The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-28
British Soldier Consume Great Quantities
 of Jellies and Jams

One of the most important indus
 tries in Great Britain and Ireland at Nthe present time is the manufac acture
 of Jams, je1Iies and marmaIades. The
 season for the concoction of these del
 icacieS, which began in July with the
 arrival of strawberries, is now near~
 ing it's end, so far as the use of.
 homegrown fruits is concerned Jam
 jelly and marma1ade are included in
 the recognized list of munitions of
 war; for the English, Scotch and
 Irish 'HTom mies." In their prayers
 they may ask for their daily bread, but the so-called staff of life is to them chiefly valuable as a medium on
 which to spread their favorite fruit
 confection. Roast beef may be typ ical of old England, but new Eng land demands it's jam and tea as ac- compim ents.
 While the American is notorious
 for his sweet tooth,'' and consumes
 more candy per capita than any other
 nationality, we must take second place in the consumption of jams and jellies. The Scotchman was the orig inator of this craving, but the inor-
 dipate appetite for jam and jelly soon spread to England and Ireland. Until recently, the making of jam and jelly was almost exclusively a household industry, but of late years the indus try has undergone conan ercializati on,
 and millions of housewives, here as
 in Great Britain and Ireland, now de- pend upon the corner grocery for
 their supply. All sorts of abuses
 crept into the industry, and vast quantities of so-caI1ed jel1ies, in which not 8 particle of fruit juice entered in to their composition, were made and sold. The purei food agitation has practically put an end to such impos- lrsitions
 It is only within the last century I7 ;oITi enjoyed a wide popularity. In an
 English. chronicle published in 1760 jelly is described as a 'snew luxury The writer says:
 "I should not, in my notations, for
 get to mark new luxury that got in | among the icommona1ty at this time By the opening of new roads, and the traffic theron with carts and carriers, and by our young men that were | sailors going to the Clyde, and sail ing to Jaimaica and the West Indies, heaps of sugar and coffee-beans were brought home, while many, among the -kai1-stocks and cabbages in their yards, had planted groset and berry bushes; which two things happening together the fashion to make jam and jelly, which hitherto had heen only known in the kitchens and con- lfectioneries of the gentry, came to be introduced into the village. All this; however was not without plausible pretext; for it was found that jeelly was an excellent medicine for sore 1 throat, and jam a remedy as good as London candy for a cough or cold, or 1 a Shortness of breatf1.i'
 It is a coincidence that the Eng fish also attribute remarkable medi- cina1 qualities to tea when that now, popular beverage was first brought I to their attention The China drink
 was declared to be remedy for ''eF- cessive4 fatigue, pIeuriSy, aVapours, I jaundfee, weak lungs. consum ption, lleprosy, scurvy and yellow fever" Another authority asserted that tea | .eheIpeth the headache. ec1eareth the sight, and is good against ltppitude distillati ons and crudities, rernoveth 1 Iassitdde, and cleanseth and -puriheIh
 adjust humours and a hot hyer.'' Cof-
 fee was also introduced on the strength of it's alleged powers over
 disease of many sorts.