The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-10-10
DOING HIS BIT
BY LAURA J. MUM.
Copyright. 1918, by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)


broached the subject to her husband.
He had acqulesced most heartily. Ger
tainly he would be glad to "do his bit.'
"All want Is the plainest Of food" he
said. "And your cooking would make
the worst concoctions delicious"
For n while all went well. Delicious
dishes based on rice or spaghetti, with
nourlshing meat sauces, appeared on
the table, and occasionally an entire
meal OF vegetables. And John had
eaten them, first with noisy approba-
tlOn Of the economic value Of the move
ment, then with a great parade of
patriotism, but lastly in a pregnant 81
lence that spoke volumes OF martyr
dom. Several times he had tele-
phoned that he would not be home for
dlnner-detalne by business.
And then one evening the cat was
out of the bag. John had arrived home
almost an hour earlier than usual,
laden down with packages. Into the
kitchen he strobe and slammed them
noIslly down upon the tub-tops.
"There !" he said as he united n string
and disclosed a huge steak; there's
piece Of meat. That's steak! Beef!
Allow me TO introduce you, madam, to
meal have had all the makeshifts
I want around here and am Off the
war stuff for good and all Why" he
continued vlrtuously, "all / want Is
simple food. A good piece Of meat,
some vegetables, some good bread and
butter, and a dessert. No frllls to that.
And I'm going to have them"
Secretly Jessie was Just rs well
pleased. The "makeshifts" had meant
much extra work for her, and II must
be admitted she did not particularly
enjoy made dishes. She, too, liked
"good plain food"
SO matters jogge,l along until John
produced pair Of tickets for lee
ture on "Hooverizing." "It Is tonight"
he said. "Wc will have to gO-and
thank goodness II is with clear con-
science that we can hear him hand 1t
to those people who have not been
doing their bit"
"well, we certainly havew laughed
, Jessie.
An hour later, from their comfort
able seats In the hall, they looked at
each other In CONSERVATION. But the
speakers words still flowed on in ear
nest appeal, and there was not time
for discussion.
Hundreds Of you good people would
tell me II | asked you, that you are
doing all you can" he said. "You
will say that you have cut out every
thing but necessities. You are using
nothing but plain food-and plain food
with you means the best roasts of
beef, lamb and pork; the finest steaks
and chops; the whitest bread you can
obtain, and the simplest desserts
usually pies or cake which use up the
white -four.
'Do you honestly think you are do
ing your best? This war will be won
Or lost by food. Don't forget that for
one minute. Most of you. In your COM
Portable houses, feel that the war is n
remote thing which can never touch
you. You give five minutes OF pity to
the starving children in Belgium or
Poland, and then sit down to heaping
plates of food and promptly forget all
about them. You have n vague sense
that everything will be all right. Uncle
Sam Is behind us, and Of course that
means that nothing can harm us. Other
countries have suffered. But America
Imposslblel And so you 20 on day by
lay, grumbllng little at the increased
cost of living and continuing to live
exactly as you did before the war.
"Many of you think because you
have bought Liberty bond you have
done your bit What right have we
to give bit while our men in the
army give their all? SO must we. We
us must stay here to keep things going
But we can and we must do without
the things we like; must sacrifice what
we most enjoy to help win the cruel
est, most horrible war In the history
Of tie world.
"Begln at home-now-to save the
foods that our men at the front mus
have. Cut out the roasts, the steaks
the pies and puddings. What If yor
don't like war bread2 Or macaroni'
Or beans three times week? Do yor
think the men In the trenches like
it-especially now when winter is a
hand?
'Looking at It from this point oi
view the housewives of the country
are of even more Importance than IT.
army. For of what use would be ar
army without food?
"And get away from this idea of do
Ing your bit Go in all over. A hit
Is not enough. ALL Of the BEST o.
you Is necessary. YOU can win this
WARP
In silence John walked home beside
his wife. She was doing some deel
thinking but wisely refrainlng from
saying anything-yet.
Finally II came out. Was It Johns
usually hearty, loud voice that spoke
even begin tomorrow, Jess" he sale
husklly. 81 guess we have not don'
much thlnking-Fve been wishing al
along that / could do something. En-
We'd the fellows in uniform and al
that, you know. Even If / can't wea
the khaki can do something. How
about 1t, old glrl?"
And Jessie, as she thought Of th'
ruined houses, the blind and crippled
men, the starving women and childreI
in Europe, gave thanks that she coulC