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DiilaJtlphla, lrlJ..Nc tml.tr S3. 191T
THE PROVOST MARSHAL'S
CALL TO ARMS
ITiHC selectlvo principle has aniplv
proved Its Immense superiority to the
Old draft system unci to volunteeilng iiml
to any haphazard combination of the two.
"The wonder is that a people no devoted
to business efficiency should have, hesi
tated to adopt It." savs the Provost .Mar
shal In his letter to the local and district
boards. "It is of the essence of democracy
and national cfiectlvenoss." '
General Crowdcr's explanation of the
new draft rules, which appears elsewhere
in tho Kvkninu huiiUKii today, deals
frankly with a phase of conscription
about which the public has been much in
doubt. What bervlce did the l!ocrnment
expect of married men and of farm and
Industrial workers? It Is niadi- clear lirst
of ull that no one Is permanently exempt
except those obviously Incapable of bear
ins arms. Neither the man led state nor
industrial war work can be pleaded us an
. excuse for not donning tho unlfotm.
Sclentlltc estimate ot each man's use
,;ulncss and of tho date when that use
fulness will be called torth is len prec
edence over the sentiments of normal
times. It Is puttlnn It very mildly to call
the times "abnormal." The war la the
crisis of civilization aim now we are at
the crisis of the war. Perhaps It Is well
for us that we do not constantly realize
hdw critical life is. It is necessary to
keep level-headed and cool. And, while
i 4 dtresslntr tho enormous Importance of get
ting our best potential soldiers Into ac
. tion. General Crowderkveps u firm Rrasp
on the necessity for calm discrimination1".
' In the class first to be called up. he js,
"we shall have. In every community. Im
mediately available for military service
Ingle men and n few married mn w lioso
removal will pot disturb the leasonably
adequate support of their dependents."
On the same principle, In farm and
factories, "we shall have segregated Into
this class men who have not especially
fitted themselves for industrial or agri
cultural pursuits, so that our only in
cursion Into the labor supply will affect
but a small percentage of unskilled labor."
General Crowder expects that at most
12 per cent of the skilled workmen may
bo called to arms and In defending his
eystem In advance of that possibility he
ays:
t The problem is not to maintain the labor
supply of agrlcultuie and of every Indus
1 try Intact. U Is to make the withdrawal
of men In the most scientific manner pos-
siblc. There are those who Hay
that we murt win this war in the economic
field, with an Inference that the raising
of an army Is a side issue. I saj ... you
that with iny greater Inroads into tlis
field of recruitment of our army, we shall
be sending Inferior men to the Meld. That,
if this nation is not competent to make
the. alight adjustment necsssary to com-
pensate for this scientific selection, then
it is not competent to enter this war.
Industrial employers and emploes of
the nation are summoned to cast away
the civilian manner of thinking. There
must beharder woi k and heavier sacrifice
all rotund. We have not begun to feel tho
tblte of real war. Our farms and work
shops must at once adjust themselves to
1 -ar conditions. If men of muscle are
needed in France, men of less muscle and
women must be prepared to learn the
crafts our soldiers must quit for sterner
doings. Women of our stock will not
edek to prevent their husbands from
doing their duty, and women themselves,
a si Iri TiViittftu nrwl 1 'ti it) o nl rtl I 1,.. ..
&-f tent with less and In many cases .in Hi
-work of men.
tir. ...-, .,-,- ,. ,. , ...
fo uiuav jJiouic ui ujilc IU TTiilKe ItlQ
KYacnncc3 which the new call upon our
Kvwn iover Implies.
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A MEDICAL TRIUMPH
fORTALITY from camp diseases and
blood-poison from wounds not other
?1e fatal has been greater in all big wars
Man that directly due to the shock of
Sj-fcittJe. Such fragmentary details as we
! In chronicles ot the Thirty Years'
ItVatalAnnln nonfllctH deflnltelv .HnKlteVi
tiripfepondernnce of deaths that might
kave been avoided. OyII War records
f4taUMtlcate the fact. Not till the Japa-
i -tut their murveiousiy emcient camp
a4 fleW. hospital system Into
th-Russo-Japanese AVur
. at arB iwifle a-
:. U
Mars has learned nn entirely new war
tare, Aesculapius bus not been behind In
meeting new military conditions with
better surgical and medical methods.
