The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-06

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The profession, occupation or calling
affords no sufficient season for their
ovading military service or sidestep-
ping their country's pressing needs
and II they are filed with zeal for
the work of saving souls there can be
no more fertile field for their en-
deavors than will be afforded by and
among their companions in arms, who
not only pray, but fight"
THERE is nothing spectacular about
those bales Of gray yarn at Red
Cross headquarters. There is moth
ing spectacular about the opportunity
for service the Red Gross offers to
knitters to make garments for our
soldiers. There is no glory in It for
the knitters. In all probability their
names never will be published No
glory at all--unless it be counted glor-
ious to perform faithful, devoted SER
vice in the quiet Of home-but a fine
opportunity for women to contribute
TO the comfort and health Of the boys
who are facing winter in the army
camps and in the trenches. Many
women have answered the call. Many
more are needed. God bless the wo-
men. We don't believe there are any
slackers among them.
A FTER December 10 the people OF
the United States will be brought
to a common level so far as the bread
they are to daily eat is concerned. The
government becomes baker to the
populace. 1t will not do the actual
kneading and baking, but it will direct
the hands in the baker shop, providing
them with the recipe for making
standard article of break, which re-
cipe they will be required to follow
with as much attention to detail as
the drug clerk pays to the construc-
ton Of a doctors prescription. Fancy
trimmings are to disappear from the
display windows Of all bake shops.
The bun and the doughnut may pre-
vail in limited numbers, but their
surface will not glisten quite so allur-
ingly with sugared sweetness, nor
will they taste quite so much like the
bun "mother used to make" Fancy
bread will be tabooer. The clusters OF
rolls with currant stuck here and
there will go where the once we'll re-
membered cocktail with the cherry in
the long glass has gone-to the grave
yard of buried desires. We take It
that the pie will survive even If in
saddened form and with crust OF
stouter texture by reason of the abb
sence of the softening influences OF
the lubricant that the cotton plant
and the hog in times past supplied
so literally. The government loaf
itself is to be evoluted into approved
bareback form. 1t will be more easily
knocked into portions with hammer
than sliced into pieces with knife
but it will be good bread, just the
same. Mr. Hoover wisely provides for
lall-wheat flour. No mixture of any
sort is required. He might have gone
another step and recommended the
making of whole wheat bread in pro-
motion not only of the cause of good
health but of economy, but as 1t is
| Mr.. Hoover seems to be doing well
enough. Much dependence is being
placed in the cooperation OF the
bakers hotels, restaurants and house
keepers in the maintenance of one
"wheatless day" week and that CO.
operation should be readily accorded,
especially in sections of the country
where there is knowledge of the many
wholesome and delightful uses to
which corn meal may be applied. The
country is going to profit through it,
also by reason of having been brought
| into better appreciation of the many
good points of the too much neglected
Queen Maize. The Food Administers
ton does not attempt to fix the price
of bread, but 1t seems to have under
taken to do Indirectly. What is was
not practicable to do directly. The
economies sought through the
regulation of the ingredients to
be used and the still further
economies which should come through
the reduction in the cost OF
delivery ought to make it possible
for the bakers to place war bread on
the market at price reduced mater
tally from prevailing figures and at
the same time enable them to lay by
a satisfactory store for profits. The
standar izing of the weight of the
loaf is measure distinctly in the
direction of the protection of the con-
sumer and it will make standardizing
the price more practical matter. In
I the regulation of the bread supply OF
the country nobody's rights have beer
lunduly invaded. While the regula-