The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-13
ASK WOMEN
TO DECLARE
WAR AGAINST
FOOD WASTE
ESQ Distribute Hoover Food
and Women's Service
Cards in Wayne County,
Tuesday.
every One MAY HELP

Every woman in Wayne county will
be asked to pledge herself to war
on waste, beginning Tuesday when
more than $50 women in the county
will distribute Hoover Food cards and
Women's Service cards.
More than $50 women in Richmond,
under the direction of Miss M. E. B.
Culbertson, secretary of the Wayne
county Cosncil Of Defense, will can
vass every home in the city and ask
one member of the family to sign
the cards. The women signing the
cards are in no way financially
obligated
Ask to Forego Meat
Every family in the city and county
will also be asked to observe wheat
less and a meatless day, one day a
week. The national wheat harvest is
far below normal, according to gov
ernment officials, and if each person
weekly saves one pound Of wheat
-four that means 150,000,000 more
bushels of wheat for the allies to mix
their bread and will be one of the big
Families will also be asked to OBJ
serve one "meatless" day and not
serve any kind of meat on that day.
People are urged to eat more vege-
tables and "eat what you can't can"
Distribute Cards
The cards to be distributed Tuesday
morning pledge the women to con-
serve food and makes her a member
of the national army against waste.
There are no fees or dues to be paid.
They pledge themselves to carry out
the advice of the food administra-
tion so far as they are able.
Every woman in the county, ire
spective Of race, whether they are
white, black or yellow will be asked
to sign the cards.
BY signing the cards women will
show their, patriotism to the United
States and show that they are willing
to make any sacrifice the country
calls upon them to make in its time
of peril.
Sign Cards at Once.
The women workers will call at each
home asking one woman member OF
the family to sign the cards. Instead
of leaving the cards, and collect them
later, the organization has decided to
ask women to sign the cards at once.
The work will be done much faster
in this way
The cards will be sent direct to
Washington and each woman pledginS
herself to save the country's food sup
ply will receive a window poster from
Herbert Hoover, national food admin
istrator, showing that she is men,
ber of the national organization.
For ten cents a badge will be sent
any woman desiring them.
Leaders of Movement.
Miss Elsie Marshall is vice-chair-
man of the Hoover Food card COM
mittee for Wayne county and Mrs. A.
w. Roach is chairman for Wayne town.
ship. The Women's Service cards will
be in charge of Mrs. E. w. Shirk, coun-
ty vice-chairman of the Women's
Service card committee. Mrs. Paul
Ross is chairman for Wayne township.
"I feel sure that the women of Rich
mond and Wayne county will sign
these cards without much urging"
Miss Culbertson said Monday. ut is
a sure way Of showing their patriotism
10 the United States.
women must be awakened to the
knowledge that much is wasted
through carelessness and work to
eliminate this. And surely every fam
ily can get along one day each week
without eating meat"
Preach the Gospel Of the Clean
Plate"