The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-01-18
CANDY EATING
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN

ildullci SOlHS very SOOu anu WHOlSoOiHC
candy, and also some that is very bad.
In'the cheaper grades glucose is used
instead of sugar, since glucose does not
crystalline and therefore keeps the
candy soft and holds it together. So
far as the digestion is concerned, how
ever, sugar is better. Then, too, many
cheap candies are colored with coal tar
or aniline dyes, which contain certain
percentage of arsenic, and while the
content of arsenic in one piece of candy
would be too small to hurt anybody, |
eaten in large quantities it might pro-
duce serious results. At least, so says
DIR. Wiley.
One woman, who had three children
with a craving for sweets that kept
them running constantly to the corner
candy store, finally took them to a
physician tor examination. "My child
rem seem to have an abnormal appetite
for sugar, ''she told him, land cannot |
believe so much is good for them" The
physician explained that their systems
probably required that amount of sugar
but that they should not be constantly
eating the cheap candies bought at the
stores. make your own candy out of |
clean wholesome materials" he said,
land then let them have as much as
they please so long as it does not upset |
their d'gestions. The woman went to |
confectioner noted for his pure candy |
and paid him to teach her how to make |
it. Now she makes candy three times
week for her children, and also makes
it occasionally for other children.
The latest scientific opinion gives four
ounces of sugar as the proper daily |
consumption for the average individual.
More than this overworks the liver,
which regulates the amount of sugar
sent into the blood. Sugar"
says one authority, lis an essential
food for the blood, but to prevent the
assimilation of an excess is equally es-
sential. The liver serves as an effective |
regulator. maintaining in spite of all !
fluctuations in the supply and demand, |
a definite percentage of sugar such as
best adapted to keep the tissue of the
body in normal and healthy condition"
of sugar a day, for the annual consump-
ton per capita per year is IS pounds, |
without syrups and honey used in such |
abundance on the breakfast tables, and |
there is no doubt in the medical mind |
but what this excessive consumption has |
a great deal to do with the national |
prevalence of stomach trouble.
Not long ago, a California expert
menter denied himself sugar for three
years, during which time he claims not
only to have regalned his health, but |
discovered that he could accomplish |
more mental and physical exertion
without it. On the other hand, most |
authorities agree that sugar is a most |
effective fuel, and in the experiment |
conducted in Germany the army march
ed for five days on diet of sugar alone. |
Since the war the candy-making fac
tories of Europe have been working to
their utmost capacity for the govern
ments, supplying the armies with the
candy, which is an important part of
their rations. The Swiss chocolates |
and French bonbons are part of the |
equipment of every military commits
sary.
Quite recently, too, the Europeans |
have become gum chewers. The habit |
which has long been associated only |
with the drawl of the Yankee is now
spreading over Europe, which is keep
ing the American gum factories busy. |
1t has been suggested that the gum
chewing habit was first introduced into |
England by the Canadian soldiers, who |
are just as enthusiastic gum-chewers
as the Americans, but this is denied by
the American manufactures. Ameri-
can chewing gum, they assert, has long
been chewed in Europe.
Whether gum-chewing is a valuable
habit or not has never quite been de-
cided In this country. Certain it is.
that the majority of manufacturers
make their plea for popularity on a
medical basis. 1t aids digestion, we
are told, reduces nervousness and is
good for the teeth. And now, the
same medical advertising is being ap-
piled to candy. Candy, says the candy
manufacturers, is a much maligned
foodstuff, which furnishes energy
to keep man alive for days. 1t is
boon to the poor, especially, for there
is nothing quite so cheap as cheap .
candy. So the candy men of the nation
get together, hold national candy DAYS
on the fourteenth of October, and use
great deal of their boosted energy
pushing the sale of caudy. All of which,
to the casual observer, seems a trife
unnecessary, since it appears that hard
times, prosperity, dyspepsia and every
thing else do not prevent Americans