The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-24
EATING CANDY
HELPS PROHIBITION

The editor of the Medical World"
rhas written a long editorial for the
March, 1916. issue under the caption
/ of King Candy" in which he sets
forth some of the great benefits to be
derived from eating candy and other
sweets, a resume of which follows:
| Candy has become staple article
of food found everywhere. Americans
are said to have sweet tooth or
great fondness for it. Eaten in mod
Grafton, it is a wholesome food. 1t
has seemingly been found to be more
than food. for several agencies
aver that free indulgence in candy
drives away desire for alcohol.
! Candy is said to assuage the craving
for alcoholic stimulants, and in pro-
portion as the fondness for indulgence
in candy increases the desire for al
coholic beverages decreases. accord
ing to the Confectioners Journal. One
of the chief reasons why there Is
more drunkenness among men than
women is probably because women eat
more confectionery than men, There
was a time when candy was consider
ed only fit for women and children.
The Confectioners Journal says that
today you can find box containing
,.nn1v in lrn Of tla nfE
of the 'old man" who directs things
in perhaps two-thirds of the business
places in the larger cities. So has
the habit grown.
IF any man doubts that candy will
rure him of the drink habit, he can
easily test it, The man who puts lots
of molasses on his wheat cakes at
breakfast will find himself gradually
forgetting to stop in for his custo-
mary drink on his way to work II
the man who goes out between times
for liquid refreshments will go in a
candy store instead and get five or
ten cents wor tn of candy and eat it.
he will be surprised at the effect. for
il will not be very long until he will
have a box of candy in his pocket or
desk
1T has often been noted that, in
theatres where candy is sold during
intermission. going out to see a man"
does not prevail to anything like the
extent it does in other theaters where
no candy selling is permitted. Not
one man in hundred knows why he
forgets to "go out and see a man" af-
ter he had bought box of canady for
his companion and eaten a little of
it himself for politeness sake.
1.-The general public is rapidly learn
ing that candy is one of the best
things in the food world
Sugar is often meat. bread and but
ter. easily our next most important
and necessary food. You can put the
matter to test very easily. Just
leave off the pie, pudding or other
dessert at your lunch or midday din.
ner. You will be astonished to find
how quickly you will feel empty"
again. and how unfinished the meal
will seem. You cannot get working
ing man to accept dinner pail with.
out pie in il. The only thing that can
take the place of sugar here is beer
or wine.
lunch counters run in connection with
bars furnish every imaginable thing
but sweets. Even the restaurants
and lunch grills attached to saloons
or bars often refuse to serve desserts
of anykind. The proprietors know
their business. The more sugar and
sweets man takes at meal. the less
alcohol he wants. Conversely, near
| ly every drinking man will tell you
that he has lost his taste for sweets.
The more candy nation consumes.
the less alcohol it imbibes
Chocolate is harmlessly stimulating.
Soldiers have discovered what scien-
lists knew before that sugar will re-
lieve fatigue quickly and give a sense
of strength that is real without the
subsequent depression experienced by
those who use spirits. Sugar and can
dies are found to be useful not only
TO physically tired. but to those who
suffer mental exhaustion. Sugar. of
course is one of the most easily di-
gested carbohydrates. 1t requires
water, however. to aid in its solution
and digestion. The water also assists
in dissolving and removing the sugar
from the mouth and thus avoids its
forming acid and damaging the teeth.
The trouble that arose from candy
eating was that not enough water was
taken with the candy to aid in its
digestion. This fault is easily rem
edied, however.
we have all heard it said that chill
dren should be given all the candy
they want. This is harmful advice,
for any person or animal can eat too
much ofsany kind of food and be sick
ened by it. No man who knows any