Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-10
CONSERVING TIE FOOD TO HELP THE FARMERS

Housewives. According TO Report
Received.
seIy trip east proved one thing to
me and that is, that the hotels and
public eating places are dong more
systematic food saving than We
acusekeeperS arc accomplishing"
She had come from the middle west
ard it was her first visit to the
eastern cities.
"Why l was astouMed," she con-
1iuued," to find such patriotic CO.
operation in every MOTEL we were in.
And from travellers who had been ont
through the west;" she went on. q
learned that the same thing is true
in al the big hotels clear to the
coast. You see, l have never known
.nuch about hotel life. I've never tray
.led to speal: Of, and when GO to the
city to shop it IS osl : Cor the Gay and
have no occasion to stay ct hotel.
But | have been helping IN this food
saving campaign at home and fee!
like going back and starting & regular
crusade among the housewives 70
urge q more definite and systematic
program"
And she was right. The reason the
saving in hotels and public eating
places stands out in such amazing
figures is not only because these
nlaces are dealing in such quantities
Of foodstuffs but because they have
set for themselves definite programs
for the defi.l:Je Saving . define
foods. That IS ;i!c real secret.
The housewife. Oh he contrary. has
too often begun ner saving in q de.'.i
tory way.
"Iet'a cut Down OF this or let's 10
without tnat,'' sne says TO her family
a:,:! to her COOK, but the fo.a continues
to be eaten.
That 'ttne spirit is willing but the
flesh - weak" Is too often trle IT iooo
saYing. Is lEeat IS served every uay
In ane wee0. 1t VII! ra eaten; ana Il
white bread IS put OF tne taoie III Gn-
restricted abundance, IL VIII be nse<
accordingly.
But the hotels have managed dif-
11sToDt:y .T,3,t ::aye s.--rseG o., c-!'-;:
tain tnys 10 give up meat ana ':;asai
arc these foods are sNnplr rot 70 re
obtainecl on those aays. Ao;&ls gSaSts
crd ainers-out haze accepted this sir
uation as mater of course. Ihcy
merely take g second lock At the.r
:. emu card an! -milingiv order . SAB
stitute, ever :n~ugh they have been
:. mixing OF tina. 'fiiet migncn" for
aours. # they are reminoed by the
waiter that it is "Meatlcss Tuesday,
they cheerfully change their order
70 braised chicken and go away from
Tho table with their hunger satisfied
and their hearts stirred with the sat
icfyins thought Of u patriotic duty
performed.
But let us see what arc some Of the
things actually being accomplished
IS the public eating places of our
country. IN the larger hotels and
restaurants Of New York City alone
there ia being saved through this
"Aieatless Tuesday" and "Wheatless
Wednesday" almost one thousand
barrels Of flour week and more than
q, thousand pounds Of meat. On one
Tuesday in November, New York City
saved l93,545 pounds Of meat and on
one Wednesday in the same month,
01,295 pounds Of wheat flour.
Tho following table shows the COM
parison between this year and last for
the single month Of October in aver
age wheat consumption in the big no.
tells Of New York city:
1916 1911?
Persons ........... 1886 1922 2,49a
Barrels Of wheat -four
consumed ......... LOO ID
Average consumption per
person ...... 4.448 OF. 1893 OF.
The average saving per person for
wheatless day 4: one hotel is 4 II
ounces.
This is the saving o. only two spec
flied days q week. Ada 10 this gen.
era! saving thoroughou, the week y
Dartia! substitution for wheat 2lour il
bread and pastry and BY taking cec-
tain meats of the menu ard you can
see what is actually being accom-
I'ished.
This movement in fcod SAVING IN
public eating places is nation-"lae.
2;linety per cent of the hotels OF the
Southeast are following TO the letter
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