Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-02-14
FACTS FOR CANDY EATERS.
RESULTS OF A PHYSICIANS CARE
Full INVESTIGATION,

Ho Says Pure Candles Are K5ealtlnul When
Consumed at the Proper Time and in
Decentralization Sweetmeats Are Adult
terated-Eat it just After. Meals.
Owing TO limited resources, savage man
was content to assauge the cravings or ms
sweet tooth with liccric root snd1nyrrh. But
things have changed since tEea, and man,
somewhat less sewage, sucks tao mlnted
candy stick or Eselts in his mouth -hecreaIny
Freach CONNECTIONS
The candies of today are rnadeof Eve.main
observation-disclosures sugar, glucose, gum ana
cplo.lng and havoring matters. Other sub
stances are often added, as starch, winch,
though often considered as an Gdulteration,
should he looked upon as legitimate IN
credient. If all these s7lbstoaces are pure
:t.d good, the confection manufactured there
frc.A cannot be otherwise than wholesome
.od nutritious The sugsr, glucose ard
starch arc fat forming, and hseS producing
principles are present in many ofour dietary
staples. This fact should not no Aoss s12h5 OF
by consumers of candy. Being FOODS, the
various candies should never bs aeaten be-
tween meals, as they are equiVaA5nt 10 a
lunch, and everyone is aware OF the'ce.eSeIi-
ous effect of constant lunchins 1henproper
time for all kinds of confectionery Is as
dessert to the regular meals. Used III this
way they are often decidedly beneficial IN In
ducing one to stop partakins of the more
bulky eleuents.of the meals before the
stomach becomes overloaded.
BETTER THAN MNCE PIE.
They offer thus asnsstri tious, digestibie des'
se,-t of little bulk q dessert which, by all the
Laws of nature and humanity, ought to sub
saitute for all time that' iZrdigescible Anaeri-
can Observation-Disclosures pie. food, pure
candy, eaten in moderate YTuastaty as des-
sert to meal even to every, meal, never hurts
any one; and such certainly issthe logical, ra-
tional way to eat it. But children must
have so,nethingto keep them cStiet, and ladies
with nothing to do must have ,:a,xnefd1rg to
auruse themselves; and further biunfed tastes
must have something e1-ceedlnSiyns"eet 20
tickle faded paletes-for these rce5ors 1t IS
likely that candy consumers STiihg on eating
their dozen and onesluRcaes day, nbspite or
all their physician Enay,saC to the contrary.
Yet it is an ind;sp,xable fact that 10 crdi-
nary stomach can do its work quietly end
well if it is requp,d TO digcstmore than three
meals per day, or,if it receives within 1t any
thing other than :ac alter between those three
meals True, thare are people who are a.
ways eating and A1rc!ling, consuming candies
and cakes by the pound who Yst seem healthy
and well; but it is<doubtful if these people
ever cot a meal With relish; and 1T Is certain
that sooner or later dyspepsia VIII oVertake
them and induce dire repentance.
Practically, the best way to Sfve'co1fecton-
ery to children is TO allow them, after each
meal, such a quantity Of candy as they Will
be likely TO est within haif hour or less.
Then they should hove no moro Until after
the next meal; and they wilhinot usually want
it il they get it thus regularly.
TAFTY IS BErTER THAN CARAMELS.
As 10 the kind, it should be such as viii not
readily dissolve or ''Ine!t down" Soft or
creamy candles are apt to be consumed be
fore the palate is.satisGed: whereas the harder,
less soluble kinds rer,aiirtonger in the mouth,
Yielding their swectnesS,for C.more protfacted
period, thus inducing sstlety with far less
consumption of candy.
For the same reason, teech%your children
to dissolve the candy.slowiy' their mouths
not to chevy it. PartaEon OF Ia this way,
and at these times, the hG-der candies, II
pure, are not only notrin. furious. but are IN
deed often decidedly beneficial, land for these
reasons: They are easily diGested foods, rich
in nutrinoent, they are All Incucement to
leave tie meahsho.t of safety land they assist
DIGESTION, The,ipt.er- assertion may be cues
toned by some, ,but itais q demonstraoie fact
that anything which promotes the How OK
saliva, at theSaIne time, through tho sym
pathetic nervous system, promotes the low
of the gastric digestive juices. The sahva,
TOO, that is swallowed with the dissolved
CANDY may aid digestion somewhat after 1t
has reached therStonac n, though In the Egh1
of late esagaoio.ls thisnis somewhat dor ot-
fui-lona1held opinion to the ccnuary not
withdrawing.
Persons inclined to edpose ard who are
opposelsto Ut had better ist candy alone, as
for tfeyn,1 sthing is so'fat0enMg- Perslssenny
slender people, however, lleetsneDseo; ge--hern-
selves vithscandy ipstae nope OF Se1sl2eSssout,
for IN therssouethiHg rnore1 haIi fat LOT ming
food Is necessary for al increase in'veIgns.
CoidrnnvlTrder 2,ysars of-age>sre Better or
without auy,cs2ldy whatever, because their
nutrition apeayaegls1s rot yet etsuiI TO the
task Of, properly ssIulS,ae.rss cane sugar and
glucose. Ifro5,6iges1f,l oouh't hese<suSstances
are exceed regly'apt'to fsrmenf, andl IT Is the
fermentation Of ingescIa.thao Is tee Nemesis
of Gaby's second su.nuar.
Ir,scrier TO ascertain the ,purityof tie csii-
dy now manufactured, tho writer examined
ffty-oxeSanples Of the product taken from
the renxal market. In general. it nay be
stated tlSt these EXAMINATIONS showed rs
Clearly as anything could that IL IS folly TO
expe.,. 10 get something forrrothl1g- WheaI
the price OF tie candy was 50 low as 10 pre-
cirrle the poss Oiil1y oil paying feT the making
and the sugar W NtaI @ prof: bessde, there was
added some cheap foreign substance, Usually
r!pe clay. 70 hriE : tie thing CD 20 paying
basis. Especially was this the case With tE:s'
vsry cheap i-aitati, ,rs Of fine goods. II Was
in this cl3ss Of prol sicts, too, tnas the most
injurious coioring III tiers were detected
Here Is the list of ilypUrtacs and adnitera-
tons found ID nineteen oc the hffy-one s.ns-
Piles OF candy ennsnined:>
Chalk IL Eve samples
Pipe clay tseSra aIoa, in yen samples
Bronze tcoppcs and zi1c xocyb in,oce SAN
Nj
Errzs.au blue IN C1e sancte.
terniton in ons:anScie
Tarlcss tax .iirYa redl IL shrce2ssscples-
Chrome velIow tcIrornase .ct-iecaria o-s
ser,o2e
l. = proper % state lere>s1a--lesesia,Eyy-c 'ls
Specimens &c cai.1y we've Eo- FAR sse'zg>
ssciples bur v.era saca Us sss-aea o. tHe-rlAE-
pessaros and I-.-ce 70 ne-ls-Sxzz'soso' -
Jsa2,s0c, T. D. - tl-.s:7S1r, pssIkicu
TSe Pss!or Was Eoxzsee.
Mr.. .RsEi-inspE. woJl ,sIii eTcS-s- ne Z
receive ven II ne s.tr,:ae- rcsoai this e~eol-z