The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01

don correspondent of the Philadelphia
Record. This isn't limited to the
mere suppression of war news and
army and naval movements that might
ne injurious to the war Offices plans.
but extends even to the household.
An educational campaign for economy
is now being conducted. The follow
ing article is a mighty good example:
when DIR. Marion Phillips at the
Kingsway Hall appealed TO women not
TO create a panic by ordering large
stores of provisions at the expense of
their poorer sisters there was not a
woman in the hall who did rot lndorse
her humane sentiments. |
Economy in the home should be
the ~watchWOrd with every housewife
while the situation remains acute, but
II should be economy in the daily
menu, not in selfishly laying in stocks
Of commodities and sending up prices
when there is no necessity for such an
unpatriotic step. At the present mo-
ment. when the dread of war is felt
in very household. it behooves the
woman in charge of the home to eX-
ercise patience and remain calm II
she wishes to stand by her country IN
the spirit expected or ner in the time
OF its need.
1T has been left to the shops,
strange to say, in man of the suburbs
TO point out the duty of the keeper of
the race to order reasonable supplies,
and the traders with one accord have
refused. and rightly too, to execute
orders Of dimensions which they con-
slider out Of proportion.
\ Time Of Plenty.
The Government can be relied on
In the circumstances to see to it that
supplies are kept up at all costs, and
with thousands of tons of meat at
Smithtield in cold storage, which with
care can last six months and with an
endless supply of flour, sugar tea and
canned goods stored in the country
today, to say nothing of our own
harvests at hand almost, there is no
need to order more than is absolutely
necessary for the catering of the
home.
"A lean time might come, but it
will not by any means be a time Of
want. Ireland's resources have come
As a surprise to most housewives, and
she can be relied on for the large
quantities she has supplied to the
English markets for some years. Few
women knew until a day or two ago
that so much of the meat course came
from Erin. and the finest bacon OF
the English breakfast table crosses
from Ireland, while butter, eggs,
cheese and the like are in endless
quantities.
Buying in the usual way their
usual quantities women will help their
country i'm its hou Of need better than
if they came forth with guns to shell
the enemy. 1t has been one of the
most deplorable sights in the history
OF catering to see stories in the SUI
burbs closing their doors in order to
give the staffS al opportunity of full
filling the orders for provisions giver
by people evidently bent on panic
This is not the economy which should
be preached in the home.
The Way.
"A leaf could be taken from thu
book of the restaurants. Instead O.
rushing up prices, as might nave beer
expected. slightly smaller portions
have been allotted the customers. ant
= the menus AVE been reduced by hal
at many of the popular establishment
which cater for the workers. Here i
a valuable object lesson for the HON
chef. She al help best by husband
ing her resources, giving fewer course
on her dinner menus, and seeing to i
that there is no waste in the kitchen
vegetables are cheap enough am
no doubt will remain so, and wOmel
can make all sorts Of appetizing dish
rs by cooking them in the proper wa,
that is, by preserving the juices. L
this way smaller quantities can b
utilized and much healthier meal
provided for the family. The stock
Dot should be placed again on tn
kitchen stove, and by bringing it fort
again from its exile where it has bee
far too Tong. much can b
effected in the kitchen. Appetizin
soups can be made for the childre
and the leftover dishes can be use
TO the finest advantage in the stock
pot.
Vegetarian Recruits.
Many people are deciding to jOi
the ranks of the veSetarians, for
time at least. but this should be don
with the greatest care and though
1t will be a step taken with extren
danger unless the food values are COZ
sidered and those who cannot gil
time to study them had better keep
the flcshpots, even if in a limited wa
The meat-eater cannot take up tt
new diet at will, as the blood has
he Kept to a certain heat. and tn
can only be done by foods with whiC