Discovery of n new practlcublo toxin
lor tetanus, announced nt the etinent
annual meeting of the National Academy
of .Sciences here, means u greater mitiga
tion of moitnlliy from uno of tho most
picsent and deadly discuses, If gcuptnl
Held uso shows It Is ns salutary on the
human sstcm us experiments show It Is
effeotho on nnlmals. With typhoid mid
smallpox vaccines, the hMllrnlf protec
tion of modern cunip mid tictuii sanita
tion and the tcsoutocfulnrss t plastic
and operative surgery, our titmlcs can go
into battle Instiled against many of the
former terrors of uiu
OI'KN TIIK IIALLOT-HOXHS
nilli: Philadelphia coin Is lmn iilwajs
fought shy of oiM'iiliig tbc lmllot-boM
after uii election of doubtful Issue. It Is
easy to see how this icluetaucc be came n
JmltcWI hadltlon. Tlie same paity or
ganization almost liiMiiiably won, mid It
could usually bu ussumed that whtcer
Intoads on the Republican majority
might In made by a iciount would not
afftct the icsult. Ilesldcs. in tbc old day-,
Independent votcis wero .onsldcte-d to
Iuim- only timporntlly left their p.uty
organization to leglster n piotest o!c
for u temporary p-utj, and did not
seilously expect to win or to stay out
ot the Oiganlzatloii pcnnaneiitl.
Uut now all tills is changed. The
Town Meeting men fotni u party as
-eparatc for local purposes from the so
called city' "Uepubllcan" paity as the
Demociatlc and Socialist parties aio sni
urate. flic ic.il leaders of national
Re-piibllcanlsm in Plilladelphla nic alt in
the Town Meeting party. Tills party de
mands that all tbc ballot-bors be opened.
The l etui us show Shcehaii only 143."
ahead of Smith, mid it would lequlrc a
turnover of onlj one vote in about half
of tlie divisions to lewise the apparent
icsult. Aside trom the question of ion
sclous fraud, tlie mere fact that thousands
of voters marked their ballots in the
Town Meeting i.quaie and for Mr. Rotiin,
too, and that u number of Organisation
election olllclals threw out the-e .ilid
votes on the absurd piejlense that they
were Impiopeiiy marked, is an unanswerable-
argument for the examination of
every ballot.
Tlie liallot-bocs should lie opened.
HELP CITY'S SHIPUUILUEUS
Gnil.MAN nav.tl cxpeits ha - been
warning the German people not to
expect ruthlr-ssne-s to cut off Allied sup
plies until well on in llllS,- nnd these
warnings began befoie the week ending
Novemli-r 11. when only one ld.-gc shii
was sunk. German admissions that the
U-boat was not living up to expectations
weie basi-J on ju--t such weekly leports
a. the latest, that for the seven diys
ending November IS. vvhf-n ten laige ships
weie sunk. Tlie extieme optimism of
I.Io.vd GeurgH. wlio has said he no longer
fears the submarines. Is Justirled for tho
Imnie-dlate pit-sent, but for that only.
The ciitkiil balancing of aceounts will
come next spring, when we slrtll leain
how well or how pooily our hippin?
piogiain has pi ocet-ded. What counts is
tho net number of ships available at any
one time. Rnough are available to keep
men and supplies going eastward for the
net tew months. Hut not enough will
be available next summer unless every
effort Is made to speed shipbuilding.
This city Is playing a major part In
this Industrial drama. Director Webster
predicts that If the present late of con
struction is maintained it will soon be
Possible to. tutn out daily on the )ela
vvaic one ship of S0O0 tons, as it is ex
pected tlieie will lie 120 ways, each ot
which will be capable of turning out one
ship every four months. Rvery one can
take a very piactical part in helping this
work along, as tlieie Is a shortage of
housing loom for the army of workers
who have come here for employment In
shipyards. I-'acilltles which make these
men, who am as Impoitant as those in
uniform, happy and efficient will be the
best kind of war work.
NO BALLOTS WITHOUT BULLETS
TIIU Uritlsh Parliament ha.: disfran
chised conscientious objectors to mili
tary service. This wholesale treatment
cannot be applied heie, as the Govern
ment respects the beliefs of certain small
and long-established denominations which
hac practiced nonreslstance in peace ns
well as war. Uut even thougb we con
tinue to grant the franchise to the mem
bers of these denominations, we could ery
well dcpilve of their civic rights all others
who lefuse to bear rifles In defense of
the country when the law of the land
require It of them.
