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SECTION THREE Pages 1 to 12 Editorial, Society and Summer Resorts VOL. XXXVI. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTK3IBER 2, 1917. NO. 3,. PORTLAND FAMILIES ECONOMIZE TO SAVE FOOD SUPPLY More Simple Meals Are Rule Nowadays in Nearly Every Household, Where Aim Is to Co-operate With Hoover Plan. MEN cannot fight on empty stom achs and nations cannot keep up hope forever. If deprived of life's commonest necessities. There are many articles of food which we of this couii try can easily do without, or for which we have many substitutes, but which are an absolute necessity for our allies and for the men of our own Army and Navy who will be sharing the hardships and dangers of those allies in so short a time. Oregon women are rapidly falling: in line with the suggestions and requests made by the President and by Herbert Hoover, the food administrator, but It is only since the opening of the local office under "W. B. Ayer. Federal food commissioner for Oregon, that the great majority are being nw.de to feel that this most important branch of war service has local as well as National significance. The probability now Is that Oregon's splendid record of prompt raising of troops, filling of regiments. liberty bond buying and Red Cross giv ing will be equaled if not excelled In the elimination of waste and the con servation of the foodstuffs for which our Nation's Executive and his assist ants are asking. These Portland housewives have told briefly what they are doing toward food conservation and their suggestions may be helpful to others: Simple Meals Are Rule Mrs. Holt C. Wilson Mr. Hoover's instructions have been the cause of much happiness to me. and I find it a Joy to do the things he asks us to do. We have always lived simply and with as little waste as possible, but now we are reducing still further. We have meat but twice a week, and then I try to have the cuts where there is the least waste. For instance. I buy the residue of the French chops, instead of the chops themselves, and find that the meat makes delicious stew. On the other days we have different varieties of fish, poultry or egg dishes. Every stomach requires as much variety as do the brain, heart and mind, and menus should be simple, but diversified. Another excellent substitute for meats Is Wisconsin brick cheese, which, pound lor pound, contains more nourishment than the former does. Miss Sallie Lewis I eat very little meat and economize as much as I can and am planning other food reforms In my household. Mrs. William Wheelwright Mr. Wheelwright and I are Intensely In terested and are co-operating in every manner possible. We have two meat less days a week and one on which we use absolutely no white flour. Our veg etable garden has supplied us with all tbe vegetables for our daily use, as well as for putting up, and, although the space thus utilized was small, we have had beans, peas, corn and a vari ety of small garden truck. Early In the year I took a course at the Benson Polytechnic, and feel that Miss Tingle's Instruction has been of inestimable value to me iu the economizing of my household. Mrs. J. G. Edwards We have one meatless day a week, but it is a cus tom that we have followed for the past three years, as, having been in Eng land, the necessity of the measure was brought home to us even in the early stages of the war. We have also used the Canada war cake during that pe riod and, with that- exception, have done no baking. We use very- little bread. In all of these measures, as well as in a number of other reforms, I have the eager co-operation of my English servants. All of our meals are most simple, and even when we have guests .the menu la limited to three courses. Menus Are Leas Elaborate. Mrs. Theodore Wilcox I have gone thiough my kitchen and stipulated as to what foods we will eliminate from our menus, and I am carefully studying the different measures with the Idea of instituting still further reforms. I most strongly recommend the meatless and wheatless days, as it Is the sum ming up of the little that makes the great help. The best rule that I know of is to use the things that are perish able and avoid using those that are most needed by our armies and our allies. Mrs. Julius Louisson We have done away with the use of white bread and white flour almost entirely, and for several months past have had very lit tle meat. I am most carefully super vising my kitchen, so that taere shall be absolutely no waste. The children have been taught not to leave food on their plates, and we have gone back to the old-fashioned bread board, and find it makes a great difference In the amount of bread consumed. We do not serve desserts, with the excep tion of the different fruits. Mrs. Max Houser We are following as carefully as possible all the Gov ernment requests and directions. We have one meatless day a week, and meat only once a day, on the others. Enough vegetables and fruits have been raised on our place In the country to supply our own table, and to can In profusion. In addition, I have been much interested in helping and teach ing others how to do their home can ning. We are most anxious to co- iiiiiiiiiiinitiTiiifiitiitiiitifr(iiiiTiiiiiiiiitrMfttiMiiiitiiiiiiitriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiintiiiiiiitiiifiiiiiiimiiftiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinii(iiiiiiiiiiiitTffiiiiiitiyiiinTniiiiiimriniittn: lil 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 M 1 1 1 1 ! I II ' 1 cXmiiuiiuilimiHmiuuliiiuiiiiuimimiUMiiHmiilimiMimiiijiiiiiumillu 1 s. & H. 