Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-05-10
SWEETS TO THE SWEET.
Candy the American Girl Likes and the
Amount She Consumes.

Amennt She Consumes
Candy is the great American delicacy. No
luncheon, tea or dinner is quite complete
without some CONNECTION or candied fruit, and
even breakfasts, when given to a party, are
supplemented by dainty bonbons, the color
Of the flowers and favors.
So general has the habit become Of devour-
ing candy at the theatre or opera that the
jewelers. skill is brought TO bear in designing
the daintiest gold and silver receptacies in
which to carry it. Dentists have repudiated
TO a certain extent the idea that sweets
are hurtful to the teeth, and physicians have
announced that pure sweets are wholesome
! and often needful to the system Manufac-
tuners have elevated their industry into an
art, and cater to the delicate fastidious taste
Of the epicure in candies, and if a statue
should be erected Of the typical American
girl-the graceful, charming, proud faced
American beauty-instead of the distaR Of
our grandinothers there would be carried in
her hand a box Of bonbons or chocolate. II
a girl or woman goes shopping sheis almost
sure to include among her purchases a box
of caramels and though she will order every
thing else sent to her residence, oven though
IL be no more burdensoIne than a spool of silk
or package OF hairpins, she will carry the
caramels in her own hands A really swell
girl would as soon think of going to the play
without her gloves as without her bonbon-
Mere, and the really elegant young man
knows that it is the correct and proper caper
to take his charmer candy instead Of flowers
for the theatre. Many persons buy candy for
Sunday on Saturday night as regularly as
they market for their Sunday dinner, and
ladies take candy to their children in much
the same spirit as men take their little boys
to the circus
A box Of candy is one Of the most DELIGHT
ful Of gifts 1t means much or nothing. as
you will 1t cannot be accepted as significant |
Of undying affection, and is not so sentiment
al a souvenir as flowers, yet it delights the \
heart of the sweet girl every time One spo-
cial advantage is that it is sure to be de |
voured, and cannot be saved TO show to the
other fellow after she is married
There are fashion in candies, as in bonnets
and the first thing girl does after she re-
ceiVes supply from an admirer is TO gauge
his affection by the name of the manufactu-
ror Of her sweets, and box of buttercups
from the fashionable place is dearer to her
than the richest bonbons and nougat, or even
candied violets or crystallized rose leaves.
from a store on the wrong avenue Fashions
change, too, in the kinds of candy eaten. of
which the gradual decline in the consulnp-
ton of caramels is an instance. A few wears
ago girl carried boxes of caramels 70 school
and on the cars, to church and to bed. if she
we're going to lie awake and talk with her ,
best friend awhile before she went to sleep
Now you rarely hear an order Tor "a box of '
'afamels, and this is not because caraunelsa are
lot being made as toOthsOme, but because to !
he palate of the girl consumer they have
ost their SAVIOR. In England people are lust @
hiding out how delicious they are, and Mr.. /
Quincy IS making in one of his many factories
u London 500 pounds of them a day. and "
eeps scores Of children constantly EMPLOYED o
n wrapping them up in the little squares of
aper in which they are sold. Carainels are ~
aid to be strictly an American speciality. and C
heir popularity in England is largely due
D the ubiquitous automatic box, through y,
those agency 25,00O gross packages of cara
lels were sold last year. o.
The kind of confectionery that has the larg-
It sale at present in America is chocolate in
s various forms, for, in addition to its beine, =
general favorite with ladies, it is made
nth little or no sugar, and forms a harmless
nd wholesome candy for children. CT
Bonbons rank next in popularity, Judging /
ON their immense sale, and then the fine
indies that can be carried in bonbonnieres >
18th nougat and buttercups have largest q
les. Candied flowers are beautiful to look =
and aesthetic to consume, but they are very
-pensive, and not really enjoyed by many
,ople
About ten or twelve years ago a little candy
ore was opened on a west side avenue.
here one man and boy made the candy in
2 back of the store that was sold over the
unter in the other end of the establishment.
ne OF the proprietOrs conceived the idea of
lling candy in the window, accordin, to
practice that is very popular now, but
d not then been established. The man who
ldet candy refused to work in the win
W. accordingly, the inventive proprietor.
:. Huyler took of his coat and did it him
for month. Now the same firm. with
2 addition Of one more stakeholder, have
teen stores in different cities and summer
sorts, employ between 400 and 500 men and
men in the manufacture only OF the candy
~ sell, and make from 500 to 1000 tons Of
ldy year.-New York Sun.