Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-27
WRITES STRONG APPEAL
TO ABOLISH FOOD WASTE.
Miss Anna l.. Jones Gives Final
Touch to Preparation for
Campaign.
TO SIGN CARDS NEXT WEEK
Director Michael Sends Final In
structions to Well-Traiucd Army
OF Workers Who Will Canvass
Homes of Virginia.

As a final touch to preparation for
the food conservation campaign to
start Monday. a forccful 4,o00-w word
appeal written BY Miss Anna L. Jones,
executive secretary. was yesterday sent
to every county director for diStribu-
tion In the 100000 homes of Virginia.
With the appeal went 4 letter OF final
instructions from Campaign Director G.
Edwin Michael. of Roanoke. These viii!
pave the way for the big drive when
a well-trancd army Of workers Will
take the field in an effort to align every
Virginia home in the movement for
abolition Of food waste for the period
OF the war.
Miss Joncs's appeal outlines the
necessity for conservation. and strongly
stresses the fact that America cannot
win II 1t wastes. Our problem, she
says, as to feed our allies this winter
by sending them as much food as we
can of the most concentrated nutritive
value in the least shipping space
These foods are wheat. beef. pork.
dairy products and sugar. The solu-
ton Is to cat less of these and more
OF other foods. of which we have an
abundance and 10 waste less of all
foods This solution is universal SER
vice-a service which every man.
woman and child may enter"
TASK BEFORE: HOOVER
is UNTRIED ONE
"Mr. Hoover" says Miss Joncs's APP
peal knows the peril threatening
civilization from shortage Of food; but
his task Of getting his knowledge ac-
copied by the American people is stu
pendous His organization is new. his
task an untried one. wGStcful. self
indulgent people. living in peace and
plenty, we have been changed to
nation at war charged not only with
feeding own army abroad. but
with feeding the soldiers OF our allies.
and saving the suffering people of Bel
GUM and France of Serbia and Poland.
Russia and England. from starvation.
or from such dcplcticl OF vitality as
will lose their fight (which is ours
the fight for the spiritual values in our
civilization.
I'VE are preparing to send into this
great world struggle such an army OF
young men the world has never
known; outstanding. clcar-visioned.
high-thinkinE boys. venturin: forth
bravely on their crusade in quest OF
the Holy Grail OF Freedom for all MAJ,
kind each an intelligent, patriotic unit
in the great teamwork they have under
taken voluntarily or willingly: not in
dumb-drivcn fear or stolid obedience.
This. splendid army is possible because
Of the faithful love with which women
have tended little bodies and bound up
little fingers and toes, healed wounds
and bruises. so that when the youth
of the land came to offer itself li~
ing sacrifice upon the altar OF human
liberty, the Offering was acceptablc TO
the God OF battles Just SO far as YOU
kept them happy and free to develop
their individuality with their playfel-
lows. while you held them under loving
rule. taught them obedience, and to he
brave and fair and accomplishing you
fitted them for this supreme test Of
manhood. and. making of them n body
OF disciplined freemcn. impcllcd to SER
vice by the love OF home and neighbor
and God in their hearts. prepared an
instrument OF eternal service in the
spiritual destlnies OF the race Every
woman with the instinct OF motherhood
in her heart. has helped make
Strong the hearts which bear along
Democracy's advance,
AS your dear lad and my dear lad go
on their way to France
Eu, II is not enough that YOU have
made ready the instrument Of destiny
You must now make possible it's best
use"
The pledge cards which Virginia
housewives viii he asked To sian have
been placed in the hands of camraicn
workers. In signing them. il is pointed
out. houscwiv"s'-Io not. obliEatc them
selves TO do any Unpleasant thing or 10
surfer any hardship. The idea is merely
10 get the people to place thcms elves in
position 10 get really valuable food
conservation suggestions from the Fed
era! Food Administration.