The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-07-20
IF YOU ARE TRYING TO
HELP win THE WAR
Which of These Practical
Ways of War Saving Are
You Already Using?

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rial by such economies as are sug
gested here. We must begl
these economies NOW. We mus
not prOlong the war through stu
pid inability to profit by the expe
rience of others.
Consider what you would do i
you suddenly found your incOm,
reduced a certain amount. How
would you save if you were com
PEELED to save9 Will any of these
ways help youi
l.. At home do you put out al
unnecessary electric lights ant
gas lights9
Most of the electricity and gas
which we use at home is made b,
burning coal. Save by beginning
the day with the sun.
2. Do you keep the tempera
ture in your house down to 6S de
grees and see that there is suffer
ent humidity in the air!
This saves heat and improves
health.
3. do you avoid unnecessary
travel?
The Government has already
called upon citizens to take no IN.
necessary trips ON railroads. The
railroads are needed for war serv
ice, both passenger and freight.
Think before you 60!
! 4. DO you save gasoline, rub
Der, and skilled labor by cutting
ont all unnecessary use of motor
cars?
RI Gasoline is one of the most i'm
pOrtaDt war supplies. Every gal.
Ion counts. Rubber is also in de-
mand. Chauffenrs are needed on
Government work.
| b. Do you save the time of
your friends and the labor of the
Telephone Company by cutting
out unnecessary telephone CONVEX
satiOnsP
Later we may be asked to avoid
all but business and emergency
calls between certain hours. The
Government needs the telephone
10 it's war work. Let us keep off
the lines!
6. DO you buy only clothing
that is necessary, and which will
wear well' Are you wearing out
your old thiDgsi
BY so doing you are saving la
Dor and material that should be
employed for war work.
Z. Are you making simplicity
in dress and living your motto?
The simpler your clothes the
greater the saving in making and
laundering. To dress or live ex.
travagantly in war times Is not
/. only unpatriOtic, it IS bad form.
| 8. Are you cutting down on
! amuSeM00t6g
Recreation is necessary, but
many amusements nowadays cost
money, and we should lend our
spare money to the Government to
be used in practical ways for win.
ming the war. So far as you can,
get your amusement more out of
doors and out of your brains and
not out of your pocketbook. Read
more, use the public libraries and
| the museums.
Q. Are you foregoing personal
luxuries'
This applies to any expenditure
not essential to your health or eff.
cheney or to the health or efficiency
Of your friends.
10. Have you more sweaters
and wooden clothes than you actu-
ally need9
The war demand for woolen
sweaters has only just begun. If
you have any you can spare, pass
them on to those who need them
and so save drawing on the limited
supply of wool. DO not knit arti
cles not needed by you or by those
to whom they are sent as gifts.
IL. Have you closed of rooms
not In constant usei
This is an effective way Of saw
ing labor, coal, and light.
IL DO you produce anythingf
If not, you can, by your Geo.
mics, or by doing without personal
service, be just as useful by re-
leasing someone else who can pro
duce.
Is. Do you refrain from uDDe-
cesssry repairs and improvements
Do only what il necessary to
keep things from going to pieces.
Don't worry about shabbiness in
war time.
Ia. Do you carefully save tin
foil, bottle tops and tubes, old
rubber articles, newspapers, wrap.
ping paper, and twinei
All these are of war value if