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Wo are fortunate in our vegetable garden, which yields not only all the fresh vegetables we require, but also an abundance for canning. Up to the present we have put up beets, carrots, onions, peas and beans. The latter are salted and put in stone crocks, to be used during the Winter as they are needed. One of the greatest economies has- been initiated by our cook, who is a Nor wegian, and who, after the fashion of her country, keeps the fat from the different kinds of meat we use, and when she has a sufficient quantity to work with puts it on the stove, with PRESIDENT SAYS TIME TO EXD WASTE HAS ARRIVED. BY WOODEOW WILSON. This is the time for America to correct her unpardonable fault of wastefulness and extrava gance. Let every man and every woman assume the duty of care ful, provident use and expendi tures as a public duty, as a die- , tate of patriotism which no one can now expect ever to be ex cused or forgiven for ignoring. Everyone who creates or culti vates a garden helps, and helps greatly, to solve the problem of the feeding of the nations. water, which she allows to come to a boil. This she empties off and re peats the process until she. has a clear, white substance, which is put in jars and used in place of butter in baking and all manner of cooking. Owing to this substitute, our household of nine requires but four pounds of butter a week, about half the amount we formerly used. Mrs. Guy W. Talbot Yes, indeed,' I have given much thought to the Hoover idea, and we are using a great deal of corn meal, both for bread and mushes, and for months now we have been doing without wheat flour as much as possible. We are also serving but three-course dinners for our most formal meals, and we are trying to live more simply than ever. I do believe people generally will never return to the foolish idea of having the " old fashioned dinner, with its endless courses and varieties of foods. - Mrs. Thomes Honeyman We have a ar garden, which, in a comparatively limited area, has kept and will keep us supplied with beans, peas, carrots, tomatoes, potatoes end cucumbers, the latter being planted between the rose bushes. Whatever is left over is canned by a careful, conscientious cook, who sees that nothing goes to waste. We have put up raspberries in great quantities from our garden, and more of the other fruits than usual. We havo at least - two meatless days a week, , and often more. Whole wheat and rye breads have been substituted for white, and salad and dessert are never both served at the same meal. Early in the season' I - bought sweet butter and have rendered 60 pounds of it, to be used during the Winter and Spring. I also get soap by the box, and find that by allowing it to dry thor oughly first we need very much less than the other way. Leti Neat li Eaten.- Mrs. Harry L. Sherwood We are-not great meat-eaters at any time, and, of course, at present we are eating even less. Our vegetable garden, which we planted in the early Spring, has kept iis. well supplied with all the different varieties of vegetables, and. on Just that one lot we have grown potatoes, carrots, turnips, onions, peas, beans, onions and tomatoes. I was brought up not to waste, so that part is natural to us. We not only use the Canada war -,cake, which Mrs. Walter Burns introduced into Portland, but I have sent the recipes to my people in Eng land, and they are using it and giving it to a great number of other people. Mrs. I. N. Day When I return to Portland in the early Fall I plan on having meatless days. I think the best way to conserve is to do without waste. Mrs. Thomas Kerr We have had a meatless day for some time, and have Just started the wheatless day, on which day we have no puddings or desserts of any kind made of white flour, and only rye bread. We have raised all of our own vegetables, both for daily consumption andv for can ning and. as much as possible, we use things from our garden, even in any social entertaining 1 may d. Our dinners are limited to three courses, whether we have guests or not. Mrs. I. N. Fleischner We are trying to do "our bit" to help the situation, and are' now doing without meat one day a week, and later on shall try to have two meatless days a week. We are also serving but three-course din ners and are willing to help further 1n every way we can. We are more careful than ever to see that nothing whatever-is wasted; that is really the best . possible aid' to conservation of food. . Mrs. James Zan We always live simply, but are now dispensing with desserts, and thereby conserving sugar and other important ingredients. Mrs. J. D. Farrell I am fortunate In having . a person in the kitchen who meets me more than half way, in food saving. We have two meatless days a week and serve meat but once a day on the other five. - In addition, we have several days a week on which I sub stitute corn and rye bread for white; especially the good, old-fashioned corn bread. I have tried to regulate things so as to have the' simplest meals pos sible, consisting usually of but. two courses, and never, under any circum stances, more -than three. We have but one vegetable at a meal if pota toes, no other. A