The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-07-25


have astonished ourselves, for
example, by the way we have behaved about food
during the last two wears
when We entered the war we were the best fed
people on earth and had been for generations An
incidental proof of this is that the American sol
oier astonlsheti Europe with a new physical type
the result of favorable conditions of life and ade
quate 1ood And this physical type proved
ltseit little husker and harder and deadlier at
the business of killing than any previous type of
man.
BUT when we entered the war, at the sug-
Eestion of the necessity that faced u.s. the 10000
0OO OF us curbed appetites denied ourselves
goodies, put ourselves ,ratiCns and started in
pom honor to conserve foOd-and stuck to it till
the necessity was past. 1t was a most astonishing
spectacle.
Not only that but millions of us voluntarily
started in to make gardens and raise food. Many
OF these voluntary gardeners hardly knew a spade
from hoe; some probably thought that potatoes
grew in the grocery store Certainly lots of these
gardeners had no land But it made no difference,
The American people went to gardening. From
the Atlantic to the Pacific the gardens of the
workers stretched in almost unbroken line The
cotton mills of the East the lumber camps of Ore
gon, the mining towns of Arizona the great fac
tories of the middle West, the shpyards of Texas
all the upspringing of innumerable war gar
tlens. The second summer saw the first redoubled.
Hts too soon for us to begin to appreciate what
thfs war ratloning and this gardening has done
in winning the war, feeding the world and bene-
fitting the American people. But anyone inter-
ested in getting first glimpse at what this gar
.riening has done for should get hold of book
lust out "The War Garden Victorious" by Charles
I.athrOD Pack 1t is not for SALE but it Is being
distributed to- libraries, and to organizations and
individuals identified with war garden work. Mr..
Pack is the organizer and president of the national
war garden commission and his book is record
of war garden activities and successes, dedicated
ast0 the war gardeners of the United States and
allied countries in admiration of their success in
adding TO the worlds supply of food during the
worlds war;" Mr.. Pack ittingly presented the
first eopy TO an American woman who is typical OF
the spirit that made the war garden VICTORIOUS
Mrs. Thomas Edwards of Oberlin, 0. She Is nine
fy-fiye years of age, but she enlisted with the
VAR gardeners at the first call and showed she
was NOT too told to learn by changing her ife-Iong
,aetbods and adopting the coldpack method of
canning.
co-operation Wins Victory
S,o,ne people might think book of record and
rfarence on war gardens must necessarily be dull
-.,,,l;ry This one isn't It's good reading. ANY
o.1 American can get patriotic thrills out of'it-
,sa~;,,as learning lot. Mr.. Pack is not laboring
,,nde, the deusi0n that his national war garden
...,,.,ssion was the whole thing. He knows 1t was
~, ,oval co-operati0n of the people that MADE the
,r.r garden such a splendid success
AZ pack also appreciates what the press OF the
..,,,,t,, ,,,f for the movement He knows that all
~. rrose all the enthusiasm, all OF the ability
- chose in charge of the commissions actVlties
..,,t have been the sweetness of effort wasted on
=, ,,ort air of indifference had not the American
- t bebind the movement with all It's power.
r., = closing chapter Is devoted to an Illuminating
t ,f the tremendous enthusiasm with whlch
,,or,can daily and periodical press responded
=. a., ,nnortunity and how the puphelty materiai
,E,s orepared and distributed
..r,,.a nrinted word the most powerfui 1orce
-, 70 civilization, made war gardens posslDie.
- -. nther way could they have been mace 10
-.,.,,,,v en- rapidly in all parts OF the ianu. FROM
rs.4a-:s ink to parsnips and parsley Is iohs
s..'... h,,t tbe newspapers and magazines maue
-. ;,.,on along with the others which they maue
80. .,rt,, loan The Red Cross, ana various other
-. =. .erL campaigns. How much OF deDt n
....,,. tho nation owes to 1t patriouc EDITORS ~
s.,.s, yin never be able to reaze Iuiy' Dut u
&c rraw that without their wholeheai.eu sup
-. and their loyal assistance u Wouiu never
,,sen able to arouse the people Oh Tue on.eu
- -. s. a whole TO The strenuous EFFORTS WHEN
49, ,arted 10 back up the government. anu .,e
forces. No note OF appreciation 10 .i,e
* the country coud De vus -
tdAts 5; TOO liberal in It's eApfsssioi :,
. .,Ssass fol their su0staa''a' a'a'
war Garden Commission.
a,,a4 faceti /, deficit IN food and fhat
Tl.at te ~ emergency wldeh could 20 met
s5sere eNss IS Of more fassi. sas apl'lfeu1
nnly ny snsA = Mouths Of 49,
axrsug the s.ses