Tho mllltlu is legally desciibcd us com
posed of all males of military age able to
bear arms. In the same way tho law
requires all citizens to aid policemen In
tho performance of their duty when
called upon to do bo. Slackerlsm has
always meant u voluntary surrender of
citizenship. Disfranchisement of slack
ers and of all others who defy Jhe law
is In line with ancient tradition and with
Justice.
Itusslan anarchists have made a
concession to law and order by trying to
casli checks on other people's uccounts
In I'etrograd banks.
j
"Mlnuto women" from suffrage
ranks ure to help crush out German prop
aganda. This la more lojal servlrgfcthan
White House plcketers are dolngjtipe
daily since German propagandists have
tried to make capital out of White House
picketing.
There are some baseball magnates
who would like Uncle Sam to exempt 2S8
"good ball players to keep up the standard
ot the game." Tho only reason for any
such exemption would be that the man
would not make a good soldier. We can
afford to watch second or third c'ass
lta-'?Wvliwm'r th hornehlde next
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EVENING LEDGER-PtflLADELPHIA, FKIDAY, NOVEMBER 23:
MUSt OUR DOGS
BE HOOVERIZED?
Some Economists Declare the
Canine Tribe Is Eating
Too Much
M
L'.ST we kill most of our dos'S to save
food V
The suggestion, iiniile In all foiIousiicss,
reals Its case upon the fact that dogs,
iiiot of whom have no economic value, rat
the same kind of feud that man oats, and
that "the nuked horror of the lime culls
for the passing ut e-vn tiling that Inereascs
the nilsc ry of out people."
Without exposing tlie authors of the
pioposal to popular Indignation, let Us ex
amine Ihu luojeet, which Hi ink heaven!
e-celiihn the dog owners still Is In a nebu
lous stage.
Legally, It would lie perfectly correct to
epi minute the dog tribe us a matter of
e-pi-illetie-y It hi a principle arising from
the law of th.j survival of tlie llttest, re-Hecli-d
111 the iinti-liellinii d"g massacres
In I'oiistanthiople-. which were civic tucus
uies taken to till the Turkish capital of
siuphis hoides of lu.iiulng, ilaniteroiiH, pa
ilah duns liven the American dog, mastiff
or "unit," Is not lininiino from suniniary
t-xe-i iitlmi. should the powers that be so
de-cie-e- "It Is not u violation of the con
stitutional protection of piopert.v In the
Polled Slates to evleliiiin.ile dogs in the
piilille Interest." sa.vs tlie New international
l.'iieclopedln, which points to the peculiar
position ne-cupled by tho d"g hi tho i-jes
of the law.
Vloue-d eionoinlcilly. elimination "f dogs
would he 1 ellel.il, tesillllng III a largr
saving in foodstuffs. It is a popular nils
ciiih'i ptlou that holies t-oiistltutc the dog's
diet As a matter of fact, a bone is a
luxury for l-'ldo. who pollsiifs It off In tho
s.une in, inner that a man enjojs an iifWr
ilinuer i-lgiu. Hogs eat real fond: not
especially prep.il ed meals, bat table scraps
iietu.il food Hint limn oats. Dlsi-.i riled deli
cacies go Into tlie dog's dinner plate, or he
salvages tliein fiom the- garbage can; but,
under the war food i-onw-ivatlou plan,
theoretically tin re in now- no waste, so
tli.il the dog must xuffor for lack of the
scraps of meat that should make our war
soup nnd of the odds and ends that should
lie iniiveited into dishes for his master.
In addition, theie Is a evitalu quantity ol
food that is especially puiehaseil for the
classes of lap dogs, bloodt d show dogs,
hunting dogs iiml ludustiiul dogs.
I-'ood Gone to the Docs
Tlioie an- In the Pnlted States about
lu.niin.lliiii dogs of high a mi low degree.
