Evening journal., 1910-11-18

Candy making is one OF the most in
teresting of processes Some one has
explained the process briefly in little
verse;
have visited the factory where the
sweets ore made,
And win tell what ! saw. Il youn not
a big shiny kettle was placed above the
floor
And into it MeB poured twenty pounds or
moro
of pure whita sugar. a little water, and
nothing more,
When pacea on the flre II bubblad in glee
1h the thermometer showed the right
Then the workman poured 1t on 8 marble
white.
Where II lay clear a. amber. a beautiful
sight.
When cool he gathered it up from its
First removing a piece which he eolorsa
Then he pulled the batch until white as
And placed it on a table before a heater
With the piece Of red candy he striped
Then the batch back and forth he began
TO roll.
And strange % see, IKE a juggler's triclks,
Where each hd stripe on the big batch
just the same on the little sticks they
appeared again.
Some time. maybe. / win tell you more
or the wonders l saw IN the factory at
this store.
But the little poem gives only a small
insight into the truly wonderful things
e. be seen in a candy factory. And II is
not necessary TO 90 outside of Whining
ton to see the daintiest and purest Of
candies manufactured for sale in this
city.
The first impression one gets when in
specting a candy factory Of the proper
sort, is one OF extreme cleanliness It
was local factory that had this feeling
of cleanliness, together with those OF
quality and attractiveness, that it was
the good fortune Of The Stars represen-
tative TO inspect.
Making Chocolate straws.
The factory was divided into several
distinct departments. On one floor the
hard, brittle candies are made, and there
il ell the equipment necessary for turn.
ing out this product. During the cooler
months many hard eandiss are made
Lots and lots Of kinds Of these there
are, all different in appearance and flavor
The Star man had the opportunity OF
seeing the produotion of batch OF
chocolate straws. This we'll known and
popular dainty is evolved in peculiar
manner They are made of sugar boiled
TO a very high degree, then poured onto
steel cooling table. After cooling q
short while the batch is pulled 10 snowy
white, and placed before a rejecting
heater on the spinning table.
Rich liquor chocolate which has beer
heated and formed into paste by the
addition Of powdered sugar is then placed
in the center Of the pulled batch which
is wrapped about it Ike blanket. Thus
is formed a huge chocolate straw eight
70 ten inches through and q couple Of
feet long.
Now the problem is to change thii
monster straw into ths dainty httl'
Strsws that you buy in the store. Th'
candy worker now places the big straw
on a large table in front OF rejecting
heater which keeps the batch always o
a soft, plisble consistency, and from th'
great lump Of candy he draws out fln'
little stVaws, which retain everything
that was a feature Of the large straw
the chocolate core surrounded with th'
sugaT layer. The Illustration shows IN
worker drawing out the straws from th'
large straw, and his fellow worker
marking it in proper lengths for sale
III 10 ullOMcQ 70 COOt OI lAcat loAAH AobAc
before being broken Ht the marked place
and packed into boxes.
Hard Candy Chips.
Candy chips, those OF variegsted col
ors and brittle, are made in the SAM
room. They are handled in a somewhs
similar manner After the sugar hs
bes1 brought to the proper Temperature
and cooked e sufficient time in the hug
kettles, and cooled on the cold stee
tables, the process Of faahioning the col
OF Of tho candy begins. What The cand,
mar does Is TO actually form of tn
huge batch OF candy, usually weighinl
from twenty 70 thirty pounds, an exsc
duplicate, perhaps foot or more scross
Of the tiny chips Of candy that will b
sold IN che retail store. II the chip
20 bs white, with three Ied stripes acros
il, then on the great lump Of white can
dy he places three small stripa Of re-
coioTsd candy. When the batch " draw
down, In q mannar similar to the work
ing of chocolate stvAws, the chip is a
exact duplieats in miniature Of the De
sign Eads on she laegs batch - candy
IN SAs hard csnSy chips, the coIos schem
u the chip b always the serns for th
sans navcr Of saady. This is a u1ivei
sal condition oTsr the whole country.
Vegetable cOlOrizE Used.
CoIorinQ matter for candies is rough
lv classed, Of two kinds, mineral an