El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17
BY
Rene Bache

the bulletin which the department OF
agriculture is soon to publish To get
a copy, anybody mas only to write and
ask for il; but IL is not ready yet
The term -invert sugar viii seem
less mysterious If il be explained that
ordinary honey Is a solution OF this
very thing, with flower flavors added
In Europe large quantities of so called
artificial honey" are made by mixing
10 per cent of a very strongly flaw
ored honey with invert sugar prepared
from common cane sugar-honey from
buckwheat flowers being cheapest for
the purpose. In Florida a good deal
OF honey is derived from the flowers
of the cabbage palm. Il is brownish
in color. and so strong as 20 be almost
unmarked table. But when mixed with
30 per cent of inverJ sugar, II is rem
dered delicious.
Cheap Candies Less Sweet.
Cheap candies. II appears are less
sweet than expensive candies. and their
flavors are less delicate. There are
the real differences between the Two,
which are equally wholesome The
popular notion that the coloringS used
for confectionery are harmful is incor-
rect Formerly this was the case to
some extent, but nowadays such dyes.
which are derived from coal-tar. are
restricted 10 a certain limited list OF
those recognized and declared as per-
missable by the Chemistry Bureau
Saccharin, a chemical substance de-
rived from coal tar, is sometimes like
1890 times as sweet as cane sugar II
is used to some extent for sweeten-
ing cheap candies, though forbidden by
law. inasmuch as it has a bad effect
upon the digestion As a poisonous
or injurious ingredient" it comes with
in the purview OF the Food and Drugs
act.
Government Candy Factory.
On the top floor of the Chemistry
bureau building in Washington. Is a
room which, for the purpose of the in
vestigatiOn herein described. has been
transformed into candy factory. on
shelves behind glass doors are hun
dreds OF jars filled with the familiar
sticks banded with red, yellow and
other colOrss There are also soft
chevy" candies. lemon drops or four
different kinds. horehound drops. gum.
drops. and other sorts Of simple can
dies such as children buy.
In charge of this little factory IS A
professional candy-maker of long eN-
perience, who is employed BY the
bureau. He is devoting his attention
so far TO stick and drops mainly.
the material, exclusive Of labor. cost
ing less than 5 cents pound
The upshot of the whole matter is
that any intelligent person at home,
with the help of good recipes, such as
poses to furnish. can make candies of
all sorts, and even fancy bOnbOns, at
a very small fraction of the price paid
when they are purchased at confec-
tionary stores. Furthermore. they are
sure to be of wholesome materials.
Substitute For Liquor.
Il Is said with truth that drunk
ards are not candy eaters. and that
candy-eaters are not drunkards. This
is quite true; and also il is a fact that
persons who try to give up alcoholic
liquors find il helpful to eat candy.
which takes away the craving to a
certain extent. The reason for this is
not wholly understood-beyond the
circumstance that any kind OF food is
stimulating, and sugar is a highly con-
centrated form OF nourishment- The
food stimulant seems to take the place
Of the alcoholic stimulant in a degree.
But why il is that the habitual drink
er does not care for candy. nobody
seems able adequately to explain.