The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-28
PuLPIIS WILL SOUND
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means that the tables of the people are
4 to be stripped of sufficiency Of nu.
| trittous food is entirely unfounded. II is
| more of a campaign against waste and
| Furthermore TO secure the use OF sub
! stitutes of equally nutritive value for
I such foodstufTs as needed in Eu.
| rope
| In the South It should be no especial
sacrifice for the housewife 90 furnish
many wheatless meals in the course Of
week. The South has not gotten so
far away from the appetites Of Its for
bears to think IL hardship TO eat
corubreEd, eggbread, hoecake. and the
many other appetizing and nutritious
products of corn and cornmeil
In other parts OF the country IL they
[ but knew how to make cornbread like
our mothers used to make and like
many of our good housewives now
make, the people would not be so de-
pendent upon the whims OF the local
! baker or the price OF the loaf
The food administration feels that
while. In the nature of things not
every home can actively participate
In the winning of the war on the bat
tie-front every home can and should
contribute of share of It's largest
that our town troops and the troops
OF the fighting allies and their fam
tt3es Fhouid nave suinCient to enable
them to live
An Eloquent Appeal.
The following in part is an appeal
peuned by Miss Anna L. Jones, execu-
| tive secretary of the western division
Of the state executive committee hay-
inR in charge this great work, which
appeal is being sert out broadcast over
the state:
MIR. Hoover knows the peril threat
enir1p ri Eytt{ya fro gb1 rS
food, but his task of getting his
knowledge accepted by the American
people is stupendous. His organization
is new, his task an uutried one a
wasteful, elfindulgent people, living
in peace and plenty. we have been
changed TO nation at war, charged
not only with feeding our own army
abroad but with feeding the soldiers
Of our allies. and saving the suffering
people of Belgium and France. OF
servia and Poland. Russia and Eng
land, from starvation. or from such de-
pletion of vitality as will lose their
aght-~-which is ours--the fight for the
spiritual values in our civilization.
We arc preparing to send into this
great world struggle such an army
Of young men as the world has never
known: outstanding, clear visioned, |
discriminating boys. Tenturing forth
hraVely on their crusade In quest of
the holy grail OF freedom for all man
kind each an intelligent patriotic
unit In the great teamwork they have
undertaken voluntarily or willingly.
not in dumb driven fear or stolid ohe-
dience. This splendid army is possible
because OF the faithful love with
which women have tended little bodies
aud bound up little fingers and toes,
healed wounds and bruises. so that
when the yoush of the land came to
altar Of human liberty the Offering
was acceptable to the god Of battles.
Just so far as you kept them happy /
and free to develop their individuality !
~ith-thef- pia-feftows, White you held :
them under loving rule. taught them
obedience, and TO be brave and fair |
and uncomp planning, you fitted them for |
this supreme test Of manhood and !
maieing Of them Il body of disciplined
freenen. impelled to service by the
love of home and neighbor and God
in their hearts, prepared an instru-
ment OF eternal service In the spiritual
destinies of the race. Every wkman
with the instinct of motherhood IN
her heart has helped make |
Strong the hearts which bear along |
democracy's advance.
" As -FOUR dear lad and my dear lad go
on their way TO France"
But II Is not enough that you have
made ready the instrument of destiny. /
You must now make possible it's best
use,
Troop trains ana transports are
hearing our, boys ny the hundreds of
thousands away from the life of free
dom and safety and comfort they lived
among us the life we may stli enjoy
because of their great sacrifice, They
have submitted themselves to the iron
rule Of military discipline. ready to
endure hardships unconceivable and
face dangers in fact that We have not
Could we realize them. would we hest
tate at any less sacrifceo
when and how these boys come
back to US, whether they ever come
or coming find the kind of homeland
they left to fght fer. will depend upon
the use Of the food supply of America.
{ This food supply is largely In the
hands of the women as purveyors for
/! the ultimate consumers Again the
! homely, everyday duties of the Amer
Ian. woman assume world Importance
THE help Mr., Hoover now asks or
the housewives of America~-of vir-
ginia--of your county--of your unit OF
organize tion--of you--is cooperation
through membership in the United
/ States food administration. which
pledges You to carry out the directions
and advice OF the food administrator
4 In your home In so far as your cir
cumstances permit
This pledge is a contract of honor
to be kept In good faith, but to your
own conscience is left to determine
/ how nearly your circumstances will
permit the following of the directions
| and advice received. This will be the
measure Of your patriotism. the test
of your Christianity. for call the con-
/ fict what you will-~t.e allied powers
| against the central powers: democracy
against autocracy-ft is but the world
In battle array against selfshness: the
battle which has been fought for nine
teen hundred and seventeen wears un
der the banner of Christ One does
not have to go to Germany or scratch
a German skin to ind an enemy. The
real enemy turks wherever seltishness
lives: in our own hearts OF the hearts
OF others; and unless we can as a peo-
pie. put aside all petty, personal de-
sires. and mike our generation ready
/ for supreme sacrifice for the sake OF
the generations which are to follow
us. the war must be waged on until
! this spiritual lesson is learned.
Mr. Hoover does not command He
! has no power to command YOU. He
| but pleads with the women controlling
! the use of food in the homa yo{;n-