The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-02
UP To HOUSEWIFE
She Controls SIS Per Cent of
Food Nation Consumes.
Let Rich Eat LuXurieS; Save
Staples for Others.
WORLD STARING AT FAMINE
Even Record L. S. Harvest VIII
No More Than Pull Thru.
Hoover, Head of Food Commits
sion, Gives Advice.
WORLD STARING At FAMINE

New York, May 2.-American wo-
men can maintain the allied armies on
the firing line by eliminating waste IN
the home, in the opinion of Herbert
Hoover. who is to be American food
controller, in a copyrighted article in
''Today's Housewife
IF we are to pull our allies thru
with sufficient foodstuffs to maintain
their men at the front and their wo-
men and children at home, we have
simply got to reduce waste and con-
sumption of foodstuffs to the mini
mum upon which we can maintain
good health" Hoover warns.
This can be done if we have the
united good will and devotion of the
American women. They control di-
rectly s. per cent of the total food,
being that part consumed in the home
and they duly control a large part of
the food consumed in public places"
Advises Rich to Eat Luxuries.
Hoover advises the wealthy to eat
luxuries exclusively and thus conserve
the staples for expectation.
From the point of view of our al
lies and our own poor in these times
of high prices" he said, the ideal
meat of the well-to-do would be ter
rapin, turkey and tenderloin."
Urging every housewife to study
scientific food values, Hoover suggest
ed that Americans so far as possible
eat fish, fruit, potatoes, vegetables.
poultry and dairy products, which
cannot be exported and save the ex-
portable grains and staples such as
sugar lard and cured meats.
Each housewife outside the cities"
Hoover declared, should use every
spare hour of each member of her
household to enlarge her garden or
plant one where none existed before
or to install chickens or rabbits and
every household that adds a pig to the
encourage to eat the slops, is saving
waste"
Hoover sees black prospects unless
every food precaution is taken imme-
diately.
Get Primer on Feeding.
1.-The day will never come when
food inspectors will enter the Ameri-
can home as they do in Germany"
declared Hoover. ITO Americans if
our faith in self government is right.
this can be done as matter of honor.
Ihe ability OF democracy to do this
thing by individual effort of our peo-
pie is the test of our faith
First of all, every American woman
should, If she has not already done so,
get a good primer on human feeding.
Make protein. fat, carbohydrates and
calories household words The man of
| the house will sooner or later absorb
the fact that he consumes rs per cent
more food than he needs and that one
third of American households waste
| We can, without Inconvenience
substitute corn bread for wheat bread
| we can give up cakes and confection-
| cry. we can eat more moderate
amount of meat. If our allies can get
the bare staples of life, they will fight
and die cheerfully in our common
cause.
Plant Beans-And More Beans.
ut Is not too late to plant most
vegetables. and above all beans, for
| beans are the richest of all vegetables
IN protein and fats, and our allies must
| nave three times IS much as we ever
shipped them before.
| Every extra chicken. egg or pound
of butter, every extra pig, is d contri-
button to the common cause.
To town jewellers, it is well to re-
member that everybody who is not
travelling should eat at home. A large
part of the food consumed in public
| places is superlative. Three meals a
day are enough-every person who
goes out to night supper is wasting
just that much food.
THE government can and will do a
great deal indirectly, such as the
standardization of flour, the elimina-
ton of speculation of boarding, but
when all is said and DONE it is the
housewife who must solve this great
problem.
Even if we have the greatest har-
vest on record in 1917, we shall no
more than carry thru.
Double Needs by Allies
I'm these five months we must pro-
vide our allies with double the GUAM
tity of food which our apparent sur
plus permits. We can do this only by
the most absolute, stringent reductions
Of waste and consumption, not next
summer. but from this very Gay. 1t
is hurry up call and means that
breakfast, dinner and supper today
need looking into
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