Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-19
MILLIONS IN CANDY
And More Millions In Ice Cream.
Pennsylvania the Greatest Producer
In the World Helping Austria.
The Edna Hughes School
by GEORGE NOX MCCAIN


HllRISTMAS time is harvest time for the
" candy men.
Ii you disbelieve the statement take a look
at any candy store any day and see the
crowds thronging around the counters.
=, All sorts Of figures are quoted to prove
that Americans are the greatest candy con-
sumers. bar none. among civilized nations.
Ihnt we PennsylNaninns have cosno-
rolitan sweet tooth s also demonstrated in
mat we are the largest producers of ice
cream In the country. il not In the world.
1t is estimated that Americans annually
worth OF candy. chocolates and confections.
=, Inc war and the demand Of the boys 'ovcr
mere for sweets gave the confectionery
business great boom.
Inc Eoverninent, MS is well known took
over large chocolate factories and sent all
inrIr product TO France luring the World
nrohibition. too. has heneh the business.
sugar ana sweets help t. alay the craving
Tor alcohol and tend 10 lessen the desire
for it.
A TO ice cream?
\ BUSINESS in that industry ie I better
now than 1t was 'wo vars ngo II has
gone ahead with giant strides.
Yet in the year 1920 five ,untics in Penn.
SENania Son n manufactured and sold over So.
600 1000 worth of ice cream.
IT wasn't all CONSUMED in those counties.
Most Of 1t was eaten in pcnnsvlvania.
~ IT was also shipped outside to New York
n ne" jersey, Delaware and Maryland from
Pr,nnsylvania factories.
4, ,.Ihese five banner ice. cream counties in
,iu AZ, oLuer OF their output are Philadelphia.
-es"eh'' bauphin York and I.ackawanna.
PHILADELPHIA COUNTY leads in the
l. production Of ice cream.
e .s OUTPUT or the year nGmol-the last
hs4rHs available-wns II .273. 900 gallons.
J., mat amount is tn" equivalent of 225 AGO
barrels OF fifty gallons each.
second on the list il ALLEGHENY. with
production of 3,741 900 gallons.
=, IN sequence comes Dauph,n. S37 900:
1orE' '36Oo0. and Berks. IA. 900.
.bdnn me E sfeat at bulk Of this is consumed in the
other mixed decoctions that find tboir wnv
across the soda fountain bar.
FREDERICK RASMUSSEN, Secretary
of Agriculture, keeps tabs on ice cream.
as well as on milk. butter. eggs. beef, corn
ana all other agricultural products.
re re-, - authority for the above statements.
since the beginning Of the ice cream in
in the lead" he said. '""'" ""' "'e''
1t isn't home industry in tho same
sense isr as tn" making Of butter and cheese.
rom being rare luxury served onlY
portant food product. '' -"
me amount Of cream used in tn. mann.
tacture of fee cream. if converted into mix
mouid Dc equal to the amount of milk used
densed nil :; 'a;u OF cheese or of con.
Progress S in S@5e tbe ma mr. rrfas,ru fasm"sSSn; ~
mas ...r .rrtlped the dairy industry in every wav.
Inc unique feature is that instead of
icing exclusively summer product. II is
'"' ''''i" necessity.
~ iysiene and Publ" Health at Johns
who ;n,rodmasJ m'sIrsaS. M is one OF the scientists
Tbnso u.hn 'I,"hnln"S 70 IN" world.
.,,r nt Wno h"ard MS lecture in the Acad-
pnn,,, -, .u!Hn. "nder the AUSPICES Of the
d,ern hennsyitanla t & Food Administration in 1918,
ritamfr.s ~ I,, var. :, on the subject Of
" ..'ah,'hes am ana mills will not be surprised
."TL p"SNIIehess OF this statement:
h Ptronple VINO Lave used milk and its
acb;orod '"traiE are the people who have
n;nIes"o' VINO nave become large. strong
,.s. sofous peopIe' VINO have reduced their in
~ ,Ioi VINO nave the best trades in
an. @ MT.IIu. VINO nave an appreciation for
ai., !'.erature and music. who are progress.
eNc III sciem'e ana IN every activity Of the
N"run .rh ,hteiect'
iua' statement worth considering
MRS. MARY GIRROEs p,pp
ostic workars for ,hn Jn'' W 'na mos enthuSi-
on behoIf of ~ roiio 9, ma IS meeting
sional neonle ., Viorro 'o"H - 'or me pr9fes'
Fovar 10 ~ Er;dnr ah"" ih. III the Academy
80, I; paoo' WHO Is NOT only the wife Of
Prof Henri GibhonS o,sn W. 80 'ue Ianen'er or
and a comsin - JJari az" VI .he ! niVerslty,
familiar With condition. :; i'Tos n'ooons' IS
SIn is a toientnd ,r,'i,io, 'TI"a' r
ing in the Anstro.iJ"mcn"io '" W ~ vas vas study
,nl irrinu rho Wn.i% War "a" '".'aI Oetore
0'O lHlS is due her interest in the profcs.
s!onal people. artists. >cicnt;s,s
tca"hers and musicians, who are, she saws,
tho greatest sufferers left in the train of tbe
world cataclysm Wv
II recall while in Vienna in 1914 1919
said Mrs Babb. "how urpopular tho war
was With the Vienn"sc. Thor we're forced
int" II against the popular will.
Dead silence reigned a. tbc trnoue fled
~ sadly in their gra! uniforms. There Was
ne enthusiasm. War was hated
ronIIr s,,,rr, 3 ,,,.IE