Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-24
THE SOLDIER WOMAN.
Letter From Washington Woman
to Her Sister in Michigan Telling
How She is Cooperating.

WaShlngtOn, OcL. "a, i'l'
Ny dear Sister:
Learning to be the sort OF home
manager described by the Food Ad
ministration as the first essential II
winning this war is "some job'" Bu
if every woman construes her obi
CATION of cooperation as your letter
(iust receivedl indicates that yol
are doing. the American woman VII
90 down in history as the factor Ii
the fight which tipped the scale or
the side of victory.
They tell us that at least $7OO.o0O,-
600 worth Of food is wasted in TINS
country yearly with the larger part
of the waste flowing into garbage
cans and running down kitchen sinks.
We are also told that the companies
which contract to purchase garbage
count for their profit upon the fact
that every ton of household waste
Yields from 80 to 10 pounds of fa'
,yer and above the residue that
Gould be used az "fcrtlizcr.'
Now what do you think of that as
an Indictment?
confess 10 blush Of shame fol
nv part in such statistics.
Knowing right well that most OF
the carelessness is in the SmaIie'
things began ut once with the little
leaks that. combined. amount g :"
much in the long run.
The first little leak found to be
cleft overs" They are due IN my
cnuse to the constantly repeated cry
Of Il don't like" or 81 can't eat.
have held regular var council. an
lack has pledged himself to cut these
mira :es out. The children. To-"
have rallied round the flag.
So that's settled.
The next .tcp was to study the
,sas Of left overs. confess knew
little about them because ! mac
always thrown scraps of everything
into the garbage can.
Perhaps you. too. have waite" 'o'
war to show you your sins OF eNtra'-
yuance. If so. you may he glad +"
know Jew of the thi, rs have found
,ut about left overs.
find that | can thicken soups
,tews and gravieS with left over
cereals.
That stale bread makes splendid
basis for many meat dishes, not
breads and desserts.
That very drop of SKINNED miit
contains nourishment. and may he
added for such purpose to cereals
.oups sauces and other foods. while
.our milk. buttermilk and sour ."ean
..,,, all be used in cooking. we
like it better for. hot breads than
sweet milk. Then thefe 5 cot''Se
:leese. cream cheese. clabber, oi
.h1ch the children are particularly
,ond. while sour cream Is fine .Ioi
.hortening in cakes and cookies. anc
seful in salad dressings and gravles
for meats.
That there are all sorts of ut.
tractive dishes possible from thf
combination Of meat Or fish VIII
ceerals and vegetables, and thrt lei
crer meat can be advantageously use.
in making cakes, meat or fish pieS
That the water from boiled meat
| furnishes valuable food and flavor
ino material and should he saved f"
| .o,r for use ia Stews. nr graves, ol
cooking vegetables.
That valuable food ana tlavorlnl
can he found in the water in whicr
.ice and many vegetables have beer
! cooked, which could be kept for s"uT
.tocu rather than thrown down tn
sink.
That the careless pairing OF pota
tees or fruit frequently is responsible
.or a loss of as much az 20 per cen
of their food material
Quite list of discoveries. isn't 1t
wonder how many of them yo
already knew.
As for Newell, ! blush 10 tell!
Your affectionate sister.
Frances