Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-04


plan on love and romance is as
obvious as why Venus de Milo never
won the national bowling cham
pionship. Do you think for a min
ute that in the future a man with
great big appetite would even con-
slider counting girl with a great
big appetite? No indeed, not when
there are sparrow-like eaters run
ming around loose with just as
many points" in their ration book
as the hefty eaters.
From now on the real charm Of
maid for man will not lie in blue
eyes. or dimples, or skill In needle
point, but rather in how she tucks
away that food when it is placed in
front of her.
Just as heiresses have been
warned to guard against some one
marrying them for their money,
light-eating girls will be cautioned,
Are you sure that 1t is you he
loves, my dear, and not all those
ration points you have left over
each month";"
New Songs Coming.
Men, of course, face the same
danger. The most eligible man in
town may be the fellow with stom-
ach ulcers. Girls who like their
food are going to think twice be-
fore plighting their troth to a man
who needs TOO or 300 points a day
to keep his 6-foot, 20O-pound
frame moving around. When in
quiring 1910 a suitor's background
parents will care more about the
oats he has eaten than the ones he
has soWn.
The ration plan will result in a
thousand new songs. Already the
slap-happy Wagners of Tin Pan
Alley are hard at work composing
immortal songs to the food short
age. Here are few likely titles:
I Met hotpoint Baby in an
A and Pee Store"
My Heart Went On a Riot When
l Met Girl on a Diet"
My Heart Is All A-Flutter Over
a Gal Who Doesn't Like Butter"
Il Can't Ration My Passion for
You"
Just wait and see, there1l be some
even worse than these.
AS for friendship, the food Won
serve a guest in your home is going
TO SHOW palmer than any of your
other actions how much you think
OF him. Give him a dinner that cost
you more points than Notre Dame
gets IN a season, and he will think
OF you as a true friend. On the
other hand, give him dinner which
MS Knowing eye will quickly see
hasn't cost you more than a few
measly points from your ration book
and he will never again shake your
hand with the same fervor.
May Revise Social News.
For the first time since the four-,-
ing of this country friendships a-e
going to be made and lost over such
Items as canned sifted peas. dried
apr1cots. catsup and noodle soup.
In the future ration points will
determine the great hosts and
hostesses of the country. Those who
are willing to sacrifice all week to
really give a bang-up dinner on
Saturday night, and not necessarily
the wealthy, will be the famed en-
tertainers. Already old Nostradauus
McLemore can see the society
columns. A big dinner will be writ.
ten up like this:
The highest point dinner of the
season was given last evening bv
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Riboflavin. MIR,
and Mrs. Riboflavin, who had ex.
listed on plentiful cereals for a fort
night in order to give the 2,700-point
dinner, were so weak that they had
to be helped from the table at an
early hour. The dinner started with
a 6O-point appetizer, was followed
by 2O0-point clear soup, a 500
point entree, and they shot the rest
OF the points on the salad and
dessert"
Maybe this all sounds far-fetched.
but wait and see. Nostradamus
McLemore has never made a wrong
prediction on general food rationing
in the United States.
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