The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-17
HOW CANDY is MADE
Manufacture of Sweet DaintieS in
an indianapolis Shop.
How the Delicious Creams Are Shaped
The Striped Candy Dear to the
BOyish Heart.

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dies sale for the holidays. The kinds at
| the country stores, where there is not a
| great call for candy. are what is known as
| the stock or pan candies. These are the
! kinds that can be kept in stock. There are
| red and white sticks, hearts and fancy col
| ored bits which are hard. Rows of fat
glass jars contain the sweets which are
retailed for a penny a stick or sometimes
| two for a cent These are the popular
kinds with the country youngster, who has
| few pennies to spend, and who wants to get
| as much possible for his money. Anoth-
| er kind, which the country storekeeper has,
| are gum drops and paste covered with
powdered sugar. AS the stores grow larger
| and are in larger places the quantity and
| quality of the candies increase. Chocolate
| mice and cream candies are added to the
stock to the delight of the children Of the
| neighborhood, and as the person gets into
city the variety of corrections grows.
| The French candies, the kinds most city
reared people like, are sold in quantities
| which would astonish persons who are not
| familiar with the trade. A visit to a candy
| mandatory is one of great interest and
| the several processes used show how rap
| idly and easily the common candies are
| made.
In one place in Indianapolis the firm Is
| now turning out candies at the rate Of
| ten thousand pounds a day. That means
| sixty thousand pounds week, and this
| Will continue for a week longer. The can
dies which are used in churches for filling
| the Christmas stockings are not the finest
that are made, are those which are
| used for the Free Kindergartens and the
| charitable institutions French creams. In
this same factory some dozen girls are
| working, and making about 100 different
| kinds of chocolates. on each of the several
| floors of the building the CONNECTIONS are in
| the different states of manufacturing. There
are huge kettles with natural gas fires
| where the candy is boiled, and when it has
reached that stage of perfection 1t Is put
into trough. A man at each side has
clean shovel and the liquid is mixed and
turned till il is white and OF fine quality.
| This Is the foundation for the cream candy.
Many persons suppose that the cream can
dies which are made by the manufacturers
are made by hand as they are at home.
but such is not the case. There Is a large
pan like bread pan, and this Is filled
| with starch Then an iron mold with
many is dipped do into this starch h
| cream is then taken from the trough and
| is poured into these hollows, just enough
to fill each one The cream is of just that
consistency which allows it to settle fiat on
| top This is left till COOL when it is dipped
| out freed from the starch, and the cream
The molds which are dipped into the
| starch are of many different shapes, and the
| the variety OF shades. When a nut is
/ found in one of these creams the person
| may know that the mold was partly filled
and then the nut dropped in, and the re-
mainder of the space was filled. Many OF
/ the creams are white on the inside and have
a layer Of colored cream on the outside.
/ These white creams are dipped into cream
| which is colored by girls who have a long
pronged wooden fork fol, the purpose; the
of a small gas, jet, and as fast as the can
| dies are lifted from the cream they are
laid on wooden tray, which Is Toured
| which are often on top are laid on before
| the mixture is cooled The trays are then
piled up and are left till, the candies are
1 other mixtures, and these are boiled till
they are quite crisp when dropped In cool
who throw it over large iron hooks TIL it
/ is as clear in color as the very best of home
made s5G forth This pe Is den te Il IS
! it is taken and laid on a shelf before what
is called a furnace This is nothing more
| than a cylinder of iron with perforations
| through which the gas may escape and be
| lighted. This is tempered by means OF key
| to shape Near the man who has charge of
| this candy is a machine which looks very
| much like the family fluter. A boy turns
| the crank, the man feeds the candy into
| the slide and the stuff comes out in the
| form of what are called strawberry
| sticks" The man who makes the stick can,
| dy which has flags, stars, flowers and
| many other designs in the middle, is n
| genius, and he takes as much pride in his
| successes as if he had created the world
/ The method which he takes to make this
| Is interesting. Great pieces or candy are
/ colored in about the quantities which MS
| practice has acquainted him with, ana these
/ are laid on the table near the furnace
! Whatever color is to be used as the center
| comes first then around this he places tne
| second color, and the third and fourth
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| the white, or brown, or whatever Is 10 De
the outside When this is all formed 1t is
about two feet long and "a about the fns same ine
| CARED table and rolled by hand. Inc how
| err or star, or flag was very large at first.
Smaller gTs az the stick iengthens and still it
| keeps it's perfect shape. Some OF the most
| intricate designs are made by the candy ex-
| perts and samples are shown of candies
| which have water scenes, and boats, heads
| and faces and some of the most compll-
| Gated pictures.
| Another interesting process is the maxi
ing of the common red and white striped
| stick candy. This Is made in a large white
| section like the other Then on each side
| of the white are placed heavy strips OF
| the red. one on each of the four sides.
| This is held to the fire and becomes soft
enough to roll, and after It gets well veil
| stripes run around. The candy is run
through machine, which makes 1t
| perfect In size and length, ready to be
| made like the sticks. except in the last
| process it is run through a machine like
| that which makes the strawberry sticks
| and is made into rings by girls and boys.
There is a kind of red and white candy
| which is like the buttercups, only very
| brittle. This is also made like the red and
| white sticks and is run through a ma
chine which shapes 1t and cuts 1t. The
| buttercups are all cut by hand. There is
| a piece of iron like a rolling pin, with
sharp knives encrcling it, and a man rolls
this over the candy, which closes the sides
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board, where it cools. 1t is then separated
by hand. All the chocolate work is done
in room by several girls. who work
| under the direction of one who has made
the business study. The creams
for the chocolate are made in an
done by girls who all sit at board
covered with chocolate in semi-liquid form
AS the chocolate hardens at the edge ii
| keeps the remainder from running off. The
girls use their hands to do this work, and
the rapid rate at which 1t is done makes
fruits, jellies and all the different condi-
ments which one finds in chocolate are
close at hand and are in large boxes. AS
the worker deity handles the candies they
are dipped in the brown coating and are
placed on a board TO dry. There are many
combinations of fruits and hayorS, and the
girls have the privilege of introducing any
thing new which they can invent The pack
ing is all done by girls, and they have tine
lace-papered boxes, pals and other recep-
< tacleS right at hand
To see the sweet goods in the stores one
would not realize the amount of labor re-
quired to get the candies ready Tor the mar
ket The candies from this city go many
miles in each direction to reach their pur
chasers and are considered the best that