Connecticut western news., 1917-11-01
Food Conservation Drive For 100000 Signatures Hits
 Fast Pace.
SPECIAL EFFORTS MADE
 IN SMALL COMM MUNlTlES
Cards Printed in Foreign Languages. Patriotic Women Taking Prominent Part in Movement to Reach as Many as Possible of the Housewives of the State-Leaders Expect Quota Will Be Exceeded.

darC1OrQ.-bdFly TepOTLS IcCSlFOu up to October 29 by the managers of Connecticut's part in the nation wide food pledge card campaign indicated certain success in Connecticuts drive for 100000 signed cards, the signers becoming automatically members of the United States food administra- tion and enlisted members in Federal Food Administrator Herbert c. Hoo- ver's gigantic army, which will oper- ate exclusively in this country and chiefly in family kitchens.
 Francis R. Cooley of this city, the campaign director appointed by Her bert c. Hoover, upon the reeommen- dation of Robert Scoville, Connecti- cuts federal food administrator, checked up today with his colleague. Mrs. Joseph W. Alsop of Avon, chair man of the women's committee in the present campaign, and with his dep- uty director, D. Newton Barney of Pennington, with the result that they found that the largest number of cards were being signed in the cit ies and larger towns. This was to be expected, but the ratio was larger than the population warranted, and they issued an emergency appeal to the people in the smaller communi- ties of Connecticut to sign up the pledge cards and if they had not been approached by the workers in thei" home localities to get in touch with the county or town chairmen.
 In addition to the English lam guage, the pledge cards have been printed in large quantities in the Italian, Hungarian, Slovenian and Polish language. The pledge signed by the housewife is very simple. It merely acknowledges a willingness to join in the service of food conserva- tion for this nation and agrees to carry out the directions and advice of the food administrator in the home so far as circumstances will permit. There are no fees or dues exaeted, and each signer of a pledge card is entitled to the membership window card, which is already visible in the windows of many patriotic homes in Connecticut.
 Card campalgners' Fast Race.
 With the second Liberty loan cam paign so successfully finished the pledge card campaigners are hitting the same fast pace set last week in the loans whirlwind finish, and Di- rector Cooley said today that he had received reports from a number of towns in Connecticut where the loan campaigners and the pledge card campaigners were identical and had worked on both matters successfully. Middletown was one place that began the week with a large number of signed cards in hand, and several small towns of Hartford county set laudable example for other small communities in the state.
 Among the prominent women of the state who have volunteered their full services for this important work, on the results of which may possibly depend whether or not this country l is to have ration cards before the war | is ended, are Miss Mary Bulkley of 1 Hartford, Mrs. c. F. Messinger of New Haven, New Haven county chairman; Mrs. Winchester Bennett of New Haven, Mrs. E. G. H. Schenck 1 of Wilton, Fairfield county chair man; Mrs. H. W. Fleck of Bridge port, Mrs. Samuel Russell, Jr., of Middletown, Middlesex county chair man; Mrs. A. c. Armstrong of Mid dletown, Mrs. Clarence Wadsworth of Middletown, Mrs. Karl M. Winters of Waterbury, Mrs. Samuel Shaw of Bedding, Mrs. Irving Chase of Wa terbury, Mrs. A. E. Scranton Taylor of Norfolk, Litchfeld county chair man; Miss Rosamond Danielson of Putnam, Windham county chairman; Mrs. Gladys F. Ogden of Stamford, Miss Louise Howe of Norwich, Mrs. A. H. Benton of Andover, Holland l county chairman, and Miss Catherine Luding of Old Lyme, New London county chairman.
 These are but few of the earnest, loyal women of the state who are CO., operating to their utmost this week with their men colleagues and with such organizations as the local cham bers of commerce to get in at least 100000 cards, though every one of the state headquarters attaches be- lieve the number will be nearer 25O,- 900.
 Explain Need of New Pledges.
 Over and over again during the last week and even today the work CTS on the outside reported to head quarters that the housewives were
 demanding to know why they were
 being asked to sign the pledge cards, which they believe they had signed ! .-l good faith and sent to Wa. .hir gton