THE NEW FREEDOM-OF FOOD 



471 



BOVS CAN MAKE THEMSELVES 

 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 canning them- 

 selves. This gives them the satis- 

 faction of knowing that the food- 

 stuffs are of their own creation 

 from seed to jar. 



and used as a substitute 

 for butler 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 

 away from the restricted 

 zones in which the house- 

 hold larder is located. Veg- 

 etables threatened with de- 

 cay should be 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- g 



I thing in the air. The folks have formed a 1 



1 kitchen guard and everybody's working hard ; = 



a they're busy everywhere. And what I like about ( 



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



about the things we'll eat. They're canning corn 1 



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



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



1 beat. They're canning everything they can, to g 



1 please and feed the inner man and keep the wolf S 



1 away. They're drying stuff in wholesale lots p 



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



B rainy day. They've viewed the mammoth garden 1 



1 crop and vowed that they will put a stop to all = 



1 the waste of food that's taken place from year 1 



I to year and made the winter living dear for every | 



1 household brood. No more we'll see tomatoes 1 



1 fine decaying on the fruitful vine, nor apples on | 



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



1 within a fertile garden spot while mother's out f 



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



g herself in kitchen gown and works with all her [ 



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



1 hungry family to feed, with winter days in sight, p 



I The girls have taken Mother's cue, and Dad and 1 



1 all the brothers too have set themselves to work, p 



1 because they know that war-time thrift must be p 



1 the patriotic gift which none of us may shirk. 



1 They know the nation must provide the food 



i that's either canned or dried to fill the household | 



i stores in order that the stuff we've raised may | 



1 make our country's name be praised on European p 



1 shores ; they know that we must feed the troops p 



S in many million numbered groups that they may g 



I win the fight; that they may win their battle p 



1 brave, the Democratic flag to save, and thus p 



1 maintain the Right. i 



ed and held for future use. 

 Of similar importance is 

 the necessity for cooking 

 appetizingly Even patri- 

 otic duty is subjected to a 

 strain when oatmeal is 

 scorched, potatoes improp- 

 erly seasoned or soggy, 

 vegetables jioorly flavored 

 or meats and fish over- 

 cooked. The cook who 

 uses care to make dishes 

 ])alatable is rendering a na- 

 tional service this year, just 

 as truly as the soldier in 

 the trenches. 



One of the most grati- 

 fying phases of the war- 

 spirit is the enthusiasm 

 with which the people of 

 America are responding to 

 the need for food thrift. 

 Tills response is general, 

 genuine and unstinted. Its 

 influence on the food prob- 

 lem of the nation will be 

 tremendous. By canning 

 or drying everything that 

 can be canned or dried and 

 1)y practicing food thrift in 

 every-day living the indi- 

 vidual household will be 

 making available a vast 

 food supply that will pre- 

 vent starvation in Europe. 

 Every pound kept from 



