The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-28
President and Food Dept Put
u. S. on "HOnOr Diet"
PrOclaims WheatleSs and Meat
less Days Each Week.
MUST USE THIRD LESS WHEAT
Consumer To Buy Equal amount
of Substitute With Flour.
Victory Loaf of Baker To Con-
tain Only so Per Cent Wheat.

Washington. Jan. 2S.-The new
home card of the food administration
has been issued and shortly will be
distributed thruout the United States
to aid housekeepers in observing the
1918 conservation program of two
wheatless, zone meatless and two pork
less days a week as announced in
President Wilson's proclamation.
The card carrying an explanation
of the weekly plan will go into effect
today when the bakers begin the
manufacture of the Victory loaf" a
war bread containing a per cent SUBJ
stitute for wheat flour. Bakers are
to increase the substitutes for wheat
flour until 20 per cent substitution
is reached February "a. At the same
time groceFs will sell, household wheat
flour only when the purchaser buys
an equal amount of some other cereal.
The food administration cards ask
Every loyal American to help win
the war by maintaining rigidly as a
minimum of saving the following pro-
gram:
Have two wheatless days (Monday
and Wednesday, in every week and
one wheatless meal in every day.
"EXplanation-on 'wheatless' days
and in 'wheatless' meals of other days
use no crackers, pastry, macaroni.
breakfast food or other cereal food
containing wheat and use no wheat
flour in any form except the small
amount that may be needed for thick
enlnS soups or gravies, or for a binder
in corn bread and other cereal breads.
As to bread, if you bake it at home,
use other cereals than wheat and if
you buy it buy only war bread Our
object is that we should buy and con-
sume one-third less wheat products
than we did last year.
Two Days MeatIess.
Have one meatless day (Tuesday)
in every week and one meatless meal
in every day. Have two porkless days
tTuesday and Saturday. in every
week.
"Explanation-'m -'meatIess' m tn
without any cattle, hog or sheep pro-
ducts On other days use mutton and
lamb in preference to beef or pork.
'Porkless' means without pork, bacon,
ham. lard or pork products, fresh or
preserved. Use fish, poultry and eggs
AS a nation we eat and waste nearly
twice as much meat as we need
Make every day fat saving day
(butter, lard, lard substitutes, etc.
'EXplanation-fry less, bake broil
/ boil or stew food instead. Save meat
drippings; use these and vegetable oils
for cooking instead of butter Butter
! Has lOOQ VALUES VITAL 10 CnllQTen
therefore give it to them. Use it only
on the table Waste no soap; it is made
+ from fat. Be careful of all fats. We
use and waste two and a half times
as much fat as we need.
Save Sugar Every Day.
Make every day a sugar saving
day.
/ 'Explanation-Use less sugar. Less
sweet drinks and candy containing
sugar should be used in war time AS
a nation we have used twice as much
sugar as we need"
The card also cautions householders
against boarding food and gives re-
newed assurances that the government
"by it's control of exports, will retain
for our people a sufficient supply OF
every essential foodstuff.'' Warning
against limiting the food of growing
children also is given. The reverse
side of the card outlines the reasons
for the necessity of food saving. en-
phasizing the allies absolute need ot
wheat meats, fats and sugars.