The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-12-30
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE or INTEM9ERANcE
striking Article on the Eating of Cand ',
In which ~ Bound Up Most Eernark-
able Temperance Lesson--The Young
Man who Graves sweets is No Drinker

J IN Whfch ~ Bound Up q Most Eetnark
able Temperance Lesson-The Youn,
Man who Graves sweets Is No DrInke q
The news stands in railroad stations ans
Terry houses sell among other things indi
vidnal pieces OF candy--at one or two
.ents each
There are huge chocolate drops. az big a.
me end OF your thumb, other large drops
1ied with sweet, thick cream. and so on.
In the evenings it is verl' interesting Ia
watch those who buy these candies. There
are very many young boys smong the buy.
Frs. But there are also great many
Young men They rush up, buy their even.
ng newspaper and take in addition two or
three pieces OF candy to b. eaten on the
wav home.
This spectacle OF young men-clerks and
working men-eating candy is new and
| pleasant
The man who Graves sweet things is al.
/ most always man who uses little or no
,lcohol
| The man who suddenly gives np the
| drinking habit feels a strong desire for
| sugar, tor sweet things of all kinds.
And for the same reason the young men
| whom yon sec buying candy as they rush
homeward at night are young men Of tenn.
oerate habits.
Temperance is a virtue that gains ground
ialiy all over this country. The candy
eating habit should be welcomed as one Of
.he temperate signs.
There is. by the way, a hint for Young
women aud for mothers in this question OF
.atlng candy.
II Young man brings You box OF candy
and sheepishly eats about half of it before
you can eat siS pieces, he is young man
most promising. on may be quite sure
That he is not a cocktail young man, or one
)f the Young men who think "a little
whisky Is good for the system" Candy
and whisky rarely meet in young mems in
eriors
On the other hand. there is something
1ueer about the young man who shows
nain.y that he cares nothing for candy.
He may be az exception or he may be
Door goose hiding his real lougines because
ne thinks 1t unmanly to want sweet things.
But u,I'lly he is the sort of Young person
hat Ur can well do without.
One other word on the candy question
which may not come up here again for
Sosrs. Remember, fathers and mothers.
that your child's desire for candy is per.
tect'v natural and should be gratihed.
There Is no more wholesome food than
pure sugar The candy which comes near.
st to being pure sugar, with little harm
'ess favorlng, is an excellent thing for
,h'dren.
Tie craving for candy is a. natural in a
,hild as the craving for salt among MS all.
You know that no man or other mammal
Fan ID without sat. The old monks. tor
mentinG their bodies for the sake OF their
souls imnosed many privations upon them
sc,vos. But no one ever succeeded in
oing without salt. In Africa. where sat
l. 50 scarce in some places. the children
gathered around white eXplorers and licked
nieco- of rock salt chewing and swallow
ing II. as our children do with candy.
\ father who wants to please his chill
dren without hurting them can not do bet
ter thaa take home to them occasionally a
pound Of plain mo,asscs CANDY That is
the very best kind. There are other p'ain
candies about as good. And the child that
has such candy often-in moderation il all
the better for il.
Candy dsagrees with grown people and
with children sometimes.
But if the diet is otherwise sensible. and
IT there Is a craving for candy, it never
iisagrees with those who cat it.
II j. an absolutely natural food. II does
harm ou,y when added 70 an already over
worked stomach. The danger about it re-
sides in this fact: it tempts the palate and
ovcrru,es good Judgment Do not let your
children fiji their stomaohS with other
things first and then hurt themselves bv
adding candy to an already too heavy load.
Let them have the candy frst--at the
heginning OF the meal. il it he pure, do
not hesitate to let them have a good deal
OF it-sav an eighth. or. for big children.
n sixth oi pound. Then let them eat the
other things,
\ man very well known in New York
fichard Croker. in fact. said to a friend
that he could rot - much as taste candy,
on account OF dvsDeusia But he wrs told
that il he would take simp'v mix ard
candy he could cot and digest all the candy
he wanted TO- And to his surprise he
found tnat IL was So
4 diet OF rill,-swauowed slowly in
small sins and az absolutely pure candy
- cure dvsDspsia and improve the COM
p,orion. II kent M for four or sly weeks.
We wish that tho big stores that com
bue great sales with cheap rrices would
make a speciality cf pure ard cheap no
lasses candy. made fresh daily. They
should be able 10 sci it ut n profit for
twice or three times tho price OF SUGAR by
the barrel Thcv would render a genuine
service to childhood and 10 narcnts il
they would make feature of this.
Let them nut thc '1resh mo'assrs randy
for the children" feature in all their ad-
vertisemerts. Thev will make thousands
of little friends and hig ones. too. They
might even. occasionally. ~ Santa Claus
surprise. send home quarter pound saw-
pie cf the candy free with the mothers
purchase. wrapped up in staterent
somewhat on the lines OF this EDITORIAL
From an Editorial in the Now York Even
ing Journal,