The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-09
RUSHING THE
DUCK" Is new
WAR ECONOMY
Silk Hated New York
Gentry Garry Home Milk
in a Pail
rs NEXT THING TO
RUSHING THE CAN
Saving of Pennies on De-
iveries is the Real
Incentive

Jane Dixon in the New York Sun:
Upon Washington Heights they
rush the duck" Along the lesser
avenues the double deck schooner is
giving way to craft of smaller de-
sign. 1t takes seven cents to buy
1--WE cents worth Of amber refresh
ment. Miladi in silks stoops to
hearken to the raucous cry of the
peddler. Times Square is losing its
taste for scrambled eggs and bacon.
War times. It was the sporting ed
itor who let in the light on rushing
the duck"
go on and translate it." encour-
aged him.
Don't you know what rushing
the duck" means? Why, it means
going after the milk with a pail. It's
kind of second cousin to rushing
the cam" he explained. I was com
ing home from the office after long
session at Kelly pool not ago when
noticed the duck rushers' on the
job. 1t was just about church time
and they were all duded up for mass
Most of them wore silk hats, frock
coats and sticks as becomes a ris-
ing young citizen lord of five rooms
and bath with a player piano, and
an option on a 1913 "motah cah."
What / didn't get at first was the
fact they carried something under
their arms, the existence of which
they were trying to hide from the
world at large. The identity of this
something was concealed by means
of a section Of the Sunday paper
wrapped neatly around 1t, and
pinned at the bottom.
Mystery in Packages. !.
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terious package gingerly, holding II
at a distance as If they feared IL
might spill over or blow up. Others
tackled it under their arms, and
swung briskly down the street.
Those bundles bothered me. Fol-
the life Of me I couldn't figure them
out. When / reached home I asked
my mother If she knew anything
about the bundle carrying habits OF
the neighborhood. / demanded to be
let in on what all these men in the
toppers and tall coats were doing.
Mother knew. She said they
were going after the morning milk
Then she went on to explain how
grade B milk, which is the usual
table variety, costs IL cents quart
delivered at the door. BY going to
the milk station for it you can buy
a quart for eight cents. At another
milk station only block further. a
quart Of milk in the can be bought
outright for seven cents.
"You would be surprised at the
number of persons who are willing
to walk few blocks for three OF
four cents. Not the poor families
alone, but the prosperous as well. II
| is only lately they have been doing
1t. Speaks pretty well for the spirit
| in which the American people have
entered into the food economy cam
paign. Three of those walks will
buy can of condensed milk for a
hungry soldier.
False Pride Criticized.
What / can't understand is why
they use the paper slip cover. "A
stranger to the custom would con-
clude in a minute they were engaged
in that noble pastime called rushing
the can. The only way to convince
the skeptic no suds are being trans
ported into the Sabbath day life is
to come right out in the open with
the milk pail, regardless of silk hat
scenery.
Nothing to be ashamed of, thc
willingness to walk yourself into q
few pennies. Pennies buy Liberty
bonds. That newspaper mask is
false pride. Strangers will think we
are all can rushers on the heights
I'm in favor of making it INSIDE
meanor to keep any duck. under
Govern"
The spectacle of the Washington
Heights husband issuing forth in all
the glory of his Fifth avenue make
up, can In one hand, cane in the
other, is too good to miss. More
power to him for it. If there was
more pride in the things that count
and less pose about the no4accounts
what a fine harvest of pennies for
Uncle Sans granaries!