Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-17
5000 WOMEN PLEDGED
TO ECONOMY In FOOD
Emergency Aid of State Prom
ises Only Three Meals a
Day During War

Society women will start tonight to prac-
tice In earnest the plea of President Wilson
Tor strict economy at all places and at all
times
Instead of the usual five to eight courses
served at dinners of members of the eX-
ecutive committee of the Emergency Aid
there will be but three courses. That is the
, limit and it is going to be no more until
the war is over
4, This drastic action was decided on at
meeting of the executive committee this
morning when they pledged themselves and
their entire organization to the three-course
Plan 1t will affect the 6000 members of
the Emergency Aid scattered through the
State of Pennsylvania.
1t is not an economy measure for our
own interests" exclaimed Mrs. Barclay
Warburton, but to conserve the food sup
ply of the nation"
We want people to conserve the nations
iood supply she said, 'and we do not
want the people to get an idea that it is
society people who are doing this. Every
pody should take part in it, irrespective
o. wealth, poverty or social position. The
PRESIDENT has asked us to aid, and we are
wiling and stand ready to d. it at once.
I, we are not mentioning any particular vari-
ely Of food which we should restrict 1t
u the idea of saving food which we want
to impress
"A meal at which soup is served will
mol have salad pr a dessert. Or a meal
with salad will omit either the soup or the
y aessert. In other words there are to be
put three courses on the tables of the Phil.
adephia families which are leading the
movement Of conserving the food supply.
since President Wilson has made his ap-
peal to the housewife and asked her to help
ngnt the war by stopping waste and prac-
pclng economy" said Mrs Thomas Robins
"a "a speaking of the newly adopted resou-
n FD1I tl.ot 3 DC
vhy rlght that we start this movement ana
seach people to be more economical so there
VIII be plenty of food for ALL"
mrs j. Willis Martin was in favor of the
resolution and emphasized the fact that
sne thought 1t good example to set to
'Vmen OF the nation-three meals day,
Y uone or which had more than three courses.
Ahe resolution passed this morning is:
In response to the appeal made by
tne President of the United States for
economy in the household, we pledge
ourselves during the period of the war
aid TO the utmost in conservation or -
1000 by eliminating waste. and we
pedge ourselves to a limit of not more
Il hah three courses to any one meal.
me women at the meeting included
|. %s A. j. Cassatt Mrs. j. Willis Martin,
%'s Edward r. Stotesbury. Mrs. John c.
GG.oome, Mrs. Edward Browning, Mrs.
1eorge O. Horwitz. Mrs. Cornelius Steven
son Mrs. Thomas Robins, Mrs. Edward X.
a n1owiand, Mrs. Norman Jackson Mrs
uusorse Wharton Pepper, Mrs Bayard
tsnry, Mrs f. Burd Crubb, Mrs John
nnarkoe, Mrs. Robert Won Moschzisker, Mrs,
UUeu UUseu Morgan, Mrs William Ellis Scull. Mrs.
Hoehan Griscom, Mrs. II. Prentiss Nichols.
Us howard Pancoast, Miss Letitia Nc
burton
tA me emergency Aid women have pledged
wvrmseives also to cooperate with Mrs
x sooorow Wilson In her appeal for saving
! !" Every way possible. tAs t,-ll 2 -
eram 49, 49,
@fs Woodrow Wilson:
The White House. Washington, ID. c.
4 q ~ meeting of the executives committee
me Emergency Aid of Pennsylvania
4'lon was passed heartily indorsing $our
* sanizatlon OF movement for economy
ne household and pledging its co-opera-
Tor the furtherance to that end"