The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-01-15
DAY TO
Be OBSERVED HERE
One Meatless Meal Of Each Day
OF Week Is Also Request
ed BY Hoover #sa

~ In addition to one meatless and one
wheatless day, the Territory, in com
mon with the rest Of the United States,
is asked by Herbert @. Hooyet to. OBJ
serve q porkless day each Saturday
One meatless meal each day Of the
week Is also requested. .,&tg,k
This win 10 into effect at once, says
q wireless message signed by Herbert
@. Hoover, which readsi .rs, ,,a0
In order to prevent any possible
misunderstanding, 1 am wiring all fed
eral food administrators that pork.
less Saturdays, in addition to meat.
less Tuesdays and at least one meat
less meal each day, should be put into
effect at once, 49,,
As soon as the message was received
a notice to the public was sent out by
informing them of the regulation.
Butchers and meat markets are re-
quested TO sell no pork on Saturday,
nor to deliver on Saturday pork pur-
chased ON Friday. -.
Means Two Porixless Days ',fa.
This will mean virtually two pork
less days, as in order TO have pork on
Sunday under these rules Il would have
to be delivered on Friday. Few peopif
care TO keep fresh meat two days, ek
pecially ice house meat such rs PORK,
The proprietofs Of the large markets
have expressed their Willingness to 90
cede to the request Of the food admin.
istration In regard To ceasing the sale
OF delivery of pork on Saturdays.
| There has been no stated meatless
day heretofore in the Territory, as the
| food commission merely asked all to
observe any day which they might
choose as weekly meatless day. Many
housewives and hotels chose Friday,
but in, view of the porkIess Saturdays
IL Is likely that nearly everyone viii
now change to n meatless Tuesday such
az is observed ON the maihlahd. 4,,l
Harry Stinson, manager Of the
| Young, Moana, and Seaside hotels, said
yesterday that he would put the new
Regulations into effect at once. A pork.
/ less day will. be observed next Satur-
day, and every Saturday thereafter,
MSatiess Meals ID ...T,4-
q We have been having our meatless
\ day each week on Friday said Stin-
SON, ''but in view of this new request
I've will change the meatless day TO
Tuesday, beginning q week from today
| We will then serve no pork whatever
i on Saturdays; and one meal each day
4 viii be served entirely without meat, y
\ The last win be q new departure for
the big string Of hotels, ne they have
1 been serving meat every meal in some
cases, except on meatless day. There
Twill now be one, meal each day, prob
ably breakfast, when there will be nc
meat on the menu, in addition to the
meatless Tuesday and porkless Satur
day. I. Wednesday win remain .wheatles,
day at the hotels, and no wheat what
ever will be served IN bfeadsor pastry
Hotels on the mainland are being ask
ed to discourage the serving Of pork al
/ any time either 70, guests or employees
i They are asked TO use more, chicken
fish, fabbit, sea foods and egg dishes
! The announcement sent out by tht
food administration Office in Honolulu
to the public follows; ..ar ...,-.. ..
II 'tThe, national !. food administration
lin Washington has notified the Office
LOT the federal food administrator fol-
| Hawaii that tporkless' Saturdays, in
addition to meatless' Tuesdays and al
least one, meatless' meal each day
should be put into effect at once.
Las. In view lof these instructions, locaI
butchers and meat markets are request
cd TO sell no pork on Saturday, and t.
decline 10 deliver orders of pork pur
chased on Friday for delivery the fol
lowing day. The public is requested
TO refrain entirely from eating or serv
ing pork on Saturdays!
~" Hotels, restaurants, cafes and
boarding houses, as we'll as homes, are
I earnestly requested, as their patriotic
Edhtys to serve no meat on Tuesdays
and to, serve at least one ineatless neaj
each day"