The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31
WOMEN IN HOMES
CAN AID NATION
Not Necessary for Them to Aban-
don Domestic Duties, Says
U. S. Official.
URGES THRIFT AS WATCHWORD
Secretary of Agriculture Houston
Declares Housewife Should See
That Nothing Nutritious
Is Thrown Away.


her home, can aid the nation in the
direction of producing and conserving
agricultural products, is told from the
viewpoint Of Uncle Sam in statement
Of Secretary of Agriculture Houston.
Secretary Houston says:
every woman can render important
service to the nation in its present
emergency. She need not leave her
home or abandon her home duties to
help the armed forces. She can help
to feed and clOthe our armies and help
to supply food to those beyond the
seas by practicing effective thrift in
her own household.
every ounce of food the housewife
saves from being wasted in her home
all food which she or her children
produce in the garden and can or pre-
serve-every garment which care and
skillful repair make it unnecessary to
repIace-all lessen that households
draft on the already insufficient world
supplies.
"To save food the housewife must
learn to plan economical and properly
balanced meals which, while nOurish-
ing each member of the family prop
erly, do not encourage Overeating or
offer excessive and waSteful variety.
It Is her duty to use all effective meth
DDS to protect food from spoilage by
heat, dirt, mice, or insects. She must
acquire the culinary ability to utilize
every bit of edible food that comes into
her home. She must learn to use such
foods as vegetables, beans, peas, and
milk products as partial substitutes for
meat. She must make 1t her business
to see that nothing nutritious is thrown
away or allowed to be wasted.
No Waste Insignificant.
Waste in any individual household
may seem to be insignificant, but If
only a single ounce of edible food, on
the average, is allowed to spoil or be
thrown away in each of our 20,O0O,000
homes, over 100000 pounds Of mate
rial would be wasted each day. 1t
takes the fruit of many acres and the
work Of many people to raise, prepare,
and distribute AGA 100000 pounds of
food year. Every ounce of food
thrown away, therefore, tends also to
waste the labor of en- army of busy
citizens.
Clothing is largely an agricultural
product and represents the results OF
labor on the sheep ranges, in cotton
fields, and in mills and factories.
Whenever a useful garment is need
| lessly discarded material needed to
keep some one warm or dry may be
consumed merely to crafty passing
fancy. Women would do well to look
upon clothing at this time more par
ticularly from the utilitarian point Of
| view.
Leather, too, is scarce and the
proper shoeing of armies calls for
great supplies of this material. There
are only so many pairs of shoes in
each side, and there Is a shortage of
animals for leather as well as for
meat. Anything that can be done to
encourage adults or children to take
care of their shoes and make them
last longer means that so much more
leather Is made available for other
purposes.
Employed women, especially those
engaged in the manufacture of food
or clothing, also directly serve their
country and should put into their tasks
| the enthusiasm and energy the i'm
portance of their product warrants.
Housewives Apron Uniform.
"While all honor is due to the
women who leave their homes to nurse
and care for those wounded in battle
Emo woman should feel that, because
she does not wear nurses uniform
she is absolved from patriotic service
| The home women of the country, If
they will give their minds fully to this
vital subject of food conservation and
train themselves in household thrift
| can make of the housewives apron o
uniform of national significance.
Demonstrate thrift in your homes
and encourage thrift among your
neighbors.
"Make saving rather than spending
| your social standard.
snake e~Dnomy Fashionable lest II
become obEiAatory,"
"a man with a broad mind" spoke
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