The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-02-27
NO MEATLESS AND WHEATLESS DAYS FOR ME"

mo MEATLEss AND wHEATLEss DAYS FOR ME"
From the Progressive Farmer.
She was good woman about good the
children. the
said mo meae and wheatess days for me! I've wheat
enough I've got enough laid my pantry my
children like it, and they going have often they
and as much they want" .E
hearing wemeaning talk, picked
APP night European paper
paragraph:
is said living child Poland under
eight years of age
MOT living child Poland under eight years OF age With
h bodies unable endure the hardshps and starvation
ruined land they have died thousands of
Thousands and of thousands mothers good the
who made this houghess remark mothers who loved their children
much this mother loved hersthey with breaking help
lesness have their children slowly
while American mothers mo will vary
harmless will make substution and
wheat order that part of may the lives of starving babies
and little in Europe
No. don't that any American mother saying this
Certainly the good woman of whom we write would not have
said or thought and yet by her acts that what she
saying someone could have shown her photograph
Polish child with plnched face and hollow eye crying
ats mother tor bread she did not havoh how quickly this Amer
mother would have Yes, plenty wheat and
have plenty of I'll gladly divide my
hives OF little like that With such picture before her eyes,
how quickly would this American mother have called mind
Last Judgments awful all the uncarng and hard of heart
II was anhungered and we gave m meat!
But she didn't know And thus again the Lord she
ship might lament old His Israel doth
people doth consider To this good
so meaess days and whee days simply Government regu
official red tape She didn't know they
10 the lives of little fair frightened
AS love-inspiring her dear boys and girls!
And today there this mother who do
NOT know! Welntenioned people, good hearted people,
ing people! But they simply do know"
Friends and readers duty help these people know
Let give of but let also give
Tor capag OF education in these maersto show the need of
hood regulation War Savings Stamps Liberty Bonds
work. Y M t. A. and Y W. C. A. campagns We food
For the starving must help soldiers
e must give help equip soldiers give
protect the wounded provide
reaon Tor soldiers instead of unwholesome
patton And II our farme-as often chargedhave sup
ported these they should it
more selfish hardheared less patriotic people
only because they have been informed And all of
really understand must here and resolve
In every school, Sunday school, in every
club and part church
ice our men and women of light and leading do their
rural America In the Revolutionary it was the embat
aied farmers at Lexington who fired the the
word! In the Civil War the stubborn courage
men and the steadfastne of
worlds applause for Confederate heroism!
Because the farther from our door is no reason
why should play less noble part And time to lose
Let resolve therefore that during year our rural
PIE IN every county will make record of patriotism
and grandsons will mention with pride pride the
exploits of do in the next twelve
months will fix place history Let all part in
tins real and necessary campaign all our people
he meaning OF the and the agency of
Saiscipfne, economy and patriotism it has called forth
There is no standard recipe for victory bread the only