The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-16

whatever they have decided is nee
essary-to their happiness.
And it's surprising how many
things one can argue oneself into
believing necessary.
Individual opinions vary on what
Is. and Is not. boarding. One feels
rather a fool for not reading the
handwriting on the wall and laying
In supplies. when one can. of the
things we are warned are going to
be hard to get. On the other hand,
1t is interpreting the handwriting
and acting promptly that brings
about a shortage. Also adding to
the general confusion are rumorS
of shortages that never seem really
to happen.
Razor blades - remember? Silk
stockings-of course. you remem-
Der about silk stockings. Strangely
enough. one can buy them much
more easily than one can nylons.
and yet we've all had the incon-
venient experience Of not being
able to buy something about which
we had no warning.
Rumor Mongers
Rumors Of shortages may often
be traced to the women who. unable
to buy certain commodity because
Of the shopkeepers' temporarily de-
pleted stocks. spread thu report
that one couldn't get any more Of q
commodity. 1t would be most help
full II these alarmists would be moro
specific-instead Of saying the arti-
Gle can't be had. explain that 1t
couldn't be had at such q time and
place. That isn't, of course. the
same thing as being entirely out Of
circulation.
This is the season when sales Of
canned goods are always offered.
Whether one stocks UP more heav.
lily than usual seems up to the indi.
vidual. In some homes the family
circle Is smaller. Hence, there Is
need Of less food. In others 1t Is
enlarged by the addition Of q
boarder taken into the home be-
cause he works In q nearby plant.
A housewife has to have judy
ment. She cannot conform to her
usual plan when circumstances
make her original idea q misfit.
Men who run businesses expect and
are able to meet changing condi.
lions. We women must learn hexi-
bility and judgment and conduct
our affairs accordingly. In some
households money Is plentiful: in
others. where the income Is I'm.
affected by war industries, the In.
come remains static. But the fam.
lily has. because Of the increased
cost of living and higher taxes.
much less money to spend.
Whether 1t Is advisable to lay In
stocks Of canned foods or to lay In
stocks Of warm clothing against the
time when clothing may be dimcult
to obtain requires clear thinking
or good guessing. since there seems
no way really to foresee conditions.
Women Ask Information
Housewives are serious In their
endeavor to feed their families
nourishing. even though less ex-
pensive. foods. Nutrition classes
formed In most communities are
always well attended and publish
ers are releasing all manner Of In
formative books on how to eat well
on less money. In fact. this explain.
atory sentence Is the title Of q book
authored by 0aynor Maddox and
soon to be published.
Mr.. Maddox Is impatient Of the
idea that food Is q woman's bus
mess only. Food Is the business Of
every person who eats" he says. "A
man has no more right to be ig-
norant Of traffic laws or the date
Of his insurance payment. Today.
with the fate Of our nation depend
Ing upon the strength Of its total
population. q man owes his country
a strong body and steady nerves.
whether he is in the armed forces,
In an industrial plant. or carrying
on essential civilian occupation.
With the revolution In our eating
habits being caused by food ration.
ing. priorities and lowered stand.
ard Of living. no man or woman
can keep himself additionally at
without q working knowledge Of
the principles Of modern nutrition
any more than he can find his way
around In . blackout without .
flashlight."
And this wise conservation applies
to the new ways for old we must all
follow until the lights 60 on again
all over the Forld.