Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-07

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THE sale of candy vas never so large as
during the recent Christmas season." re-
marked the representative of a big candy
manufacturing house to a Star reporter,
''and as usual. business in my line was
never slower than it is and will he for
some weeks This reaction IHavs axes
place IN the candy trade. and it takes a
month for 1t to receive 49, - ~
nous amount Of prejudice against the sugar
trust. but trust OF no trusi, sugar was
never as good as cheap it is now.
though unqucstionabiy there is a sugar
trust and it is of wonderful proportions
The candy trade is of course. dependent
upon the sugar trust, bat as sugar is cheap,
candy il also. as a consequence. l have
been handling candy in wholesale way
for over twenty-five years and know some
thing about il, and l can positively say
that there never has been such an amount
of candy manufactured for and sold during
any previous Christmas trade. 1 can also
say that candy never was so we'll made
as now. Sugar being cheap candy can
be and is made and sold al half the price
that the same grade Of goods sold for ten
years ago or even less There are, of course,
a large quantity of high grad. Of goods
sold. hut nine-teuths of that sold is
of the cheaper grades, the kind that retailS
all the way from IL TO ~ cents per pound.
The ~ and ~ cent candy Is absolutely the
same that sold for 30 cents, or three pounds
for dollar, ten years ago, and is even
purer and more carefully made than when
the higher prices prevailed All this Is in
consequence Of the reduction in the price
OF sugar. The so-caled French candies, the
mixtures are now as a rule soluble in the
stomach. The same could not be said of II
some years ago. as many of the older PEG
pie well remember. The reason for this is
that sugar being cheap, the insoluble sub
stitutes for sugar. the various starches and
kinds Of glucose. are no longer used simply
for the reason that sugar Is more satisfac-
tory and as cheap
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1.-The tale OF a shirt is an old one and has
often been told. but l have a new chapter
TO add to it, a chapter of my own expert
ence in Cuba last summer volunteered
member of an Ohio regiment TO Star re-
porter Some years ago, following closely
upon the Johnstown food. there was an
appeal made for clothing for those made
destitute by the food, by several charitable
associations. among them branches of the
Red Cross Society. I was in Cincinnati at
the time and had just purchased half
dozen undershirts. Upon opening the bundle
on arriving at my home my mother made
a remark that l should share the shirts
with some Johnstown sufferer. The idea
seemed d good one to me and l put three
of them in a box and left it at drug store
where collections were being received for
the JOhnstoWn sufferers. l wrote my name
on a card and pinned it on the inside of
the sleeve of each shirt. The card l used
the business card Of the drug store.
That was the last | heard of the shirts, and
l had no reason to think | would ever
hear from them again. Well. time went on
with its whir,igig and soon the JohnstOwn
flood became a thing of the past and was
forgotten. In the same whirigig OF time
war was declared against Spain, and last
spring found me soldier in an Ohio regi-
ment. In the summer | of the
many volunteers in Cuba. i'll and about
destitute Of clothing, having lost my KNAPP
sack and the stock of UnderclOthing il con-
tanned An agent Of the Red Cross Society
visited our camp hospital and distributed
a quantity of Undsrcior hing that had been
sent him for distribution. 1t was my for
tune To receive fun suit OF underclothing
which | assure you was very highly appre-
Ciat@d. for. like the others who received
similar gifts. | was very badly in need of
il In trying 70 put on the shirt ] had
difficulty in getting my arm into the sleeve.
On Investigating the reason for it | found
that IL had been pinned up Judge of my
wCUdrrneHt when ] pulled cut the card
from The sleeve. The very card / had NY
self written and pinned there ~ The time
Of the Jamestown flood nine years ago. in
June. 1SS9. Never he fore was there a more
striking cSesnpiiiicatiou Of casting bread
upon the waters ard its return an hun
dred fold. As l read the card ! thought
Of my sainted mothers advice 10 share my
shirts and Of how | felt on doing 50. Little
did l ever think that the shirt would ever
come back To OF that / would ever vol
come it as gladly as ] did. But il did just
the same. and from all appearances had
never been opened. The Red Cross agent
could not explain IT then. but later on,
his return from Cuba and 10 this city he
aScertained that the Red Cross received
fslA IL
made all the distribution necessary at
Jamestown. and had slowed some of thu
surplus in this city. II was from this sur
plus that some of the clothing that was
sent Ia our regiment came that is d few of
the pieces and among the lot was my shirt
returned 20 me. and at a time. too. when
] need-d it As bad as any of the Johnstown
sufferers ever did What became or the
shirt? Well. I wore il for several weeks
and on my return TO Ohio on furlough put
II away. | came on TO this city 10 attend
my sons wedding, and part of the cloth
ing ne VIII wear on that occasion will be
that identical shirt. And he will be as
proud OF il as / am
..sand bags furnish the most e~ect,,.,
and easily applied remedy against drafts
from windows and under doors" observed
gentleman who has travelled extensively
TO a Star reporter. land now that the win
ter season Is upon US their Introduction and
use all over the house will repay one for
the trouble Of providing them. They are
specially useful in sick rooms in excluding
cold drafts which are annoying as we'll as
dangerous at times In nearly all the hotels
OF London. and. indeed. throughout Europe
In the winter season they are very general
" in use. There IS no special art in making
them. Bags made like umbrella covers as
long as Tho doors or windows are wide of
canvas or cloth Of any kind are filled with
sand Ihe larger they are the better
though there is no necessity IF making
Inem very large An inch or TWO inches in
diameter is about the proper size for wiz
dows. though they can be made larger for
doors An extra size Will prove more eff
IectuaI for outside doors. Til. bag should
not be more than two-thirds filled win
send, for the linper it is the more readily