The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-12-25
CANDY HEART
A New Kind OF Fate That Bealls
Modern Young Women
The Constant Use OF sweetnoat' Disas-
trou- 10 the IIsrIti-Its Iu...iioUs
Ehects UltsJnatesy Lo&1 20
Death.

She swept into fashionable cand~
store in the shopping district, pis.'7s,t
her bundles on the cc-lntcr, ticti cvr
pct dor 10 the leg OF 4 chair, sank down
before an ice-cream table and ordcrrda
glass of hot Soda. Then She sent word
~ the clerk for four pounds Of cara
ulels. assorted flvors-
When she had gone ] ambivd NJ 10
the proprietor and asked him irVF
questions about Young women who huy
Candy. saws New York World writer.
The kind chiefest in denlant,.
said
without n doubt carameis. These
are the first choice Of the average
American girl. could never eSpigia
it," he went on. but for some seasons
carameis have held the call
How about guIn-drops?"
'.Oh. that is a fallacy of the funny
man. Acc ortling to that genius. the
young women Of our land feast day and
night on guln-drops and bonbons; but
they don't. and so that settles It. just
stand here a moment and listen to the
orders."
went over to the big counter ana
watched the ebb and flow OF women
buying candy. Every third order WAS
for caramClS.
All this settled it at once in my mind
that the candy dcvotec is no longer con
tent with 4 few modest varieties. as in
the good old days when you and used
to esteem it the privilege Of our lives to
have a stick 0f barber-polc candy ont of
4 dingy glass, in the old white grocery
store. down in the Twelfth ward.
L.a -4Ff
molasses candy and peppermint. but
that time Is now swept away for good
and all Here are some OF the changes;
The young women of the hour callfor
such things rs these: Nut bars, crys-
tallized fruit. rose leaves, violet drops,
buttercups, jujube paste, crushed straw
berries.
Nor are these changes without their
effect. 1t takes but glance. as one
trips through the shopping district. TO
notice and point out the young woman
who is the pronounced candy devotee.
What is the fate of the candy dcvotce?
It is not long since the world was
startled by the announcement of gum
chewer's cramp, au aiIiction that
carries off American girls by the hun
dreds. as the result of overtaxation Of
the muscles of the jaws, the result be-
ing sort of locIliaw rigidness Of those
muscles, fairly defying medical treat
meut.
You win hear to-day for the first
time. perhaps. of another strange evil
that has crcpt into American life and
will soon be moving down the faircst
girls in the land 1t is no less deadly
an affection than what physicians. un-
able to find a better name, have re-
solved for the present TO call candy
heart"
Candy ncarJ, what is it?
When a girl begins to feed herself day
and night on all sorts of candies she is
on the fair way towards becoming
afflicted with this new and deadly dis
ease, candy heart. First, she becomes
istlesS and Ianguid; her complexion
becomes sallow: aor eyes lose their lue-
ter; she yearns for the unattainablc: her
days are passed in a strange aUmos-
pherc OF deSP-hluc hazincss. Ia time
the TISSUES Of her heart change TO the
fiber of iuiube paste! No longer does
she ind pleasure in life. Her appetite
is gone. Her complexion is gone. She
lives in hazy dreams. As for beef
steak, potatoes, ham, eggs, pickles
bah, She dcopiscs them. She ycarns
Tor sweets. Day and night It Is the
same. She eats nothing but candy.
Her fate is terrible. Then for the last
scene Of all. Lie has become a bur
den. She wishes she had never seen
q caramel She wishes that She had
never touched It pound nf crvAtalzcd
violct5. Rose leaves she despises. In
vain.
Then. one bright day in the glad
springtunc. when all nature IS smiling
and glad, shc dies. The old family ply
siclan hcSitatos between duty and a de
sire to save the old family chis last cruel
blow. Shall hc tell q lie in filling ont
the death blank? shall he say that She
died of blightcd love or OF hyper;esthc-
sia? lie thinks it all over carefully.
He knows the truth viii be terrible
shock To the family, who are in socie-
ty and run - yellow dog cart in the
park. Thcn duty couqUers. lie closes
his eyes. lie draws a long breath.
His pen falters, but he writes the fatal
words.