THE NEW FREEDOM-OF FOOD 



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BOVS CAN MAKE THEMSfXVES 

 JUST AS USEFUL AS GIRLS 



Just because a boy is a good base- 

 ball player or a mighty fisherman 

 there is no reason why he should let 

 his sister have the advantage of 

 him in this time of Food. Thrift. 

 These boys have developed them- 

 selves into expert canners of veg- 

 etables and fruits. Their interest 

 arose from the success of their 

 home gardening work. After raising 

 a thrifty crop they saw that in or- 

 der to get the most good out of it 

 they must prepare a large part for 

 winter uses. Manly pride made 

 them unwilling to call for feminine 

 help so they did the canuLUg them- 

 selves. This gives them the satis- 

 faction of knowing that the food- 

 stuffs are of their own creation 

 from seed to jar. 



a n d used as a substitute 

 for Initter and lard in cook- 

 ing. 



Nor is the use of left- 

 overs the only duty of the 

 household. There is prob- 

 ably as much waste through 

 spoilage as through throw- 

 ing away. To prevent this 

 food supplies should be 

 carefully guarded against 

 exposure to heat, germs, 

 dirt and flies. Mice and 

 insects should be treated as 

 alien enemies and kept 

 awav from the restricted 

 zones in which the house- 

 hold larder is located. Veg- 

 etables threatened with de- 

 cay should he put to use 

 immediately. It the use is 

 not apparent it should be 

 found. Fruits on the verge 

 of spoiling should be stew- 



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I THE HOME GUARD IS WORKING 



THERE'S something doing in the land. You'll 

 g find the signs on every hand. There's some- 



B thing in the air. The folks have formed a 



1 kitchen guard and everybody's working hard; 

 1 they're busy everywhere. And what I like about 

 1 the bunch is that they've got the proper hunch 

 H about the things we'll eat. They're canning corn 

 1 and peas and beans, they're drying pumpkin, 

 1 squash and greens, they've got the food game 

 m beat. They're canning everything they can, to 

 m please and feed the inner man and keep the wolf 

 s away. They're drying stuff in wholesale lots 

 1 and taking steps to knock the spots from winter's 

 1 rainy day. They've viewed the mammoth garden 

 I crop and vowed that they will put a stop to all 

 H the waste of food that's taken place from year 

 1 to year and made the winter living dear for every 

 = household brood. No more we'll see tomatoes 

 B fine decaying on the fruitful vine, nor apples on 

 B the trees ; no more we'll see things lie and rot 

 1 within a fertile garden spot while mother's out 

 1 at teas. For every woman in the town has dressed 

 % herself in kitchen gown and works with all her 

 S might to can and dry the things she'll need her 



■ hungry family to feed, with winter days in sight. 

 3 The girls have taken Mother's cue, and Dad and 

 1 all the brothers too have set themselves to work, 

 M because they know that war-time thrift must be 

 H the patriotic gift which none of us may shirk, 

 g They know the nation must provide the food 

 g that's either canned or dried to fill the household 

 = stores in order that the stuff we've raised may 

 m make our country's name be praised on European 

 1 shores; thev know that we must feed the troops 

 M in many million numbered groups that they may 

 1 win the fight; that they may win their battle 

 1 brave, the Democratic flag to save, and thus 



■ maintain the Right. 



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ed and lield lor future use. 



I Of similar iiTi]30rtance is 



I the necessity for cooking 



I appetizingly Even patri- 



I otic duty is subjected to a 



I strain when oatmeal is 



I scorched, potatoes improp- 



I erly seasoned or soggy, 



I vegetables poorly flavored 



I or meat s and fish over- 



I cooked. The cook who 



[ uses care to make dishes 



I jjalatable is rendering a na- 



I tional service this year, just 



I as truly as the soldier in 



I the trenches. 



I One of the most grati 



I tying phases of the war- 



I spirit is the enthusiasm 



I with which the people of 



I -Vmerica are responding to 



I the need for food thrift. 



I This response is general, 



I genuine and unstinted. Its 



i influence on the food prob- 



1 lem of the nation will be 



i tremendous. By cannina: 



3 or drying everything that 



i can be canned or dried and 



1 Ijy ]3racticing food thrift in 



m every-day living the indi- 



1 vidual household will be 



^ making available a vast 



t food supply that will pre- 



i vent starvation in Europe. 



lg Every pound kept from 