This estimate Includes the sl great di
visions of dogs unlflikc. gie.v hound, mastiff
(watch dogs), liniiinl (hunting dogs),
spaniel ami teriler and their lowly mon
grel kin, the vast floiiting population of
"tramp" dogs, ll.uli housedog eats aliout
four ounces nl food a day, an average that
Is inn cased liy his linger cousins to about
one pound a day for dogs of all Kinds. Tills
means neail.v 2.73".imii tons of edibles I It
crnll.v 'gone to the dogs" every near. Visions
of huge ai lines fed Inst mtlv arise
In the prat-tli nl sthenic of economics the
dog plavs n nrg'lglble pait. He Is viluablo
only in isoliteil cases As a beast of burden
he curies milk for the Helglan women (or
did befoie- the war), and as a means of 1
lomoilon he drags the Ksklmo's sled over
the lrozen Ice fields of the North. He
guards tlie sheep and pmtects home. As a
police nliu-er tlie most Ititelllgt nt nf animals
Is becoming more practiced In war lie lias
proved his mettle; thousands of tlie 'move
btats have worked and died as ammuni
tion hearer.i. spies, messengeis and P.ed
Pross helpers. Hut. In tlie main, the dog
must be considered as a iiiMii ; Ids true
utility Is as a hunter, a pet and a com
panion Companion: There is the burr In tlie
! month and cold-blooded piopositlon to ex
terminate Hex and Tige. Who has not
known the eompanloiishlp ot a dog has
missed much In life, and no man who has
known the magic solace in tliu trusting
blown e.vet. of a dog would pait with such
oania raddle. There Is a saying In the
South th.it a man's povcrtv may lie gauged
inversely by tie uuinbe-i of "dawgs" In ills
letlnue, a cordltlon possibly explained by
a desire to ileal vvoild-scars by the comfort
that lies In she-ci numheis of dogs, pc thej
ever so can
Pog has been man's faithful friend In fill
ages. 'Qui me auiat, aniet et cumin memo,"
ns sin old Latin nroveib tells us; or. as
.1
oliu lie wood paraphrased it in tho sl
ecntli century, "hove me. love my dog."
tecuth
The ancient Kuvptlan and the aboriginal
American Indi n connected the dog with
life hereafter I'oMs and oraloia of every
land have extolled his virtues "nogs de.
liKht to balk and bite, for Cod hath made
them so," is Isaac Watts' defense and
apologv. In popular liter iture the nobility
of the dog as n theme has resulted in two
"canine classics" that ale well known and
carefullv pie.-ervd.
A Famous Eulogy
The one Is the eulocy of Senator (leorge
flraham Vest, of Missouri, before a jury on
behalf of a client whose dog had been shot
and killed by another man. Part of it is:
. "The one absolutely unselfl-di friend a
man may havo In this selfish world, the
one that never desetts hlin, the one that
never ptoves ungrateful or treacherous. Is
the dog. Gentlemen of the Jury, a man's
dog stands by hlni in piospeiity and in
poverty. In health and in sickness.
He gnat ds the sierp of his pauper master
as If he weie a prince. If fortune
drives the master forth an outcast Into
tlie woi Id. friendless and homeless, tlie
faithful dog asks no higher privilege than
that of accompanying him. to guard against
danger, to fight against his enemies; and,
when the last scene of all cotne-s, and
death takes his master In its embrace,
and his body is laid away In the cold
ground, no matter It all other friends pur
sue their way. there by his graveside will
the noble dog be found, Ills head between
his paws, bis ecs sad but open In alert
watchfulness, faithful and true even to
death."
Senator Vest's client had sued for $200
damages; the Jury needed only two min
utes' deliberation to nwaid him $500.
The other classic Is Stephen Collins Fos.
ter's -song. "Old Dog Tray," the chorus of
which is :
Old Hog Tray's ever faithful;
Grief tannot drive him away:
He is gentle, ho s kind
I shall never, never find
A better friend than Old Dog Tray.
In view of the persistence of man to
recard the dog as a member of the family.
It Is extremely doubtful that the proposed
dog extermination will ever become more
than a proposal. It would be legal, and
It would be economical; but It would out
rage the sentimentality of man, whose
faithful associue the dog has been ever
since the curtain first was raited on the
btage of history. C. L. Z.
WAR BADGES PLANNED
Plans already are being considered by
the War Department for the campaign
badges and ribbons for members of the
American" expeditionary force In France.
The ribbons represent the badges and are
to be worn oin the uniform above the left
breast. No announcement has been made
as to the color scheme.
Itihbons also have been authorized for
men wounded In action. These are to be
worn on the right breast. One ribbon only
is authorized by the Wa Department for
a wound or wounds received on the name
day. Separate ribbons are authorized for
each date upon which wounds are received,
They are given, of courso, only In casus
where men are honorably wounded In action,
Termlssion to wear the ribbons must be
granted by the adjutant general. SAich
letters are sent by the department follow
ing receipt of report of commanding officer
with list of wounded.
New Insignia for United States aviators
have-been 'Issued. They are silver-embroidered
double-winged shields with a star
uhnm. These are worn on Um toft breast
above the line for ssedals,, Jiwtsf avlfttera
wear tne same ,e.'ffr!y;, .sr.
