Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1919-08-07
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Early 10 the sreat movement TOT the.
conservation ot 1000 Jessie had
oronched the subject 20 sher nus0and.
ne nad acqulesced most heartily. Ger
aainsy ne would ne 9lad co 40 hse Dit."
All y want y the 'plainesf OF FOOD ne.
SAID. And y0uf se0OktnK w0uid make
the worst concocttons delicious Z
For . while ali went well. Y Delicious
dishes based ON rice or spaghetti. with
nour1shfng meat sauces appeared ON
the table. and occasionally an entire
meal OF vegetables. And John had
ealen mem, nrN WIN NOISY appropa-
.lon !" ..e ecp."nac sa'ue y tne .i'Ove.'
'nen.. tl'en Win kleat llIade son.
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.ehce tnat spoke volunes q marty
dom' severn tlmes re had tele-
.noieu UNI. .'e wou'u ny. y nome hor
.ue'a'n'u ~ . pu l1
ana then one evening the cat was
o.it OF tne nae. aonn mao arrfved nome
Almost an nouI eariier 'tnan usual.
iaden down Win packages. Into the
K'tcnen ne strode ana Summed them
nolsliy aown upon the tnD-tops.
laess ne sa.u g e un1,ea g a.. sIl'ns
anu ulscloseo z nuke STEAK tnefe's
. piece VI .nsaa. ana1 : 1Ieak. 'eeI.
tA.'ow '''e ~ lllt,osiuce you' aauAIn. -
I, ' .nea nase nsu ~ .le 3'nnAesn. i
!. MAn. ar"unu nsle a.'u ! iHn ~, ~, tug
war sIu'. ~. koou anu si,' WY, &c
cont.hueu vlrtuous'y, I want y
sln.p,e w.. z ssssSl pieIe y meal g !,
soIue vese.ao.es. some sood dread ana
out.er, anu us,sst,Is. no lIll,s = tnslt
anu I'm gong 70 nave tne en-.
secret'y Jessie WAS 1ust ~ well
pleased. The "makeshifts" had meant
much extra work for her, and It must
ne admitted she did not particularly
enjoy made dishes. She. too, liked
good plain 1000.
So matters logged along until John
produced pair of tickets for a lee
ture on 'Hooyerizing." 1T Is tonight. I"
ne said. I'VE VIII hive to gOand
thank goodness It Is with q clear CON.
science that we can hear him hand t
to those people who have not been
aoing their bit"
Well. we certainly havelr laughed
Jessie. VI
An hour later. from their comfort
able seats in the hall. they looked at
each other In CONSERVATION. But the
speakers words still flowed on In ear
nest appeal. and there was not time
Tor discussion.
Hundreds Of y0u good people would
tell me u I asked you, that yoti are
doing all y0u cam" he said. ''You
VIII say that you have cut out every
thing but necessities. Yon are using:
mourning Duf plain food-and plain food
win you means the best roasts Of.
Deer, iamb ana pork the finest steaks
ana chops i; the whftest bread you can
OBTAIN. ana the simplest desserts
: :. y pies VI SaAe which use up the
white ;nour. y.
DO you honestly think you are do
Ing your best1 This war win be won
or lost By food. Don't forget that for
one minute. Most Of you. in your COM
Portable houses. feel that the war is q
remote zen thing which can never touch
you. 1ou give hve minutes Of pity to.
the starving children IN Belgium or
f,oiand. ana then sit down to heapin9
plates Of ffo0d and promptly forget all
abput them. T YOu have q vague sense
that everything will be all right. Uncle
sam sts behind us, and Of course that
means that nothing can harm US. Other
Countries have suffered. But American
impossible! And 80 you go on day BY
DAY, grnmbling q little at the Increased
cost OF living and continuing to live
exactly as you did before the war.
Many Of you think because you
have bought q Liberty bond you have
done yonr bit What right have we
to give q bit while our men In the
nrmy give their all7 SO must we. We
cannot all 70 tn fhe front. .nvna ~