Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-07-04
WOMEN At WORK
ASHOOvER'SAIDES
New York Starts State Wide
Food Propaganda.
ISSUE RULES OF ECONOMY
Servo Three Corn Bread Meals Week,
Eat More Fish, Save Canned Food
and Fats, Keep . Wastslsss Carnage
Pail, They counssl-spsoial Courses
For Cooks.

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A state wide campaign for the
spreading Of government food propa-
ganda and the cnlisting OF women In
the fight for the conservation of the
food supply has been started by the
National League For woman's Service
Of New York, following Mr.. Hoover's
announcement Of his plans for the
mobilizing OF the housewives Of the
country.
As the frst step in this campaign
the league. supplementing the general
rules Of economy issued by Mr.. Hoover.
has adopted q more definite set OF
rules. which the women are piedgtng
themselves to observe Through the
home economies departments In its
branches throughout the state the wo-
men are being given short courses In
war" cooking that are designed cs-
pecially to teach them what and how
TO cook for the aid Of the government
The rules Of economy which they are
pledging themselves to observe are as
follows:
First-To serve three corn bread
meals a week
Second.-To eat more fish and poul-
try and less meat
Third.-To save the canned food; II
Is needed for the army.
Fourth.-To give more study and ap-
plication to the governments food
problem.
Fifth--To save the fats. but at the
same time keep balanced menu.
Sixth--To keep a wastelcss garbage
pail
Seventh.-Not to carry enthusiasm
and patriotism to an impractical de-
gree.
Team Of Forty at Work
In New York city team Of forty
prominent women has been formed by
Mrs. Irving Brock. chairman OF the
home economics department. to direct
the food campaign. and nearly 1900
women already have been lined up to
aid Mr.. Hoover Each one OF the wo-
men Is the captain OF team. and she
has pledged herself To enlist about
twenty Others ia the fight to keep the
wolf from the nations door. The cam
paign by team is being or.,anized SINH
larly all over the state.
The women all have taken the
courses in war cookins arranged by the
ieague. From the beginning OF the
discussion OF the food shortage prob
Ieyy1 Mrs EragL. haa r.p ui.la-.,,1 70 ,,..~at
important for the women who wish to
economic that they attend cooking
school and prepare to conduct their
households on an absolutely business
basis.
Before she starts her economies the
housewife shonld know where and how
TO begin 50 that she win not proceed
about her economizing unwisely.~ said
Mrs Brock. While saving the food
supply she can do a whole lot OF harm
to her family and give absolutely no
aid to the government II she has no
knowledge Of food values Every wo-
man who comes out OF the leagues
cooking schools knows just what foods
the government lacks and what TO SUBJ
stitute without damage to the diet OF
her family.
Because our women have adopted
war menus that does not mean they
cannot serve just as appetizing and at.
tractive meals as formerly. This Is
one OF the things they are taught mt the
cooking schools. For the average
housewife l think that the saving Of
fats win be her most difficult problem.
and ] want to warn her that fats are
very necessary to the individual and
that substitutes for them are few. For
the protection OF her family she must
study such things before she PUSHES
blindly to the aid Of her country
As further help the league is plan
ming to give special cooking course
for cooks where they can be brought
into closer touch with the food condi-
tons.