Judge — February 1, 1930 — page 21: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE How Candy was Invented By Gurney “Gum Drop” Williams Etchings by George “Taffy” Lichtenstein use many vears ago two little nor and Dorothy Cand rls by the names craved some sweetmeats 2 we now enjoy the product invented by their father, James Candy, to meet the demand. James Candy made paper boxes, and people called him “Boxer” for short; today OOH ~ BG MAS / The original all-day sucker. answer to their plea, would say, night their worried Daddy, ch? with a good spanking and no supper to speak of at except maybe some mush, he'd snarl as they ate. But one night, over- come by remorse, Mr. Candy set about solv- ing the problem which had become an acute one, indeed. Seized by an inspira- tion, he made a mix ture of sugar, vanilla, butter, spices and a pound of soap, wrapped it up in one of his show boxes, and slipped it under the nursery door. Several minutes later he was pleased to hear an af- fectionate cry of “Good old Candy!”’ and his children ran { downstairs, frothing at the mouth with de- light. “The soap did it!” he cried delight- edly and set about to make more of the “sweets.” little girls the world over con- stantly rep his name — little boys do, too, for that matter. i Boxer the ery, and the jea ousy they arouse in their parents is something fierce. The Candy kids started it all. Not even a sugar-cured ham stilled their de- mands for sweet- meats, and Mr. Candy was at his wit’s end for an Every night Eleanor and Dotty We want some sugar, Daddy nd every nd perplexed father would growl, 1 send the bewildered tots to bed all “T never heard such mush!” All-day suckers afford kiddies much enjoyment. You're sure stuck on your job, aren't you, daddy?” said Eleanor. He sung as he worked, and it is curious that the song should have been “Caramel Back to Old Virginny,” be- t's the name Mr. Candy gave to his first product amels. Success followed success, but Candy spent so much time in his Candy workshop that nor and Dotty began to fear for his health, “You're a sucker to stick here all day,” they said, but their father only pounced on the remark as a good name for his next product, which “all-day sucker with a stick.” The addition of a stick, he found, en- abled little girls and —c boys to get the candy well tangled in. their grandfathers’ whiskers without getting stuck themselves. Candy next opened thre chain stores, h were such a suc- cess that he opened two more chain stores, a rope store, and five drug stores. He per- fected the process that makes the greater part of a caramel wrapper stick to the caramel when eaten, invented the slogan, “Don’t Reach for a Sweet— Ask for It,” and vented the chewy cen- ter that removes den- tal fillings. “My Can- dies Are Made for (Continued on page 32) (Advt.) 19 comicbooks.com