The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-02-22
FOOD EXPERT TO
ADDRESSMEETINC
DEMONSTRATION
Big Gathering of Southeast
Missouri Delegates Here
March 9TH.
SCHEDULE OF MEATLESS
DAYS GIVEN TO HOTELS
Restrictions Of Sale of Wheat
and Meat Must Be Strictly
Observed in Future.

A grand rally of representatives OF
the food committees of the counties of
Southeast Missouri will be held in the
Cape March T, DR.. w. S. Dcarmont,
chairman of the Cape County Food
Administration announced Saturday
evening having received cCmmun-
ication from the State Food Admin
istrator Dean Mumford of Columbia,
No. d.. Julius Lincoln Of the Penn
svlvania University. and Mrs. William
Osborne Wade of New York, member
of the National Food Administration,
viii address the meeting.
The purpose of the meeting is to
famiIiacize the members Of the coun-
ties with their duties as food conserv-
cgs and to impart the ideas Of f1ot
conservation to the inhabitants of
their districts. Representatives from
| the following counties have been ask
cd to attend the meeting: Pemiscott.
! Dun!llin, Stoddard. Perry, Bolinger,
Scott, Stoddard, Perry, Bolliagcr.
Madison. Ste Cenevieve and CAPE
Girardcau.
DR.. Lincoln is reputed to be an eX-
pert on food conservation work II
recently returned from Europe, where
he studied the system Of food con-
servation and food distribution. He
has visited France, Italy and Eng
gland, where the food conservation
plan has been given Il thorough test
He will explain to the food delegates
the manner in which each individual
and each district can do its share in
the conservation of food.
Mrs. Wade has been an active
worker in civic and principally na
tionai affairs since the beginning Of
the war She has lectured in many
large cities on the Liberty Loan bonds |
and Red Cross work, and on other !,
issues which grew out of the declara-
ton of war on Germany andAustria.
A schedule showing the mcatlcss, |
whcatlcss and porkless days, which !
have been fixed by the national food |
administration. was given by Dr.. !
Dearmont to the restaurant and hotel
owners of the city Saturday.
The observance of schedule is not |
a legal order SGT down by
any law, but merely an urgent re
Guest of the food administration 20
the restaurants and hotels for the con-
servation of wheat and meat. Accord |
ing to this schedule breakfast is to !
be entirely meatless throughout the
week. while supper is wheatlesS /
meal In addition TO these regular re-
strictions on the use of wheat and
meat, Tuesday meal will be entirely |
mcatlcSs, ali meals on Monday and
Wednesday will be wheatlcss No food
prepared with wheat will be served on
these two days. Besides these days
Saturday has been fixed as porklcss
day.
Dr. Dcarmont IN calling attention
TO the restrictions. placed on the con
sumption of wheat and meat brought l.
before the hotel and restaurant own
crs that they were expected to strict
lyobserve the orders. The observance I
of the orders, he told them, was not
backed by any law, but wasmerely a
patriotic movement on the part Of the !
hotels and RESTAURANTS.
The sale of wheat flour in the retail
stores has been limited by orders of
the food administration. Mach Gus
toner must buy the same quantity
of substitutes for wheat flour as eI
dc es flour and groceIs have been or
dered to enforce the rule. A violation |
oe the order would result in the dis
continuance of the sale of flour by |
the wholesale dealers to the retailers.
said DR.. Dcarm0nt.
MILK IN WINTER.