The Washington herald., 1917-07-03
HOOVER TO ENROLL
SIX MILLION WOMEN
Food Administrator Has Started
Campaign to Conserve Food.

Herbert c. Hoover, the food admin
btrator. began yesterday to enroll his
army OF 500, 600 housewives
Enlistments Of women from Maine
to Mexico, who pledge themselves to
help conserve food supplies and obey
the instructions OF the food adminis-
traitor. began to pour in by the thous-
ands, even though there had only been
scattering distribution Of the cards.
On the cards the housewives have
TO answer these questions: Number In
household? Do you employ a coQk? :?
Occupation OF breadwinner? VIII you
take part in authorized neighborhood
movements for food conservation?
Housewives are asked also to wear
the red, white and blue cooking gown
that can be bought for S cents
The women's committee of the Ma
tionaI Council OF Defense reported to
Mr.. Hoover yesterday what ii had ac-
complished through its State organiza-
tjonA.
Each woman of the woman's COM
mittee Of the National Council of De-
fense yesterday pledged herself to
food conservation These names ap-
peared on the cards filed in Mr.. Hoo
ver's department.: Anna Howard Shaw,
Carrie Chapman Gait, Maude Wet
Cormick, Ida NJ. Tarbell. Ina Wood,
and Mrs. Josiah Evans Cowles. That
the households Of these women have a
wide influence was shown by the fact
that Miss. Wetmore testified there
were fourteen in her family and one
OF them had less than four in the
family. DR.. Shaw not only complied
with the pledge requests and answered
each question. but the one, will you
take part in authorized movements for
food cons :vation?" She emphasized
by replying. Yes. will"
The women Of Richmond, Va, have
organized themselves and will do
splendid work on the tenth Of this
month. On that day $50 white women,
supplemented by LIN negro women.
have volunteered to make a house to
house canvass IN the interest OF food
conservation
Many organizations are co-ordinated
BY the woman's committee. The list
includes the Young Women's Christian
Association. the Federation OF Music
Clubs. the Eastern Star, Suffrage and
anti-Sufrage organizations, the Society
for Social Hygiene, the Federation
Of Colored Women, and scores OF
other organizations Of every char
acter.
Mrs. Mary A. Boarman, assistant
cook at the Y. W. C. A. lunchroom.
stood at a table in the y. W. c. A.
kitchen yesterday, scraping crumbs
from q bread board into a jar for
future use. and told her views Of
food conservation.
Il am proud to be the first woman
to follow the Presidents wife," she
said. "of course. j will practice food
saving In a different way than Mrs.
Wilson will because I not only cook
for wages but cook for love. 1
have four in my family and 1 do
my own cooking and Housekeeping.
In my profession 1 have every
chance to notice the useless waste
and I am sure that many families like
my own could be fed on what is
wasted by careless cooks and help
in the kitchen will live up to my
pledge" she continued, and 1 will
not only try to practice what the food
administration teaches. but will try to
influence the people who work with
me-and every one else 1 know. to
save food"
Amiability and efficient work have
made Mrs. Boarman generally liked
where she works and her home at 346
Mclean avenue is considered a model
of good housekeeping by all who
know her.