The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-07-13
Prince Georges County Defense
Committee.

Time has swung its inevitable pendu
back to the primitive domestic IN
uustrles Furnishing in the days of Lore
Baltimore for hundreds of women in
Prince Georges County. Under the
guidance of the Maryland Council of
National Defense, they are undermining
the food conservation methods of their
great grandmothers whose well stocked
pantry was vital in the scheme of things
on the olden plantations.
1t has appealed to the imagination OF
each of these women now packing beets
J in trim jar or turning on the electric
switch to dry beans for the pending
winter that these necessities have come
from the very soil that once belonged
to England She recalls as she weeds
the onion bed that this very patch was
once included in grant from the King
of England for colonization. History
has marched to the point where food
from this land grant is being utilized
for the salvation of the English speak
ing people, She reflects that the more
nearly she can match her great grand
mothers practices of the times when
stage coachs rambled along the Mary
land highways, the better aide she is
being in feeding these English speak
ing folks.
Across the fields which formerly
smiled for the Calvert family and satin
trousered gentlemen of purple lineage,
rapid moving automobiles convey can
ming outfits and teachers of the most
up to date food preservation ideas.
Women who never knew the compost
ton of raspberry jam save from the in
terror of grocery store container, are
learning what wonders they can do
with kettle on a gas stove in this
county wide movement against next
winters food shortage. Since May,
Mrs. V. K. Chestnut named by the
Council to supervise the county canning
effort has been demonstrating the latest
safe and sane ways of keeping the sur.
plus foodstuffs of the various communi-
ties. Housewives came themselves to
stand besides the steaming boiler and
delegates pledged to return home with
lesson principles for their neighbor.
hoods, watched the fascinating chemi
cal changes in the berries and vege
tables used for the demonstration. Sc
much enthusiasm has been manifested
that each of the demonstrations are
being and will be repeated during the
summer months throughout the county
The democratic and successful exten
of the canning for home kitchens ha
been one of the stellar accomplishment
of the council in Prince Georges Coun
ty. Already it is estimated that mor'
than five hundred women, almost hal
of whom were neighborhood delegate
have attended the demonstrations. A
Council Chairman for the county, Mrs
Harry J. Patterson of College Park
has been the center of the campaign
From that point, the lines have gone il
many directions to all types of kitchens
On dungent aromas long strangers t.
many households welded to the cor
venience of the commercial Gamer,
have arisen amid the trees of histori
Maryland estates. Mistresses of fai
slopes planted in beautiful gardens ar
giving more attention to the elements
need of mankind for food, than the
ever did before in there lives. Wive
of the numerous government employe
who live in those populous centers alon
the car lines from the national capito
are conserving the suplus from tn
gardens their husbands have mad
after office hours. Women in tn
strictly rural districts beyond the locC
motives piercing whistle, are going
step further than their sisters close
town can 40 in that they are concerl
ing themselves with extra food produ
ton beyond their own needs as well {
conservation of the perishables.
Over at Springfield, gratifyin
demonstration was held through tt
agency of Mrs. Hattie Belt Ingersol
who is Council Representative for TIL