Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-05
WHEATLESS DAYS
SOON NECESSARY
Housewives. According to In
dications, Will Rally to
Aid of L. S.

1t Is going to be harder for the
housewives of Harrisburg to estab-
lish "wheatless days" than 1t was to
inaugurate "meatless days" because
tbs. other members of the family
voice their opinions pretty vigorous
ly at the table. but indications are
that Pennsylvania capital, always
patriotic. always self-sacrificing. will
give hearty support to the food con-
servation Ideas urged by the ma
tional government and brought to
attention of every woman through
the State Committee OF Public
Safety.
Months ago when the idea of saw
ing meat by having "meatless" days
was broached. II was received with
mfsgtvings by mothers and house
wives and met with a howl from the
men and boys. But there are many,
many homes in Harrisburg where
means are ample, where there are
two and even three ''meatless' days
week. This is a rather surprising
thing but the truth is that Harris
burg people have recognized that by
going without meat they can save
money, conserve the national sup
ply and feel just as well.
Now the enrolment of the women
of the nation in the food conser-
Natlon army is under way and Har-
lisburg people are being asked to
join. 1t does seem strange that
folks who live next door to the gar
den county of the country and in a
land whose hills and valleys bring
forth their increase and where food
has been abundant from the days
when the forests were felled should
lie asked to join in abstaining from
wheat foods. But people are COM
mencing to realize that it is better
to do 1t now and get families accus-
toned to II than to have to make
sudden change in diet later. That
stern necessity of reducing the
amount of wheat used for domestic
use SO that the men who are going
out from every State to make war
viii be met sooner or later Is recog-
niZed by every thoughtful person.
There have been some issues raised
in the movement for food conserva-
ton and for general changes in diet,
but they are more or less collateral.
What the people of this country and
OF wealthy Pennsylvania, where
there Is q plentitude of food, must
realize. say the economists and the
students of the problems of the war,
Is that 1t Is just such rich communi-
ties as the valley of the Susquehanna
that must contribute to the support
of the boys in khaki.
There are very few people in
Pennsylvania who do not now real
ize that If the French had not
stopped the German hordes at the
battle of the Marne the Kaiser's
nIen would be fighting on American
shores to-day. There are men going
out from many homes in Harrisburg
to clinch the victory on the fields
and in the towns of France and IL
is pointed out by those who urge
food conservation, "meatless" and
"wheatless" days. that 1t is so that
they may be we'll fed and cared for
that the folks who stay at home
should agree to back up the women
in the effort to rearrange the meals.
"Meatless" days for the people at
home mean thousands of tons of
beef available for soldiers and
"wheatless" days mean millions of
bushels of grain TO sustain the men
who are lighting to prevent German
armies from landing on the coasts
of America.