The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-30
SAVE The FOOD AND
WIN The WAR" IS
HEARD ON EVERY HAND
Twenty Thousand Workers Through
out state Pressing Food Pledge
Card Campaign.
CLEAN SWEEP MADE IN
-------------- RICHMOND LAST JULY
Efforts Here This Week of Supple
Signatures As Were Missed Then

kilograms from two-thirds OF thu
state yesterday indicated that the food
pledge card campaign, has been success
fully launched and that approximate
~ twenty thousand workers are pre-
sentlng the slogan of save the food
and win the war TO every community
III the commonwealth.
II is the purpose OF the state food
ad ministration TO do everything in its
lower TO procure the three hundred
Thousand signatures the government
authorities think Virginia should give
to this cause.
Advices from Roanoke. Norfolk.
Newport News. Lynchburg and othen
cities Indicated that the work was
being vigorously pressed.
In Richmond there will be no gem
erai canvass as the epoch making
pledge card campaign of last July,
under the generalship of Mrs. J ALI
son HODGES. made almost clean
sweep of this city. exactly 2s.s7s cards
having been signed out of an estimat-
ed total OF &c, 900, Owing to the fact
that number OF househoiders were
out OF the city at that time. there
are still a fair percenta ge of families
to be reached.
Governments New Estimate.
However the government has put
out an estimate that there are $4,000
households in the city. This estimate
is believed by persons In a position TO
judge TO be entirely too large. the
maximum number of separate house
holds being estimated at 10000 in the
better Informed circles.
A Historic Canvass
In the July campaign there were
thousand women canvassers in the
work in Richmond In the state cam
paign. which was headed by Mrs. B.
b. Munford. 10000 signatures were
gotten and an organization OF approx
mately FIVE thousand women. effected
pledged to participate In any and
every patriotic effort that its members
might be called upon to perform.
Mrs. j. Allison Hodges, who Is chair.
man Of the local committee in this
as we'll as in the first, ad-
dressed the members of the Woua.n's
club yesterday and has placed the
cards for signature with the several
women's organizations OF the city, In
addition to this all OF the newspapers
will carry the cards giving every wo-
man who has not yet signed every
facility to do So The cards should
be mailed to Mrs, Hodges. lot East
they may be promptly tabulated by
the local representatives of the food
administration. who are expected TO
report by wire daily to Washington
the results of the campaign.
In the campaign last summer Rich
mond secured larger proportion OF
signatures than any other city In the
United States. The pledge cards were
furnished by the state and workers In
the campaign met incidental expenses
out OF their own pockets.
Owing to misapprehension on the
part of some person having in charge
the distribution OF cards in Washing
ton a card designed to be used as
follow to that to be signed was very
circulated here yester-
day This card Is In the form OF a.,
report from each householder indicat-
ing the mum Der of wheatless. meat
less and wasteless meals served DUR
ing the week. BY wheatless meal
II ia meant the serving OF bread IN
which the principal constituent Is
other than -four. The putting OF
small quantity OF flour In meal In the
making Of corn-cakes or bread does
not disqualify that meal from being
counted as a wheatless meal. At least
seven wheatiess meals are requested
| pthe course of week. Meatless
meals are those inr which beef. NUT
ton and.pork do not nEure ON thA bill
Of fare. Meals in which eggs. fish,
towL "old hare" or such meets are
served may stili be ccunteA A. meat
leps. Fourteen Of such meals are the
I'm II the course oS week, Ana =