New Britain herald., 1917-05-07
TO THE WOMEN OF AMERICA.

TO THE WOMEN OF AMERICA.
 Eat less and save more'' is a sloean destined to. become Americas watch word In this war. The starting point for any campaign of this nature must naturally be the home It is pointed out by the Secretary of Agriculture that one ounce of waste in each home in America amounts to total of 1.500.000 pounds in the course of a single day. There are some 20,0O0,- 900 homes in this country. If sav- effected each day ins each of these homes it is easily seen that enough food may be conserved among them all to feed one meal to an army of one million men. The need of this saving is brought to the attention of every housewife when 1t Is remem- bered that it takes the fruit of many acres and the work of many people to raise. prepare. and distribute 500, o,ooo,- 900 pounds of food year.
 Men. by nature, are more extrava- gant than women. If there is to be saving. then, the women must lead the way. Recognizing this. the govern ment makes it's appeal to them for the practice of thrift In the present every woman can render important service to the nation. She can help the armed forces of the nation without neglecting her home duties to do so. Neither need she abandon her kitchen. The lone woman in the culinary department of any home is as heroic figure as the soldier on the battlefiefd,-more so. She works on without the shouting and cheering of enthusiastic comrades. If she does not help to feed the armies on the field, the armies will soon 90 to smash. Every ounce oE food the housewife saves from being wasted in her home,-all food which she or her children produce in the garden and can or preserve-every garment which care and skilful repair make it unnecessary to replace-all lessen that households draft on the already insufficient world supplies.
 To save food the housewife must learn to plan economical and well balanced meals which. while nourish- ing each member of the family properly. do not encourage overeanng or offer excessive and wasteful variety. It is her duty to use all effective methods to protect food from spoilage by heat, dirt, mice, or insects, She ! must acquire the culinary ability to l utilize every bit of edible food that comes into her home. She must learn to use such foods as vegetables. beans, peas. and milk products as par
 tial substitutes for meat. She must make 1t her business to see that nothing nutritious Is thrown, Away o,
 allowed to be wasted. As with food
 SO with clothing. Saving. can be
 effected in both these necessaries o1
 life. It is sometimes forgotten tha1
 clothing is largely an agricuitura l product. Yet the clothes we wea,
 represent long hours of labor on ths
 sheep ranges, in the cotton fields. ant in the mills and factories. Whenever
 a useful garment is needlessly dis
 carded material needed to keep some
 one warm or dry is lost womeI
 would do3welI to look upon clothing
 at this time more particularly from
 the utilitarian viewpoint.
 Women have . great work befor,
 them in helping Uncle Sam. Toot
 and clothing naturally suggests {
 conservation of leather. At presen
 that is . scarce article. and tn.
 proper shoeing of armies calls fol great supplies of this material. Ther'
 are only so many pairs of shoes II each hide, and there Is shortage q
 animals for leather as we'll ao 1p, meat. Anything that can be done tl
 encourage adults or oh1l1rsn = ta1p care of their shoes and mahe, thsu
 last longer means fha1 - muaA smor, leather is made ay1ila1ae for oths, d purposes. All heoor 1s dus to n. , ylwomsn who law thelr homae. q nurse and cars for 4t1Iese swounAed il battle. Yst. no woanaA. sisould 1ss that because she daes not wear , AHEssis uniform. che b abssavsd -1roaI