The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-05-25
WOMEWS RESERVES
CALLED TO COLORS
In Garden and Kitchen They
Must Back Up the Fighters
in The First Line.

In this great crisis of the worlds
history it is necessary that women live
greatly. At the battle front they
have performed prodigies of valor and
have been decorated with the Cross of
War for heroism under fire. The
American woman, too, would like to
drive an ambulance and bring out the
wounded under shell fire; but the
work behind the lines is even more
important. 1t is not the single act
of PerOism that viii win the fight, but
the steady sticking to the job.
1t is not a new task to which the
woman is called, but the age-old task
of feeding the family. Like the tri-
bal women of old, we have sent forth
our men and children to war; and we
must take up the great first task of
Tending for the family But unlike
that tribal woman, whose horizon was
bounded by the tribal hunting ground,
our horizon is the world. Our family
that must be fed is made up of the
great nations whose armies united un-
der a single leader are facing the
enemy. For those women who have
eyes to see this is the coming back
into lost kingdom.
This years campaign is a struggle
of reserve against reserve; America
is the last reserve; in overwhelming
numbers our forces are being moved
to the front; and behind the lines the
women are asked to bring up their last
reserves of energy and intelligence in
the practical carrying out of food
orders
The food situation must steadily de-
generate as long as the war lasts. 1t
is therefore of prime Importance to
add every item to the total production.
No woman with a foot of growing
space at her disposal can afford to be
merely a destroyer of rations, a de-
pendent on the food supplies of
starving world The Allied nations
look to America for food One object
of the Food Administration is to
bring as much food as possible under
control and distribute these supplies
where they are most needed.
America is today the careful guar
dian Of the needs of the world AS
the Food Administration anxiously
counts the dwindling bushels of wheat.
it asks Of every woman. ITO what
extent can you make your home inde-
pendent of this common store?"
How many potatoes and how many
beans viii YOU need? How many Jars
of tomatoes and how many of peach
es? Sit down with pencil and paper
and make definite plan, remember
ing that every womans real war work
is to make the home pantry as inde-
pendent as possible of the world pan
try. Take stock of what You used
during the winter and of what YOU
have left on hand. Make an estimate
Of your grocery orders for the past
winter and plan this year to reduce
these to a minimum by substituting
your own products. For instance. for
sugar, substitute sorghum syrup and
honey if they are available; for can
dy, homemade crystallized fruits and
fruit paSteS; for raisins, dried cher
RES: for tropical fruits, native fruits
for Brazil nuts, walnuts and hickory
nuts; for canNed meats, home canned
meats; for shipped breadstuffs, neigh
bOrhood meals and f1OurS.
To sum it all up-stop eating freight.
Transportation is the greatest prob
lem of the war and shipping space the
most precious thing in all the world
Above all, don't eat from the pantry
of the hungry Allies. With little
planning and much hard work you can
fill your pantry with homegrown
foods
Now is the hour of our testing Let
us make it the hour of our victory
victory over ourselves; victory over
thn nrony oE