Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-02
SPEEDING UP PLANS
TO ENLIST WOMEN
Registration Cards Being Print.
ed and All Agencies Are
Active in Saving Food.

With $4,000 registration cards being
printed for distribution among the
women of Washington. with Maj. Ray
mond w. Pullman. superintendent OF
police, arranging for their distribution
through the police department. and
with +. l. Thurston. superintendent ol
schools. ready to submit to the boare
of education this afternoon a plan to
open schoolhouses to receive the cards
active preparations were on foot today
to enlist housewives in Herbert I
Hoover's food conservation campaign.
supt. Thurston conferred with Charles
+. sNesbit, chairman of the. food supply
and conservation committee OF tne
District council of defense. and win
other District officials this morning re
garding the proposal to open tne
schools to receive registrations date
for this feature Of Washingtons regis
tration has not yet been fixed.
Mr.. Nesbit expected to confer with
Mr.. Hoover sor with some OF his alds
this afternoon regarding the genera
program to be followed IN NashinS
toms food conservation campaign. re
hoped to get from Mr. Hoover c,ea.
idea of the general desire OF 'na -, .un, i,t
administration about what the Dis.ric,
NAV do in respect to aiding Increased
production and more efficient dislrlpu
ton. He intends to lay thls lniot ma l,
tion before his committee "heh ~
meets at the District building TINS
evening.
Canning and Drying Campaign.
Another phase of the food situation
will be taken up this afternoon liter ,;,d,ns a,
wben q subcommittee OF Mr.. Nesbits
committee, headed by A. J. Drisooll
will outline plans for carrying on tne
canning and drying campaign IN " ash-
ington At this time plans VIII ne us
perhaps Convention Hall, so that per
sons who live in apartments, or 1T
homes where kitchen facilities are Inn
tied. NAV bring fruits and vegetables
to put up for winter use.
Meanwhile the effort to register
women in national food conservation
service met with an instantaneous re-
snonse. when nearly 5000 registration,
cards came pouring into the Office OF
DR.. Ray Lyman Wilbur, who IS dlrec,-
ing the registration Ihoush Saiu ;u
have not yet been generally dlstrip-
uted many women, anxious to comply
a. once with the administrations plans
cut the blanks from the newspapers VI
used those obtained from the ADMINS
tration office. and filled them out. Inc
vet been perfected. and they were no'
catalogued or classified. Large num-
bers Of them are from Wasnins.or
and four of them are signed by women
of the cabinet.
The second woman to pledge herself
+o old the food conservation movemen,
vas Mrs. Mary A. Boarman. second as
sistant cook at the washington cen
trail Branch Young Women's Christiar
A Association lunchroom. The first won
80 hn
Woodrow Wilson.
Views Of Professional Cook.
pesides being a professional cook
Mrs Boarman keeps house and cooks
for a family of four. Her home at 34t
Mel Lean avenue is a model OF cleanll'
ness and efficiency. When she turned il
the card she said:
"I am happy woman because / fee
,hat have the right to work and helI
our country at this time by practicine
economy and influencing others to be-
.cor,e more and more useful in saving
food.
nrofessional cook l have seen enough
r,astad in restaurants to feed my owr
son,iiv at home. l believe that patrons
of cafes can be served the same
amounts and the same quality OF fooo
ON much less money II strict economy
10 nFqctlCeQ
The f,rst national organized effor
brought to bear to help advertise tn
rapistration campaign consists OF th'
zoo minute men who begin today t
speak in motion picture IRE tnn houses sa,e;1a eael
Wa ashington is one Of the few cities
where a four-minute mems organiza "a,
zion has not yet been formed, bu
stems are being taken this week to or
eanize a corps of such speakers here.
Mr.. Hoover Luncheon Guest.
Joseph E. Davies of the federal trade
commission was a caller at the office
NJ Mr.. Hoover this morning and Mr.
uoover later went to a luncheon as
the guest OF Representative Kahn OF
california, given so that he might meet
the members of Congress from Califor-
mia. Speaker Clark was a guest This
afternoon Mr.. Hoover has an appoint
ment with President Wilson.
Reduced prices for wheat and pota-
toes and certain other staples are Civ
ing students of the food situation much
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