El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-18

ATIVE hundred members by
II Christmas" is the slogan
L adopted by the Housewives
league OF FL Paso.
At the FIST meeting, 100 women re-
s3onded TO the call of this new
ea@ue-uati1naI in its Importance but
personal IN 5ts appeal to the women
Of FL Paso. There have been just
two really instructive meetings since
then" said Mr.. r J. Tighe, the presi-
dent "aud We are steadily growing
lat. as We started In May. our infant
0rs animation has been rather cramped
fy the SINNERS disadvantages"
Every HOmemaker Wanted.
Mrs. Tighe emphasizes the fact that
] every y oman in FL Paso who wants to
{ do something 'tO help" is wanted
] Every homemaker (either married or
/ keeping house for the family is eliEi-
I bic and dues are IS cents a year A
] member merely attends the meetings,
. hears the lectures on conservation
/ subjects, and then goes back to her
+ home and puts what she has heard
. into r-attlCe, thereby doing her bit
/ which is larger bit than she might
/ think. 'TIey also serve who only
. save and il is interesting 10 know
I that for every ounce OF discretion
Z used in food and clothing. an ounce
J Of energy is released 10 the nation
Meetings Informal
The four 'HOOEerlsms.' q the con-
J serFalion Of food % elimination Of
/ waste, 80 substitution for available
/ food. "a food value, are the subjects
{ under greatest discussion with the FL
] PasO league" said Mrs Tighe- The
/ meetings are full Of interest and a
/ probable delight TO all women. they
are informal. At each meeting there
/ is a speaker who is always worth
I while. Then there is the period Of
! the meeting when ideas are exchanged
] and every one has a chance TO ask
] questions and bring up perplexing
7 problems. This is an organization
. where every woman may express ser
self and help create the desire 10
u serve, as Thomas Addison says
" For whether we 60 or whether We
It's the VIII to serve that shall win
I the day
7 Use ..AInde in FL Paso' Products.
d ION Monday. at the First Christian
[ church. DIT. PreurIss viii speak on
y Food Value Some time in Septem-
her the housewives Of FL PaSO will
y learn what should be the most inter
u esting fact TO a true FL Pasoan-What
I q variety Of things there are that are
II really made in FL PasO. The women
D viii be specially urged to use these
! products, as 10 use them lessons traf-
3. fic. and this must be done so that food
j and clothing may be sent 10 our sol
I diers-
There is more canning being done
4 in e. PasO this year than ever before
I due to the first effort Of the House
4 wives league when they treated the
II subjects Of canning and drying fruits
. Eat what we can, and can what we
II can't is a policy which should be fol
I lowed now more than ever before.
Conservation Of Health
When a situation like the present
great war comes up. the people as
a whole are very liable 10 become
panicky, lose all reasoning. 20 TO th'
extreme. discharge the servant (sh'
4 must work or become a burden to TN
city,, and even eat so little as TO be
, come thin and weak, believing tina
! they are economizing. This Is th'
worst they could do. Advice iron
Washington says. Live as normally
and sanely as possible The conser
walton Of health is the foundation o.
everything. What profiteth a natiOl
to gain the waltz Of the world and ye
/ lose its own CitiZensg Sometime dur
] the year a whole meeting viii b.
given over TO the conservation o
I ] health"
II Circle Four OF the WOmen's Aid So
ciety Of the First " Z. church held Z
successful meeting at the home Of
L Mrs Earl Phillips. 371S la Luz street
Y ] on Friday afternoon. Mrs. II. D. John