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Tom Daly's Column
IN TUB TAIL, of, a slx-pago letter
from tho learned Dr. C. II. Kolcy, ot
Ardrnhan, County Oulvvay. telling us nil
nbout tho bardic sept of tho O'Dalya,
vvu read: "So doubtless you will bo glad
to know that before tho seeds dropped
fiom tho trees from which grew tho trees
that wero cut to build the 'Mayflower
otir ancestors vvroto poetry."
And In thoso days, so we've heard tell,
tho bards wero credited with the gift of
prophecy, though some couldn't even
foretell how a poem that stinted well was
going to tin li out. Nor were the bards
ulwuvs pci feet, prompt perstiudeis. Ono
of our crowd, the great Angus, son ot
Carol O'Daly, who nourished In the early
fifteenth ceiitutj, vvroto n poem of 1C0
vain verses In nn efl'ott to urgo Art Mc
l,iughlln to take arms against tho bug
lish. There's at least u scoio of those hing
ing lads ot ."00 yen is ago burled In and
around the ruins of t'orcomroe Abbey, In
Gulway. We wonder what they'd sing by
wa.v of piophccy or pel suasion If they
could have their hnrps and their voices
back today. They were a dignified and
nioi e or less solemn lot, and never spoko
wltli a brogue, iiml yet they might, grudg
ingly nt least, put the family O.K. upon
this simple song of their unworthy de
scendant. .
com i: ma, r;:
Wnk-.' nil yr lutrds Jfio ueit- fund o'
xhillcllriit'
l'.iujUiii'l, the nllci',
Wahct mi' tiiw uier, for here is ycr
ehancr!
irirn- oic vcr icon tors onm thai icfiif
AoWlrnii'.'
.Si'ic, thrn'ie bliie-moUlhciin',
WfjHii o (line! that'll drive 'cm to
Venice.
Strike up a march for tho liltd ?CC4C (or
tiamlcrx) iioir,"
What and the; tare trio they have for
eommnndei.i nott'.'
.Ml then need hnnw is the UghHn' i
fine!
Mill 'em ri'jhl u to the llindcnburu
l.tnt
J.uukut its Jlindrii that Jloundcr in l'lan
lcrs nmc!
HI mi ''m iliiht over the llindcnhiiru
Line:
SOMUHODV'S e'liiistnias was spoiled,
about thirty-live years ago. because u
package containing the- makings for a
silk dit-ss wiis lost. The chief mourner
may have been the woman for whom the
goods wcio Intended, or, more likely, the
special messenger from the "Grand
Depot" who had been Intrusted Willi the
package and who dropped It upon tho
street. At any i.ite. It was Cliiistinus
Hve, some thirty-live years ago, and theie
lay the package on the sidewalk. A
woman came along and picked it up.
When she got home nnd examined it she
fully intended to return It, but she was
suddenly taken ill and died. A few days
ago, her relatives, moving away fiom
thu old house, came upon the package
and returned It to the Grand Depot tho
big dip.tttment btoie, you know, ut
Thlitcentli and Chestnut sheets.
Priceless
Theie's a baby at our hoiii-e'
Came the other night.
He's the cutest little mouse;
Ryes so small and blight,
hittle fingers, fat and pink!
When they spread apait
Seem to icach right out and sink
Deep into vour heart. .
Worth his weight In gold, vou saj V
Goodness bless vour soul!
We'd not swap th.it child today
For his weight In i ool! (
TIIK head upon this, In the Newiy
Commercial Telegraph of December S,
1SH1, Is "Alliteration Aitfully Applied."
Rven the year. In the date-line at tho end,
It will be noted, begins with an A sound:
Adorned And Angelic Amelia Accept
An Ardtnt And Aitless Amoilst's Affec
tions, Alleviate An Anguished Admirers
Alarms. And Answer An Amorous Appli
cant's Avowed Ardor, Ah, Amelia! All
Appeals An Avvful Aspect! Ambition,
Avarice And Arrogance, Alas! Aio At
tractive Allurements Anil Abase An
Anient Attachment! Appease An Aching
And Affectionate Adun-i's Alarms And
Anon Acknowledge Alllanced Albeit's Al
liance As Agreeable And Acceptable.
Anxiously Awaiting An Affectionate And
Affirmative Answer, Accept An Ardent
Admirer's Aching Adieu. AI.BKRT.
