Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-29
TOO SWEET FOR ANYTHING
The Candy Show Opened Its sugared Por-
tails Last Night,
Candies, Pretty Girls and a General
Air of Sweetness-SOme Of
the Novel Exhibits.


SO runs the ancient recipe for little girls.
Just now it would be quite applicable to all
Washington, for with candy show in
town there Is no reason why the entire
community should not be lust too sweet
for anything" There were lots of candy
and lots of the pretty girls who are sup
posed to be the product of candy at the
Light Infantry Armory last night. and there
is more candy to come. Soon all Washing
ton will be saying "Yum-yum'' and MUNICH
ing gumdrops and caramels and marsh
mallows and other intricate devices of the
sweet sort, for the great candy exposition
is sure to be success. Last night it was
formally opened. with great crowd of
folks eager to see and to taste and to won
der. The hall had been transformed into a
sort of canded eiySium, a paradise of con-
fectionery, and though one or two of the
booths had not yet been quite completed
and started In business. there was a great
rush at the start as there Is whenever there
is land opening at Oklahoma. Samples
went in every direction, boxes of sweets,
little barrels of dainties, sips Of cordials,
sticks of gum, even bright glances from CO.
Quettish eyes that went flashing out over
bulwarks of popcorn and taffy. There was
one particularly pretty girl near the en-
trance, clad in a bewitching yachting suit,
standing on a sort of domestic seashore
with the roaring waves behind her and imi-
tation bathing houses beside her, and ad-
mirers all around her. She sold a peculiar
compound of sweetness and sickness cali
ed saltwater taffy," which found a ready
market under the influence Of her bright
eyes. Across the corner from this young
lady and her taffy was booth made of
bars OF popcorn. whence another young wo-
man, armed with the best requests of
Mother Eve, and keen eye to business as
we'll, dispensed enormous quantities OF SUI
CARED corn that was the delight Of both
young and old. This booth was put up by
X Il n nj ilnd nlyaht Mo-
the stall Of Lowney & Co. of Boston and
Chicago gives a good idea of the many
styles OF chocolate candles.
The Paper King.
In the corner Of the hall opposite the
entrance. is the greatest novelty Of the ex-
position, an individual who styles himself.
with a great deal of reason the Paper King.
His booth is a marvel Of colors and forms,
all Of paper. flowers like and unlike the
domestic and foreign flora, and pillars and
minarets built Of the same fragile material
until the eye Is bewildered. THIS pictur-
esque and clever individual gives frequent
exhibitions of his skill in the manipula-
ton of paper which he handles without
the use of knife or scissors. After a very
eng aging talk about paper and it's manifold
uses, this beguiling gentleman led his hear
ers on to listen while he told the properties
of his patent boot-blackirg, which never
ceases to shine and never succumbs to
water or mud. Then, to reward them for
their patience and dimes, he shows them a
truly marvellous panorama of scenes Of
moving water. to which he has given a
very unique and beautiful effect by means
or paper columns moving spirally and
otherwisely behind the scenes. The Paper
King Is whole exposition in himself.
Some Distributions.
Another novelty is a young man clad in
linen buster and a broad trimmed straw
hat. selling what looks to be lot Of po-
tatoes and sausages. In an excellent repre-
sentation of a grocery stall. As he occa-
sionally announces, these staples are all
made of candy. but their likeness to the
fruits of the earth and the porker is start
ing. This is the exhibition Of r. j. Pack
q Co., of Delaware county, as announced
on tneir sign. There is familiar friend
over In one corner, the bamboo booth that
has appeared here several times but II ia
very pretty and has an old time air about
1t that Is welcome Therein is distribut cd
brand or tea in little cups, and with many
smiles from several pairs of ROSY Inns
Chewing gum goes like flash when given
away. and so the distributors of this staple
article of consumption are forced to put
ST SIPS IS, OF brown brown paper into every other one
Is caused by this distribution.
Some Exhibitors.
At the end of the hall is a large platform
where couple of muscular young men are
to exercise themselves during the exposi-
ton, pulling great hanks of white talry
into a condition of sweetness and light
but last night their furnace refused to work
and the crowds were disappointed 1t was
only temporary disablement however
The Darby Manufacturing 20, w. f,
Cowan, w. II. futile. Gill & Son of this
city, Doran & Bro, the Chocolate Merier
Co, the Henderson Wild Cherry Beverage
nrm, Joslyn x Co., of Maiden, Mass. and
others are represented. Mr.. Harry darby
or baltimore, Mr.. w. F. Russell of Phila-
delphia, Mr.. Walter NJ. Lowney Of Boston.
Z. u. Peltitt of Pittsbdrg, c. G. Heath of
Boston. w. G. Cowan, T. J. Eurus n I
Miller of Philadelphia, ard many other
prominent manufacturers were present at
the opening.