Evening star., 1917-11-20
WEST END CITIZENS
HEAR VITAL TALKS
Food Saving, Woman Suffrage
and Safe Streets Cham
pioned at Meeting.

Declaring that the food conservation
movement Is an Adventure in democ-
racy," H. c. Culbertson of the national
food administration called upon men,
bers of the West End Citizens Asso
citation, meeting at s22 Goth street, last
night, to save wheat, meat and sugar.
What an enormous amount of these
easily transportabie foods would be
saved In a year by the 100,00o,0o0 peo
pie of the United States. when all de-
termine to help in the matter, the
speaker pointed out to the citizens.
Wheat beef, mutton. pork and sugar
are the foods which the American peo-
pie must abstain from this winter. Mr..
Culbertson said, since these foods are
the principal ones which the people of
England. France and Italy need and can
utilize.
United States Can Eat Corn Bread.
The people OF the United States can
eat corn bread. because they like it
and have the means Of baking 1t in
their own homes But the people Of
England and France, he declared, have
no means o6 baking corn bread In their
own homes. Besides. corn meal is not
easily carried across the ocean. and the
allies lack proper mills for grinding
the corn "over there"
with recitals Of Hun brutalisies. and
the methods with which the central
powers have waged war.
If you eat 1t, they can't eat it." was
reiterated time and again by Mr.. Cul-
bertson in the course OF his address.
Urges Food Pledge Aid.
President H. Randall Webb called
upon members to aid in the pledge card
campaign which began throughout the
city today. Members Of the association
will be stationed each morning and
and receive the pledge cars to the vol
unteer workers.
The association adopted a resolution
approving the efforts of the Board of
suffrage for the District. Suffrage for
both sexes.'' was formally approved by
vote. This reaffirmed previous action
of the association.
~ am heartily in favor OF suffrage.
SO that we may be able to take care
of ourselves" President Webb said.
The District has grown to be large
city, and a sort of experimental sta
tion for members OF Congress"
Plea for Safe Streets.
G. A. Lyon Of the Safety First Asso-
to become missionary Of safety" and
to work at all times that the streets Of
the National Capital might be made
more safe.
The speaker pointed out that streets
are not race tracks for automobiles.
Fairgrounds for children. reading
rooms for those who like to read or
conversation parlors for those who like
to talk.
He recalled to the members of the as
sociation the fight waged years ago
for the elimination Of the railroad
grade crossings in the District. Al
though one may now go any place in
the District free from the dangerous
crossings. the grade crossing of the
locomotive has been replaced in Wash
ineton by a dangerous road crossing at
every corner" he said.
Yet there is no fundamental an
tagonism between motorist and pedes-
trian, Mr.. Lyon said. since all persons.
at some time or other. are pedestrians.
Following Mr.. Culbertson's address,
while discussion of the food situation
was under way, the lights went out,
and the association adjourned with the
aid Of matches.
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