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Show EUROPE S EMPTY SUGAR BARREL ' When we were asked to "save the, I sugar." we nodded our heads and j agreed that susar must be saved.' Somebody must save it; it was the job, of the cook, the baker, or the mother! of the house It wasn't in our line. Then came this word: "Less sweet j drinks and candy containing sugar) should be used in war time. As a na- I tion we have twice as much sugar as we need." 'I his made it more or less a personal niftier to each of us, and it put upon us a responsibility under which we I squirmed a bit. How can we satisfy our perfectly normal craving for' s-veets. and still "save the sugar?" "We can satisfy it with candy, but , net with all kinds of candy; just those which contain a minimum amount of sUKar. But is- it a real sacrifice to confine yjur use of confectionery to the us.ir ; 1 s inc varieties doscribed below? Among them are the chocolate cov- j ered nuts and fruits, Hie uncoaied candies, can-dies, such as aougatines, the delicious !'urki.-h pastes and candles of thai a rifely, as well as all the chocolate you want. The second group includes "hard boiled candies" such as lemon drops, , gtli'k candy iruit tablets, peanut bars, peanu' brittle, place nuts and ihe like : In this group may also be placed molasses mo-lasses candies such a- taffies ;ind kiss es. Marshmaltows and similar candies comprise the third sroup. They may be j eaten plain toasied, dipped in choco-laic choco-laic rolled in cocoanut and In many 1 other palatable form-, also pop i run confections In Hie fourth group are included cum urops, jellies, jelly beans and the like, giving a wide variety of candy made from pure and wholesome in- , xrrc hunts and containing a minimum, amount of sugar. This Isn't riuch of a hardship, is if' But if we keep within th hnjils of these candies, we have sent sugar to he put into the empty sugar barrel of1 Europe. j |