Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-29

atn. money and food We propo So
10 back up the government recon-
nendarons about gardening. canning.
rrDps saving money IN tho home by
DO definite co-orfinated machine II
% 900 girls which will influence the
.onduot of practically every home IN
AWerira. n is not too much o. be
if'e tha' we shall be ena hlcd directly
Tr Indirectly 20 save and secure by
'he9e economies one cent per capita
~ population per day IN America,
which is $4,000. 600 a year
We yield 20 nothing In the i'm
pnr'ance OF the work which the girls
are doing. There are far more dra-
matte things which are proposed.
such an operating flying machines
wireless apparatus and driving au-
tomobiles. but this is the great thing
sych women can do today The
army cannot possibly use oue-tenth
of ] per cent Of American women as
nurses or assistant nurses. The state
fnont of the National Red Cross is
clear In this respect they say one
nurse 10 every two hundred soldlers).
What We are after is what the war
department announces as the modes
of winning this war. etc. Increasing
the nuWbe ~ men available. saving
ana earning money. saving and in
Girls Learn Ia Save Food.
FIFTY per cent Of the money paid
Tor food is wasted 100 America. We
waste twice as much FAT as We use.
We use twice as much meat as is
good for us, cheese, peas ana beans
are az good We know little about
the use OF rice and spaghetti which
are az good as potatoes We pare
our potatoes ana fruits. often vast
Ing as much as per cent There
are girls In most Of the home I'm
America, and they can save much Of
this waste
More than half ~ our homes have
yards small garden in which
peas, beans, tomatoes and other Vcgc-
tables were raised would lessen the
family expense for these articles
greatly. In many homes it Is possible
for the girls to keep chickens on to
raise pig. There are large crops
OF apples. cherries. straw berries and
other fruits that are wasted because
OF lack OF labor with which 10 gather
theul. The girls OF America might
save ana can those which are near
their homes
Every girl who docs the house
work and cares for the little children.
frees woman who can do some work
that has hitherto boon done bv men
and so free the men for the front
E"-<y man who leaves job must be
replaced by woman. so every girl
can hc represented by a man at tho
mont Women viii bc needed in large
numbers in nunition and ~ other
works IN addition TO taking the places
OF the men
IN order 10 do these things effect
ivcly II is necessary for the girls to
be banded together under an older
woman. known in our campfire
movement as guardian. We will
furnish in WohelO. our monthly mag
azinc. from month to month the in
strucuons needed to guide such
group and enable them TO do these
things The FIRST thing to do is Just
what the soldier does first-get as
healthy and hard ms possible our
country has but little use at this time
for girls who have headaches. tender
feet nerves, indigestion. or who arc
lazy and eat candy.
Discard the skirts.
The second thing to do is TO put
on our campfire minute girls uni
form-the badge Of service II con-
sists OF blue bloomers, white MILDLY
blouse and red tie. Nearly every
rirI has tbesc three articles of an,
parel ready Use the boomers with
nrt ,bo sLir, u,bor.,, -. ,,,ris a,,,
torether II means efficiorcv In
Eurorc the women hy the thousands
nre adopting mems clothes becanse
il means better service "
Tho complcte natriotic nrorram of
the campfire girls. prepared by Doc
tor Gulick. is as follows.
Each dav. pray TO cod the frs,
thing every morning that Won may he
healthy cons.cratcd ma h,r,,,, in
tho great thinrs 1e calls upon Yo, TO
do today plan out how Won can do
vour vrr, ba.t .ht. DIV wall IN ana
from school or work 80 as 20 s1ya
money. and learn 10 wall far and e9s-
INV. to .,et os hard 1s nni.e" Keen
rl,au inside and ,,.isido each d,v mas
Won may have an your faculties llcrt
Each week. Uike vim vonr c,,,p-
fire so as to bring your WALKING for
he week mn to 35 miles or moro NAV
100 miles for cacb month ON o,ch |
hiltc do fnur tbinps beside u,lL,i,,,,
1 Each tt,pe lsnrp bo,, ,n caro
FOR an emcrrcncy- sp,,tncd anlie |
burns blist,rcd fr.t c,r
= Each limo Iearn so,,o,hi,,,
.nbout food ana c,,linn hon, 80 ',e ,',e |
.cb,osn and b,,r. ir ,i,.,, - ,,,,...,
sn,rhrtti in pI,,o 81 no,otccs IN