Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-09

difficult thing to do. and yet the total,
II all Of US cheerfully give up this small
portion, will amount to an additional
supply equal to 100000 cattle. If we do
not eat meat. or use it but seldom, then
we already have complied with this re-
quest.
The third important save" for CO.
operative work is in saving of fats.
the waste in our fat supply and save
that which daily amounts to one-third
Of an ounce of animal fat. This means
only two teaspoons of animal fat saved
day. If it is butter, 1t would be
giving up one small pat per day, or
where lard has been used in frying.
either giving up or reducing the use
of fried foods. The only reason that
we are asked to save the fats is that
the worlds supply is short, and. as
without the use of some fats in the
diet
Milk is the fourth object marked for
conservation. Children especially need the
fats that come from milk and eggs There
fore, We should save the butter so that
all children may have an opportunity to
have whole milk, the amount Of which
is reduced through the fact that 40 per
cent OF the milk supply is used in making
butter The value of milk in the diet
Is SO great that no portion of the milk
supply should be wased, and while we are
not asked to give up milk, We are asked
to reduce the careless use of it SO that
the demand upon the supply will not be
so great as to deprive children OF this
very necessary food. (The condensing and
desiccatng Of milk for the use of the
army at the front is another reason why
the total milk supply should be saved from
careless waste)
Should Use Less Sugar.
The fifth save" applies to sugar
hi 1a of
sugar are not adequate. there seems to
be necessity of saving through more
careful use of sugar by each one of us.
We waste sugar in so many ways that
it will be no privation to reduce the
amount in our daily. diet. We are not
asked to stint our use OF sugar in put
ting up fruits and vegetables for fu-
ture use. We are not asked to reduce
the use of sugar in sweetening the food
we use daily at our meals. We are
asked to use less sugar between meals.
in the form of candy or sweet drinks
that we often take idly.
Even If there were no shortage In
supply, we as people consume sugar
In enormous amounts, and as far as
our health is concerned We can get our
energy from other foods as completely
and as satisfactorily as we can from
sugar.
Last on the list is, "Save the fuel"
The demand for saving fuel comes
largely through the fact that the trans
portation facilities are Inadequate
When coal is mined in a local district
it will be Of no advantage 70 save coal
Where wood is plentiful we are asked
TO use wood in preference to coal
We must remember that electric
lights left burning. electric fans left
going, steam radiators left turned on
with the windows up. or no one in the
room. may mean that we are wasting
coal. Substitute as far as possible the
use of kerosene or gas or electricity
generated by water power. develop the
of the tireiess cooker, SO that the
excessive use of fuel that comes from a
distance is reduced
If the directions of the food admins
tration are followed by all OF us it will
mean a great increase of the available
food supply of the word and the pre-
vention of untold misery and suffering.