The Red Cloud chief., 1880-01-22

lnPsvveoest in "Sveets.~
Twenty frv yvArs ago q hssle girl uhe
wss very s<pd and nslnAri hsr nuxhsr
OCCASIONALLY ksd . ecnt On srred tsr
candy. ADD Fcarsh a Jaly ADD Chriss-
mas hrussgk, her . JuarssT oF . hall
p-und of e~oussrxAoner. ana. with ths
help II occasional rad. on the ss<Nr.
bowl ard a tsi II frcs.si cake sss snd
then. she r~unssdsrexi thai krs ~aaf.
we're al supplied. BAT iAe snail xsfi ss
TO-DAY expects g-yund enxss Il al kinds
az choir. slainiies .; shoT; ~iasrrVal.. ana
thinks THAI ,hs p~r~nn wko gives aes =
cent means to insult her. IL must ~
said in dcf.asr II The nas-ierR hide EtTi
that the CANDIES are = greai deal aiceF
and more tempting than shey sd 90 ~
IN the days ~hsn P~~Prrrrnioi sisk. and
lrmon braid. cream. bolster. and n=k
candy we're the staple swe-tse-. Ani az
,he fair possibilities "a ehocols;e ver~
unknown. Even pepperfninis. whsch
used IA he ah-ou; the slAc If a dime. snd
not strong enough to keep onc s~ak~
through a whole serunn. even when
ones grandmother permitted one -
steal AL that one wanted from her
pocket. have now dsvesopei Into grsai
disks iha, make more than one asouih-
ful, and are ,trong enough - keep =
Congressman awake ihrough Al All-nigh;
session.
Children who like CANDIES that Siii
Z" last" buy the imp.nals, hytis eoiotvi
pebbles almost ~ hard n Adamani and
tiery favor. whether il hc cinnamon %
cloves. Girls with old.fsshtohci moth
ers, who think tina; molasscs j. healthier
than sugar. have their choice between
candy precisely like that which confec-
TONERS used Ca -ell fifty years agn. aud
Boston chips. and molasses Crram
candy, which is brittle and very light
colorei.
These are the candies that content III
tie girls until they begin Ia 80 90 school
and to feel social cares pressing upon
them, and the Necessity 81 outshiuing
some one else weighs down their yuuug
spirits. Then they come home and de
mand gum drops, aud condemn the
mammon-worshiper who Substitutes
g~elaiine for gum-arabic, and tri.s Ia de-
ccive them. They are clamorous for
taffy not only the plain squares. but
the vanilla cream taffy, and Esrrton
tafy. and the little pink square drops
containing walnut meats, and the almond
taffy and they soon manifest "A nice APP
probation Of the comparative merits at
peanut. almond and English walnut ran
dies, and look with plying sorrow upon
the uncle who asks them II one Kind If
nut candy bee not as good as another.
Still, after acquiring all this knowledge,
they realize that there are iofti-r heights
for them Ia scale, and they rnvy the
grown-up sister who now aud then giyes
them dainties II which they do not know
the names and who seems. Ia their
childish eyes, 10 live in n rain of con
fections.
The most delicious and most cSpen-
sive II the things to be- found on the
confectioners counters are the crystal
lied apricots. figs, amber and green
lines, pears and green cages, and most
If the persons who buy them select them
almost piece by piece, making up their
boxes Ia suit themselves. The fashion
If doing this has come up within a few
years, and the confcctioncrs who first
allowed 1t made large profits and greatly
increased "A demand for the better class
of candies. 4 customer ilits from jar o.
jar and ease Ia ease saying. give me
this, and this, and this until she can
see nothing else that she wants, smiles a
little when she is told how much the
whole weighs. and pays for n pound
and a half of candy instead of the pound
that she meant la buy. Sberbet candy.
made up of three thin. lozengc-sbaped
layers of sugar, differing in color and
flavor, il a favorite with high school
girls, and so are the cream walnut- aud
and ~crystallized walnuts. Dyspeptics
piously avoid the last two things, which
are rather less digestible than melted
butter, but they look so nice with their
brown skins peeping through their oat
of white sugar, and they are 50 tempt
ing in the long thick bars into which
they are sometimes made. that they
please every body. Two other kinds ii
bar candy, the grated and sliced cocoa
nut, are much liked and are much sold
for children's parties, at which il is de-
sirable Ia have pretty dishes Of confec-
tionery, As well As broken into bits and
mixed with other things for boxes.
Ii would be possible Ia have a varied
stock and candies Of many prices with
out going beyond the class Of chocolates.
which grows larger and larger every
year. There are several kinds Of plain
chocolate ~lozengcs, and next to them in
cheapness come the nonpareil chocolates,
which are lozenges studded with drops
Of sugar looking like homeopathic pills
for fairies. Cream chocolates may be
filed either with vanilla OF orange s one
pleases, and some comfectioners use
raspberry and other fruit fayors. Van
lila cream chocolates have little cherries
inside them, making a delightful min
Cling Of sour, sweet and bitter. and the
almond caramel, which comes in little
cubes cased in paper, ranks next in eS-
c~ellence. This paper wrapping is an
ad led the last few years
convenience in packing. chocolate
being any thing but a beautifier To pink
or white candies that lie next Ia il for
any length Of time. Almonds are cased
both in plain chocolate and in mixture
of chocolate and sugar that c~rystaIIizes
upon them, in plain sugar poured upon
them in the form of q thin strip and
making the variety known to the trade
rough. and in smooth almonds which
are polished by constantly movingth pan
in which they are dried. In the last va
riety the nut is not burned; in the 9TH
ers it is. The name Of jelly chocolates
sounds imposing. but the things them
selves are rather disappointing and seem
tame after chocolate creams, but
are liked by the admirers Of soft
candies.-Boston Transcript.