sample of our menus would be a chop, .with baked potatoes, custard or stewed- fruit. When, we have guests. I add, a salad. Mrs. Helen Ladd'Corbett I always live simply, and have not done any en tertaining for months. Mrs. Joseph Teal We are living as simply as possible, and with as little waste. Mrs. Walter Burrell I have never believed in wasting and buy only Just what we require. We are using dark flour, wherever possible, and preparing our vegetables and meats together, so that we do not need other fats, and but little flour. I have tabooed bacon and ham, because those are things that can be sent abroad. We use the Can ada war cake in place of other desserts, and I have put up quite a number of vegetables and fruits. Vegetables. Are Grown. Mrs. .T. G. Gauld We have grown vegetables on our place, wherever there is the least space for them, even in be tween the flowers. We also have dif ferent varieties of fruit, all of which we are canning as they ripen. We eat very little meat and are economizing as much as possible in bread Mrs. W. B. Ayer I have inaugurated two lull meatless - days during: each 1 Mrs. J. Curtis Simmons, Well Known in Musical and Society Circles. Picking; Beans in Hr Oyvn (Harden Preparatory to Canning Them for Winter Hm. 2 Miss Hazel Weldlcr, Happy in Her Cabbage Intrh. and Miss Helen F.ast bnm, Proud of the Vegetables In the Garden They Have Cultivated as Their Part in Food Conservation. 3 Miss Ethel Malpas, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Malpas, and Miss Dorothy Jones, Daughter of Colonel Jones, Who Go to Market and Help in the Campaign of Patriotic Service. week and serve meat but " once a day on the others. We 'use practically no white bread, rye or cornbread being substituted, and, in addition., by care ful household supervision, all waste is eliminated. Mrs. A. A. Morrison We are trying to economize as far as the Government wants us to. For the coming Winter we shall have two meatless days a week, and shall do with as little white flour as can be managed. Our vege table garden has yielded vegetables for our daily use. and also for canning. 1 am putting up quantities of vegetables and fruits, and am sending some to the soldiers. Mrs. Solomon Hirsch Elimination of waste is the most necessary factor for conservation and I do not believe in people becoming hysterical at this time, because anything done spasmod ically never lasts. As soon as we are told what Is necessary for us to do, I am sure all Americans will gladly re spond, as they have in the past, to any I FOOD - PES! - CONSERVATION " D E- iDS ON OREGON WOMEN.'!-, '.' ET W. . B. AYER, FOOD COM MISSIONER FOR OREGON. In our work of food conserva tion In Oregon, we are going to depend largely upon the natural lngenuitx and-cleverness of our Oregon women.' They can exer cise these gifts in manifold ways in the . buying, preparation and serving of foods, while keeping in view the essential point that we must save meat, wheat, sugar and fats. It is for .the Oregon woman to decide Just what shall be substituted for these essen tials, but we feel that her inge nuity and her. patriotism may be depended upon to work, out the details of these problems to the entire satisfaction of her family ""and for the benefit of. her. coun try. . - -Let all loyal men,' women and children stand together against all manner of food waste. Let each also constitute himself a guardian against food waste by others. Let all remember that the full garbage pall at home means empty dinner pails in Europe and for the less fortunate in our own country. patriotic appeal made by the Govern ment, andjhen we' will all adapt our selves to conditions. whatever they may he. Portland people should unito in a movement to procure morw varie ties of fish, and in that way the de mand for meat would be diminished. Less Flour Is 1 ' a etL. Mrs. George Weidler We use white flour but once a week and apply the same rule to meat. We have grown all the vegetables for our own use and for canning. Miss Hazel Weidler and Miss Helen Eastman have a garden at Twentieth and Lovejoy streets, and Miss Weidler. Miss Giles and Miss Henrietta Failing one on Johnson street, on both of which they have done all of the work themselves, and from which they have had, or will have , a great variety of vegetables, including artichokes, cucumbers, potatoes, toma toes and all the small garden truck. Mrs. Henry Ladd Corbett I am fol lowing the Hoover regime in every pos sible manner and have entirely given up formal entertaining. We do not serve any food between meals, and I have redoubled my precautions against waste, although I have always tried to eliminate that. We supply - ourselves practically with- everything we use from our own place, with the exception of meat and - milk, even growing the hay. we need. I have canned every thing possible in the way of fruits-and vegetables. While I am making every effort to conserve food, I do not find it necessary to change our mode cf liv ing, as we have never served more than two-course dinners, with an additional course when guests were present. Mrs. Walter J. Burns We have elim inated all wheat cereals, substituting instead things not so badly needed in cakes, instead of crackers, and bread made of cornmeal, graham ' flour and walnuts, instead of the former kind We do not use white flour, and have as little meat as we can get along with. A favorite recipe of ours is "Johnny cake," which, with a number of other recipes. I have taken from the Marian Harland cookbook. I have put many crocks of string beans and a great many other vegetables. Cornbread Is Eaten. Mrs. Henry L. Pittock We are hav ing one meatless day a week and sav ing as much as possible in bread, be side which we have raised most of our vegetables and have canned a great many. Miss Jean Mackenzie We have two meatless and one wheatless day each and are havin-r very simple We have put up large amounts of fruit and vegetables to assist in the Hoover work. Mrs. Sherman Hall We are trying to do whatever we can in the way o. food conservation. We use cornbread and rye bread each day at at least one of the- meals, and generally at two. 1 have canned a great variety of vege ables for Winter use. so as to econo mize in the foods needed elsewhere. Mrs. Edward Cookingham I am do ing my best to save in every way I can think of. We have one meatless day a week, and on the others meat but once a day. Fruits and vegetables have been canned as they were in season. Mrs. W. H. Skene I have cut one course from each of our meals, and am trying to get the best - food values, with, least possible waste. We have two meatless days a-week, which 1 in tend to increase to three, and 1 expect systematically to arrange my house hold according to the best interests of the Government. ' Mrs. Lewis Mills I have always lived economically and without waste. We have adopted the meatless day and also have a vegetable garden, from which we get the vegetables for our own use. Mrs. .George Good We - have one meatless day each week, and I am try ing to be careful in every possible way not to have any -waste. Economy Is Practiced. Mrs. William C. Alvord I am econo r. izing in every possible way at pres ent, and am also studying various schemes of food saving, with the idea of inaugurating some of them in my home. We now have the meatless day and the wheatless day, and I am using the bread board, which I find is a great, saving in the amount of bread used. We have canned and preserved many kinds of fruits and vegetables. One thing that we should bear in mind is that by peeling our potatoes we sac rifice largely of their nutritive value. Mrs. Gordon Vorhees We are living more simply than formerly, and are raising many vegetables; canning those that are not used from day to day. Mrs. Ralph Hoyt We have very sim ple meals, and are -doing .entirely with out desserts. We have one absolutely meatless day a week, and very littlo meat on the other days. What 'little entertaining we do is of the most sim ple character. Mrs. Aaron Frank We ' live very simply, and never have desserts. We use rye bread instead of white, and have meat but once a day. All in our family use the old-fashioned bread board. ' Mrs. Frank Hart We are substitut ing other things less valuable in the place of meat and using graham bread instead of white; in fact, as little white flour as possible. We have.no des serts, and I am planning a systematic manner of food saving and elimination of waste. Miss Ainsworth We have meatless days once or twice a week, and are exercising all care and economy in the use of white flour. Beside which, we have canned fruits and vegetables. Hoover Pamphlet Followed. Mrs. Lloyd Wentworth I keep the Hoover pamphlet in the kitchen, and we are endeavoring to live up to it in every particular. We have several meatless days a week. Mrs. Herbert Nichols We use corn meal or graham meal at least once a day. and find that it is a health as well as a food-saving measure. I find that there is very little, if any, waste in my household, as I was brought up to guard against it, and besides I have a cook who feels as I do on that sub' Ject and is of the greatest assistance to me. We put up all manner of vege tables, . Including corn on the cob. EX-AMBASSADOR APPEALS TO - WOMEN TO SAVE. BT JAMES W. GERARD. What I wish - particularly to impress upon the women of the country is the spirit of service and self-abnegation of the Ger man woman. And the American women will show the same splen did spirit in approaching the problems of the war. It does not seem clear to the average American woman why we should save our wheat to be sent to the allies. This is simply because 50 per cent of a French man's food has always consisted of white bread, and it is not easy to change the diet of a nation when that nation is engaged in a. life-and-death struggle. Hence it is that every woman" should, where she can, conserve wheat, so that we may send it to the French, who are fighting so . valiantly. which, if properly treated, will keep for years. I have also put up eggs. and we always make our own soap. The vegetables we got from my uncle's country place, and they were all picked and put up by ourselves. Mrs. Franklin Griffith W.e are not using veal or lamb and are following all the other suggestions for food con servation as nearly as we can. Both Mr. Griffith and I are anxious and eager to co-operate in every way to be of assistance. Mrs. J. F. O'Brien We are arrang ing to have as little waste as possible, and in addition have very few desserts. meatless days twice a week, and are using and canning vegetables grown on our place, potatoes, corn, peas. beans, onions, lettuce, radishes, car rots, tomatoes all grown on one lot. showing what wonders can be achieved in a small space, in this land of plenty. Mrs. Charles H. Carey We