Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-10-22
CANDY.PULLING.


THE MINT DROP.
Chicago Tribune.
There is probably no one article manufactured
within the bounds of the United States which is
more universally favorite, and the mention OF
which calls up more pleasant associations to
old and young. than candy. The baby cries for
it, school-boys and schoolgirls demand it. and
principally in the form OF caramels-it is al
legged to be of the greatest possible service to
young men in their counting days, not, of
course for their own proper use, but as pro-
pitatOry offering to their respective divinites.
In this particular it far excells the fascinating
but deceitful Ice cream, and has the additional
advantage of being in season all the year round.
Staid fathers Of families affect to disdain the
tOothsome dainty, and are apt to inform their
offspring that candy will spoil their teeth and
ruin their digestiOns, usually. however, ending
the homily by the production of sundry small
change to keepthe children quiet. The truth is
that neither the middle-aged nor the white
haired can forget the joys which candy brought
to them in the long ago, and to all it is thing
OF beauty and Joy forever.
reporter of the Tribune was yesterday af
forded an opportunity OF making a tour of in
spectiOn through one of the largest candy manu-
factories Of the west, and of seeing for himself
THE DIFFERENT PROCESSES EMPLOYED
in the conversion of the pure white sugar into
the manufactured article. Asked what particu-
lar department he would first examine, the
| scribe decided, to begin the review where he
began his personal SUPPLEMENTARY, with
| stick candy-and he was led to the floor devoted
to its manufacture. At one end of the large
room couple of men were industriOusly en-
ployed shoveling white sugar into large copper
boiling pans, each holding fifty pounds, Side
by side with these were half dozen similar
pans in which the strip was boiling fercely.
The sugar, when sufficiently boiled, ia poured
upon marble slabs, fenced in with square pieces
of iron, and there allowed to cool until fit for
handling. The process Of boiling makes it Of a
broWnish color, and to get rid of this
TITS "PUILED."
man takes q thirty-pound chunk of the
stuff, hangs it on a large iron hook and draws it
out at arms length. Then he doubles it over
| the hook and pulls again, repeating the process
until the entire mass assumes a snowy white
| ness. It is then divided up into pieces of suit
| able size and rolled by hand on a wooden table,
This makes rolls some ten feet in length-but
| along comes a boy with queer-shaped pair Of
| scissors, and cuts it into suitable lengths. If
| only the childish consumers could get hold Of
| that boy and reason with him the One-cent stick
| of candy, which is the Juveniles delight, might
| be made a little longer. But this superior be-
| Ing neglectful ofhis opportunities, goes on all
day clipping candy as if his weapon were the
shears OF Fates, and never once puts his fingers
| to his mouth.
The question as to how the stripes, those IA
nous spiral stripes of delicate pink, got on to
| the candy had always puzzled the reporter, even
as the knotty problem of how the apple got in
side the dumping bothered King George. And
yet it fs simple enough. On the outside of the
cylindrical lump of white candy the workman
lays longitudinal strips of colOred candy pre-
pared in similar manner. A scientific twist is
given to the mass; the workman get hold of one
end OF it, pulls it out into long string, which
is rolled by boy helper, and there is the stick
candy with its cOlOred stripe. Half pound of
cOlored sugar suffices to ornament batch of
| fifty pounds. The dear candy, the light-brown
variety, is not pulled. The process employed in
the manufacture of drops is identical with that
Of making white stick candy except that the
stuff after being pulled is run through rollers,
These have depressiOns on their face of the size
| OF the drop" required, and one shakingup
suffices to break the cakes into hundreds oflitte
pieces. The coloring used for these is mostly
carmine, or cOchineal, or harmless vegetable
colOrs. HOarhound candy is not pulle d, and is
cut into sticks by hand-rOller.
TO MAKE ROCK CANDY
| In the establishment visited from four to five
| barrels of sugar are dumped into an immense
copper kettle heated by steam, and there boiled
until the proper consistency is obtained. The
sirup is poured into deep oval tin pans, in which
cotton threads are strung from end to end.
These are conveyed to the crystallizing- groom,
where temperature Of15O degrees Fahrenheit
| is constantly maintained and remain there two
| or three days. The crystals form on the strings,
and there is your candy, red orwhite, according
| asyOu have added or omitted the carInine jelly
goods, creams and other varieties are crystal
| lized in the same way. and the men who handle
| them need no overcOats while at work in this
department.
| Creams, gum-drOps, jujubes and paste goods
| are made in mOlds filled with cOrnstarch. A
board, on which dozen or more representa-
tions of the drop. square or other shape required
are nodded in relief, is pressed into the starch
and the melted sugar is poured into the depres-
| sions thus made. When cool they are sifted out
| andtakento the crystallizing-
LOzENGEs
| are manufactured in an entirely different way
Crushed sugar is poured into a big mill in the
| basement and pounded until it is as fine as -four
Five or six barrels of this are thrown into
| trough, some gum and the requisite amount of
| f1aVOrng essence are added. and the entire mass
| dumped into the mixer, from whence it energies
| In the form Of a thick dough, This is run
through rollers into Sheets about four feet long
| and two feet wide, and carried to the stamping
table. Here stands man with pad saturated
with carmlne and stamper, on which the letters
to be imprinted on the lozenge-innocenta aid to
boyish and girlish f1irtation-are set in type.
And thus it is that 500 you love me?" and "Are
you going to the ball this EVENING"" appear upon
the lozenges, These are cut from the sheet by
girls armed with ordinary tin-cutters Of the kind
FAMILIAR to every housewife, and after a three
days experience inthe purgatorial sweat-box the
lOzenges are ready for packing and shipment
English mint and all the countless variety of plain
| l0Zenges are cut by machine.
| TO MAKE COCoANUT PASTE
the indigestible fruit is cast into machine
resembling quartz crusher, and comes
| out In a condition of pulp and shreds. The
| creams for chocolate drops and sticks are
| cast in starch-molds and dipped in choco-
| late mixture. Mint-drops are dropped singly
| on tins, and caramels are boiled and cut out
The sugar cigar, dear to the heart of bud
ding youth, is cast in starch or plaster
mold, and afterwards painted and fixed
up by hand. All sugar fruits, toys
and the like, which appear in such great
profusiOn at holiday times, are cast in plaster
molds and hand-panted. The prevalent idea
that these articles are among the more obiec-
tiOnable forms of candies is an erroneous One
as they are made Of the finest white sugar. and
the cOlOring matter is certified to as innOcuous
| Roll Call.
From the Argonard
corporal Green?" the Orderly cried.
"Here" was the answer, loud and clear,
From the lips Of the soldier who stood near:
| And "Herel" was the word the next replied.