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Show CANDY HEART. A New Kind of Fate That Befalls Modern Young Women. Tho Constant I so of Sweetmeats Disastrous Disas-trous to tiio Tloaltli Its Insidious k Kilects I ltiuiatuly Lend to Death. She swept into a fashionable candv sioiv io the slmppiujj .district, placed i'.er I tiiMles on the eoonter, tied her pet hv; ,,, the le-r of a chair, sank down 'o.-r.'sv : -.1 ice-, n-.mi table and ovdereda oi' ' ..t 5.va. Then she sent word !ke I !' for fottr pounds of eara-! eara-! If. a--fi,i! !l..vors. W!..-:i ' e had cone I ambled tvp to s'e.e rr, j-i-knor and asked him a few :t.;eMi abont votm- women who buy i r 1 i kind eliiefest in demand'."' I -V.-It;..mt a .1 iil.t caramels. These are (:.-, .-lioiee of the averaire A.aei-i. .:r. Ki,-1. I eould never explain ;:.' v...!tt ..n. -List fvr some seasons at;:-.. ; ita ,-e held ihp call." -liow a'.oul irum-dnips?" t'h. that is a ialla-y of the funny ..an. Au'Or.iit;r to that ;;enius, the ..a::.,- w. tu.-n f or.r land feast dav and n -rhi. n :;-um-iirons and bonbons: but ,'h . ;! :.':. a::.! : i t'l-t settles it. ,iut V::i,l U ;i moment and listen to the 1 vo;. over ! the i-onnter and w; '. 1 1'" - '.I. ao.l how of women hnvin :-e:n;.lv. iy.erv third order as for.'i-.-ia.eis. A,! ; ,i . 'd i: at onee in mv mind f. . i:,- ..,! Iv.l vo;-e is no longer eon-! eon-! -n; a i-'v: t:e.oiiest varieties, as in Tie .... .1 oio o.ivs, when you and 1 used P. ,o.i. -.-m it the or;vilos;e of our lives to have a : lick ot h irber-txiie eand v out of a di:n-v i. la. ... in the old white trroeerv I re. dosvn in tho Tweiiih ward, j 'I ;.ae was ""hen the generations ate t:;. !.i -es catidv and pepiierm'mt. but 1 :m t'.me is n. ov swept away for food ai.-.i ail. Ileie are some of the ei,an..es: f he v.mi!:;- women of the hour call for sueii lMu::s as tiiesc: Xut l.ars, crvs-ti.lh.vt., crvs-ti.lh.vt., irei,. leaves, violet drops, haf ereiips, j ujube paste, crushed straw- Xoi-are t'.vse , !,:ln res without their en . t. U .:ti:s but a pianee, as one tri; - r!.r..!l;:ii li.e shopping- district, to noj.v point out tiie voime-woman v. a i i , the .roaomieed candy devotee. Vii..t U the fate of'the candv devotee? I; i, i,.H Jon.- since the world was -. -, -k a! !,.' th.- announcouent of pm-.e-.ec,-. rs .run an ahlk-tion that a., theves-itt of t-vertaxalion of t ie -le.- cf the jaws, the result be--, -., ...aa i loeki.iw Weido.-s of those :.-.e.'h . fairly d-fingr medical li-eat- V.v.i will hear to-dav for the first ! r- .'h..;-. -.. of another stramre evil : th.,l ha .e.; nt into American life and ' v. i be mowimr down the fairest : . in the land. it is no less deadly a:, an:; than what ph.weians. un-:.!;. un-:.!;. O iei.1 a better name, have re-s re-s .i-.e.i f..r tho present to call "candy he.:." - I ;!! v heart, what i t it? Y hen a p ii l besi ins to f eed herself day n-.nl nnnt on all sorts of candies she is ot; ? he fair j'.'av towards becoming. ai:iie:..l with this new and deadly dis-ea dis-ea -e. ea, i!y heart, f irst, she becomes i; iie,s and l.msrnid; her complexion be, -. anes sallow: 'her eves-lose their lus-i lus-i she yearns t.r the unattainable; her dav:; tire nassed in a strange atmosphere atmos-phere of lieeo-biue haziness. In time s., ii :,nes of her heart change tothe finer of jujube paste! So longer does she nod pleasure in life, ll'er appetite is -rone, lb-;- complexion is pone. She live; in hazy dreams. As for beefsteak-, potatoes, ham, eggs, pickles 1 ah! .'vie despises them. She yearns 1 i- sweets. i)ay and night it is the same. She eats nothing but candy. Her fate is terrible. Then for the last s.-.-ne c.t aii. Life has become a bnr-,1 bnr-,1 .;. si... v, i .lies sue had never seen a earaniel. She wishes that she had ,-,-v.-r bmehed a pound of ervstalized vi .let a Itose leaves she despises. In Then, one bright day in the glad sprhi.'lime. when all naiure is smiling and glad, she dies. The old family phy-si phy-si a in !" siiaies between dntv and a desire de-sire to save the old family chis last cruel blow, shall he tell a lie in filling out the death blank? Shall he say that she al.ril of blighted love or of hypera'sthe-sia'.' hypera'sthe-sia'.' He thinks it all over carefully, lie knows the truth will be a terrible sh..ek to the family, who are in soeie-t soeie-t v and rim a yelhov dog cart in the park. Then duty conquer. He closes his eves. lie draws a long breath. His pen falters, but he writes the fatal words. -e |