Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-02-24
TICKLING THE SWEET TOOTH
Miss America and Brother Get Away
with Some Candy.
JUST ABOUT A MILLION TONS
Annual Consumption of the Sweet
Luxury Mounts 90 Astonishinx
Heights-Great Improve
ment in Purity.

ever ate before. For Christmas is here
and the candy-eating records must fall
Tbs female Of the species" eats the
candy. She keeps the rest Of the country
busy raising the money wherewith to
purchase more sweet stuff.
1t costs every man. woman and child
In the United States Just about IS a year
Tor chocolates, bon-bons, msrshmallows,
gum drops. all-day suckers and lemon
drops. That is 1t would cost them that
sum IL the cost were prorated equally
among the ss.0oo0o folks in the nation.
In 1910. We ate 2.5ooooo,oo pounds of
candy. 1t is admitted that most Of Il
was consumed by the feminine sex. And
yet, in spite OF all this. people wonder
why so many American maids and ma
irons are fatl
Candy factories have doubled In num-
Der within the last few, years We are
eating fifty times as much Of the subtly
and frankly sweet stuff as We did twenty
years ago. Children must have candy
every day, and the children's mothers
nibble at II all day long and consume a
half pound box nearly every evening
Strong men have fallen victim to-its in
sidiousness and sit at their desks fur
lively gnawing at taffy, fudge and sther
sticky connections. There are business
men right in st. Louis who are never
without il In their desks. They would as
soon think Of going without their collars
as without their daily ration
A saving Suggestion.
IL We would quit eating candy in this
country for two years-for Just twunty-
four hours-we would have saved enough
money to pay off the national debt,
With the candy money spent in one
year In this country we could buy our
Uncle Samuel 100 new battleships Of the
dreadnaught type. But We cannot eat
warships. and the sweet tooth Of America
must be filled.
With that $4,000 900 we would be able
10 drain every acre OF swamp land r. the
Mississippi valley.
With that s5oo.ooo.ooo We could build and
fortify. fill up and dig over again another
Panama canal. But We must have our
daily ration Of candy IL butter does go
up to 40 cents pound and eggs become
as precious as the glittering gems from
Golconda.
dren had candy every day. A nickel's
worth Of candy would bride a whole
schoolroom. That same nickel's worth
OF candy was a whole Christmas In it.
self. You had candy to eat only on ex-
tra-special occasions like Christmas. the
Fourth Of July. and during the comfy
fair.
-Four times as much candy is now made
yearly in the United states as was made
ten years ago. The appetite Of the
Candy Kid" is increasing. Candy shops
tire thicker now than saloons were In the
old days. The output of 1910 was double
that Of 1906 and was 70 per cent greater
than that of lsOe.
I-took-ashoe. Doctor Cooks Intelligent
Eskimo. loved gumdrops. He loved them
no better, however, than the American
Miss likes toasted marshmallows. The
little boys and girls Of the congested dis
tricts OF any big city make steady and
reliable consumers Of the cheaper grades
Of candy. New York's candy experts
claim that one-haif the money that goes
into the tills Of the candy dealers in that
city comes out OF the tenement districts.
where the Nfckeis Go.
Watch the children of the public school
make a rush for the candy shop during
the recess period. Their pennies and
nickels come over the counters by the
score. Notice, too. how a number of
these thrifty dealers in candles always
try to get In the very shadow OF these
school buildings They know the number
Of coins that will be theirs II they man
age to get into a good location where
the sweets will lure the children. The
school lunch may cut into their profits.
but there Is no hope that It will finally
break them Of the habit.
Chocolates are the most popular OF all
the vari-colored, multi-snaped wares dis
played in the windows Of the confectoner.
They are getting more so every year.
The bonbon is going back In the esteem
of the populace- Msrronglaces, eclairs.
weird connections and connections are
holding their own.
Undoubtedly the candy habit is spread
ing. Candy is more extensively adver-
Used than ever before. Grown folks never
think Of being ashamed Of their candy
eating proclivities. Indians down on the
reservations eat candy as rayenously as
they once ate roast puppy. 1t is second
10 watermelon In the opinion OF the Eth
iopian. -..
Hundreds and thousands Of tons are
eaten every day. The market varies but
little in the summer and spring months.
but It gets q little better along In the
holiday season, when everybody feels like
he ought to buy something and finally
winds up by purchasing some candy.
LoIn-pops for the penny trade make
up a great part OF the candy business
I'm many localities. but It is the box
trade. the chocolate trade that counts
most in the grand total Candy is
shipped by the train load, but the Amsri-
can miss eats more candy than the maid
Of any other nation in the world.
Sugar by the Trainlosd.
Candy Is one Of the everyday Injuries
that keep the people poor. II is q drain
that never ceases. Children OF all ranks
in the social scale buy candles by the
Dennys worth or the dollars worth.
Plain sugar, some extract Of the cocoa
bean or some other fIsvOring, are fused
together and strsightway this mixture
hecomes a thing that Will coax money
from the pockets Of misers.
The candy factories buy sugar By the
train lead and employ help by the thou
sands Machines. however. now dc much
Of the work that was once done By the
Isft fingers Of thu candy dIpper. The
best candies are stfll handmade. When
you pay 80. % or % cents a pound for
candies. you can gamble that you are
setting the pure handmade goods
There Is not 50 much profit In the
candy business after all for the com
petition between manufacturers IL keen
and ne main Thing In the trads - to
keep the train leads Of goods moving
lrem the stewins pans Of the factory
mo the mouths Of the consumers
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