The Arvada enterprise., 1918-01-03
Are You Keeping
Your Food Pledge?

base of supplies" or an alien All
according to the measure of you
practice OF food economy an,
conservation measures.
Wasting food now means pri
walton for some one clsc-if no
i'll the United States, in Europe.
Many a French home would b,
Frightened by the waste from al
American home.
You are saving food not TO
the comfort OF others, but fol
your own comfort. The war can
not be successfully carried out un
less we conserve, and failure il
the war will mean your discom
fort.
Eating war bread is not fad
1t is true patriotic service in tn,
interests OF your fighting men and
of food conservation.
| Our Allies are by proxy our
, own representatives on the fight,
ing front, and we must think of
their needs in food as well as
those of our own men and our
selves. They are looking to the
United States for true patriotism
and assistance.
If you have food conserving
plan or recipe, pass it on to your
ncighbors and your friends. Be
lin the service"
1t was Napoleon, one OF the
worlds greatest generals, that
said an army fought upon its
stomach, Will you, by ruthless
disregard and waste of food, rem
der our army and those of the
Allies inefficient?
The sugar that goes to waste
in the bottom OF American tea
cups would help to swcctcn tn,
lift of many a French home.
Buckwhcat cakes should taste
better this winter when cooked
over a wood fire.
Honey and syrups instead OF
sugar will make victory just as
sweet, and bring it much sooner.
Colorado. the second state to
report, is making an excellent
showing in food saving in pubic
places, according to a statement
made by the National Food Ad-
ministrator.
The reports so far made from
only few sections of the coun-
try indicate that the hotels, clubs,
restaurants and dining car ser
vices are saving immense quaint
ties of meats and wheat through
voluntary adoption OF "Mcatlcss
Tuesdays" and "Whcatlcss We'd
nesdays.' 1t is impossible at tn,
present time to estimate the say,
ings of the entire country, bu,
figures from New York City ant
the states of Massachusetts, Col
orado, Nebraska. Michigan Ar
kansas and Arizona may be cit
cd as a guide.
II there were proportional,
saving in the family kitchen thcr,
would be no difficulty in provid
ing from Americas savings suffi
cicnt food to relieve the situation
in Europe.
In New York City for the sec
ond week in November. accord
ing to the u. s. Food Admins
tration. hotels and restaurant
saved 232.9l5 pounds OF meat
beef, pork and mutton-and l2l,
55i pounds Of wheat flour. |,
October, savings in Massachu
sets amounted to l.?s2,sI'
pounds of meat. and li,OO'
pounds of flour. November re-
ports from Nebraska show say
ing OF i22, b2. pounds OF meat AN,
204.4I9 pounds Of flour. Colorado
in the same month saved 6i.is'
pounds Of meat. and 80. 5s.
pounds OF flour; Michigan. 1874,
IA pounds Of meat and S0,G7
pounds Of flour; Arkansas, 2O,2i'
pounds Of meat and H., iDS pound
of flour; Arizona. BlisO pound
Of meat and 1907 pounds o
flour. One railway dining car ser
vice alone In n single month .ayc'
l2.5Il pounds Of meat. Combnc'
dining car services saved iGo, 80
pounds Of meat and 23s,09
pounds Of flour. One big hotc
N n single month saved 1929
mounds 81 meat and - lo2 pound
Of flour.