Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-02
PLEAD HOME ECONOMIES
T0HELP US. WIN IN WAR
Many Clergymen Observe Food Con-
servation Sunday With Appeals
to Congregations.

In dozens of Washington pulpits yes
terday clergymen observed Food Con-
servation Sunday by appealing to their
economy and help America and her
allies win the war.
In making this appeal Washington
clergymen Joined with thousands OF
ministers all over the country who re-
sponded to the request of Herbert c.
Hoover that yesterday be made day
for impressing upon churchgoers the
necessity of household economy.
Taking for his text the admonition
Gather up the fragments that re-
main. that nothing be lost" Rev Dr.
c. Ernest Smith of st. Thomas P. E..
Church said:
Unless we change the wasteful
habits of today and exercise the great
est care in gathering up even the frag-
ments that remain. we shall be guilty
of destroying life Therefore l now
call your attention to the terrible re-
spansibility of all who permit waste
in their households or who in any per-
sonal way are guilty of 1T themselves.
Wastefulness Fearfully Criminal.
Moreover. there is another reason
just now why wastefulness is so fear
fully criminal. We are living in the
midst of Armageddon. The world Is
battling for human freedom. Freedom
is trembling in the balance. More then
ships, more than shells, more even than
men. the countries battling for freedom
must have bread. 1t is emphatlcally
stated that without food conservation
we cannot win the war. Think of this
They who waste bread are as they who
fight with the enemy. They are as
traitors in the camp; as men who lead
an enemy into the citadel by a secret
passage and deliver their fellow coun-
trymen to death. Believe me. LOYALTY
just now is not merely thing OF flag
waving or flag wearing or shouting our
patriotism from the housetops. Loyalty
is doing that which will help the coun-
try and strengthen its soldiers, who
are fighting our battles to win the war
for freedom.
"I cannot plead with you too earnest.
ly or too strongly to see to it that not
an ounce of food is wasted In your
homes. Save all you can. SO that you
may give more generously ana eHect-
lively and thereby help to win the bat
tile of democracy against the mar
shaled forces of autocracy. We need
not go to the front to do this. We do
not need either to fight in the trenches.
marines. This warfare can be carried
on in our own homes and In our own
Kitchens. but just because 1t can De
carried on there. SO far from the terri
BILE trenches. with their dangers and
fearful sufferings. we must be more
thorough-goinS and whofe-hearted
than IL we were at the very front itself.
Then perchance we shall see a new ful-
bread upon the waters and thou shalt
find it after many days.
Biblical Injunction Quoted.
In the Church of the Epiphany Rev.
Dr. Randolph H. McKim. the rector.
preached from John, SIP. Jesus said
unto His disciples: Gather up the frag-
TO haf
lost" DR.. McKim was away on his
vacation when Mr.. Hoover made his ap-
peal and returned to the. city to deliver
the sermon.
Declaring that the statement Of Jesus
sounds like the word OF careful
housewife to her servant to gather up
the fragments on the table" DR.. McKim
averred. sit is the bidding of one who
had all the resources of earth at His
command"
The rector then asked his hearers to
consider for a moment what waste
amounts to. declaring. THE responsible
head of this food conservation work.
Mr.. Herbert Hoover. tells US that there is
a needless waste yearly In the households
Of America equivalent to a thousand
millions of dollars.
single slice Of bread each day in every
home means an aggregate daily waste Of
a million 1oaves Of bread.
From the beginning Of this titanic
struggle Inc women OF belgium ana
France and England have borne a glor-
ious part. They have cultivated the
soil: they have nursed the sick and the
wounded: they have toiied in the NUM-
tion factories and made it possible for
the allied armies to have at their COM
mand immense supplies of shot and
shell. and a preponderating force of
cannon. large and small. And in
America. from the moment war was
declared. our women have shown a
fine spirit of devotion and patriotism
In every way they have been ready to
give of their means. of their energy
and of their labor for preparing our
country for the great struggle. Yes
they have even been ready, with brave
front, though breaking hearts. to give
their sons. their grandsodns, their broth
ers. their husbands. their sweethearts
TO the service of the country. with all
It's terrible probabilities.
II am persuaded they will not fail
now to respond to this appeal to
economic and to save in order that
our men and those OF the allies may
be fed as they ought to be. and that
the widows and orphans and exiles of
those invaded countries may be saved
KILL EVERY FLY
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