Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-15
WIFE OF SENATOR EXPERT
IN ART OF CONSERVATION
Mrs. Swanson Entertains Guests, but
at Same Time Shells
Lima Beans.
is ALSO PRACTICAL FARMER
Raises Wheat and Corn, Produces
Beef, and Justly Fam,u us Hams
That Add to Dcliciousncss of Hes
Dinners Are Homc-Curcd.


STANTON. Va. September Ia
And when guests come. sc sit un-
der tho trees and one reads while the
rest OF US she'll young lima beans"
That is the way Mrs. Claude a.
swanson. wife OF the Senator from Viz
sinia. describes the cntertlinmea; Of
her distinguished guests on her farm
south Of Lynchburg.
The next morning tho Senator's wife
takes such Of the beans as are not des-
tined for the table that uay up 10 thy
ioomy attic and there they are spread
in thin layers on old screens or framed
cheesecloth. AS successive crops are
rla nted and the beans are picked daily,
this means an ample supply of butter
beans throughout the winter that. de-
as II freshly gathered.
Hut that is only one Of many ways
IN which Mrs. swanson not only prac-
uces conservation. but adds to the
countrys resources. Her work was not
beSun as war measure. bat is the
outErowth OF Mrs. Swanson's own id al
"i .t;Zenship and housewifery.
MS. swan.on. known lar t., yond the
national ca pital and her own Slate as
successful hostess Is pr.c...a.
corn anu srinds tine latter. produces
"tef. anu tao justly famous hams mat
ada 20 the deliciousnesS OF her DINNERS
'Iod"r'.nn program ranges from luz
-ri-s Ike + rench cndive. grown in the
cellar, 10 seventeen varieties Of win
t"f roots. which are stored for use due.
inG The long unproductive months Of
WAITER
All this is ACCOMPLISHED by Mrs.
MIS- swanson. the housewife, quite
matches that record In conservation
4 season for instance during which
200 quarts Of preserves are put up be-
a -
-Aceptional on The farm. anu ali a..
'hi' work is oveIseen aad inc larger
con herself
The policy Of economy has always
oeen 10 Mrs Swanson the on;y one
1"i"pa ,iole with good citlEen.n.p ana
hou"e" ii,ry. An instance OF ,nis is
,ne use :a- makes of windi..ii apples
inese are collected day by day, aud
NJ result Is great glass Jars OF pale
-J.h.h app. sauce Tor winter use.
nr.ine IF jim product that usually goes
- waste.
When the special appeals for con-
serrauon neyan, on our entrance into
tn. war Mrs. Swanson's need was
merely TO ADJUST. not adopt. a pro-
"heac MS marketed. and more OF the
cornmeal used wnen wneatless meals
were instituted. There we're porklcss
days when mat was the special need
anu now tho bees OF the farm are get
Tins their s,ings into the Kaiser by
inahinb nome TO rcp.ace the sugar THAI
mus Ice conserved.
The accomplishments OF Mrs Swan
son are especially interesting because
.hey illustrate one important po,nt.
Some people have been inclined TO
look on conservation mel ely as a meas
ure fpr the relief of pocket books un-
Ger the s.r..;n Of wartime prices. But
a woman vino, without any pers nal
necessity, practices d!liSent conserva-
ton gives = clear example o: conSet-
ral'on's real purpose And that par
pose is TO stretch the resources We have
. draw on now the sooner we sha..
conquer the Hun: second, the less We
dep!ete oar resources for personal use,
tho more We shall have TO aid US in
that great day when we shall help 70
build a new and fai--r world on the
ru!ES OF the old.