Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-27
HABIT OF EATING CANDY.
rs Extension In England aud in Europe.
American Caramels.

Not only throughout the east, where
indulgence in sweets has been a popular
custom from time immemorial, but in
western and northern lands as well, has
the appetite for goodies assumed formid-
able proportions. Vast quantities of bon
bons are disposed Of annually on the con-
tinents of Europe and America, chiefly
by the fair sex, although German, Italian
and Spanish men are great eaters of
.'pralines, chocolates a La creme, sugared
almonds and crystallized fruits.
As New Year ~''etrennes'' and birthday
offerings bonbons are more in vogue than
ever abroad and have become fashion,
able on this side of the channel within
the past decade, no gentleman of Latin
or Teutonic origin, being permitted to
escort ladies to a theatre or concert,
would upon any account fail to provide
himself with an elegant bago decorative
packet of ''douceurs' for their reflection
during the performance, and gorgeous
'.sacs de sucreries" constitute no insig-
nificaut item in the budget Of a Partisan
''golden youth
In this country the habit of nibbling
chocolate creams and sucking caramels,
formerly confined to those who, as the
good old toast says. ''double our joys and
halve our sorrows. has acquired a consid-
cradle hold upon E~nglishmen of the upper
and middle classes. 1t came in when af-
ter drinking of port, burgundy and claret
went out OF fashion.
The well TO do Briton Of the present
day, as a rule, is a champagne drinker,
and the consumption OF sweets, pro-
nounced by old world connoisSeurS Of
1.-THE wine when it is red" to be fatal TO
anything like just appreciation of the
flavor and bouquet of OpOrto and Bor-
deaux vintages, is not held to effect the
taste for those Of Rheims and Epernay.
He who restricts his prandial p%otations to
sparkling may, therefore, indulge in
lollipops and cigarettes to his heart con-
tent, without fear of being denounced as
an outward barbarian, (which, as Mac
beth remarked upon q memorable occa-
sion, ''was not 20 before" Consequently
men Of good sorial position, whose fathers
would have shuddered at the mere sight
of Stick of barley sugar or a slab Of
taffee, may he seen any day at dessert
time devo,ins an animated and persever-
ing attention 10 chunks Of nougat and
Rabat LakJum ''fondonts' Of a dozen
different stages and colors. and candied
'~'mandarins'' or ''TangerineS.
In a less luxurious stratum of society
the demand for ''butter SCOTCH and
cakes Of chocolate has become so eager
that railway stations and other places of
public resort positively bristle with me
chanical appliances for conveying these
''lolie5' to the fortunate Possessor Of m
particular denomination Of her maiesty's
bronze currency. Sweets, in o word, are
become a poser in the state, and rule
.'the camp, the court, the grove Even
Judges own their dulcet sway; soldiers
suck almond rock while doing ''sentry-
go;" the policeman on his beat has a
bulls eye in his mouth rs well as in his
belt, and the British tar chews an Ameri-
can caramel instead of the quid Of pig
tail that used to distend his swarthy
cheek in the good old days of England's
''wooden walls. "-London Telegraph.