The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-02
FOOD CONSERVATION
SERMON
Rev. Father A. Souby Of the Sacred
Heart Church Responds to Re-
quest of u. S. Commission
er Hoover

In harmony WIN the expressed
wishes of the government through
U. S. Food Commissioner Hoover,
the services at the Sacred Heart
Church of Morgan City Sunday,
July LIST were especially dedicated
to the national food problem. This
day was generously observed by all
churches as GOOD Saving Day. and
made the subject of thousands of
discourses throughout the land. Rev
Father Souby, pastor of the Sacred
Heart Church, delivered the follow
ing sermon on this vital topic:
(WHICH SHALL 1T BE"
Those who have never travelled
abroad, can never realize how ser
ious is the warning against Waste
and how well deserved by this coun-
try is the reproach hurled against it
one side of the question they can
not compare the living conditions "a
they are over there in Europe, with
those that obtain in this country.
We are familiar with the saying that
an average French family could be
easily kept from want with the
waste taking place every day in the
ordinary Areriran kitchen. This :
not 1 figure of speech but q feet
ShoulC, anyone doubt it, he is invited
to form the Acquaintance Of q strict
t. French born family living in th,s
country and learn from them, first
hand, the methods of saving fooU
that prevail where they come from.
Even the Louisiana French, so nu-
merous and so called because they
spring from the old stock, have pre-
served faithfully the traditions
handed down to them by their
elders: for buying only just what IS
needed each day; for measuring
sraringly whatever goes to the cook
inc Of each meal; Cor economy II
the use of lard, oil, or butter; for
teaching their children to eat all
that is put before them not leaving
anything on their plate nor begginc
for more outside Of meals; for the
art of preparing in a tempting and
appetizing manner all the leavlngs
of the preceding meal not excluding
stale bread; for forming the habit
of eating only as much as is strictly
needed to satisfy the just claims Of
the stomach, and always retiring
from table with a slight remnant OF
appetite; in word: for reducing
every demand of the househould to
the least possible outlay of cash, SO
that the family, under the wise dir
ection. of father, mother or aunt,
may be in position to lay aside the
"proverbial plum for possible
thirst" Our own now much appre-
ciated custom of e-ting preserves,
originated from this same source of
saving everything perishable and Of
throwing away nothing which might
some day be Of service to us.
/ Now. this same truth, to certain
extent holds good of ether countries
! besides France, such as Germany,
] Holland, Switzerland, Spain, Italy,
Sweden and Norway. all of which
are noted for their thrift and econ
| onsg The writer incws whereof re
speaks, having lived and travelled in
several of these countries and gath
cred his observations from real life
which is far more convincing than
acquiring them in books of statistics
In practically all the countries of
Europe the word Waste is unknown;
or if known, is frowned upon as a
! serious vice, an unmitigated evil.
! just as we here condemn burglary,
arson or the social evil
! And why should l limit Economy
J to Europe alone? The Orient, Pales-
! tine, Syria, Egypt, India, China and
! far-off Japan, all can teach us a sal
i utary lesson of how little a people
tneed to thrive upon. We are not
j here preaching the doctrine to imi-
/ tate the soycalled Glow" foreigners
in their manner Of living or cheap
/ labor. Nevertheless the fact stands
boldly out, and causes no little envy
1 that any of those peoples who come
here, acquire in comparatively
short time substantial competence
whereas many of our native born
are forever at the grinding wheel OF
drudgery a:ter yeas of patient toll
Why?
Under normal conditions we
may pirate with pride about Ameri.
can Prosperity, and boast of our In.
tellectual or Moral superiority. The
truth is that this superiority is con.
ceived in our brains and exists no.
where else. For there is no denying
that most of these peoples in spite 81