| Show l TODAY'S ANNIVERSARY On April 22 22 1917 Maurice VIolette French minister of subsistence issued Is Issued issued is- is sued an order that there should be one meatless meal each day I The measure was Wa adopted as an experiment with notice that J if it was not successful two meatless days would have to be instituted It was not successful On May 17 a new or order order order or- or der appeared regul regulating ing the sale and consumption of meat The provIsIons provisions provi provI- were as follows 1 Monday and Tuesday shall be meatless days 2 On those two days daj's of the week it t is forbidden with forbidden with the exception named below below to to sell fell meat of any kind including tripe fowl and arid rabbit 3 It shall be permissible however to sell horse meat every day in the week 4 These measures apply to all France On May 1 restrictions were issued by regarding the use of flour |