The magic bonbuns summery
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Boston woman named Claribel Sudds consults Dr. Daws, a wise old chemist who dabbles in magic. Claribel wants to go on the stage, but has no talent. For a hefty fee, Daws prepares a small selection of magic candies that will endow the eater with specific talents:
a lavender confection, which enables light and graceful dancinga pink one, for singing "like a nightingale"a white one, for supreme elocutiona chocolate one, for virtuoso performance at the pianoand a lemon-yellow one, for high kicking.
Claribel takes possession of her treasure in a little box — but foolishly forgets it on the counter of a dry goods store. The box is inadvertently swept up among other purchases, by a twelve-year-old girl named Bessie Bostwick.
Reaching home, Bessie finds the box, eats the chocolate candy, and places the others in a serving dish on