Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-08
Our Allies
Food Supply
I-Fnglnnd


and 80, called TO the colors under the
provisions Of the new man power act
will increase the quantity OF military
rations needed
In the meantime England is cultivating
every tilable foot Of aoi, and her popula-
ton is INDUCING IN the most rigid and
thorough going economy. For mnnv
months now she has barely been able to
feed herself The demand Of the moment
has been met hut at NO time has reserve
stock Of foodstuffs of sufficient quantity
| been on hand 30 tide the population over
for a month II impprtntinns were suddenly
shut off
| Conservation IN America has alone made
possible the vast stores oi food which
| have been sent across the seas from orr
shores Only few DAYS ago IT was an
nounced bv the British Ministry II Food
that owing 10 the cooperation If America
| Great Britain would have sufficient
| supply Of food 10 last until the next bar
| vest
No REAf. sAcrfFtcEs HraE VT
We in America although We have rorc-
gone many o. the gIstatory pleasures
which VIC were formerly wont 20 indulge
/ ~, have not been compelled vet 70 make
| the sacrifices that every man woman anu
| child IN England IL making today
Public dining in England IS today rather
| more of n formahty. hadn't attended ~
little pleasure, than the Joy i uscd - T."
The stranger reaching England shores
has rather the better Of # that Is. for
several days for upon registering ~
| hotel he - allowed four DAYS IN whtch -
| procure n food card During this interval
he can by filling out the proper applica-
ton and going through numerous torinah-
! r 81. f,..t Law md
nj each meal except breakfast IN other
words IN four DAYS he can have elght rnea'
| meals, whereas only four meals week
| under tho regulations Of the Ministry of
Food carry with them the permission q
the meat luxury
The stranger docs better 10 await the
| expiration ~ his four days % grace rather
| than to obtain his card on the dav .. his
arrival However to Obtain the so-called
| temporary cards ~ any hotel one must
| carefully FIJI ont u long Application settng
| forth his profession nationality. country
last visited. reasons for visiting England.
| pro. csS,pn of father hr4 name If fathrr
and mother. parents birthplace. whether
nc has hrcn m England before. bo" long
! he expects 70 stay. whether nc has eaten
noat IN England before and when hc
expects 70 g back home
/ ruh> TN DAir1 InTHENT
after remaining At hotel for four day s.
| ono = allowed j daily allotment II sugar
n u1antity sufficient TO sWcctcn 4 cup 81
+, coffee II Is supposed to last through tho
three meals. lnchding tea, and Is done up
! IN a tiny envelope like 3 Eamplc packet oi
| MIaCvs favorIte taic
sitting down - dine n the London
cafe. one scans the tnll-of-larc with RAPIDLY
/ growing disappointment some 81 The
| eartes-de-menu are Of prc-war davs and
! contain names ot tasty viands which have
| long since been showed into obi by
| the cdict of the food controller
The np-to-datc menus cont Nivdiy
with those Of antiquity in tina hey con
| tain about a tenth Of the dishes found on
| the old ones Probably the restaurantenr
keeps the old ones to show the guest
what his place once vas.
Roast beef steak, iamb chops, stcwcd
chicken. one reads then underneath
four ounces per person However, on fill
ing IN an order containing one If he
| above mentioned the waiter will say
| Give me your meat card. please II
| you have none, "Sorrv SIR, bur TO meat
| without he card II YOU chance 10 be
fortunate enough 20 possess meat card,
the scrvltor will Ccfach one coupon and
presently viii set before YOU a portion oi
meat The only function Of which could be
10 serve rs an appetizer for some dish h en-
| i not forthcoming Fish and eggs are he
principal substitutes for meat. Eggs
/ cooked in countless ways, tsh med, hroil-
ed SHRED, baked and done III ways new
to those uninitiated IN the mystery ~
| modern cuisine as affected by var con-
ditlons
THE BREAD RATION.
Each person is allowed one piece of
| black or brown bread. or q very hard roll
! The bread Is usually made OF potato -four.
Last year the Ministry Of Food waged an
J intensive campaign aimed a increasing
he production of potatoc, with such
success that more potatoes were raised
than could be used Consequently Lord
! Rhondda urged the bakers II the land 10
use potatoes IN making bread. Ii YOU
possess sugar card YOU can obtain 4
I small quantity of sugar which YOU must
I carry about with YOU that j., If YOU are
frcqlIenter of public eating houses
The trouble encountered in procuring
sugar IS so great. and the pains taken are
rewarded with such a small quantity of the
, sweet stuff. that many persons prefer TO 10
! without \ Butlshcr recently arrived in
the United States declared he had not
| tasted sugar for over year. Il is for
hidden 10 serve ii in public eating houses
4 guest invited 10 the country for the
weekend is usually foreWarned br the
hostess 10 bring his own sugar. IS a
substitute, little saccharine pill i
offered Butter can be obtained at break
fast only, and in nine eases out OF ten, the
| butter is not butter but margarine, and
worst Of all. it IS not what one commonly
supposcS margarine to be, but a white
pastv substance, the size Of the ordinary
| butter chip and OF the thickness or thin
! ness-of a knife blade
So-callcd coffee Is in many cases made
/ from chicorv. Even the tea is very poor.
| and IN England this is the eliminating
| disaster. for what would England be with
! out her afternoon tea, Il custom for which
| she is famous Milk or cream? The
| Britishcr can hardly recall the taste of the
| tho latter Never under any circum-
| stances il real milk or cream served IN a
public eating place With coffee one is
given small pitcher Of hot water and 4
! pitcher of condensed milk diluted with
warm water No cereals are obtainable
Corn flakes shredded wheat and the ike
are of the past. One can obtain oatmeal
called porrldge. but no milk or cream to 20
with il and usually no sugar.
ICE CREAM 4 DELICACY
There is apparently no shortage Of salt
or pepper. although it is said that in the
early days of the war England faced a