The Saint Paul globe., 1902-05-28
MEN WHO ARE CANDY FTFNDs
When Habit Is Once Confirmed They
Are Worse Than Women.


Ever since far-seeing dealers began
putting candy into artistic pasteboard
boxes fringed with ingenious designs of
paper lace and tied with gold or silver
cord, the title of candy fiend" has clung
with inseparable tenacity to the matinee
girl. But the matinee girl is not the
only one who s a pronounced and as
sertlVe sweet tooth. There are others
VINO have the candy habit with all of
It's pernlclous seductions, and strangely
enough, those others are men.
In point of numbers women who have
the candy habit dominate men einilarIy
afflicted, but in this respect only can they
be said to occupy a position to the fore
For when man becomes a candy fend
he developes into the worst kind Of a
1fend, resorts to lavish expenditures and
lnJects candy ting into his business as
well as his social diversions. Chicago
has one man alone who during a single
summer ate 400 pounds Of chocolate
creams, record sufficiently startling }
cause even the most perfectly developed
matinee girl to blush for shame This
man mas made several attempts to Swear
Off, but as yet hasn't succeeded and the
enemy pursues him as relentIessly TODAY
as when he first became candy fiend >
Another n suffers from what he
calls candy spree and according to his
own admission, is as helpless when the
desire for candy sCrIAes him, as the most
helpless slave to liquor. His periodicals
come on every .--ree weeks with remark
ahie ae regularitT He may be sitting at
even lying in bed, when the idea strikes
MN, but t.liS matters not for when
his sweet tooth begins to assert itself
there is but one thing for him to do
start out to find a candy store
This man never buys in large quantities
Tor ne never LnOWs just how long the
deslre Tor something sweet will pursue
nlIn. sometimes it lasts but a de- or
week &"
While on one of these periodicals" the
CANDY slaVe is never without a little bag
OF sweets, except when asleep. Even then
ne Is not free, for he sometimes wakes
up in the night. suffering from the same
burning desire for more candy After eat
ing little he goes back to sleep sat
lshed strange popularity of the habit
as it has fastened itself upon this man
Is that after the fever has left him he
couldnt be induced to taste candy for
any consideration.
'"The stuff is absolutely repuIsiye to me-
except Wnen l am on. one of my sprees."
ne says. This candy eating is no joke
with me- l sometimes try to throw off the
deslre when it lays hold of me- but I
find that I cannot work without candy
lot my nerves become all unStrung and
nothlng will satisfy me. Naturally
it seems foolish to most people,
but with me it is a serious matter I usu-
ally buy chocolate creams and carry a
small bag of them around with me. l
never eat more than 25 or so cents worth
Gay. The minute the spree works it
self out L lose my desire for candy. and
the sight of chocolate cream will some
times make me sick. 1 go along in this
way until the. next periodical arrives. and
then 1t is the same story over again
nave tried to quit it. but have never been
aple 70 hold out more than one day"
Candy dealers. who perhaps are better
qualified to judge the consuming prop
critics of each individual sweet tooth as
sert that men buy fully as much candy
as women, and not all of it is intended
for future delivery either There is, how
ever, difference in the manner in which
men and women make purchases. Men
buy IN. and 10-cent lots so they can
carry the sweet stuff in their pockets and
eat it while walking along the street.
Women usually lean toward pretty paste
board boxes, and most of their candy
eating is done either at home or at the
theater But as to persons who suffer
from the candy habit. well developed
types are to be found among both men
and Women.-Cmcago Tribune.