Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-22
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war was declared. Her motion. which
was seconded by Miss Agnes Judd and
unanimously carried, calls for all the
Women's organizations of Honolulu to
be banded into the league, regardless
of nationality.
The call for q mass meeting OF the
women Of Honolulu Of all races was
sounded by Mrs. A. J. Campbell. act
ing president of the Outdoor Circle,
and was enthusiastically taken up. She
advocated the meeting as a means Of
getting the women OF all nationalities
interested in the food cornmissfon's
campaign to exercise economy In the
purchase and use Of foodstutfs, and
buy foodstuffs grown in Hawaii in
preference to imported varieties.
Mrs. Campbell Chairman
A motion was passed appointing
Mrs. Campbell chairman Of the COM
mittee to correlate all the women's
activities and arrange for the date and
place Of the mass meeting, which, 1t Is
expected, will be attended by more
than q thousand women, as the mem
bership of the Outdoor Circle alone
consists Of 500 women. Mrs. Camp
bell said after the meeting that she
was told the Bijou theater has been
offered for the meeting. The date is
to be announced later.
Chairman James D. Dole of the ter
ritoFial food commission called. the
meeting to order at 9:35 this morning.
Every chair was occupied by the
women delegates several minutes be-
fore the meeting opened
What Not 70 Plant
> In his opening address Chairman
Dole said he desired to emphasize the
opinion of the commission against the
indiscriminate planting Of lettuce, rad
ishes, carrots and other perishable
vegetables. He urged the planting of
something which will take the place
of toodstuffs now imported from the
mainland, whether II is something
which will feed man or COW; some.
thing. that will pull down Hawaii's
$4,000, 900 imports" He recommended
planting staple, and nonperishable
foods such % navy beans, pigeon peas,
alfalfa and peanuts.
Methods OF eeononizing will occur
to you women more readily than to
u.s." he said. I'VE will merely point
to the possibilities In the line Of cut
ting out late suppers and unnecessary
meals, substituting taro and sweet DO
tatoes and Bananas for white potatoes
and in general using Hawaiian grown
products in place of imported, making
meals simpler and so far as possible
H0akn~ nRAN trH6 to-,
would seem to indicate in Hawaii the
ACCESSIBILITY Of slight but not exces-
siye reduction Of the meat consump-
ton, but q rigid effort to reduce the
consumption OF white potatoes and
breadstutfs, and especially white
nour."
Chairman Dole then introduced Mai,
Ghas. S. Lincoln of the Hawaiian de-
partment, who urged the women to
serve meat only once a day. to stop
the use Of veal, aS each Golf killed re-
duces the future meat supply Of Ha-
wall by several hundred pounds. =
Reduce the number Of dishes at all
meals he said. : Make the three
course dinner the proper thing. 60
back to the habits of our grandpa
rents and teach the children to eat
all Of the food on their plates before
they ask for more. Make it the prop
|er thing for the women of Honolulu
to do their own marketing. Buy
what You need and no more. Use
fresh food rather than canned, where
possible. See il you cannot help your
merchants in reducing the cost Of. de-
livery. Guard against the temporary
production 'of vegetables, consequent