Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-19
WOMEN OF AMERICA
CAN HELP WIN WAR
Mrs. Stanley Mccormick Says They
Must Forsakc House and En-
gage In Production.
THEIR PLACE is IN FIELDS
Should Be Careful Not TO Plant Too
Much, in Order TO Avoid Waste.
( Dehydration Valuable in Food
Conservation.
BY EDNA HUBER CHURCH.

WASHINGTON. May ls.-Amcrican
women must leave their old province
tho homc--if the war is to be won.
They must go back to the soil. They
must forget their Individual aims and
turn TO and produce food for the fight
Ing men. There must be teamwork il
the war is to be won. and womans
part Is to supply the ammunition for
man powcr-food. These arc the ideas
which Mrs. Stanley Mccormick, head
OF the food production division OF the
"omens National Council OF Defense,
Is putting forth TO the American WON
en-.
The time has come. Mrs. Mccormick
says. when wonans place is no longer
In her home. but in the fields. pro-
ouclng food for the men who are fight
ing over there. Women can do Il.
hhe deciares and she points out the
great work that has been accomplished
in agriculture by the women OF Eng
iand and Canada. Moreover. she is OF
the opinion that when the war Is over
men VIII find that agriculture Is no
longer their field and their field alone,
Tor woman will have proven that She
100 can I'LL the soil successfully.
VI course. 1t can't all be done in a
DAY. Even Mrs. Mccormick, cnthusi-
"stc as she is admits this. Women
can do much In the way Of farm work. .
Mrs Mccormick says, although labor
fcadjustmcnts must come slowly in thi,
country. Our women arc just begin
hInE 70 realize what Is ahead or them.
IL mas heretofore been considered th,,
inc indoors was womans province I,
is now being brought to their rcaliza
ton that there is big outdoor ne!d
'hat Is Claiming their efforts
ihcre was an enormous amour, OF
work done last year in the way OF in
eiTiduai gardens. Some of that effort
was wasted FOR the reason tha. i, was
Impossible 10 get the crops harvested
ana distributed. One or the chief don,'s =
Tor this season should DC Don't nl,n,
too much
MY advice 10 every woman who is
planting garden is 10 Try and make
ne: garden IN accordance with the ner
capita consumption OF tho members ot
her family This VIII eliminate IN.
FACTOR OF wastaEc and the problem OF
distribution. Last year that caused
considerable discoura cement. with be,
ter planning this year no woman need
fee! discouraged because her garden
has produced more than she can dis.
pose or"
Women can put IN very pron,ablc
summers IN the fields. Mrs. Meteor
mick declares. She points out that sir
students and school-teachers have !onE
summer months free 10 them and she
maintains that there Is no more prof,.
able or better way TO spend summer
vacation than 10 spend il in the fields
Dchydration is another one Of Mrs
McCormick'5 suggestions for women
Ny celebrating vegetables and fruits
Nrs. McCormich declares that women
can conserve every bit O. tho food pro.
duccd on the farms this season. More
over, this IS a most satisfactory answer
TO the winter questions OF What shall
We Have for Dinner" Another thing
in favor o. dchydration is the money
saved. II costs but about third
Of the cost OF canning. according 10
Mrs. Mccormick.
]; seems 10 be UP TO you, women OF
America.