South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-05-02
W0meR's War Work

Forty women ATTENDED the meet
ing which was held az the residence
Of Fr 10th. s14 W. Indiana av..
Tuesday night when Miss Leila Ogle.
the city home economics agent.
talked 10 them concerning food con
servation and methods OF food sub
stitutin
Il found nothing but indications
Of the strictest economy" said Miss
Ogle. and their patriotism and
their enthusiasm was perfectly
splendid" Miss Ogle worked
through an interpreter who told her
that the women Of the Hungarian
community We're very anxious 10 do
everything that they possibly could
Ito help their government"
Il found said Miss Ogle, that
In Hungarian households. the potato
is already used in far more ways
than il has ever been used i'm the
average American home. They serve
stews in their homes and their
dumplings and other dishes that or
dinarily require wheat flour have
always been made with potato sub
stance. We can look 70 this group
Of women for big things for they
have pledged themselves heart and
soul 10 the winning of the war"
Miss Ogle will speak before the
women of the HUNGARIAN Presbyter-
ian parish, Thursday night. May 9.
and on the following night. Friday
May 10. she will meet the women of
st. stephens parish in the Hungar-
ian hall
Robertson's tea room will be
thrown open TO the women folk Of
the town today when Miss Leila G.
Ogle. city home economics demon
strator. Will give a talk on the uses
Of potato as substitute in the
making Of dishes that have hereto
fore demanded the use OF wheat
Eat potatoes now" say all food
bulletins "and get such an en-
thusiasm for potatoes that next
years crop will beat this years.
Germany gets 200 bushels of pota-
toes to the acre. The United States
gets less than 100 bushels. Germany
raises five times as many potatoes as
the United States in less than one
tenth our area. We can and will do
as well"
But that's for the future For
now-eat potatoes. and save wheat.
More than 275 students at St.
| Mary's college attended the demon
stration given Wednesday afternoon
by Miss Inez Richardson. county
home economics demonstration. Miss
/ Richardson demonstrated several
different recipes, showing methods
of substitution and conservation. She
will give another demonstration at
the college before the close of the
school year.
Miss Leila Ogle, city home econ
omics demonstratOr. will give a meat
substitute demonstration at the
meeting of the River Park civic
club. Friday night, i'm the school.
Miss Richardson will give a DEM
onstration at the meeting Of the
women of Madison township. at the
Madison township high school Fri
I day afternoon.
An all DAY meeting Of the South
Bend WOman's club Red Cross aux
| Hilary No. 6, will be held Friday
in the club rooms.
The following is the Red Cross
schedule for Friday: Nicholas Sem
auxiliary. No. >. will meet at the In
diana club all day. South Bend
Womans club auxiliary, No. c, in
their club rooms. Friday afternoon.
Temple Bethel at headquarters in
the afternoon. Lippincott auxiliary,
No. "a. in the First Presbyterian
church parlOrs at $3.50 o'clock.
Worthwhile auxiliary. No. IS. in the
sewing room at the Y. w. G. A. Fri
day night. First Christian church
auxiliary. No. A. at headquarters,
l Friday afternoon. River Park aux
Hilary. No. AZ. in the school. Friday
afternoon
An all day meeting of the
/ Fythian Red Cross auxiliary was
/ held in the X. p. hall Wednesday 10
work on emergency jackets. There
were % members present. The host
/ esses were: Mrs. J. II. Kline, Mrs
\ IT. J. Meyer and Mrs. J. Campbell
I The next meeting will be in two
\ weeks i'm the X. p hall.