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Show Big m vj&. CANDY TAKES PLACE OF BEVER- m jjf&. AGE 8SP,'" Prohibition is effecting another radical Bw1!l:' change in the hotel menus. It has always raS; been a recognized fact that whenever a H:f., man decided to abstain from intoxicants PJp"' his craving for sweets will develop at once ifisJt ant 'n's Peneral growing demand has re- ijT suited in New York hotels putting candy ffljwgA on their menus, says the Ney York Times WsSkf'l, Candy has become such an important IPI & consideration that all the largo; hotels WkM: now have their own candy shoixs as part B E-,v of their establishments and the delicacy is BEk: no longer crowded in on the news stands. Kfy;:" People eat candy three and four times a Hk' day. Even fruit has failed to satisfy. BRf Guests order candy sent to theiir rooms 1!: . now in the same way they formerly or- 1$qKjk dered a bottle of wine or fruit. HSBip'' "The candy sales have more than quad- HwL ruplcd in thejast few months," said Cope- BBBrSi land Townsehd of the Majestic hotel. Bfflp "Nearly everybody asks f or candy as part H' of their luncheon and dinner orders, and HBSv3 many have candy served for breakfast." IIIBfc' And yet under our taxation laws candy BgBjf ', is classed as a luxury and assessed with a RPI ' 5 prj cent excise tax over and above all galt other taxes. K'' te ft te |