Evening star., 1943-08-05
Heard Alone
the
Home Front

The American Meat Institute
urges women to adopt the following
pledge to help stamp out the black
market in meats; Il shall buy no
more meat than my ration stamps
entitle me to-because the rest of
the meat is needed for the war
help speed victory!" Also, house
wives are asked to put into effect
these four simple rules: /. Buy no
meat without rations stamps. 2.
Give or sell no stamps to others. 3.
Destroy unused stamps. a. Look on
ration stamps as your way of re-
leasing meat to the armed forces.
Use them honorably. -.
If you wish detailed information
about the Food Conservation Glasses
being conducted by the public
schools of the District of Columbia,
you may get in touch with D. I.
Miller, head of the Department of
Home Economics, Divisions 1913,
Public School, D. c., Office Admins
tration Annex No. 2, Fourteenth and
@ streets NV. 80.
The only woman in the recently
announced list of 80 new advisers
70 the Quartermaster General of
the Army Service Forces was DR..
Mary Engle Pennington, said to be
the Nations foremost authority on
the handling, transportation and
storage of perishable foods. Her job
as private consultant to packing
firms, warehouse concerns and ship
ping corporations has given her in
valuable experience in her field. . . E.
Feminine mess sergeants and sup
ply officers of the WACS have been
studying boning of meat carcasses
in the 30-day courses set up in the
bakers and cooks schools at various
Army posts The actual division
of animals will not have to be done
by these officers and noncomS but
as supervisory functionaries they
will need to know why and how the
Army cuts its meat.
"Recreation-a Resource of War"
is the title of a lea1et put out by
the Division of Recreation, Federal
Security Agency, to help communi-
ties in war areas meet the off-the-
job need of workers and their fami-
lies, Churches and civic organiza-
tions will find it helpful in plan
ming activities. incidentally the
reation representatives who are
available for consultation on all
problems pertaining to recreation
needs in watime.
The Heinz Victory Bulletin Series
now numbers 12-the latest addi-
tons being Recipes for Mustard
Cookery" Recipes for Tomato
Ketchup Cookery" Recipes for
Victory Garden Vegetables" and
Rules for Home Canning" The
tiny, f1le-sized leaflets are. chock
full of helpful information and re-
freshing recipes. For free copies of
one or all, write H. J. Heinz Co.,
Department VB, Pittsburgh, Pa. . 4.
With soy beans becoming an all
absorbing topic of discussion among
American housewives, the news that
United China Relief has just pub
'AoAASN q oPVSldi SOy UCdI Oupple-
ment to its popular book, New Chi
sese Recipes" will be most welcome.
There are recipes for preparing the
beans, and also complete instruc-
tions for home-sprouting them.
Beans will sprout in two or three
days If given proper attention, and
the procedure is simple and takes
little space or equipment.
The Governments request that
civilians hold off on buying turkey
during August and September does
not mean that we will not get our
regular share for Thanksgiving and
Christmas, say the authorities.
Once the emergency request for the
armed forces is filled, civilians will
start getting their quota Because
Of the distance which much of the
turkey crop will have to travel to
reach the boys, professors are be-
ing asked to have 100000 pounds
ready for delivery between Septem-
Der l and IS. another 100000
pounds between September IS and
20 and final 100000 pounds ready
as soon afterward as possible.
r C.