The Detroit times., 1917-10-30
Hardest for the BlOated
Belly of the GOurmand
To Go Over the Top!

is traitor 10 his country.
Patty and strikingly pat as message
for food conservation week and "a aid
the cause to wbich-women OF Detroit
and the whole country are painotlcalIy
subscribing.
The heavy eater at this time is more
than a traitor 20 his country Is a
traitor to himself ard 10 his Creator
shifting the image 10 point that makes
i doubtful whether the Almighty is Well
pleased with the ibertiesthat are taken.
The prosecution Of war calls FIRST OF
all. for MEN
Food is essential of course, and SO is
clothing. and SO are guns and ammuni-
ton, but the latter are only the tools for
use by MEN whose bodies must be- Well
protected and who must be well -hod
and well fed to fight best and win.
We NAV consider the master strokes
Of genius put to developing the lmple-
ments Of war to the point OF greatest
perfection. but what of them without
men to direct their force and use them 20
the point of GREATEST EFFICIENCY 3
The winning Of war depends as much
upon the men who remain al home ln
the sustaining industrials, in The fields
and in all the pursuits related TO the de-
velopment of a nations resources.
Much depends upon the efficiency ot
the MAN in these activities far removed
from the scene of the battle, and the man
who stuffs his stomach Is q traitor %
his country, very truly, in that he IS
cheating his country Of the best there Is
in him. because the inevitable result Of
abuse Of the stomach must be weaken
ed body and sluggish mind
The gourmand eats himself-he IS
consuming his own flesh and bone just
the same as if he sat down to himself
with knife and fork-and he is a traitor
to himself because he is first II all dis
loyal to himself.
His offense at this time Is more griev-
Gus because he is wasting the effort that
others are spending. both in their own
efforts 70 conserve in behalf Of their
country and their THINKING for others
in behalf Of their country.
The gourmand has not noticed for in
stance, that the old hollow-backed seats
of the railway car have given place TO
seat backs that fit into hollow backs,
10 keep the bodies Of those using them
more in keeping with the lines intended
when the animal. so TO speak. was stood
upon his hind legs.
A leading orthopedist of Detroit visit
ed the Offices OF a company employing
many young women at desk work and
suffering heavy loss thru decreased
efficiency due to frequent necessity for
relief from their work demanded by the
employees
He told the company the loss could be
prevented and efficiency increased by
change in the style of chairs provided
the young women.
The gourmand goes on eating and
stuffing while men who are aiming to de-
liver the best there is in them are not
only denying themselves food, that
Others may have. and to provide them
selves with more rugged bodies and
minds more active. but are going so far
as to have the chairs they Use i'm their
Offices and in their homes prescribed for
them by the specialist whose research
and whose results have proven the inn
portance of what the gourmand looks up
on, Of course, as trivial matter because
it isn't on the bill Of fare
The conservation Of food for which
we aim. calls upon no man 70 starve him
self or to weaken himself by eating less
than the well-being Of his body demands
1t DOES call upon him 20 eat no more
than the well-being Of his body demands
because he thereby helps two-himself
and his neighbor who may be unable 20
provide properly for his own body.
But the best part Of this food conser-
walton business Is that 1t means the con
servation of MEN and the limit Of EFFI-
CHENEY IL MEN for war.
II is hardest for bloated bellies to go
over the top.
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