Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-05-25
Need Not Abandon Duties al
Home to Help.
SHOULD CONSERVE ALL FOOD

nothing SnouId 6e Allowed 10 40 10
Waste-Clothing Ought to Be Re.
paired and Thus Lessen the Demand
sary to Make Shoes Wear Longer.
The secretary Of agriculture in re-
Spouse to requests from many persons
for statement as to service women
can render the nation in the direction
Of producing and conserving agricul-
tural products has issued the follow.
ing:
Every woman can render important
service to the nation in it's present
emergency. She need not leave her
home or abandon her home duties to
help the armed forces. She can help
to feed and clOthe our armies and help
to supply food to those beyond the seas
by practicing effective thrift in her
own household.
Every ounce Of food the housewife
saves from being wasted in her home,
all food which she or her children pro
every garment which care and skill.
full repair make it unnecessary to re-
place-all lessen that households draft
on the already insufficient world sup.
plies.
Must Plan Economical Meals.
ITO save food the housewife must
learn to plan economical and properly
balanced meals, which, while nOurish-
ing each member Of the family proper
ly, do not encourage Overeating or Of.
fer excessive and wasteful variety. 1t
Is her duty to use all effective methods
to protect food from spoilage by heat.
dirt, mice or insects. She must acquire
the culinary ability to utilize every
bit Of edible food that comes into her
home. She must learn to use such
foods as vegetables, beans, peas and
milk products as partial substitutes for
meat. She must make it her business
to see that nothing nutritious is throwi,
away or allowed to be wasted.
Waste in any individual household
may seem to be insignificant, but ii
only single ounce Of edible food, on
the average, is allowed to spoil or be
thrown away in each Of our 20.O0O,OOC
homes over 100000 pounds of mate.
rial would be wasted each day. II
takes the fruit Of many acres and the
work of many people to raise, pre-
pare and distribute 464,OOO,OOO pounds
Of food year. Every ounce Of food
thrown away, therefore, tends also to
waste the labor of an army Of busy
citizens.
Clothing is largely an agricultural
product and represents the results OF
labor on the sheep ranges, in cotton
fields and in mills and factories
Whenever useful garment is need.
lessly discarded material needed to
keep some one warm or dry may be
consumed merely to crafty a pass.
ing fancy. Women would do we'll to
look upon clothing at this time more
particularly from the unitarian poin,
Of view.
Leather 10 Scarce Too.
Leather, too, is scarce, and the prop
er shoeing Of armies calls for great
supplies Of this material. There are
only SO many pairs Of shoes in each
hide, and there is. shortage of ami.
mails for leather as well as, for meat
Anything that can be done to encour.
age adults or children to take care of
,, their shoes and make them last longer
means that so much more leather is
made available for other purposes.
employed women, especially those
engaged in the manufacture of food
or clothing, also directly serve their
country and should put into their tasks
the enthusiasm and energy the impor-
lance of their product warrants.
while all honor Is due to the wOm-
en- who leave their homes to nurse and
care for those wounded in battle, no
woman should feel that because she
does not wear a nurses uniform she is
absolved from patriotic service. The
home women of the country. If they
will give their minds fully to this vi
tai subject of food conservation and
train themselves in household thrift.
can make Of the housewives apron Il
uniform Of national significance.
demonstrate thrift in your homes
and encourage thrift among your
neighbOrs.
Make saving rather than spending
your social standard.
make economy fashionable lest it
become obligatory"