The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-25

I Washington, oct. 2i.--With National
Food Pledge week only . few DAYS
away, thc food administration today an,
nounocd that its army ~ hal; million
men ana women volunteer canVassrrs
, h modified uri r-aay COR IA. cam.
! p.iEn under the various state food ad.
mlnIssrators.
Food Pledge week win begin Sunday.
Octooor as. and end November g.
The 100000 canvass.rs reported on
a preliminary survey several days ago
thgt they were sure 10 ge, the signn.
turcs OF approximately $4,000. 600 Am.
crican housewives 10 IA. food pledge.
\ million and quarter OF the coun.
/ try's - 100000 housewives alrcldy have
signed the earl promising 20 consCrye
, food. Th!s l-uvos between seven and
| eight million un1ccountrd Tor and the
! food ndminlstration today expressed
conviction that rll Of them win be-
pledged before the campaign ends.
School Children Organized.
Reports show that school children
are organized In many places as vol
untcrr assistant unib To help in the
c1mpaisn TO enlist all the country's
twenty-five million housewives IN the
work al conserving war foods" OF
which there is world shortage
Among the 100000 workers who viii
visit every home in the country is a
large nurlntr Of 'War mothcrs:" yyom-
rn whose SONS ar ntkcr maic relatives
nave gore 70 the front cor .Ae IN train.
i1S In thii country.
sunday. the opening day O: the cam.
phign. will bc marked by war food con.
sorvH;ion sermons by the cuuntry's
100000 ministers IN churches all over
the hnd. The food administration
states that the response of the minis.
t"rs h"s been extraordinarily generous
in this respect.
state, city. county and local organi
cations constitute the working machin.
cry of the campaign. Beginning and
continuing until Saturday. these work
ers VIII make house-tohouse canvass
of the country, inquiring of each house
wife of the 100000 families I'm the
United states whether she has enrolled
as member OF the food administration
D. signing the food pledge card.
The workers will carry cards for those
housewives who have not yet enrolled.
To each housewife who hasn't home
card" telling what foods the govern.
ment would Ike to have them conserve
and why, they will present one.
The workers win explain briefly and
clearly what the governments food cor.
servatiDn idea is and what Is askcI of
each housewife.
Not to Eat Less.
The food pledge is not food admins.
tratlon officials pointed out today. AN
effort 20 yet the people to eat les.
but 70 substitute. those foods of which
the country has an abundance for those
that are urgently needed by the peo.
PIES of the allied countries in Europe
and their armies and ours.
President Wilson in letter TO the
food ans,iristrator has rih. In mol
other way can they american women
20 greatly assist as by enlistin- in
the service "f the food administration
and cncerfuily accepting lis direction
and advice. BY 80 doing. they will
incrcase the surplus OF food available
for our own army and for export 10
our allies.
ITO provide ADEQUATE supplies for the
coming year Is Of absolutely vital i'm
portancc 90 the conduct Of thc war, and
without a very CONSCIENTIOUS el.mira-
ton OF waste auI very strict economy
in our food consumption, we cannot hope