The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-19
WHAT PRECEDED TAFFYS
The Fnvortte Candy of witch More IL sold
than OF nay Other Kiad Made.

ing little old candy woman begaa cracking up
some irregular pieces lying in shallow pan
and dropping the fragments into her scales.
What ure you giving me2"
Taffy." she repiied-and not nerve in her
honest face quivercd. Noticing the duizzica
look Of her customer. sho'contiuued: Indeed.
We do sell more tafTy than any other kind. You
ought to see how tho children buys it. cause
they gets so mach Of 1t for a nickel aud how
the parents buys it for the little ones. cause IT,
lasts so long and has got no paint in it. and
cause 1t don't break OF in hunks and choke
'cm. II you want to make the baby happy all
the forenoon. give it q lump OF tafTy and n soft
downy ieather out of pillow. No; of course II
don't eat the feather But you see 1t gets It's
little fingers and mouth sticky with its tnffy. and
the feather sticks to em ALL and between pick
ing the feather of from its mouth with its
sticky fingers and biting it of from its fingers
with It's sticky mouth. and getting It of from
its taffy with its sticky fingers and mouth both
YOU see the baby has plenty to do as long rs
the taffy lasts. You Just try it when you go
home"
How long has 1t been since you began sell
ing more tafry than any other kind OF candy ?"
"Wcl-let me seo-about four or i've years.
should say
WHAT did you sell the most OF before tafry
came To- the 'front.'"
Oh. there was sticks and drops and losenges
and"
But wasn't there some particular kind that
you sold the most Of the same as you sell tafIy
now2'
DO you mean iuiube ?"
That was n good while AGO. wasn't it2"
Twenty nve-thirty- must been as much
IA thirty year ago that TiuIube was sold so
much. Say from thirty year ago down to twenty
year ago. or eighteen"
We'll. what did you soil between times-from
juiube down to tnffyf"
Oh. bless me. l don't know; sticks and
loz-"
Tho little old woman pressed her face against
the window and watched her customer going
down the street with the tary he had bought
and with thirst to know what manner Of
candy filled up the period from the iujube era
to the present era Of taf1y.
Inquiry at many retail candy stores confirmed
the little old wonans avcrmcnt MS to the pres
ent tafTy rage and to the parallel rage for iuube
that existed from eighteen or twenty to thirty or
thirty-fve years ago. But il was extremely diff
ncult to get any satisfactory light on that dark
period. extending from the dccadcnce OF jujubc
To the ns'endancy OF tafy. Here was period
Of some twenty-five Notwithstanding from the
height Of Julubes glory 10 the present time
during which there was nothing mt could
claim supremacy in the mntirr OF satisfying the
cravings Of tie candy-euting portions of the
community. II would sccm. therefore that the
genius requisite to such Il triumph in the candy
raiinns.
Tho. browning merits Of .iuiubc and Of tafry
arc, az Chcapncss (2l durability. 80 harmless
mss. Juiun' is made a. sugar aud gum when
70 Is honestly made; Otherwise IL Is made Of
sugar and elue. 1ary is made, 81 monssce and
butter. Elch il made in thin sheets and cut or
moulded In shapes o. suit the trade. Each Is
flexible to a. c"rilin degree when fresh: oach
becomes sou and g.umny In thu mouth each
Z. r--e-S's 70 peculiar faculty ~ resisting dsso
luton; nriti n has any drlcteriou~ ingredient
things that iuluue. SHOULD ris' t1u position of
trecmincnt popularity; that IL should cu-lnVe
ih" iu-its OF the mum iuIc ana extend Its bond
age over comp ra'ively long period Of years
anu mat when at .ds the pubic u,ste had been
cioycd by long and wholesome seHson of
years IN iruflr-s search aiter something that
would he TO humanity what Iujube had been.
And thus Il was IA the nature oi things that
ihr-r.aehing ambition, after vtinly striving 10
satisfy the cravings u' the puhlc's " tooth for
sweets. should III back On unpulied molasscs
In this period II groping-hetweon jujnbe and
;ufv-muny varieties OF candy w"r' produced
or introduced. Several OF them remain 10 this
day prominent in the candy trade, and u few
have come 10 be- regarded as staples. Gum
drops, which were manufactured long before
the era of .uluho rosa 10 great importance after
the luJuhe rage had subsidized. In composition
they liilrrycry ittlr from luIube. which may ac-
ftt o.
ehinf article ia me candy tratlnto-dav. Tn iloa
If thegum drop uri sinnted i'm Fr.nfs Iozenr,-
came nom Scotland and are still sold lnrgriv I'm
theatre bits and railway trains Their faculty
OF lodging in the windpipc- II Young children
aud thus temporarily or permanently supeud-
ing the functions ol llr breathing apparliu- il
lection WAS disp0s.I If i'm tho Jnrk,on Rail
~ fifteen years ugn. 10 some extent: hvt the
features III an infant will one of thess spherrs
H. its mouth assumes n globulnr Rppearnncr
incompatiblr with tho existence Of nttrartiv,,
phy.iogno micu lines. u sides the saechnrine
sphere was ultimately So reduced by The
process Of dissolution that it was dangerously
ift"d To- boz wrdgrd down upon thr iufnhtile epi.
gloti- Chocolate cr-nni- helped Ia iii IN th,
period hrtwren iuuho amt taiTy and arr still
sold many yra,-. and sun holds A ni.rn, in III.
candy trade. IL, convenience baing one of lis
chi # Recommendations The ends brnk.n from
sticks when they were reduced ~ uniform length
Wcre So. as brl Ken candy uul The demnnl
for them became so great Inn il Is uDW supulird
los breaking stirk candy INTO uie,,s IF IRREGULAR
lengths French cRndirs ,vnr'. introduced some
ten y.nrs ago and owing h. their attractive an
pcaraurr rcp nod "a lnrg, sale during the sue
c"rdins four or nys Yours. TAr,e and many
other varieties helped to lido over the barren
period between iulnbn and taffy bur now thnt
the .attrr has risen 10 such prominence thry
occupy merely a Respectable position in thr
trade. No onrof them oyer nii1ned a popu-
larty to be compared with that OF luiube in M,
day. or that ol tlny M mo present tim,
The position Of taily in tho candy trade Is pc
culiar. Large manufactures do NOT make II.