Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-05-31
Washln9ton Standard
MEN ARE CANDY FlEMOS TOO.
Appetite for CONNECTIONS Is Not Confined TO
Feminine Portion of the Race Alone.

Appetite for CONNECTIONS Is Not Confined to
Feminine Portion of the Race Alone.
Ii any o. the people who make a
business Of selling candy in Des Moines
were told that girls devour large
quantities Of sweetmeats they would
in all probability tell you there are
Others"
1t l. not 4 statement which will go
uncombated but it j. nevertheless a
fact that men haunt the candy stores
quite As freely as girls. The conclu-
sion will Immediately be reached that
men buy the candy only to transfer it
to the girls but in the majority OF cases
appearances are against that theory.
The other day man came into a
Des Moines candy store and afttr
saunteiing around from one counter
to another said he believed he would
like a dimes worth of Caramcls.
When the bag was handed him he
took one caramel out, unwrapped the
paper and put the brown square in
his mouth with evident relish. Then
he put the bag down in his pocket and
walked out OF the store. Maybe he
bought the ten cents worth of cara
mels for girl, but it did not look
just that way.
Sure enough that is only one in
stance, but in less than five minutes
another man came in. lie had look
of anticipation that would have done
justice to high school girl, and with
out looking around be walked straight
up to the Judges. He asked for Is
cents worth and while the girl was
weighing it out he extracted large
piece from the scales and ate it with a
look OF satisfaction that was good to
see. He got the bag in his possession
and disposed OF two more pieces before
he pulled on his gloves and left the
store. Maybe the remainder of those
Judges were going to some girl, but
again the circumstances hardly bore
out the idea.
"Men are just as girls are" said .
pretty little lady who stands behind a
candy counter, the other day. "You
can't tell me that they tuy it all to
give to their girls. When they get a
box full and want it tied up with
pink ribbon then the girl idea is all
right, but when they come in and ask
for ten cents worth and then poke it
down in their pockets, maybe head
first, then you needn't talk about
there being a woman in the case.
st is fun to watch the men stop in
front of our windows and look in
at the candy. And there is one thing
i'll which they are mighty different
from the girls. When they once stop
and look they are goners. Now girl
Can look in for five minutes and then
pass slowly along. 1t is mighty plain
: that she wants to come in but she
doesn't. But when a man stops and
looks for a minute he is pretty sure
not to pass US by.
"Some men come into the store as
though they thought they ought to
beg our pardon. They have the air of
not wanting their friends TO see them,
and believe they are lots more em.
barrassed when they are found than
they would be to get caught in a
saloon. They say Just give me a
little of this in an apologize way as
though they knew they were lowering
their dignity but were really the VIC
Tins of circumstances and should not
be held too strictly to account.
"No, they are not just boys 1 am
talking about. Middle aged men buy
just as much candy as boys do. I
don't think men like chocolates quite
as we'll as girls; they buy mostly
caramels and those Of them who are
on to it buy Judges.
Il have often wondered why it is
that preachers like candy so we'll. Do
they? Well you just ought to see
them. l think we have about half the
preachers in Des Moines on our list.
There is one preacher who comes in
every time he is down town. While
am weighing the candy he always
tells me how bad sweetmeats are for
the teeth. don't know whether he
is trying to run bluff on me or what,
but l notice just the same he begins
eating the candy as soon as he gets it.
From the way he begins l don't think
there is much left to take home to the
children, either. If that pretender
thinks candy is bad for the teeth he
must believe in encouraging the
dentists. No I won't tell his name,
he'd 60 to some other store II did,
and he's too good a customer to lose.
He breaches good sermons though,
and you read lots about him in the
papers"
"AMERlNDS."
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