Albany, August, ls'Jl.
J'HILIPPUS MOSi:SCU is a seigeant
of the Second New Jersey Artillery, it
may be his privilege some day to servo
a gun in defense ofhls native Rumania
and add u few chapters of his own to
the lomantlo history of the Mosescu fam
ily. The Mosescu family Is only three
generations old. It was founded by the
sergeant's grandfather, who was found
foundered in the bulrushes on tho Ru
mania bank of the River 1'ruth. Hence
his name Mosescu, son of Moses. It
was quite clear to those who found the
baby that he was of the race of Mose-i,
for it was no uncommon thing for the
Jews in Russia to trust Infants to the
lough liver current which might carry
them, in times of persecution, into the
more tender mercies or. ine xui-ks or
Rumania, The Tuk being a Semite had
a fellow feeling for the Jew, and bo this
modern Moses fell into kindly hands and
was given clothes and a name. His sub
bequent career was brief and stormy, but
he married a daughter of his benefactor
and started a family. His grandson, Ser
geant rhilippus Mosescu, U. S. A., salutes
you!
ALL TVOITM'
.1 pauper Is a man uho alicaya iconics
quite a lot
llceausc He can't accumulate no money,
Tho plutcrcrat he tcorriea for fear that
what he's pot
Will pit aicav from him. A'otv, ain't u
funny?
THE CITY EDITOR was taking one
of the bright young reporters to task.
"Here," said he, "why do you say 'lie
ran into the police btatlon, pulling and
blowing?' 'Puffing' and 'blowing' are
synonymous terms."
"Sfynonymous nothing!' said the bright
young reporter, "there's sura some differ
noa between puflSng a bum up and Wow-
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THE FOOD-SAVING PROBLEM IN
"POPULAR-PRICE" RESTAURANTS
Small Waste Before the War, Small Reduction of
Consumption Possible Now Patrons Haven't
Learned to Like Meatless Days
77, fa ii the iccond of a series of article
dcalbip with the food-saving rtiiiipafon.
FIFTY THOUSAND persons "board" In
Philadelphia's cheap restaurants and
lunch rooms. Some readers may thlnlc It a
llttlo unkind and hard to call them
"cheap": nian.v say It would be "nicer" to
resort to euphemism and call them "low
priced."
Hut cheap Is the wotd. They are cheap
and tho owners don't object to the use ot
the ttrm. Tlie term "popular-price' as
ppplitd to restaurants dt.sciibes those be
tween the first and second class above and
the cheap class below. In the ordinary
meaning of the wold the cheap places are
described by tho word "popular." for that
Is exactly what they ale. They arc the
people's eating place's. Fifty thousand
persons get three meals a day and about
KflO.OOO others get one meal a day gener
ally at noon In them.
That means appiolmately 450,000 meals.
It sounds big. It is big. Philadelphia Is
big and getting bigger constantly. If there
Is a sc'Jl in Philadelphia there are 1,800,000.
Theie are nearly 1000 places to cat ill this
city. The cheap restaurants operated by
two corporations alone serve an average
of 225,000 meals a day.
The problem of food conservation for
the sake cf democracy Is nowhere as It Is
In the cheap eating places, except In the
homes of the very smallest Incomes. He
fore the war there was a minimum of
waste and extravagance In these places.
There is now a minimum ot reduction of
food consumption.
The saving of butter In the lowest priced
restaurants and lunch looms Is about 5 per
cent or 1500 pounds. The managements
have alwavs watched butter. They have
had to, and they have had to watch even
more carefully since the Huropcan war
brought high prices. When meals are
served at low- figures and with lew margins
of profit a piece of butter weighing about
a thlrty-jseeond of a pound and costing
around a cent and half counts heavily.
Most of these places have fixed rules for
butter bervlng and the rules are fixed with
the low prices ct the meals 'and the cost of
producing them well In mind. Two pieces
Is and for a long time has been the average
service ot butter to a meal.
Tippers Favoreil
Most patrons have contented themselves
with that small quantity rather than go
elsewhere and pay higher prices. The price
of the meal was bo small that the patron
could not well aslc for extra butter: also,
the quantity of butter was so small that
the management could not well reduce It.
In many of theso places strict rules govern
the butter service, but there has always
been more or less violation of such rules.
Now there Is very little. Walters and
waitresses have their favorites among the
patrons. They have their likes, and dislikes
Just as other folks do. Some like the
patrons that elvo them tips. (The nickel
!. ,. utantlurd tin in these restaurants.)
