The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-07-06
WOMEN IN HOMES
CAN AID NATION
Vot Necessary for Them to Aban-
don Domestic Duties, Says
U. S. Official.
URGES THRIFT AS WATCHW0RD
Secretary Of Agriculture Houston
Declares Housewife Should See
That Nothing Nutritious
Is Thrown Away


How every woman, without leaving
lef nome, can aid the nation ID the
dlrectioh OF producing ana conserving
agricultural products, Is told IRON the
viewpoint OF Uncle Sam In statement
Oh secretary Oh 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 pD2cticing 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
prouuee III the garueli ana cah or pre-.
serVe-e'ery garment winch cure aiiu
skllilui repair MAKE II unnecessary 70
replace-ali lessen that househoius >
urait On the aireauy ihsuihcieht "ofio
supplies.
10 save 1000 the housewife must
learn to plan economical ana properly
balanced meals whlcn, wmie hourish-
Ing each member OF the famlly prop
cry, 90 not encourage oVereatihg OF
oirer excessive ana wasteful variety
1t Is her duty TO use all elfectiVe meth
ods to protect ROOD from spoliage Dy
neat uir.' iiice, UT ilsec,s' she mus must
"oqu'ie ''c euiih"rs apiii.y " u',i'Ae
eNers pit Vi eu'pie LOU '''a' coiiieS in'o
ner NOME ehe iiiust ieurh u use Sueii
iooiS us Fese'ao'es' pe"hs' peas, anu
MIX prouucts IT'S l'urti"i substitutes lor
meat she must iliahe ~ her business
10 see '''a' ''o'ii'l's hu''i''ous Is 'i''o"h
u"uy vi "iio"eu W oe "as'eu'
No Waste insignificant.
"Wuste In any individual household
may seem to be insignificant but If
only Il single ounce Of edible food, on
the average, is allowed to spoil or be
thrown away in each of our 20,000000
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 16i,000000 pounds of
food year. Every ounce Of food
thrown away, therefore, tends also to
waste the labor of an 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 aud factories.
Whenever Il useful garment is need
lessly discarded material needed to
Keep some one warm or dry may be
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Employed women especially those
engaged In the manufacture OF food