Bisbee daily review., 1917-05-06
Women Need Not Leave
Homes To Help. Need Only
Show Thrift To Help
Clothe and Feed Armies,
Says Houston.
SAYS DON'T DISCARD
CLOTHING FOR WHIM
Make Saving Rather Than
Spending Your Social
Standard" Make Economy
Fashionable, Urges Expert.
(By Review Leased Wire)

WASHINGTON, May 5.-In an ap-
peal today ito the women of the Un-
tied States" Secretary Houston de-
clared that they can do their bit most
effectually in the national emergency
by practicing effective thrift in their
households.
The appeal was prompted by ques-
tions as to the service women can
render the nation in producing and
conserving agricultural products.
Thrift Urged as Slogan
Every woman can render import
. ant service to the nation in its pres
ent emergency" said the appeal
"She need not leave her home or aban
don her home duties to help the arm
ed forces. She can help to feed and
clothe our armies and help supply
food to those beyond the seas by
practicing. effective thrift
Don't Waste an Ounce
Every ounce of food the house
wife saves from being wasted in her
home-all food which she or her chill
dren produce in the garden and can
or preserve-every garment which
care and skillful repair make it un-
necessary to replace-all lessen that
which households draft on the alrea-
dy insufficient world supplies.
Plan Your Meals
"To save food the housewife must
learn TO plan economical and properly
balanced meals which, while nourish-
ing each member of the family prop
erly, do not encourage over-eating or
offer excessive and wasteful variety
II is her duty to use all effective
methods to protect food from spoil
age 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 nu-
tritious is thrown away or wasted.
National Waste
Waste in any individual household
may seem Insignificant, but if only
single ounce of edible food, on the av-
erage, is allowed to spoil or be
thrown away in each of our 10000, 900
homes, over 100000 pounds of ma
terial would be wasted each day. It
takes the fruit of many acres and the
work of many people to raise, prepare
and distribute 464,000.000 pounds of
food a year. Every ounce of food
thrown away. therefore, tends also to
waste the labor of an army of busy
citizens.
Cherish Your Clothing
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 a useful garment is dis
carded needlessly, material needed to
keep some one warm or dry may be
consumed merely to crafty passing
fancy Women would do well to look
upon clothing at this time particular
" from the utilitarian point of view.
Wear Your Old Shoes
Leather, toe. is scarce and the
proper shoeing of armies calls for
great supplies of this material. There
are only so many pairs of shoes in
each hide, and there is a shortage of
animals for leather as well as for
meat. Anything that can be done 10
encourage adults or children to take
care Of their shoes and make them
last longer means more leather 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 the energy
the Importance Of their product de-
serves.
Honor Women at Front
"Over all honor is due to the wom-
en- who leave their homes to nurse