused by the passage
of 50 years which have all been dedicated to ruining
diners, soda fountains and sit-in confectionaries.
As well as language. The bits of slang from Salingers
tales are beautiful, to me, who is in the longstanding
line of "wowee zowee" sayers [as well as "neat,"
"super," "holy smokes" and "wowsers."] who are
recieved with the eye rolls of my fellow 1979ians.
You betcha.
Melinda Casino wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I don't have my books to hand, but in one of Salinger's short stories (I
> believe it's RHTRBC) a group of characters are in a car blocked by a
> parade and decide to go have a drink -- they try to go to "Schrafts"
> (sp?) but find it's been closed for refitting.
>
> I assume this was a real chain in New York in the 1940's? Is there
> anyone on the list who remembers it and can give me a little capsule
> history of it? When did it go out of business? What kind of place was
> it -- like a Denny's or more of a drugstore with a little soda fountain?
> I'd be interested in hearing anyone's memories...
>
> I don't know why I'm interested, perhaps I'm fascinated by little bits
> of the 1940's that Salinger mentions which are foreign to me; in CITR
> Holden mentions going into a train station diner or someplace like that
> and getting "egg creams" and cheese sandwiches. "Egg creams" sound
> awful to me -- anybody had one? :))
>
> Cheers,
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