Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-04
WOMEN ARE URGED
To ELIMINATE FOOD
WASTE IN THE HOME
Food Controller Hoover As
SertS 1t Is vitality important
to Reduce Consumption OF
FoOdStUffS

NEW YORK. May American
women can maintain the allied armies
on the firing line by eliminating waste
in the home. in the opinion OF Herbert
Hoover. who is TO be Americas food
controller. in a copyrighted article IN
TOdAy's Housewife"
IF we are to pull our allies through
with sufficient foodstuffs TO maintain
their men at the front and the women
and children at home we have simply
got 70 reduce waste and consumption
which we can maintain good health,
Hoover warns
This can be done We have the unit
ed good will and devotion of the Amer
lean women. They control directly So
per cent of the total food. being that
portion consumed in the home and they
indirectly control a large part of the
food consumed in -public places"
Hoover advises the wealthy TO cat
luxuries exclusively and thus conserve
he staples for exploration
MEAT FOR WEALTHY
From the point of view OF our al
lies and our own poor in these times of
high prices. he said. the ideal meat
OF the weIl-to-do would be terrapin,
turkey and tsnderloin-
scientific food values. Hoover suggest
ed that Americans so far as possible
eat fish. fruit. potatoes. vegetables.
POULTRY and dairy products. which can
not be exported. and save the eXpOrts-
BILE grains and staples, such as sugar.
lard and cured meats.
Hoover sees black prospects unless
every food precaution is taken imme-
distely-
The DAY will never come when food
inspectors will enter the American
homes as they DO in Germany" declar-
ed Hoover To Americans. IL our
faith in seIf-gOvernment is right, this
can be done as a matter OF honor. The
ability of democracy to do this thing
by individual effort OF our people is
the test OF our faith
First OF all. every American woman
should. II she has rot already done so.
get a good primer on human feeding,
Make protein. fat carbohydrates and
caIories household words. The man of
the house will sooner or later absorb
the fact that he consumes - per cent
more food than he needs. and that one
third OF American households waste
another - per cent
we can. without inconvenience. sub
stitute corn bread for wheat bread We
can give up cakes and confectionery.
We can eat a more moderate amount or
meat II our allies can get the bare
staples OF life they will fight and die
cheerfuIIy in our common cause
PLANT MORE VEGETABLES
TT is not too late 10 plant most vege-
tables and above all beans, for beans
are the richest OF all vegetables in
protein and fats. and our allies must
have three times as much as We ever
shipped them before
Every extra chicken. egg or pound
Of butter. every extra pig, is a contrl-
button to the common cause
ITO town jewellers it is well to re-
member that everybody who is not
travelling should eat at home A large
mart of the food consumed in public
places is superlative. Three meals a
dav are enough-every person who goes
out to night supper is wasting Just that
much food
The government can and will do a
great deal Indirectly. such as the stan
dardization OF -four. the elimination OF
speculation of boarding, but when all
is said and done. il is the housewife
who must solve this great problem.
Even II we have the greatest har-
vest on record in 1917, we shall no
more than carry through
I'm these five months we must pro-
vide our allies with double the quanti-
" Of food which our apparent surplus
permits. We can do this only by the
most absolute. stringent reductions or
waste and consumption. not next sum
mer. but from this very day. II Is a
hurry up call and means that breakfast.
dinner and supper today need looking
furO"