Evening star., 1943-05-13

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Just himself to Henry MeLsners'
this because our salvage program.
or at least our program OF . Few
months ago, cannot even be COM
pared to the English one. Where ws
leave of, they are Just beginning.
I went into a tobacconist's today
to try to buy some matches. Tho
clerk said he had few and would I
please let him have my empty
matchbox. He was surprised and
shocked when I told him I hadn't
kept 1t but had thrown 1t away.
While I waited half a dozen GUS
toners came In, produced battered
and torn cardboard boxes and care
fully tucked loose matches In them.
The same Is true Of cigarettes.
HaH-Size Tickets.
Theater and moving picture tick
cts are half the size and quality OF
ours, but not one of them Is wasted.
When the usher tears your ticket he
takes 1t carefully and threads 1t on
string or tosses it into box One
OF the easiest ways to draw a frown
from an Englishman Is to throw
away your bus tickets when you
alight or to toss them on the floor
when the conductor collects your
fare. If his frown isn't sufficient to
shame you into picking up the tick
cts and depositing them In the box
at the exit, he will pick them up
himself.
No matter where you walk in
London, even along the fashionable
streets that correspond to Park,
Fifth and Madison avenues, you
will see sins labeled Drop Scraps
Here for Pigs" Leave Scraps Hero
for Chickens and Ducks" As the
Londoner goes to work he takes a
parcel containing breakfast scrap
ings and throws them in one Of
these bins so that the animals may
have food.
Envelopes are used over and over
again. Even those that come from
the highest officials and bear tho
stamp "On His Majesty's Service"
are secondhand The old address
is simply blotted out by patch Of
gummed paper and the new address
is written on it.
There Is no such thing as waste
food. The last single crumb Is
utilized. Let a housewife discard
even 50 much as a slice OF good
bread and she runs the risk OF .
heavy fine or imprisonment or both.
The same goes for fats and meats.
I have been corrected on the street
by a stranger for forgetting and
throwing away an empty cigarette
package.
Bits Of String Cherished.
No bit OF clothing is discarded.
In hotels maids keep an eye on the
wardrobes Of visitors, particularly
Americans who are celebrated for
wastefulness, and gather up all their
old socks, shirts and ties. Bits Of
string are cherished and nothing Is
wrapped at the stores, not even
bread.
London is short Of manpower and
machines, but 1t is q remarkably
clean city. There isn't any rubbish
for the street cleaners, most Of whom
are women, incidentally, to sweep
away. You just don't see bottle
caps, wire, paper or anything in the
cutters. Salvage publicity In the
form Of posters and newspaper ad-
vertisements continually hammer
home to the people the need for
more attention to salvage. The
posters are brilliantly executed and
one Is rarely out OF sight. Their
message tells Of what 1t costs IN men,
ships and hardships to bring sup
plies across the sea.
1t would do Americans good to see
Just how much can be saved from
little when every one makes 1t his
duty to waste nothing that can be
used against Hitler and his hordes.
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