Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-24
LOSING APPETITE FOR
LIQUOR IN FAVOR OF CANDY

(ANDY eating is becoming a great
American national habit
The use is no longer confined to
children. the matinee girls and their
mothers.
Man has come under the potent influ-
ence Of his sweet tooth and has developed
such penchant for sweets that the candy
bill of Uncle Sam is $4,000, OCO year.
1t Is said by experts that the enor-
nous Increase in the use of candy is the
direct outcome of a corresponding de-
crease in the use Of alcohol.
Physicians have noted the fact that the
two tastes are Numerically opposed.
Alcohol destroys the taste for sweets,
and 1T is rare to find a heavy drinker
who cares for desserts, let alone gives up
himself to the delights of candy.
Correspondingly the heavy candy eater
is not likely to be the person who has a
strong liking for whisky. beer or wine.
In the last few years the admitted gain
of sobriety among all classes of people
has had the effect Of adding to the bust
ness Of the candy maker in leaps and
bounds.
1t is no uncommon thing to go into the
Office Of the business man, the leader of
law or finance who is constantly dealing
with problems involving the outlay of a
big sum of money and find on his desk a
box of bOnbons or chocolates.
These he will offer to a visitor much in
the same way that he used to think it a
proper courtesy to offer cigar or invite
his guest out to have drink with him.
Therefore the trade in candy has prof
tied to the point where the nation now
it does for butter.
To be exact, it costs Uncle Sam one
hundred and fifteen millions yearly for
the butter he puts on his bread and in his
xs,hio I, ic mil InIl orc
less than his candy bill amounts to.
These are dazing figures. They give a
new interest to the candy shop with its
burden of dainty sweetmeats.
Everybody has known, In a general way
of course, how closely candy has been in.
terwoven with the progress Of civiliza ton.
In fact, candy is Cupid's right bower.
How many thousand less marriages would
there be to report in the course of a dec
ade were it not for the appealing influ-
ence exerted on the feminine mind by the
proper presentation Of candy at the right
time!
hardly be imagined. and would be q most
drear prospect IL it could.
A foremost expert on health, and the
reasons for it. DR.. Woods Hutchinson,
has lately written most entertainingly of
the beneficial results Of the generous use
of candy.
In his arguments he combated some Of
the time ideas of our grandmothers,
who held that candy did not compose a
proper food.
Many a lad or girl. after long battles
with parents for as much candy as they
deemed proper for the childish pleasure.
will now hail with joy the word of the
learned physician that it produces mus
cular activity, nervous energy and crea-
tive faculty necessary to achievement
Considered solely as an article Of food
candy is most beneficial. 1t supplies heat
and energy in compact form. is readily Oh
gested and is of great value in relieving
fatigue.
Candy is the last thing in the world
that one would associate with the rigors
of an arctic trip of exploration. yet both
DR.. Cook and Commander Peary carried
with them large quantities of gumdrops.
and praised them very highly.
The taste for candy is universal in crav-
ing of the child. it is the joy of the grow
ing boy and girl, the dream Of the matt
nee girls heart. and now to its votaries
being added brother father and sweet
heart and husband, there Is no limitation
to its domain.
The one hundred and thirty millions
spent yearly in this country can hardly
be considered as an extravaganza when
the value 1t cOnfers is taken into account.
Many men find in candy a mild stimu-
lation. something somewhat similar in ef-
feet to what they formerly got from to-
baccG or from whisky.
In the manufacture Of candy the United
States leads the world both in the quality
and quantity of the prodcut.
American mechanical skill which has
tions has had its influence here and can
dy. so largely handmade in other parts
Of the world. is machine product in the
United States. The result has been the
opportunity of cheapening the cost while
at the same time maintaining the high
grade of the materials used.
Moreover this has helped in sanitary
way. for 1t is possible to make candy
much more cleanly as the amount of
hand labor Is decreased.
Many of the complaints Of our grand
mothers against candy were probably
more or less justified in their day, for
the science of candy making had not
yet gone forward to its present condition,
but at the present time as a result of
the wonderful advance 1t is now possible
to buy wholesome candy as low as 10
cents a pound retail; therefore there is
no longer any excuse for adulteration.
or any reason why the use Of candy
should be restricted.
American manufacturers not only lead
in the amount and quality of their CON-
fections, but also In the understanding
OF how to present them attractively. how
to get up new ideas.
The French used to be way ahead in
this direction, but the American has now
forged to the front and gained premier
ship that will hardly be taken away.
While much candy has decreased In
but this is the luxury kind.
There are plenty Of candies that cost
as much as two or three dollars pound
but these bear the same relation to candy
that pate de fol gras does to other foods
They are the luxuries, not the neces-
stiles. For the person who wants some
thing very special they are all right, and
they give excellent value for the money.
They are delicious as to taste and beau
tiful as to appearance. In their produc-
ton have been engaged the services of
men who get specialists salaries. the
price paid to those who can do something
not possible to the other fellow.
But the average price puts good candy
within reach of even the poorest families.
and the honor with which it is prepared
today makes 1t food as well as delight
full form of luxury.
The high character of men who take
part in the manufacture of candy In the
United States Is best illustrated by what
happened in connection with the passing
of the pure food law of 1906