Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-02-26
LECTURES

Dr. Julius Lincoln, a member OF
the federal food commission to France
and England, was in our city the past
week, and gave some very able and
interesting addresses on food cOnser
walton.
On Tuesday morning he talked to
the High school students on his eX-
periences while in France, visiting
the battlefelds and trenches, and tell
ing of the difference at this time and
several years ago when he was also
in France and England. He compared
the food situation and impressed up
on the minds of the students the
necessity of being loyal to the food
laws as we'll as to other government
rules of today. DR.. Lincoln stated
that it was a patriotic duty to abide
by the conservation of food laws.
In the afternoon of Tuesday DR..
Lincoln addressed the women of this
city at the court house along the
same lines, bringing out clearly the
food situation in Europe at the present
time. His audience was a very large
one. and goes to show that the women
of Wausau are anxious to do their
bit in this critical time. The spirit
of cooperation along this line was
plainly noticeable and the listeners
were eager to learn more about the
conservation of food The speaker
for the afternoon was introduced by
Owen P. Rabbit, federal food COM
missioner for Marathon county, who
also made a brief address on this
same subject urging every housewife
to live up to the war food laws. DR..
Lincoln has recently returned from
the warning district across the sea,
where he went with a United States
food commission, and was able to tell
from visits to those countries the ac-
tual conditions 'over there" His
stories of villages in France, which
have been destroyed and the way the
French women are compelled to I'LL
| the positions of men of that country,
who have gone to the front, were pitt
| full, and we can hardly realize the
many dreadful things happening in
| those unfortunate countries. DR.. Lin
| coin mentioned the TuScania disaster
| and paid a tribute to one of Marathon
| county's lads, who gave his life on
this boat-Charles Swanson of Roths-
| child. He also told of the terrible
air raids, ETC., and many dreadful
| things which happen cover there
continually. DR.. Lincoln is an able
speaker and was listened to with much
| interest, while in Wausau, and also
| gave out much valuable information
| and impressed upon our people gen.
orally the necessity of being careful
| with foods in order that we may have
| enough for ourselves, for our soldier
| boys, and help our allies.
| Patriotic music was also given dur
| ing the meeting.
| A patriotic meeting followed in the
evening at the court house, at which
| time J. H. Puehlicher of Milwaukee,
state director of war saving stamps,
was the principle speaker. His adj
| dress was interesting and was on the
| thrift and war stamps, stating that
an army of savers was necessary to
! back the army of men gone to war.
| He touched on the liberty bonds, Red
| Cross and other patriotic activities
| which have come up since war was
| declared, and the liberal response Civ
| en- each. The word SAVE was empha-
| sized a great deal by Mr.. Puehlicher,
and the buying of war stamps is just
one way of teaching our people how
| to save.
| Brief addresses were made by Fred
| w. Genrich on abraham Lincoln, -
| p. T. Stone on Labor" and G. B. Bird
| on Patriotism" Patriotic music was
| also rendered at this meeting.