Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-28
MESSAGE TO AMERICA
BY ENGLISH WOMAN
1ciis Her Sisters In This Country
How They Can Save
to Win.
STERN LESSONS OF ECONOMY
Women Mean This to BE Last War
and Prussianism Shall BE Stamped
out-ifuropc Temple of SORROW on
Foundation of Spiritual Agony.
BN MRS. ALEC T\yEEDiE.
'Ihc Famous British AUthor.)

hhS. AIsEt' TEFIIlt
'Thc Famous british Author.)
LONDON. October 27.-Bri,ish wo-
men are reducing war economies II
- me art, and J wonder If one Of
lhem. after fifteen hundred days Of war.
may make some suggestions t. h,r
american sisters?
hu we .,l haye All got to ca, sonething:
We are most short OF. and yet get
along. In war IL should be case
on" or 1n u.s. getting along, no, of what
lots of things we can d. do. For s In In
stance. refuse 10 buy a single thing
.n can possibly do without and one
ana an. men and women. VOW never
70 20 ouy any article Of clothing
tSine ese we @h ra w xear we haze an got
We women can take the best parts OF
Two dresses and make them up into
20 DC dressed out o; the fashion and
wear old clothes to-day. just az il is
criminal to buy chions which never
ought 20 be made by hands that could
pc employed otherwise. : man should
hahd over worn-oE. suit to the tailor
, when Obliged 10 hay a new one. and
some one clse--a coat for II coat. boots
ior boots.. q hat for a hat, all along
the line
EARLY TO HE'D SAVES
FIRE. LIGHT AND FOOD
Early TO bed saves lire light and
food II is Il known fact tina, people
.cVHl.e ICES nDCrlSnlncnt Ii they
lcngthcn their evening hours of bed.
They may not sleep; but the darkness
and bodily relaxation build up the
Every time People ask for higher
wages and get them. they pu. UP the
r hriIGes Of sverythinns asainst them
false market
Can We not all grind our teeth with
me hith year in far greater deterrui-
nation for sclf-sacrifiCe. and set out
fundamentally to win throuEh-cco-
homicaily as well as militarily--to
viGlory! Lei all savings and tips and
p'lzcs go into war loan. and every
possible extra room in every possible
house In the land be shut UP for the
duration OF the war.
Let US save matches by using home
MADE paper Spills or "a night-liEht
on club and hotel tables.
,, ana, chcap.r sun. any snali to-
inches by three inches can be filled
WIN cotton wood. on which Kerosene
httnS box make hole Just big
enough for niece Of ordinary string
, ,,,t Eome ihrough. which forms wick.
"hiie several inches Of string remain
embedded in the WOOL. one match TO
endless sm s"i is IN 'he ~ morninE vii enable
means OF paper Spills.
This little lighter viii cost abou,
two cents week and only requires
!" DC hI'ed every few days. Blow
Home made hay boxes arc mos,
. Ssyl'F :, \ large wooden case suited
makes sor' OF "cozy" for kecyir:
anything not and saves hiring
,cr r,ne,y ,sn human beings who con
life OF some man. Is II not worth IL:
,na r'S nr,i, ~"H 1. and child Is q night
I? fight waste aad SECURE lasting
virtorE ana yorld pcacc.
malters ar tha; al c an' 6 !? s TE,s No,hns
everything matters and every action
bears good or bad fruit
10 NO presents o; any Kind should be
things ono can do without
Meat Should al, be taken OF tho
bones. Bones and fat are merely
wasted when *erved on plates. IL
taken off before cookinG the bones go
ms INSIDE ,he SOUP; and the fat is kept
ed In a casserole pot with onions or
other vegetables, rice or other grain
because nothing whatcv- is wasted
In iire-proof china pot. and IL comes
10 table III the same pot piping hot
from the fire. lio, pot. Irish stew. and
ct cetcras these days should bc more
than the actual thing.
Again. corned beef goes much fur
Their than fresh beef, and for economy
all beef should be sailed, When near
cellent curry or cottage pie
The main factor for cooks--and we
all arc that nowadays-to remember
bacon. meat and tea. and TO use largely
coffee and cocoa. all kinds of vcge-
tables, and especially potatoes at every
meal il possible. Leave lemons, eggs.
and oranges for the sick. Parsley
dried in the oven makes pretty
decoration, and chutney havors any
II you've got a window box. plant
mustard and Crcss: If you've got Il few
square yards of garden. plant pota-
toes and cabbages.
II has been long fight for the al
al n
the people OF America can now take
their share. We have lost hundreds
Of thousands Of our sons. who laid
down their lives in the cause OF right.
Every household can do its bit III
saving--in cod. clothes. drink to-
paper and string. We mere women
can do Tho most for do not we run
homes and bring mp children? Let us
women band together to do even more
10 wage economical war in the new
wear We have done wonders already.
both at home and IN the factory. Let
us do more to save in the Kitchens. the
cellars, and the wardrobeS
Sacrifice? What is sacrifice? Moth
ing really except in the case OF human
life The only sacrifice worth the word
is the one and only great sacrifice
that of young life willingly laid
. al its countrys feet.
mean mlitarism and Prussianism to
he stamped out. Women mean this
var. whatever the cost, to he the last
Europe to-day is Il Temple of Sorrow,
built upoE foundations .of spiritual
agony.-Copyi light 1918.