are doing whatever we can, using rye and other substitutes for white flour, and get ting along with very little meat. Mrs. William Ladd We are simply following general directions as to flour and meat, and the canning of fruits and vegetables. I intend to do ;ust as Mr. Hoover requests for the future also. Mrs. Eugene W, Rockey We have the meatless day and the wheatless day. I have never thrown foodstuffs away, or been wasteful with .them, so do not find it necessary to reform in that particular. Mrs. Donald W. Green. T am cutting down in our meals as much as possi ble. We have no cakes or desserts, and never more than two courses at a meal. Beside which we have the meat less day, and use very little white flour. Mrs. William H. Lines T am doing as I have always done, with as littln as is possible and eliminating all waste and food extravagance. Mrs. Clarence Jacobson I intend co-operating in every possible way and will initiate all needed reforms In my household. Vegetables Are Canned. Mrs. Henry Jones We have one meatless day a week and use hardly any white flour, substituting graham, whole wheat and corn wherever possi ble. We have canned both vegetables and fruit. Mrs. Joseph Wiley I am having all different kinds of vegetables canned and have also put up eggs. We are using whole wheat bread and have two meatless days a week. I sincerely be lieve that we all should help in every manner asked of us and particularly to conserve the things the Nation needs and is asking for. Mrs. Harry Nunn I have a splendid crop of potatoes grown on a lot 100 by 120. We are using very little white flour and meat. Mrs. F. C. Malpas We have two meatless days a week and use practi cally no white flour. I have canned large quantities of vegetables from our place in the country. We were brought up to eat everything on our plates, and not to waste. Mrs. Max Flelshner We are using very little butter and very little meat, mostly substituting poultry and fish. We are also economizing in white floui and do with as little bread as we can. We have followed the Hoover regime in regard to fruit and vegetable can ning. Mrs. Herman Burpee We have a vegetable garden and have followed Mr. Hoover's suggestions as much as possible. We are also being most care ful in the use of white flour and ce reals. Mrs. Sanderson Reed I am trying to follow all the rules of food economy and to waste as little as possible. 1 havo canned quite a number of fruits and vegetables. Mrs. Bert Ball I have put up bushels of vegetables, all from our own gar- . den. Early in the Spring we pulled up all of the flowers and planted the vegetables in their places. We now have the meatless day and one on which we use no white flour, and I have a number of other reforms I intend to commence shortly. Mrs. Fred Seller We are keeping the meatless day each week, as well as the wheatless one: In addition, we grew enough vegetables for our daily, use and many for canning. Waste la Eliminated. Mrs. Coe McKenna I am trying to save all waste. We have two meatless days a week and one wheatless one. Besides. I have canned quantities of tomatoes and fruits. Mrs. Arthur Sherwood I have canned any number of vegetables, in fact, have laid in a great supply of Jars, and I have made up my mind to fill each one with something, either fruit or vege tables. Mrs. Kenneth Beebe We have been using the war bread for some time and also use very little meat, possibly only every other day, at one meal. We do very little baking and I see to it that there is absolutely no waste. I save the cold coffee that may be left from a meal and use it for different purposes, and also make most delicious soup from . the pods of peas, which are generally thrown away. Mrs. Edward Failing We have canned a great many vegetables and are keeping the meatless days and wa Intend to conform to all rules and re quests during the coming Winter and for as long as shall be necessary there after. Mrs. Julius Lippitt In our home wa now use the Hooverlzed butter balls and find that these smaller ones answer the same purpose as the larger ones of the pre-Hoover regime. We are keeping the meatless day and are economizing in the use of white flour. Mrs. Lee Hoffman We use very lit tle white flour and make our own bread of rye or cornmeal. We have also raised the vegetables we are using and some for canning. In addition, we are keeping the meatless day. Mrs. John Robinson We do not have meat on two days of the week and are being most economical in the use white flour and cereals. Both of us are heartily in favor of everything that will be of assistance in winning the war. White Flour Xot I'sed. Mrs. L. B. Menefee I am economizing food in every way in my power. We never use white flour and are follow ing all the rules for food conservation. I have canned a great amount of fruit and vegetables, mostly grown in our own garden. We are entertaining most simp!y and at a recent dance we gave, nothing was served but loganberry Juice and sandwiches (the latter with crusts), and the guests entered eager ly and gladly into the exigencies of the war-time menu. Mrs. Marian Dolph I am cutting down food waste in any place that I find it, and am watching things most carefully. I go to market and buy everything myself, and find that it makes a great difference. We also try to make things last as long as possible, and are being most careful in the use Concluded on lugo T.). V 104.2