Evening star., 1915-03-22
SAYS GERMAN WOMEN
MUST HELP WIN WAR
Agricultural Institute Director Lays
Down Cardinal Rules for
Housewives.
Correspondence Of ,ae A.soc.s.eo p.css.

Cores spoadeace Of tae Assocts.eo Press.
BERLIN, March I'm limo with the
efforts that are being made universally
10 conserve Germany's food supply. DR..
+. Wohitmaan. director Of the agri-
cultural institute OF the University of
Halle. has issued pamphlet entitled
Twenty Rules for tile German House
wife He prefaces hts brochure with
the declaration that she '-rnust help 10
win the war The rules include the
following:
The consumption Of white bread and
axes must. If possible. be abandoned
entirely, or cat down by one quarter.
Rye and potato bread must supplant
white bread and not one crumb must
be wasted
Hulled oats must be employed more
than ever for the nouriShing Of the
children.
In place OF the decreasing supply of
linteis. peas and beans, we must utilize
potato and meat soups
Potatoes must become our basic food
ana supplant the falling grain supply.
ADULTS must increase their potato con-
sumption by 400 grams a day. whether
IS the duty of the housewife to pre-
pare potatoes in as great "A variety of
ways as possible SO they shall con-
t!nue to be palatab BILE, and to cook them
without peeling to avoid waste.
Rules for Meat Eating.
The appetite for meat must not be
opere2ercised. 1t has been too srea tIy
cultivated heretofore. Only those who
have heavy mental and physical work
to perform have any right to eat meat
daily. One should favor pork and NUT
ton, and for the time being spare beef
and veal.
Our use OF game and fish should be
restricted in order to replace the di-
minishins supply of these foods.
Esgs must be carefully conserved,
be employed in other foods and gravies.
Butter, cheese and cream must be
used sparingly. Bread should be
spread thinly with butter.
Milk is available in suf1ciency, and
should be given to the children par
ticularly.
The taste for sugar should be in
creased wherever possible. in drinks,
soups. narmalade and pastry. 1t may
also be used in water and served in
place of beer. The average consump-
tion of twenty Kilograms a year should
be increased to at least forty-five kilo-
grams.
Urges Use of Nuts.
AS long as southern fruits, lemons,
oranges and almonds. as we'll as nuts,
etc, are coming in their plentiful use
is to be recommend even If they be-
come expensive, to supplement the
home larder. With oranges at their
present low price, they should be made
into strongly sugared marmalade.
The plentiful fruit harvest this year
marmalade and sirups.
Vegetables, especially asparagus,
should be used In quantity during the
coming spring and summer.
Coffee, tea and cocoa are still avail
able in suff1ciency and at moderate
he restricted, and for that reason they
should be prepared more weakly, and
with more sugar.
Spices must be used sparingly, even
though there is plenty Of salt on hand.
OF alcoholic beverages there is suf-
ficiency In the country; nevertheless,
in war time their use should be tenn
pered.
Would Save Scraps.
All remnants Of food and kitchen
scraps must be carefully saved for use
in feeding the cattle.
Fat should be used sparingly in cook
ing; lard should be supplemented by
kidney fat, beef tallow and other oils.
Those who arc not short Of money
should purchase supplies now and store
them up SO that when summer comes
the question Of. feeding the people
shall not become universal and alarm
ing.
Wohltmann ADDS that "he who fol-
lows these twenty rules fulhl1s pa
triotic and ethical duty. fighting, like
the warriors in the field. for the VIC
tory ard the existence Of the people"