Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-02-01
THE GAZETTE.
PPIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY l.

= z. TIE GREAT CoNFEcTIoNER OF PAR1s.-Ihe
Paris correspondent Of the New York Post
saws Among the most celebrated shops IN the
Rue de la Paix is that Of the great CONNECTION
er, Girandin, who is called, not confectioaer,
but an artist The invention of 6onbon, the
perfection Of chocolat, the preparation OF a
;11ouql.t, preoccupy him as much as it the que;s-
/ ton concerned the solution OF national prop,
lem. Between the conception OF his Ideas anu "a
their execution, days, nights, weeks, months
even, sometimes elapse. He almost forgets TO
eat or drink; he enters, like ArchlmeqeS, INTO
state Of mental absorption. At last the
great daA arrives when his idea IS completely
de7eloped, and may be given to the world
He arorses himself and excaims Eureka
Then follows the second Herculean labor-that
effodipe a name for the new creation, and all
the quarters of the world, all the epochs Of his
torv, all the vicissitudes Of politics, are ran
sacked for this purpose: AChoiseul, an Emil
lie, Mont Blanc, a Condo, an Aboukr,, a
Maltese, are some of the titles applied to his
cakes and pralines and puddiugs and tartlets
NJ Girandia's palace of sweet Delights Is
buit:over deep cellars, where myriad5 OF WorK-
men, with naked arms and faces l'iuniaeu ny
the glare from heturnace fires, expend strength
suited to the FORCES of Vulcan IN maDutactur-
ing E0n60nS for women aud babies: Progress
and science are invoked in aid OF this manu!ac-
ture as strenuously as Tor others OF more I'M
nortanee. Various methods Of candying have
been invented, popuarized, and then thrown
aside. Great pains have been expended on
the accurate sculpture Of moulds TOR imltatlopy
s of fruits and figures. IMPLICATED machlhers
for the preparation and sugas'ng OF almonds
has been brought into service The hQueM
boa6ons are made by special process The
moulcs are filled with strip. whose crystal!z-
able constituents are pecipltated upon the
periphery of the mould solid exterior IS
thus formed, while the Interior remains liquid,
and guarded FROM evaporation. During the
last n onth the Maison Girandin manufactured
one million four hundred and forty four thous'
and bonbons, exclusive of all other coniec-
tionary. :.
One kind of Jon5ou Invented ty Glrandl,
named "lesepheme'es, has become especially
famous. Sir said an epicure. who had
tasted this chefR oeasrre, your achievement Is
notsa, bonbon, it is caress! Upon my word
of honor" said another, zone might swear
that he had all the flowers of Paradise in his
mouth - For my part, said youth,
timidly, who had been present at the trial,
when I tasted it for the first time, could
have believed that Theresa was kissing me-
But The highest art Of. the master is not ex-
pended upon thesugar plums. The b"xesthat
hold them furnish field for initiate ingenuity.
The paper bag has been replaced by box OF
&enamelled pasteboard, white, blue rose, or
magenta colored, tied with ribbcrGi the same
shade. The Lancret basket j. composed OF a
handkerchief Of point d Alfncon, the four
corners Of which are raised by four bouquets
of flowers, and are held by two handles covered
with satin. The Trianon basket is ccquettlsh-
" pretty, made Of rice straw, sarlanaed with
branches IF roses, or Of straw OF gold, lined
with white satin nrnamented with grapes made
of pearls; The Mignon box, ornamented with
u portrait of AIRY Shaefer Mignon,.is called,
next to the Lancret basket, the great success
of the season. .-i- !. -