The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-10

-EIsI..issere can no longer % any doubt
Go the most pressing neeo u ~
lIifeS IN Europe IS for 1901 .-.s AZ
Glfendfd fighting spirit u {ae ES2go
4 - trenches viii never De os0ks1
49, SFS|TafIon faces them AID their
1890 Lack OF food VIII do tnst
G59eb neither German gas nor shelS
- rilhtfuEness have accomphshe9
4 swouId break the morale and epuI
3 ~ - -fIehtfag mar. Our Allies must
~. 8ed. and America Is the Srao!
tS;SG11 Inch the food must be sup
? 49,. American farmer is throwing
!. IN 11fs force and energy into the pro,
a6etfon of food, but he alone Saanos
CsrSoTo thu Gigantic task SCI before
~ saToerfcsn people. His normal sup |
- a Ia,bor is reduced. In part ChTousH
- ac1ton Of the draft, but more ger
S-.SIII 4hrough the compsatou OF on
- fnddstrfes where profits are gree.
{ mn .wazes high II IS imperative tnss !
I6SlcifS man aid IN this produtclon o. !
Sood. How shall he Go this! 6y Esls, .
lnra GARDEN OF his own, suIIicienG = |
possibIe to supply his famuy WIZ
freSh vegetables Few mere SIs' ~
neciaIIy IN the smaller cie.es anu
towns Of this state, VIC nave NJ
.1,1Habie for a garden, back yaro'
s'rssrby vacant lot or a portion OF an
,,rTEed field at the edge or toWp'
GaTen we remember that parks, lawns
,15 idooryards of England are oeins
r69yerted into pIowed fields TO pro.
'STSca food and that the women OF
SIsS,ea With ropes over their snooi'
49,. are pulling the pkow-uRetF
SS-ses are all in service Of the armyl'
vess6ouId be ashamed to ne loie y
SIIorS our. land to be idle. The bank
cleris.- the teacher. the school boy. the
fsc4orv worker, the miner, the preach,
~ noI1st. share with the farmer the
STtv Of feeding the world. The man
NJ nov vyho Grows a bushel OF pota'
hos or q. patch Of cabbage IS nelPins
n min the war Just as surely as ne
SIS1 makes a shell or carries a gun,
PRESIDENT Wilson in a letter to schoot
NJ saws: every boy or gil WHO
-eSTIv sees what the home garden may
mean will, I am sure. enter INTO I"J
nnrnose with high spItis, oecauSS =
am sure they would al IKE 70 zee
+hat they are in fact Hgntne -
rance by joining the nc ne-eai -
amy They know that AmerlGa .7 aaS
: undertaken to send meat 9no +t w.
and wheat and other fooos @0L LHS S ~.
mort Of the soldiers who are COLI - ~
lighting, for the men ana "o VOL ~. ~" he
Srs- ToakinS the munitions. ana lOF tns
- ST,d r;rIs of western Europe ano
Sss+ We must also feed ourselves
( SsJsSIe, we are carrying on this Wal
ME movement to establish gardens
{Serefore- and to have the chAdEe1
,vorIr IN them, is Just IS real ana pc
trfot5c an effort as the building OF
sbfns or the firing Of cannon.
N advancing the CLOCKS OF the coun'
~ ooe hour, everyone will nave an
hour more Of daylight IN the eFe1t Its
SSd this Is the hour that should De
Jsyoted to the war garden. BUSINESS
en- the average man IN the city IS over
- FIve or SIX o'clock. What shan ne
a. yyitI1 the three or four hours OF Gay
G.,t remaining The office man
SseGs. exercise and recreation he
can 1et both working in his onions
and potatoes. The factory WORKER %
nine is already well supplied VIE VIE
exercise, but after supper IS over aao
fbe coolress Of the evening seIL+es
down. what better recreauon 90 tneS
need than to turn their hardened mus nus
cles to profitable gardening. WIN tEs
StnoJze of the hoe nay come the
thought LIS Gil S-9
country" ..:,- NJ
most to transport the supplies, mum
Hons and men needed 70 successrul!E
eaTrv on the war All food grown az
home helps to relieve the railroad OF
N unnecessary burden. II is belleTeo
Sbat-the school children alone VIII pro
NICE $500, 100000 worth OF food this
rear IN their home gardens and make
he transportation OF IRIS amount IN
necessary.
approve of his murder OF helpless
women and ckildrep2 DC YOU think II
right and proper that he should carry
off INTO slavery 100000 BelGians? DO
Vou Ike his program Of frightfulnessz
Wonld you like to see Him win the
war; Then. let your bockyard be IN
productive this year: eat all the meat
md wheat yo1 can get. Don't use your
time or bend your back in your gar
Zen when you may keep your neigh
Dor from working IN his by talking 70
Mn and criticisins the president. the
Hb.-sy Io=-. and the selective draft.
Or are you a loyal, red FLOODED lover
1fHoeTty for yourself and your fellow
nanf II so. you viii do your part
ISger=y and cheerfulIy. and il 1t does
lot fall TO y..Ur lot 10 nan the trench
Is, remember that in an hum bic way
Joamay still serve effectively by help
nS to supply the most essential am