The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12
Nourishing the Sewers.

Nourishing the Sewers.
When a man in Kenosha pays for his
sewer he usually is of the opinion that
he is through with it but at Tat Ken
o.ha people are spending thor~"-''s and
probably tens of thousands of dollars
annualiy on the nourishment of sewers
IT. how much the sewc4 cares for the
nourishment is not IN evidence. Just
how much it goes to make the sewer a
s. ~cr and better sewer is immaterial
but the fact that this nourishment,
enough to feed regiment of children
every year is lavished on the sewer is
very apparent. The other thrown away
nourishment is lavished on the garbage
can. The ordinary house wife never
II inks that the water in which she
cooks the rice for the family dinner is
rich in nourishment. That it makes ex-
cellent soup and soup which when pro-
perly treated affords as much nourish-
ment as a full platter of meat and eggs.
Sic Just naturally has the habit of
scrGing this to nourish the sewer. With
the other hand che sends lot of valu-
ah'e food products into the garbage
can just because she has forgotten all
about the lessons Of the grand mother
about utilizing the scraps. Reasonable
statistics which have been prepared
show that the United States gives some
$500, 100000 dollars worth of nourish-
ment to the sewers every year and the
amount squandered on the garbage can
placed ut $7O0,OO0,000. Yes we agree
with you that this is enough to feed
fair sized army in pretty big cam
psign
Right now with the President ready
jump head over heels into the war
over in Europe there is a real reason
fer conserving food supply and the ha-
bits of the people ought to be revamped
little. Economy in the kitchens of
K~oosha and othe2 cities of the county
Is one of the real demands of the pro-
clo~ ton of war. It is one of those
very important things which may be
r. q between the lines
Don It be finicky: Take a chance at
new foods. Learn to know all the good
things to eat. All of us too easily get
into food ruts Just watch your own
t. e and see the rotation of the liver
and bacon, the sirloin the pot roast, the
Sunday chicken and all the trimmings
wh'ch 60 with them and you will see
how limited you have been in enjoying
tie good things A lot of other people
have Just put the came limitations
about their table and the result of it
all is that these very things command a
record price while lot of very excel
lent food products go begging for a
buyer.
Right now is an excellent time to re-
move from your vocabulary Don t
like and can't eat" Take another
try at eating "corn pone" it is lot
more nourishing than wheat bread and
it does not cost nearly as much to make
it,
Demonstrate thrift in your home now
Make saving rather than spending your
social standard and proclaim it among
your friends 1t will help lot when
the war is over and il may be of great
value to the children growing IN in the
household. Don t throw away the left
overs. Don It feed the garbage can and
let the children hungry. Ask the old
grandmother "Can t this be used?"
and she will tell you all about making
hash, bread buildings, dainty desserts
and palatable soups out of the very
things which you have been throwing
irto the garbage can and the sewer.
The lef+ overs are rich in nourishment
and proper preparation of them rot only
decorates the dinner table but the little
pieces left over. They are fine and
you will be surprised what you have
been missing.
To sum & all up quit fattening the
garbage can and the sewer at the ex-
pense of your bank roll.
If you want to beat old General High
Cost of Living be strategist. You can
beat him lot better by saving than by
starving. Cut out your food prejudice.
Try a lot of them over again and if you
do not like them the first time try
some other way of cooking them and
above all don t nourish the sewer or fat
ten the garbage pail. If you think that
you are just little too good to use the
left overs yourself give them to your
more sensible neighbor. 1t does mt
matter how much you have you can not
afford to contribute to eeonmic waste
The war may last long time. Tt may
Main the resources Of the nation and !; t