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Show Little Acts of Sacrifice That Make Patriotism Really Effective By HILDEGARDE HAWTHORNE The little act of patriotism! ' We are constantly coming across one of them. Hearing some woman say, as I did this morning, while crowded into an office elevator: "You sec, I have only two free hours eacli evening. Isn't it too bad, for of course I can't do very much in that time. I knit one evening and make bandages the next but only two hours" Or it may be another sort of sacrifice, such as this by a young girl : "I counted up and found that I averaged fifty-five cents a week on candy. And I just decided that I wouldn't eat a single piece this year or for the duration of the war, as they put it. And I talked with all of my best friends, and we've signed a pledge to put our candy money all together it amounts to seventeen dollars and a few cents each' week think of that ! into comfort kits for the soldiers, or wool for sweaters. Of course, it's silly even to speak of giving up such a little thing as candy ;n a time like this, but we are all girls without very much spending money, and we've been perfectly delighted to see what getting together accomplishes. accom-plishes. Seventeen dollars a week buys quite a lot !" The other day I lunched with a friend of mine who is a secretary in a downtown office. As we gained the street I turned toward the restaurant res-taurant we habitually frequented, but she pulled me back. "No, I don't go there any more," she said. "Why not? There isn't another so convenient, nor with better food and then they make us feel so at home there." "Yes, but they aten't complying with Hoover's requests as to meat and wheat, and I won't, go to any restaurant that doesn't. We'll have to go another block and get into a crowd, but it can't be helped." v |