But the tipper Is not the only patron that Is
liked and favored. The man or woman with
a pleasant greeting stood a good chance of
getting extra butter. Walters and wait
resses used all sorts of devices to "slip"
an extra piece of butter to caters they
liked without the manager's or head wait
er's knowledge. If they were caught their
pay was "docked" or they were at least
scolded or "called down," and sometimes
they were discharged.
That serving of extra butter has been
almost entirely stopped. Managers and
head waiters Blmply watch more closely
and deal more severely with culprits. Some
of them who were liberal-minded uspd to
expect a certuln amount of extra butter
to be given away and said nothing so
long as a waiter or waitress did not over
do the thing. Now', the rules are strictly
enforced. ......
Some places serve bread already buttered,
hoi these are very few. The customers
"don't like the idea and It Is only in very
cheap places that the plan can be used
to a osnsiaeraoie
The reduction of
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COUNTING HIS CHICKENS
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laled sugar i. still served in bowls and tlie
patrrns help themselves ns llbei ally as ever
Pastries are net- quite so sweet as they
were. I, Ing or frosting for cakes Is dis
pensed wltli There have been manv com
plaints, particularly from persons who like
coffeo cake with icing. They generally sub
mit gracefully or with a little muttering
when told this is part of food c-nservation.
People like sugar. It is not only the
women, whose heads ate populaily sup
posed to be full of "sweet teeth." who want
sugar. Men are very fond if it. Some
restaurants pilnt on their menus requests
to uso sugar sparingly and some even go
so far as to have such requests printed
on little slips of paper, which are pasted
on sugar bowls or e-ven stuck Into the sugar
itself.. Hut even then there Is little re
duction in the uso of sugar. Tho sugar
snving in the cheap places la aitund 1000
pounds.
The Meatless Days
The i eduction of meat consumption does
not exceed 10 per cent. Some establishments
have accomplished u leductlon of 1C per
cent by observing "meatless Tuesday" and
taking tlie ilsk of losing patrons. They
have lost them, too. Their records show a
loss of from 4 to 10 per cent in patronage
on the meatless days, but they don't care
They are pait of a big Institution that Is
very prosperous und Is willing to stand this
small los The patrons do not stay away
They come back next day. They simply go
elsewhere for meat,
Most of the cheap places, however, virtu
ally Ignore "meatless Tuesday." They have
a few more meatless dishes cu tho menus
but plenty of meat dishes are found und
eaten. Tho competition Is keener among
the cheap places. They are eager for tho
business of the masses and very few of
them are brave enough to chance offending
customers by eliminating meat. Their
customers, too, are more largely meat
eaters men and women who do hard,
heavy work and want a lot of heavy food.
Many of them cat beef three times a daj
something very few stenographers or book
keepers could do.
The saving of meat In the cheap places
vbean,OUt.7C00.i,OUm,s' The reduction it.
wheat consumption Is not more than 1 nor
cent. Some places have dared to observe
wheatless Wednesday." reducing their own
consumption about 16 per cent but the
vast majority of them have done nothing
of the sort. Jn this, as In other things, hey
won't dare risk losing business. They would
nrn"!,' ilnK "l" aboIutely no wheat flour
product on Wednesday If they were ihxo
uteljr assured that no othVrea Mng P?aee'
In town would servo any. A lard and
fast agreement Is needed, Tho conserva
tion thing should be brought ileht ,
to the people. A situation should be created
In which nobody would enter the door ofa
ieTnrvviirs. unlcss " s
No Wheat Served .Heie Today
.? Tuhe'reroukl9
noX'reding'! '""" h
No Meat Served Heio Today
The notion that going without meat for
a day a week or, going without wheat for
a day a week Is a leal hardship Is ,,.
senslcal and worse. It Is childish and baby
Ish. Any nation that can't go without meat
for twenty-four hours elegantly deserves to
be conquered and crushed and wiped off
the face of tho earth by Germany.
Muffin Sales Fall Off
i A.ferttIn quntlty of rye bread Is eaten
corn bread or corn muffins. But there is
little more eaten than formerly. In some
places they look at vou . it v.. ...." !ome
rye'brea""""' '" a museu " I..? for
In some places corn muffins have always
,'wPUr- 'r"e prlce haa ben advanced
slightly. You used to get two for a nickel
now you get three .for a dime. So the sales
t&j&Zimw
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What Do You Know?
