Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-13
Mary Had A
Little Lamb
~ Hildegarde Hamthosns o. tn
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We IRE being asked to savs; but TO
save in an odd way. We are Q TO cut
down on luxuries. We are not 70 stop
buying the pretty things. n interest
Ing things, the frou-frou ana the IN
SEPARATION Of life, laces, Jewels, books,
pictures, old furniture. charming neg
iigees, automobiles; the list e, z
n a can be lengthened indefinitely.
No! II we should cut down on all
! these luxuries, the nation might md
itself in considerable trouble. with
. many people out OF employment and
many businesses on the rocks. But
deed. .
stiles. And the first necessity 10 food.
There is a song we have known
since childhood whose first line runs:
Mary had a little lamb"
As it happened, Mary was satisfied
with what she had. But lot useDtudy
the case Of Uncle Sam. He too has q
little lamb-and a little beef, and .
little pork! Less than he used to have.
with infinitely more demand. Uncle
Sam is not satisfied.
Are you one of the Americans who
eats meat twice, or even three times.
a day? There are such Americans.
and the time has come when they
will be doing the country q great ser-
vice by cutting down meat to one
service a day. The farmers stock Of
food animals is lower than It should
bread. But no one not ever . husky
=; man working at some bodily task
for eight hours out Of the "a. needs
meat three times a day.
There are two ways Of increasing
the worlds stock Of meat. One is to
breed more animals for slauShtering.
The other is to cut down unnecessary
consumption and to eliminate all
waste.
Mary's little lamb followed her to
school. Uncle Sans little lamb can
lead us to school. It can teach US that
meat nee a day is healthful. oftener
than that 1t is likely to bring q host
Of stomach troubles. to harden r
teries, to endanger the heart action,
to put unnecessary labor on the kid.
neys.
To us women falls the duty Of saw
ing so that the worlds meat stock
may be increased in so far that 1t will
be made to go further. To the farmer
and h stockman falls the duty Of
breeding more sheep and more beeves
and more hogs. Let every woman
pledge herself not to serve meat more
than once a day at her table. Less Of
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the use Of meat substitutes, the de-
licious cheese dishes, the thick bean
and lentil soups hat can be made so
tasty and are so nourishing.
No part Of the meat should be
thrown away There comes In anoth-
err saving. Be careful with the scraps
Of steak, the ends of ham bones, the
remainder of the cold lamb or beef.
Every cookbook is full of excellent
recipes for the use of these portions.
1t is more trouble, Of course, to save
and use the fragments than to order
a new roast. But it Is rot so much Of
a sacrifice as 1t is to serve your coun.
try in a trench or a ship or an aero
plane. And it Is, in its way, as i'm.
portant.
Remember. When you save on
Injuries you may be doing harm,
When you save on necessities you are
helping win the war. You are re-
leasing what you do not require and
what you have perhaps been wasting.
Tor the use Of men Inc women and
children. who are starving. +.
Be Ike Mary. Have a little lamb.
and be satisfied with II. It only needs
proper management. . little pisnnin1.
closer study Of the cookbook, and;
some change in u wasteful, extrAva.
giant habit OF eating. II you cut your
consumption Of meat In half. that
half Will 20 to someone who needs II.
There ts only Just 80 much meat to
be had. It is enough. II 1t is carefully
and wisely handled. The breeders will
do their share in increasing this
amount, but that IL q slow process.
Fol- the next year or two it depends
on you, the women Of the nation. to
make what there is 60 as tar as possi-
BILE. There will be no trouble in and.
ing a market for the meat you do not
EAT, nor for the other necessities on
which o manage to save. Mo world
Is clamoring for them.