Omaha daily bee., 1918-04-14
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Food Saving of
Omaha Women
is Successful
School Teachers and the
Children Do Big Part of
Conservation Work
in This City

TiE success of the conservation
campaign in Omaha is due to
organization and cooperation.
Not only are the district chairmen
and block vigilantes proving them
selves faithful and ready to do any
thing which will further the work of
conservation, but the principals, the
teachers and pupils of the public
schools have joined the ranks" said
Miss Nellie Farnsworth, federal food
agent
Realizing that whatever you
would incorporate into the life of the
people, you must teach in the public
schools, the teachers are taking time
to teach the lessons of conservation.
In the Park school the one-minute
patriotic speeches, given by the pupils
OF the eighth grade Wednesday, were
worked out as language excersise."
IF each one of you takes care of
the little wastes in your home the
big war will soon take care of itself.
Women OF the United States are the
final arbiters of this appalling con-
Aict." wrote Neva Fowler in her paper
on The Houskeeper Decides the
War;"
"As they write their market lists
they determine the fate of the state and
its foes. Cook the kaiscr's goose on
your own stoves.
Victory over there is being
weighed upon grocers' scales over
here. The flag out front signifies moth
ing unless it is also hanging in the
ice box. Whoever pampers special
tastes hampers the army-dines upon
the very Stars and Stripes"
The best way to conserve food
to send to the allies is by each family
having war garden thereby helping
to feed ourselves" wrote Altman Swi-
hart.
Every person has little space Of
ground to cultivate or r5Tifd rent al a.
vacant lot and by so doing raise veg
tables that take the place of wheat and
meat as they furnish all the nourish-
ment our body needs.
Don't be satisfied by on, taising
one crop a year.. Have two or three.
Turnips and cabbages are good to
raise after every other thing is gone.
Little war gardens on good soil.
Some sunshine and some rain.
Used by those who loyalty toll
Will produce much profit and gain"
Food to Win the War.
"We must fight with guns of grain
and bullets of beans. That we must
hurl bombs of cabbages and face the
foe with bayonets of corn. We must
down them with broadsides of po-
tatoes, onions and peas" wrote Ella
Headberg.
Every square foot of tillable soil
left implanted this year will provide
an added place for Our foe to stand
on.
The way we in American can help
win the war is by the power of the
plow and spade, harrow and hoe.
At this moment no words in all the |
world are truer than these, Food Will
Win the War;" and no command more
divine than produce It.
Miss Farnsworth will continue the
regular instruction classes and address
district meetings as follows this week:
Monday, 2:30 p. m., Pacific school,
Mrs. c. c. Perfume, chairman; Mon
day, 7:30 p. m, Druid Hill school, i
Mrs. Walter ]. Taylor, chairman. In
struction class, subject Fruits, Des-
serts and conservation of sugar.
Tuesday, 3 o'clock, Long schools,
Mrs. A. S. Pinto, chairman; Wednes- |
day, ; o'clock, Monmouth Park school,
Mrs. George J. Daniel, chairman;
Thursday, 3:l5 p. NJ, Saunders school,
Mrs. R. E. Winkleman, chairman; ,
Instruction class, subject, Salads"
Friday, 3 o'clock, Kountze Memorial
church; Friday, 7:45 p, M, Howard
Kennedy school, Mrs. H. H. Weymul-
ler, chairman; instruction class, sub
lect. "Poultrv. Fish. Meat Substitues" |