The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-16
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Iesp,,ne wives. At least so far as
Tnlsa Is concerned
IS pnsslng through the throes
counting his most dearly be-
,oyed rode up TO the most exclusive
ortretioner's In town, parked MS
y, and disappeared into the depths
~ the palace OF nweets 10 spehu ms
80. o,rnod with n question-mark
nago,s on the biggest and the most
s.vc,sIyo box OF the loveliest and
s most expensive candy for the
-n.,,ost and most expensive girl
~ 30 tneW. Now he no longer
w. thereto i'm the car that he no
irrger tas and he no longer spends
~. syperfluous cash that Is no
rg,- in his pocket, albeit he may
sgIi look with longing and endear-
t,g eyc upon the loveliest and most
sygorsive girl in town and doubtless
ssrns his way into her good graces
by other methods less financially
cxaciiug.
The average young man with the
.verar, lob and who Is wOoing, let
:" Win an unpreiudiced eye and
aojpf of view say. the average
t,b~hsd.haIred and ear-ringed
Lung Woman doesn't buy candy
sny more. But the average hus-
Fvery saturday, says the owner
NJ one Of Tulsa's best-Hnown con-
lection stores. sees its influx OF
regular mon customers who make
heir regular weekly purchase OF big
boves Of candy for their epouses.
End how do you know. she was
asked. that they are husbands? She
turned a plying eye upon he: ques-
toner.
,s,olnder. who didn't know how
many Jumps her husband took in
his coffee2 These men always know
what Kind OF candy to get. They
snow their wives likes and dislikes.
An unmarried nan doesn't. Hes
Al sea so far as knowing what KIM
OF candy his girl likes. He usually
plays safe by getting a big box OF
the very best and letting It so AZ
that"
A Day for Kids.
Sunday has its husbandly and
tatherlv trade, too. Sunday morn
ing is the favorite time OF tather'
10 drop In and purchase the weekly
refreshment for the kids sweet
tooth. Not that all such buyinG
devolves upon father-not by any
means. The youngsters themselves
are altogether capable OF s%quander-
ing their own wealth upon the candy
~ their choice. Remember the days
when YOU and your chum stopped
in at the corner grocvery store ano
tlp-toeing to see, peered through IN
glass sides of the counter at tht
dear delights within as you an
nounced with GREATNESS anticlpa'
ton:
1--WE wanna pennies worth o'that
and a half n pennies worth o'that
and a pennies
Sure. YOU do. And they stlll d.
Il. lust like that. One cOnfectione
said the other day that they count
ed regularly from three TO five DOL
lars loss a day on children's trace
That Is, immediate loss. The chll
dren have so little TO spend, ant
want so much! And to give then
lust what they pay for would be TO-
impossible; besides. business pollG
enters I'm as the half-penny d
buyer Of today is the regular Gus
toner Of tomorrow, and so his trad
Is valued. Mother knows II tn
youngsters are satisfied with thei
candy buying. and all in all, chi
dren's candy trade Is considered d
f~ar-sichted confeCtioners as an In
portant part OF their business
But back to the young ma
and his candy buying propensitie
There is, first OF all, the young ma
who buys no candy at all Tor n
lady love. he seems to be In N
vast majority. Then there Is III
young man who buys II once In
while. and modestly. Then thei
IS the young man who takes his 81
into the store and buys her n box
candy. And In this |connectio
there Is the girl.
Some Do and Some Don't.
Now. some girls do and some CIR
don't and In this connection son
girls will resent this and some gu
won't. But Il Is a fact, accordiT
10 more than one Tulsa confectione
that there are those girls who W
catch the eye OF the salesman al
on the q. l.. so to speak, let hi
know what she wants; In such cas-
the wants the largest and most 9
pensive pieces. This same salesm,
will contrive very often TO give &
young man the price of the pack
box so that the girl won't hear II
/ aust a little matter of eliminatl
embarrassment, the salesman sa'
But, came the question, II you
men don't send their girls can
any more like they used to, W
buys those lovely big ribbon Il
ettairs that must cost a heap
money! And you never could CUE
who, Tulsa high school boys. a
Inc "tlappers' Of high school a
get them. Not all OF the time
lust once In a while. Christm
trlnstauce.
Last Christmas there were yout
of tender age who bought So and
boAes OF candy for those objects
thelr affection known In the /
possible popular parlance OF flapp.
and tlapplsts as their "sweetic
Iheir mothers didn't know II, +
entail authority would doubt
lroWn on the expenditure Of
many Of fathers laboriously acl
mulated simoleons for anything
frivolous. But they did II, just
same, and still do sometimes. tt
mere Is the transient gentles1
Il Who has friends in Tulsa and v
II y invited out for dinner. TO q
81 hls hostess a large and lovely
n St candy Is the habit OF nan
Il MN SO there go some more
ne expensive ones. Then there
N we drummer" trade. The knil
I the road, many OF them, 81
.nelr wives candy from her
mere are certain kinds OF car
tuat these same wives believe
NC secured nowhere else but
" AulAd ana their sDolSes never I