QUIZ
I, VAh U a ilnrinitorv so culled? '
'!. Mho said "Millions for (Iffrinfl not tut
rent fur trlhiilr"?
3. Mho Is Ontriil V. .1. Kulin?
I. VWmt Is eliiimlirr inuslr?
5. If lint nrtlht imlntfil "The Mill," and hil
Milue In iilni ret on It?
ft. Describe, port's nnrrlKouo.
7. Identify "Cror.ie Kllot."
H. In what ETvut noirl by a rrr.il Enilluk
notellst tlori fViislilnatoii appear?
!. ff hut Is a l.iplilar.1?
10. lt'fiHt Is u "tadse"?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. "rotnfo rlnarre" mux a formrr Major of
Detroit mid (intrrnor of Mlrhlian. m
rullrif brcjusr be tnrnnl oirr larant lot
In flip poor to rsNe cropa In a "hard
times" prrlotl.
?. Sir Wnltrr Stott wrote "Itanhoe."
3. The I'rrinfrrs of our prim Ipal allien ire
l.lojil (ieorice, limit llrltulm ClemrDNaii.
Trance, aiitl OrtanUo, Italy.
4. Ilnrbrrry Is u well-known hedee plant, llh
rril lirrrlfs that rrniuln on tlie talkl
utter tlie leaies fall.
B. China Is the "I'lowery Klnadom."
fi. Charles 1". Murphy li the chief of the Tam
many Hall Democracy.
T. "The (ientle i:ila": Charle Lamb.
H. A nrrlxrope Is a flndlnr and ulthtlns deilcc
for submarines.
9. l-nul He.vere made his fnraom ride, vuro
Inc the Minute Men, from Hoton to Con
lord, before the buttle ot LeilntUn.
0. HeBl-trnntH who fall lo return the uuMtlon
nalre for the draft of ttllK lo the author
llies will be plated nrremptorltr In tn
Hrst class for Immediate call to oerrlto.
ncfonllne to .section 138 of the new run
lutloni. corn breads despite the higher cost becausa
they have u laiger margin of profit. The
cheap ones have to Increase the price or
cut Into their pioflts.
Reason for Conservation
Some persons have an Idea that wheat
conservation Is being urged because wheat
Is more valuable, and that therefore wheat
costs more. That Is a mistake. Wheat
conservation Is wanted because wheat con
tains a high per cent of nutrition. We
haven't ships enough to ship food In un
limited quantities to our soldiers abroaa
and the soldiers and people of the Allies. j
we must ship the 'foods that take up the
smallest space considering tho amount oi
sustenance they provide. A pound of wheat
contains more nutrition than a pound ot
corn, so we must conserve the wheat for
shipment and eat the corn. Just as we must
conserve beef and pork for shipment ana
eat turkey, squab and tho like at home.
It Isn't the amount the food costs on W
market that determines whether It ehoulu oe
The corn should be eaten no matter ho
j Horoiu.
V. V. H.
THE TRUE INTERNATIONALIST
The true Internationalist is not the So
cialist slacker but the man who has rei""
tered for service, nccordlng to Harrison
Rhodes in McClureV Magazine. Ho s:
internationalism has today become a
living thing, aifd It is not without, som
Ironic satisfaction that one points out ti
the elements In the Socialist party which
are opposing America's participation In th
war that they have had much to do with
bringing the world to see that to th ni.
only of your own, country is a narrow pain
otlsm, and that you must wish for the eooo
of humanity as much abroad as at Home
Now that America is crossing the ocean Just
for these reasons, the Socldlsts are sud
denly in a panic, feel quite different ly rtoui
internationalism and are not willing to sacrl
flee a single precious socla Istlo life l
patriotism broader or to do good toewl
less millions of humanity abroad. Bui ; tlie
are, as It were, neatly hoist with their ovvn
petard. Who Is the better Internationalist
the man here hiding from registration, or
he man over there fighting for Jrance.
Kngland and tho new Jtussla, and perhurA
a new Germany, as well as for his own
America? It would seem that what was
broad. One. generous and human In U
Socialist doctrine of Internatlonal.amlty has
been adopted by America at war. while
many of -the original Internationalists, trem
bHng with fear, are vainly trying to call
Sack the water which they have made flow
under the BrlOge. orauu wuut "-.
Socialist party splits and leaves a fal
and disingenuous "breed to, -try to. wpw.
rijiave lj,n.",';
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