The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-15
CHURCHES WILL TRY
A NEW KIND OF FAST
Plan For '.HooVerizing" 81 100000 Men, =
hers wiz start on octo-
her -.
PATRIOTISM IT'S KEY NOTE.
" omen to PiedGe Themselves To
Nheat!eAs, heatless and Nastetess
Duys--TrIal to Continue Two Months.

Washington. October l}.--C h II r c II
people at least those of some denomi-
nations. are familiar enough with fast
days but now all churches of what
ever denomination. are going in for
new kind Of fast. It's the patriotic
fast, Hooverizing the churches is the
job the national food administration
has tackled. and with the aid Of
George K Cullen. passenger traffic
manager of the LacNawanua Railroad
and also man Of wide acquaintance
among church leaders the t7.G00,300
Roman Catholics, the 100000 Jews,
the 10000. geo Methodists the 2,605, 600
Congregationalists the 100000 Epis-
copalians. the many millions of Lu-
therans, Adventists, Unitarians, Chris
tiau Scientists etc, in this country are
10 be organized mo "a vast anti-waste
. army.
Every housekeepar who belongs to
church or has any affiliations with one
Is TO he asked 20 enlist in this army.
and that she may know just what she
! is doing. and that the heads of the
movement may keep tab on what she is
doing. she will be given weekly little
, card on which 10 lay bare the secrets
Of her cuis ne. And IL she and her
! family don't care enough about win
/ ming this war to have q few meatless
course % week that orr soldiers and
our allies may rot so hungry, she's
OF 10 record the fact on her card, and
1t will 20 to Washington TO condemn
/ her there
Conferences AZ Washington.
Mr. Cullen, selected for the work be
cause Of his experience in organization
and his knowledge Of church circles.
I has been spending the last months IN
! Washington working out with Mr..
/ Hoover this plan for reaching the 81
E, Gee 90 persons in the United States
/ who can BE reached through religious
/ channels From July 10 to the latter
/ part of August there was a con inference
! at the capital Of bishops and clergy
F.; men and priests and ia bbis-laymen
! TOGO per cent Of those summoned
/ by Mr. Hoover coming in response to
! his call.
Rather it was "a series Of conferences,
! for il was thought best TO have the
I denominations separately, but out Of
! the twenty-six meetings a concerted
plan developed to take little sugar,
! wheat, meat and fat out Of every Chris
! tian family and send it abroad 10 the
/ war zone SO from now on the daily
! prayer in every patriotic Christian
/ home viii not be Give US this day our
| daily bread" No It wiz he Give us
| this day our daily johnny cake"
Every denomination has appointed
| national commission on food conserva-
! ton, and each Of these commissions
has subcommittee for each geographic
| cal or ecclesiastical division Of the de-
nomination forming them.
II was Mr., Cullen who. after much
| cogttation. evolved the weekly report
plan which he thinks ought TO take
with Christian women who have been
Injured to turning in sunday school re-
ports. Stll, he realizes that 1t is going
. ina ,frn Ia ,i.V
popular and get it going we'll. and so
the new UNCONVENTIONAL food commit
tee IS educating the women UP TO econ
omr.
Trial to Continue Two Months.
sunday. October IS. Is the day the
/ churches begin to live on the card sys-
| tenn. and 1t is TO have a trial OF two
months The housekeeper who yields
, | to the lure of the feshpots and feeds
her family on wheat cakes when they
I should be eating war bread or beef
when beans should be the piece do re-
: sistance will have her sin staring her
. IN the face when she fills out her little
q card the amount of sacrifice desirable
IS not left to the Imagination, for on
/ each card Is printed this legend.
p Amount OF wheatIess DAYS I should
= try to report--seven.
! Amount OF meatless DAYS | should
= try to report---i7
Amount of wasteless DAYS ! should
try to report.
BY the side OF this cipher after
: wheatless days or meatless days OF
: wasteless DAYS would look pretty bad
: The cards are to be turned in at the
/ church the housekeener attends. and
they will be forwarded TO Washington
4 by the local church food committee
- Baptist or Methodist or Christian
e Scientist or whichever one the church
y is, In washington they win he re-
d ceived and flied by permanent volun'
2 teer representatives of the churches
t appointed by the July August confer
n ence to serve there.
Z Many clergymen have alre q
: preached sermons seeking 10 impress
upon their parishioners the great neeC
!, OF economy in America that th'
alarming dehciency Of wheat beef
. pork, fats and sugar in England
France and Italy may be at least II
: part made up by us. On the day th'