The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-04

ers for confectioners' wares. A large pro-
portion of these notices are used in the
United States; the rest are distributed to
the four winds, some to New Zealand,
Canada, Cuba, South America, wherever
English or French or German is spoken,
for only in those tongues are the notices
printed. The kiss verse is entirely i'm
partial and no respector of persons, for
the same little conceits that attend on Es-
sex street functions, are a prompter to
Bowery sociability, and figure at Thank
giving and holiday parties away off in Sc
questered country homes are served p
in expensive bonbon holders at fashionable
luncheon and supper parties given at Fifth
avenue assembly rooms and at private
dwellings. The one factory is the author
of them ALL
who makes the kiss verses?' was ask
ed of the superintendent of these peculiar
sugary wares.
81 don't know" was the reply. ''They
have been on our plates for years. We
never change them. 1 think Adam had
something to do with the original man
uscript and perhaps Noah took care of
it along with other things that he tucked
into the ark. It's possible that we will
get out a few new motto forms next year,
hut simply because our old plates are
wearing out from constant use. Kiss
verses are the one thing in the trade that
need not keep up with the procession.
people buy them just the same whether
they're old or not.
when l first came into the business
twelve years ago, and noticed how musty
and archaid the notices Were, l suggested
to my uncle, who was then in charge, that
we have some new things written that
would be more up to date, but he said there
was no need, that these would do as Well
My uncle was then quite an old man, and
had been superintendent here for years. He
had no more idea when the verses we were
using came from than l have now but he
thought they came from the other side
somewhere, and maybe had been a little
tinker ed up here in the house to make
them shorter and more serViceable. I've
had a notion two or three times of getting
some new ones written, some with hits on
wheeling or golf, and with, maybe. some
of the taking slang phrases that people
use now, but l never got round to it, and
l notice that the French and German mot
more up to date than ours; are exactly the
same as when 1 was a boy, and, for that
matter, as were used when my father or
my grandfather was a boy. They an
swer just as well, and people read them
and laugh and joke over them at parties
just as they ever did. They are an i'm
portant part of the candy business, at
least the motto papers and ornaments are.
We ship thousands of packages of those
a., he y,
a verse folded away in It,"
do we use many kiss verses now?" re-
peated the manager of a big catering es-
adjustment which makes a business of
having unique and entertaining devices.
"Oh, yes; just as many as ever. See those
cracker bonbons with the horses on them
and crops and riding hats, got up especial
ly for horse show week. They go off with
a snap when pulled, and have a paper cap
or a tinsel favor inside. Every one of them
has verse in il. Meant for childrens par
lies? BY no means. They are used just as
much for grown folks, although many of
our prettest motto devices are got up for
that purpose. have an order for private
dinner tomorrow night, a dinner for men.
l shall use those motto bonbons as a part
of the decorations which viii be the most
unique we have worked out this season."
on certain of the motto papers not yet
uICNOCdDly tucked away IN these up-tO-
date bonbon devices the following senti-
ments are inscribed:
To chaff with a belle I like very well,
But to marry I'm not quite so hasty;
As well as unfurl both rnglet and curl
My wife must learn to make pastry.
And this:
~ love" whene'er Chou lowest" too.
1--WE love" then wen say and prove,
And echoes shall repeat anew
The blissful tale Of mutual love.
Two employees Of the place. young girls
with slim, def fingers and "A knack for
fastening flowers and dainty trifes in
shape, are al work at the moment on some
carnation motto bonbons for use at an
elaborate pink function. This is one verse