The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-08-18
Necessity Teaches Food Conservation;
Many Women Have Learned Lesson

SANTA re, AuN ~ 1Nh NpNitn
make mo laugh. You come here and
tell US t. practise economy and CON
serve food Why that's all we've done
Tor years. We've ranch women. When
we first came here to this valley wc
barely had enough to live on. We've
had to save every scrap. Sometimes
our crops fail. We have to prepare
for that. That's an we've lone fer
yenrs-Conscrce and cconomize. As
our fortunes haVe improved We have
continued To save for our fortunes
themselves depend upon ON care and
economy.
This. The expression Of one woman
IN New Mexico. in attendance upon
an Organization meeting 81 the Wom-
ans Auxiliary. h fortunately typical
Of u great many more women In the
state than any one realized. For
tunateiy because more and more ~
Is being drought home TO the work.
ers In the women's Auxiliary that
New Mexico II Indeed fortunate in
that 10 large n proportion Of the
housewives In the state do not nay
to re-learn the lessons af their grand
mothers which the government IL
NOW ~ fNifl'NAAN NihAlilk WI ~
country. They understand the
Tudinents 90 conservation which 80
many town-dwollers have f0rgosteft
they live close TO the soil; they do
not think hat vegetables grow In
cans or that bread grows In X
hops. They know and practise the
essentials And In this crisis when.
for the great majority of women the
situation calls for a radical rcadjust-
mcnt Of home economies. New Mexico
Is fortunate In that she Is still. To- a
certain extent. a pioneer state n
in that the greater proportion of hei
people still know and practise the
thrift and economy attendant upon
pioneer traditions.
At the same time IL can not be too
strongly omphB sized that there is nov
a greater meet for y
conservation than even pioneer condi'
lions cali for. The organizers of the
Wnmen's Auxiliary are not merely go
inc around telling ranch women now
To al or dry food. which they already
know how 10 do, the Auxiliary has a
much larger program than that when
IL To Impress upon each and every
woman Ia the state the supreme ana
immediate need Of couscrvatiuu-nut
only enough To- Keep ones family. but
more II possible. me n little more
il always possible, u is exactly tins
nttlc more that will win the war
The Woman's Auxiliary wants every
woman IN the state To- know the \. ".
.C.'s Of conservation II can be eX-
pressed mathematically IL Is, IN fact. q
'sum IN arithmetc-simple enough on
paper. hat involving a supreme effort
on the part OF each and every one.
owing Ia the great war. there Is "A
world shortage ~ food T. ~ the TASK
Of the United states to feed it, own
people aud the allies which means
seventeen nations now al war To pre-
lsriNe the cause ct democracy. At the
present rate ~ production and con
sumption. we citu furnish so per cent
OF the food required. IN other words
We TAN 80 per cent short Of accom-
plishiuE this great task.
what can AN army that u 40 per
cent HUNGRY do against an army TINT
L. roo per cent fed" or. even u the
allied army is led, what can an army
do with an under-nourished, starving
= CIV lIltAU IfNlNNlNNi NN NAN W ~ ~
my out IN insufficient amount Of am
munition and supplies because weak
| eued hy hunger aud mal-nutrition'
The problem or the women Of th'
United states IL To get that extra ~
per cent They can do II. The wom-
en- control 90 per cent Of the food
: consumption Of the country. By eat
ING the perishable and home grown
product IN rrgcr quantities ny wheat
css meals aud meatless days, so skill'
fully arranged hat the family vii
not lack the essentials Of a proper
Wcll-bal need diet. the women Of me
! United St1t"s can assist maternity
perhaps doCistvely In bringing this
war To a speedy and safe conclusion
Ry whcatless meals and meatless DAYS.
u mas he said they may avoid sleep
iess lights and lonely years THIS
sounds emphatic. hut emphasis u
needed, and It is not in the least mis-.
| blaced.
To the women of the United states
the message Is
Go get that extra 90 per cent