The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-01-22
ELMER TWITCHELL ON THE
NEW RATIONING

NEW NAIAONANO
eyes and no." said Elmer Twitch-
ell today when asked If he minded
the latest ban on canned stuff. II
got pretty sick of 1t down through
the years. In fact, suppose ! have
suffered as much from hastily pre-
pared canned bean suppers as any
body. There were many times when
| thought the country had stopped
delivering food In any other way.
"If Uncle Sam had called for less
canned goods years ago ! would
have cheered till / was blue in the
face. After every meal in my house
there were tin cans all over the
place. Nothing would have disrupt
ed our home more than the loss OF a
can opener.
"My wife seemed to have for
gotten that food came out Of the
ground. She developed the mo-
ton that men could live via the
canning corporations alone. She
thought food was something de-
pendent ON complete Iiaison be-
tween the tin mines, the beam
cries and the gas range.
"And never saw much excuse for
1t until the past year during which
time the old gal has been flying all
over the map in something she calls
home front activities, letting all her
home affairs 60 to pot.
''Now I claim that among the
home front activities conducive to
preserving morale and winning the
war few take precedence over MAX
ing the home fairly comfortable and
doing little decent cooking now
and then.
IA lot Of those women you see
trotting around in all sorts Of uni
forms or with all sorts of bands on
their arms are just sabotaging the
home front by leaving the men folk
hungry, cold, Disguised and pretty
sore.
II know a couple of 'em who are
spending IL hours day working on
the problem of sustenance, morale
and first aid while their husbands
are so neglected that they could use
some ambulatory aid right now.
"The point Of which is that thou
sands Of American husbands who
don't know much about cooking are
obliged to depend on canned stuff.
Something they just dig out of
container and hold over a gas flame
five minutes. If they find they are
suddenly cut off from canned food
they are going to be in bad way"
"Don't you think all men
should learn to cook?" we asked
Elmer.
LEARN to cook!" he ex-
claimed. "They should now
learn to scout and forage"
RHYMES FOR THE CANNED
GOODS CRISIS
Cut me do,on on canned fruit juices
II it deals the Asis deuces.
Take away those pitied cherries;
They will give Adolf "the berries
Lima beans ri gladly lay off
II in victory they'll pay off.
Pork and beans? Well. RI go easy,
II they make Der Fuehrer soheesy.
Carrots, corn, asparagus?
Take 'em and sW0mp "Hit" and "Muss.'
In this rationing Of canned goods
there Is this thing to bear in mind:
Maybe the can you give up will be
the one they'll tie ON Hitler.
GONE WITH THE RATION CARDS
IN take second helping.
2Oh, have another chop!
Sid like to reduce but I just
can't stop eating everything.
PLEASE pass the butter!
5-Add cup Of sugar and,a quart
Of rich cream and stir well.
6-You are cordially invited to q
beefsteak dinner, tickets to be 81
per plate. I'll
My order Of steak hasn't ar
rived yet: what's the matter?
8-Just cut me of some round
steak for the dog.
9--And I'll take ten or twelve cans
Of soup, too. e
10-The best dinner in town for
40 cents.
a.. WINTER. 1925
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