Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-12-14
CANDY HEART.
A New Kind Of Fate That Befalls
Modern Young Women.
1hs Constant Usc OF Sweetmcats Disas-
trous to the Health-Its Insidious
ELECTS Ultimately Lead to
Death.

store in the shopping district. placed
her bundles on the counter, tied her
. pct dog 20 the leg of n chair, sank down
before an icc-crcam table and ordered n
glass of bot soda. Then she sent word
to the clcr,; for four pounds of cara
ulclS, assorted havors
When s1c had gone amblcd up to
the proprietor and asked him Il few
questions about young women who buy
candy, says IL New York World writer.
The kind chicfest in dcmand?" l
said.
without n doubt caramcls. These
are the first choice of the average
American girl. 1 could never explain
it," he went on, ''Eut for some seasons
caramcis have held the call ="
How about gun-drop3?'
"Oh, that is a fullacy of the funny
man. Ace ording to that genius, the
young women CT our land feast day and
night on guln-drOpG and Eonbons; but
they don't, and SO that settles il. just
stand here Il moment and listen to the
Orders"
went over to TIC big counter and
watched the cbb and low of women
buying candy. Every third order was
Tor cnramcls.
All this settled it ut once in nv mind
that the candy tl4vot"c is no longer con-
tent with Il few modest varieties, as in
the good old days when you and used
To esteem it the privilege Of our lives to
have I: stick OF bnrbcr-polc candy out of
II dingy glass, in the old white grocery
store, down in the Twelfth ward
Time was when the generations ate
Inolasscs 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 ca II for
such things rs these: Nut bars, cry3-
tallizcd fruit, rose leaves. violet drops
buttcrcups, jujubc paste, crushed straw
berries.
Nor arc these changes without their
effect. 1t takes but Il glance, as one
trips through the shopping district. to
notice and point out the young woman
who Is the pronounced candy dcvotcc.
What is the fate Of the candy dcvotcco
1t is EoJ long since the world Wa,
startled by the announcement of gum
chcwcr's cramp, an aGliction that
carries of American girls by the hun
drcdS, as the result of OvcrtaXatiOn Ci
~
ing sort of loclljaW riGidncsS of those
muscles, fairly dcfying medical treat
mGnt.
You will hear to-day for the first
time, perhaps, of another strange cvi
that has crcpt into American life anG
will soon be moving down the faircs;
girls in the land. II is no less dcadly
an afiliction than what physicians, un-
able to find Il better name. have re-
solved for the present to call "candy
heart"
Candy heart. what is it?
When u girl begins to feed herself day
and night on all sorts of candies she i,
on tho fair way towards becoming
afflicted with this new and deadly dis
case, candy heart First, she becomes
istcss and lauguid; her complexion
acc0mcs sallow; her eyes lose their lllS-
TT; she ycarnS for the unattainabc; her
days arc pissed in strange atmos-
phcrc Of dcop-bluc hazincss. In time
The TISSUES of her heart change to the
fiber of iuiubc paste! No longer does
',hc find pleasure IN life. Her appetite
i, gone. Her complexion is gone. ShC
lives in hazy dreams. As for beef
leak, potatoes, nam, eggs, pickles.
'sah. She dcspiscs them. She yearns
Aor sweets. Day and night it is thu
same. She eats nothing hut candy
Ter fate ia terrible. Then FOR the las
t:c.lr Of all. Life has become bur
LI1. She wishes she had never seer
u c.;ranlCl She wishes that she haC
newer touched u pound Of crystalizct
viD. IS. Rose leaves she dcSpiseS. l.
vain.
Then, ono bright day in the gla
sprin time, whom all nature is smlin
ana clad, she dies, Tho old family ply
Hici:dl iCsit;tcs between duty and u tlt
sir" t. save the old family CHS last cruz
blow. Shall he tell u lie in tilling o,
The death blanltP Shall nc say that 81
died Of blighted love or of hyperwsth
s.;a? lie thinks it all over CAREFUL,
TIC knows the truth will be i tcrrib