The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-01
EAN ELIOT'S CHRONICLES OF

DEAR SUSAN-Now we have our
opportunity, you and and all the
other women who have been wishing
that we could don uniform and be
on TO France. We may do our bit
toward the winning Of the war just
as effectively IL not as spectacularly
as the boys who go 20 the front, for
Hstbert Hoover, the as yet unofficial
head of the Food Administration, at
the request of the President, is ask
ing every woman, especially those
who have the personal control of
food, to register for Hctual member
shir in the Food Administration, thus
entering directly into the National
service. r..
Registration will begin tomorrow
and continue Extensively for fifteen
days Every woman in the country
ts asked to volunteer in this i'm
portant service by signing and mall
fnRVto the Food Administrator, Con-
servation Division, Washington, the
following pledge:
Food Administrator. Washington,
D. G., I am glad to join you in the
narv1ce OF food conservation in our
United States and I hereby accept
membership in the United states
Food Administration, pledgtng my
self to carry out the direction and
advice OF the Food Administrator In
the conduct of my household in so far
a. my circumstances permit"
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WIN send Out Tags
A Receipt for Pledges.
On receipt Of the pledge the Ad-
ministrator sends out preliminary in
struetions and a household tag that
may be hung in the window. On the
tag will be the insignia OF the Food
Administration which will consist OF
the National shield surrounded by
heads of wheat
Then, there's a Jolly uniform. whose
use will be restricted to women sign |
ing the pledge, and 10 cents will bring |
you the pattern thereof The wearing |
Of the uniform is not compulsory, Of
course. Indeed, the whole movement
IS to be voluntary, and is an effort TO |
prevent the need in future of COM
pulsory rstioning, by the Cove -nment |
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It's this uniform want to tell you |
about. It Is so pretty that one doubts |
its practicabiIity when first seen. But |
Il Is even more seryiceable than
pretty and itself is a wonderful exam
pie of conservation.
It can be worn either as q dress or
rs an overall apron. It is made OF
RRin blue cotton material with |
nted collars and cuffs of piQue.
3 cap Is OF white lawn with q
be cuff. II has q double front, so
when one front panel becomes
ID. the other can be placed out.
The sleeves Of the dress reach
below the elbow and button into
Movable cuffs which can be replaced
hen soiIed.
8eSlEned to Conserve Time
like n Sailors Jumper.
It Is made to conserve time. Set
the cap on your head. Poke your
arms through the sleeves OF this
dress, which goes on like q coat, fold
II around you, button the one big
hutton which holds the straps in the
back and, presto! you are ready to
fight waste for the Stars and Stripes.
Il eonserves labor. It is easily
washed, being of tub materials in fast
eolors. II is scarcely more trouble
70 iron than a small sheet, as the
60 OpCnH Jul AdL anu lQG cap can
be unbuttoned. leaving two plain
pieces OF cloth. Many useless steps
will be saved by the capacious peck
cts on each side OF the skirt, placed
there for dust clothes and for the little
housekeeping tools which one wants
handy. II also Jeonserves money and
looks and lots OF other things.
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The registering is to be done
through the State councils OF ma
tioual defense and through the wom-
ems Advisory Committee of the Coun-
ell OF National Defense and various
organizations OF women. There's to
be q whirlwind campaign to explain
what the Administrator is trying TO
do and TO urge all women to sign the
pledge. A motion picture, still to be
named, will be shown around the
country, numerous. posters by noted
atists will be displayed, and a regu-
lar house-to-house canvas will be part
of the campaign
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Society Kept Busy FetinE
Members Of Mission.
WITH the Roumanian mission lowering
IN the ofiing. a japanese mission prom
ised FOR later in the summer. and the
Italian, Russian, and Swedish commits
sions stiI among US. it's evident that
theieu be no let up for some weeks in
the round Of Disappointing festivities