Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-11-21

must either hold or drive"
| Dear Axnf Maaye.
/ Your guilty Eieee takes her pen after .
/ hard days work. - tax little ON our
situation people clan u as
| United States citizens Are either Of the
three, or are we = wholes
! The question Of conservation of food stuffs
comes up in every paper you can TAXI mp,
and women are urged to use all the care OF
conservation; no meu are We hear good
deal Of wheatless and meatiess days Do
| the men mean to have drtnkiess days and
smokeless dayss
Are the men conserving their cigars, their
I cigarettes. their che wing gum for he boys In
the trenchess Couldn't they Just as well cut
out those things aud send the money to the
+, front, or better still. buy sweaters aud socks
and many other thingsf
Does the man live who is willing to come
down 20 the eating OF Indian ban mock made
mp Of hot water and sast, and baked before
the ere in = tin baker, as our forefathers did.
Not he.
bell I'VE, with all my cart, VIC must and
GU sht to live fruexlly not only in these times,
brit always, but food stuffs are not the only
thing that Is expensive. Our brooms have
taken TO the air. aud one : ust 60 back to the
day OF cedar or fr brooms il one has to do
much sweeping.
One says to me, you must have waste
enough to feed mr. hens. II have only
seven.) wastei never have my waste only
potato pariuss, and that from only two or
three potatoes At most, once . day and not
every day either.
The poor in the cities-need there be 50
many poor children to stArve and freeze. II
they have fathers. couldn't their fathers
give mp the pipe sud the bottle and feed
their babies. No. Why. Because he is not =
man, only an apology for one. Then why
WAS he allowed to marry and raise a family
that could never take care of themselves and
would never be help to the community or
70 their countrys Such men ought not TO
have q country.
Talk Of women having the votel Do I be-
He,e in that. Yes and NO; il none could vote
. ID have . voice in the matter Of their
country but good. smart, educated women,
who have fitted themselves for that. yes. II
every one must vote, that IL, Tom, Dick and
Harry, who don't know the mes ming of vote.
1 believe tnat this belongs to the men. and
when ssy NEN.I me n men. MT 6 boods
most certainly do n believe In the
actions those women had 1t the White House
II seems to me they must be crazy. II women
cannot control themselves any better than
that. they surely ought not to vote.
Please do not th.nk am q socialist and
believe that what is mine is mine and what
is thine is mine. Not l. I believe what
10 mine 10 mine. aud what 10 thine
is thine. l will do what can for the
good Of he world, you can do rs you please
IRIsH MOLLY.
You cannot fail to enjoy Irish Moiiy's
letter. l wish there WAS space in the COL
umn for The article in the December
Wontan's Home Compa"ien, ..How Will
John Stand is?" A very brief synopsis is
this: John com. $ no ne enthusiastic ov.
conservation and quotes to his wife about
nneatless and V heatiess meals and SUB
stitutes. Is though they had not heard of
1t before. She makes out bill OF fare for
= week, just Is Johns mother comes in,
and after reading il his mother only said,
chow will John stand itf''
! "Wby,.' said his y life, lit was his idea. -
sIdess and facts are different" replied his
mother.
The first day, after balanced ration OF
ma . oni Creased With meat, q vegeta BILE
and dessert, John asked, "where's the
rest?" The second day there was a dish
eo-cosserole, and 20 on. Ore day he re.
turned home bring n2 q large beefstssk
price fifty cents pound. thought little
plain food would do Us good. Hang it all,
Molly, like plain food.
The women may do the planning and
cooking, the eating is up 10 John.
A lady in Massachusetts wrote her sist, r
in town thar no sugar could he bought st
all in that city; that one gentlsm q
bjught rock CANDY to use in coffee aud
tea. She said she had So we'd one cup of
sugar in case OF emergency. end she Was
glad OF the recipes in the NJ. b. column, in
waich molasses was given. Sue had tried
'.sneet gingerbread and ii was excel
IenI, and am pl ,ased to know the column
is continuing to be helpful.
HOW TO Do wrraoUT SUGAR.
The United States food administration
makes The following suggestions for
desserts without sugar.
Tns American Northeast 10 confronted
With temporary sugar shortage. This Is
d s partly 10 ne unusual exports to
France in order to maintain there the
ration OF one pound per inoath per person.
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