Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-25
MUSIC AND SPEECHES
WIN AT THE QUEEN
Cereal Savings Shown to be Neces-
sary for the Next Four
Months.

The Queen Theatre was filled, last
NIGHT. with quiet, but responsive gather
ing of citizens to hear an address on the
food problem of the wartime, by DIR.
hlonzo " Taylor, one of Hoover $ aides,
formerly an attacho Of the American
Embassy in Berlin.
General James H. Wilson presided and,
in introducing The speaker of the evening.
said. The American people always
rises to great emergencies to the defence
Of It's flag. There are 80 million men IN
arms. 10 million IN prison camps and
hospitals. and the civil populations OF the
allied countries must also he furnished
with food He then introduced Dr.
Alonzo y Taylor. we'll known as q food
expert. and one OF the members of the
National Food Administration BOARD
Dr Taylor said that his mission was
to emphasize and explain the latest
regulations of the food board for the use
Of cereals. which came out in the morning
papers but were ovcrshadowCd in space,
though not in Importance. by the battle
news. lie recalled that Mt the beginning
ot the assault ON Ncrdun. two years and
more ago, tic Berlin bulletins represented
the battle rs progressing according TO
plans and noted that the same claim
is made today. But the end Of tho Yer
dun assault was not IN accordance with
the German plans and the speaker had
no doubt that the same fate will over
take the present movement
In any ease. tho duty oi this country
IS the same, the flood problem rcmaYls the
acute problem. and ships and mtn rrc
the other legs o( the tripod on which our
part of hclpiul allies must rest
DR. lavlol said that while only few
plrkcd men have the privilege of service
M the fighting front. all nf the people at
homc. both men and women, can help in
the food campaign. aud he explained at
lrneth WHY II had been determined TO
send more wheat to Europe. even though
tln- course cuts down the amount We
cs,n uSe at home aud forces the uze of
,o-thcr substitutes These substitutes
are INST rs uood li~t r. nutritious hut
not ts pleasing 80 the palate hIt thcrcln
H. "a, merit of ,Iir ahncgatIon
lie contra~tcd the cNtnnt "a which the
lah"r ut Women IS utilized in tho allied
cpuntrc~ anj hcrc and todd how every
Itcn II um-cS-cntial production like
umhfclia- has hccn cut down ~ lng-
land ~inHa1 measures must bC en-
fnrced M thI- country and All labor must
IT, pceied lf otu women arc willing
o. follow tho recommendations of the
fond board and i IS he duty uf the mon
tu hc'p thom Us accepting without
grumImg au, temporary rcadiustment
oa th.lr accustomed n.nu The present
wheat ttfon iur only four months or
arfI 4br nc> harvest
Muse We furnished "a thc Eighteenth
60 Ran, Cr3-t trtillory Corps. -tse
ttan,d II lolt TN rnnt The p pere=
Fl, uui,t th. direction 81 Henry SchoI
tens and rf,,l witt much oppression
Two iutroitf,t tory elections and the
natlnnal anth m- Il England France and
tho I-nltcd state
The band VIII 4--s- IL the other meet
ng> throughout tho state vhIch Will hc
addressed ~ IN Iavlor thiS week. the
schedule ~ which ha~ been already
published and also II ano, h,r meeting
At tho Quccn nc>t Sunday night