Syphon bottles are as difficult to handle as women. You never know when they're going to change their tactics. An innocent-looking syphon has been known to explode at a sudden change in temperature.

Syphons are generally charged at a pressure of from 130 to 150 pounds to the square inch. That means that if a bottle so charged is allowed to slip from your hands, if only for a few feet, the jar is liable to cause a dangerous explosion.

Never grasp a cold syphon with the hand, as the sudden change of temperature thus produced is even more liable to cause an explosion than a sudden jar.

Instead of syphons, many bachelors use various carbonated table waters or bottled spring waters for use in mixing fizzes, high balls, and the like. The benefit to one's health derived from the use of such pure waters as White Rock, Poland, Apollinaris, and Londonderry Lithia is being realized more and more. It is a well-known fact that such waters, used with white wines and champagnes, enhance the bouquet, the delicate flavors, and prevent the disagreeable effects of over-indulgence.