Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-07-31

over the dangerous waters, will not
be served bountiful repasts with all
the frills and good things which they
have been formerly addicted to at
home They are eating from tin cups,
with other food served from huge bas-
kets. Their food habits had to under
go changes as we'll as ours.
These things are food for reflection.
Think them over Remember, it is
not easy. 1t is hardship. We must
skimp on sugar. We must use substi-
tutes and save our wheat if We expect
OF come out victorious and drive the
Huns back to their holes.
There was also in this letter SIM
pie menu for good, wholesome meal.
l will not repeat 1t here, as l think
have already published it in the paper
here before, but use more vegetables
and cut down on the supply Of cakes
and pie. Vegetables are fresh and
plentiful, are good wholesome food
material, better for summer use than
the heavy pastries and cakes. Plan
your meals to make them appetizing,
but first of all consider our big job
to win the war.
Our food administrator said in
telegram which was received yester-
day: ''The food administration warm
ly commends demonstration workers
who plan satisfactory meals for
threshers without wheat or sugar. I'm
portant that producers be help to
garner the harvests by surrounding
workmen with satisfactory living con-
ditions, but also important to diligent-
ly save sugar and wheat. If the prob
lem can be solved to achieve both ends
it will be gratifying"
This expression of our food admin
istrator at Burlington ought to be a
good assistance to you women and as
sist you in careful consideration of the
problems in hand.
Use of Wheat.
You must still conserve on wheat.
There has been no let up or cessation
of regulations and probably there will
not be for some time, if at all.
The only place we necessarily need
to use wheat -four is in the making Of
our yeast breads. ! am not going to
give you any more recipes at this time
for the making Of yeast breads, using
minimum Of wheat flour, but will be
glad to furnish information at the Of
flee on this subject, and if there is a
nj - or roti0p will ha
arranged on the making Of yeast
breads with the aid of large amount
OF substitutes. At recent demonstra-
tion in Delhi the ladies were asked to
bring their yeast breads with a mini
mum amount of wheat. Some very
good results were shown, using small
percent of wheat.
would advise baking a batch of
yeast bread once a week, getting along
the rest of the time with our quick
breads, our hot corn breads and vari-
Gus substitutes. This means work for
the housewife, but if carefully planned
will not be S bad as it sounds. The
quick breads, or loaf breads, furnish
al CACCllCuI ouUotlIutC 1Ol IhC ySoot
bread The rice breads made with
cooked rice for substitute, the oatmeal
breads and rye breads also. These,
with just enough wheat flour, to make
them rise nicely, are all good and
wholesome
Many of the girls and the young
wives of the boys who have gone to
the war the past spring, will undoubt-
eddy feel with the writer of the fol-
lowing poem, which is copied from B.
L. It's famous column in the Chicago
Tribune Here it is:
The Canning of the Bean.
My heart collapsed that night in June
Tor maybe it was May;
| At least i know have no Joy
Since you have went away.
The sun still raises in the east
| And sets again at night;
| Il know you done your duty when
You went away to fight.
But the letter that you sent me
Bout that little Franchise queen,
Is the straw that kills the camel
While I'm canning Of the bean.
| Beans are the popular thing to can.
/. these days and is the plea of every
housewife when she does not get out
to the demonstrations or various gath
erings, that she is home canning of the
beans Let the good work 60 on. Don't
be downhearted
| The following demonstrations were
held in the past week: Tuesday,
Hazel Green township, at the Golden
church. Mrs. George La Bounty,
town ship chairman.
At Delhi a good gathering was pres
ent, in spite of the fact that there were
81 soldier boys leaving Manchester
that afternoon. The demonstration
was held at the consolidated school,
In Earlville, Miss Laura Werkmeis-
err arranged for the demonstration and
assisted. Mrs. Louise H. Campbell,
and Miss Knowles, assistant at Ames.
was present at this demonstration and
gave a little talk to the women pres
ent. She explained the work of the
demonstration from the department of
agriculture down to the women's bu-
reau, following it with stirring pat
riotic talk, outlining the work Of the
women and urging each and everyone
to do her duty in these strenuous
times.
This next week there will be dem
onstration, Monday at Dundee, Tues |