Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-11
, UpJect Lesson Designed
OF the Shocking Dangers
That Lie in Cheap Candies

The doll shown in the illustration is
eighteen inches high It's stockings and
underskirt arc dyed vivid green from the
dye obtained from one penny's worth of
lollypops. It's shoes are blackencd with
lampback from licoricc candy the lamp
black being extracted and used in its
proper place as shoe backing.
The shoes were made TO shine with the
shclac which was used on 'pcach piths.'
four of which were purchased for penny
next door to one of the largest schools in
the city of Newark.
baby's stocking was dyed vivid rose
by the dye extracted from one peach pith,
or in other words quarter of CENTS
worth Of candy.
The doll holds in her left hand one of
these organic dcstroyers. The head was
glued with carpenters glue obtained
from call day suckers
But the reader may object and say, "All
day suckers are made from gelatin" Celia
tin, as we know is prepared from bones,
hides, tcndons, horns, piths and hoofs from
animals. Collagcn. which makes up the
fibre of the connecting tissues, is the chief
source of gelatin. If bones were used, they
were crushed and treated with hydrochlo-
ric acid TO remove the inorganic salts. The
material is then treated with lime or soda
for two or three weeks in order to remove
the lat. 1T is now washed and steamed to
obtain the gelatin, and finally beached with
sulphurous acid
Gelatin prepared under good sanitary
conditions and from a substance which is
fit for food makes food material to which
no one could offer objection, if used in the
manufacture of candy Unpuri6ed gelatin
made from material which is not fit for food
is known as glue. The use of this health
destroying, indigcstible, dirty material
should make every parent and teacher of
our community Indignantly object to it be-
ing sold next door to any public school
building.
The proper kind Of candy made under
good conditions may be said to have GER
tain amount of food value and the penny
which the child receives to spend for candy
should purchase something which provides
certain amount of energy or nourishment
Glucose is often beached by ulphites,
which is extremely dangerous if any
amount of the sulphite happens to get into
the candy. The usual amount, of course,
is small, but there is always the danger
that a large amount of the bleaching ma
terial was used on discolored amount
OF glucose. The candy maker, not know
ing this, would use an excessive amount
Of sulphites. il he happened to be making
candy from glucose which had required
great deal OF bleaching We should be
sure that the glucose used for the making
OF candy is not bleached bN sulphitcs
The addition of favoring and coloring
substances TO candy is not considered an
adulteration, unless the material used is of
an Injurious nature. Coal tar or aniline
dyes give extremely brilliant colors to the
candy. There are many vegetable and a
few mineral colors which are satisfactory.
Such dyes as chlorophyll, a green substance
obtained from spinach; annatto, yellow
cooring matter from the seed of bixa orel-
lana, or saffron extracted from the dry
stigmas and tops of the styles of the crocus,
etc. are considered harmless coloring
matter