The Coconino sun., 1918-04-12


 Douglas Fairbanks Makes
 Laughs for Red Cross.
 The Red Cross continues in its faithful task-quietly but surely ac- complaining results. Nothing perhaps particularly new this week, but so busy that the public has to bestir it. self to keep it financially supplied. Comes Douglas Fairbanks to make us laugh and incidentally to add neat little sum of $100 to the treasury that the local work may not lack funds.
 The Belgium supply of clothing continues to grow, while the hospital work grows larger as new hands take up the task with the others in the work rooms.
 Mrs. Adams Starts New
 Food Saving Campaign.
 It's great thing to have work to do-to know how to do it---but to mix enthusiasm into the doing of it, is dynamic! Enthusiasm starts things! It gets things done!
 And so with the conservation meet ing of last Saturday at Emerson school. The chairman, Mrs. John A. Adams is enthusiastic over plans to conserve food in Flagstaff and right here is point--how often do we long to be in the midst of things-now'S our chance for this happens to be our war as much as anyone's and what we do in Flagstaff will count as truly as if we were at the front. But, of the meeting-sqpe sixty-five wom- en were present, Whough we hope there are many more behind the move ment.
 DeLore Nichols spoke of the urgent necessity of taking up the work and his willingness to confer with the ladies at any time on problems con fronting them. Alex Johnston spoke in behalf of conservation of food and read extracts from recent publica- tions along purchasing rules. His prediction that food cards may soon be distributed sounds ominous and should make us halt and study meth ods of conservation.
 Mrs. Adams gave a most interest ing paper which we will quote in part:
 "Three things seem paramount; first, the necessity for saving and our responsibility toward winning the war; second, ways and means by which to economize and substitute and third, some plan of cooperation to ac- complish the desired result.
 Under the first head, our direct contribution to the war, by conserv- ing is as an important factor as the buying of war stamps or Liberty Bonds.
 "On April 7th, England began us- ing food cards and by this rationing system the English are only allowed to spend 10 cents at time for meat and can only buy 30 cents per week per person. It behooves us then to stand guard in our homes over our supply of wheat, meat, fats and sugar, for our sacrifices have been pitifully small in comparison to our allies.
 Under the second head (ways and means by which to economize and sub stitute) Mrs. Adams pointed out that the main difficulty lies in the fact that we are unacquainted with some of the substitutes. Now that we must buy an equal number of pounds of substitutes when purchasing wheat flour, we must look the situation sauarely in the face and learn the solution This is the purpose of the numerous pamphlets and demonstra- tors that the food administration of the country sends out. But this alone is not enough. Each must do her part to help the cause along in her community.
 The third point was now reached that of cooperation.
 This brought out the real purpose of the meeting, devising ways by which all portions of the town might get together in regular meetings and dis cuss successful results along conser- vation lines.
 The plan as outlined divides the town into seven districts with chair man and two assistants for each. Meetings and subjects of each divi- sion will be as uniform as possible and the hour will be from three till four. No membership fee will be re- quired, no demonstrations will be made in so limited time, but simply an exchange of ideas and interesting information on the subject in hand.
 The districts are as follows:
 No. East of Leroux and north of Aspen Ave, Mrs. Hash, chairman.
 No. 2-West of Leroux and between