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Show FRILLS TAKER FROM s ALL. PUCES New War lVo;'rain for Our Holds und Ivestaunuits to Be IiiauKiiited. . Drnntlc Reiulntlons Directed Toward, elimination of VVnste, That Wc May : Save More Food for E3cys Fighting Fight-ing for World Freedom. Drnstlc measures lire about to tin' enforced by Hie United State; food' ti (1 in I nisi rut Ion In regard to hotels, ri taurants nnil other public eating' places. Federal Food Administrator! W. W. Armstrong ha s received notlec( ;hat lirgliiiilm: October 1, practically all the frills will he taken oft' restaurant restau-rant tables and the greater part of ihe mining winter's conservation inetis-ures inetis-ures will be directed toward elimination eliminat-ion waste through such channels. Dining Din-ing curs, sear.i.-.hlps und clubs will nil' come under the new rest rlctloim and nil other places where food Is sold to lie consumed on the premises. The most Important of the now regulations regu-lations arc as follows : ; I. .No bread or butter shall bc-f.erved bc-f.erved m:les the guest requests It. n:id when bread end butter !s served, It niiisi not be put upon the table unt'l lifter t liu first course of the meal Is Served. L'. .'n bread served lmi'st contain less than '-'i per cent substitutes, and must conform strictly to the new buk-Ine. buk-Ine. regulations. Xo more than two nunces of Victory bread or rolls must he served per person at one meal, ti nil' not mere than four ounces of other trends, sr.c'j ns corn bread, Boston brown bread, mufV.'ns. etc., except sandwiches sand-wiches or bread served at boarding ramps or rye bread which contains j nt least f.O per cent Hour. Itolls must j not weigh more than one ounce each, ! (mil all bakerv products served must i conform to tic bakery rulings. 3. Toast must not b served as a garniture or tinder moat. i. The butter service Is to be limited lim-ited to one-half an ounce jut person per meal. B. All cereals nre to be served sparingly, spar-ingly, ns they are greatly needed by the nllles and are ideal foods for transport. ti. No more than one portion of any kind of meat or poultry should be served nt one meal, and if patrons decide de-cide it, one mutton, lamb, veal or pork chop should be served to nn order, and nil portions of ham and bacon should be reduced. Eacon cannot be used ns a cnrnlture. 7. As few fried dishes nre to he served as possible, In order that fats may be conserved. 8. All coarse fats nre to be trimmer) from meats before cooking, to conserve them for munition and soap manufacturing. manufac-turing. 9. No sugar is to be served unless requested; not tnore than one ten-spoonful ten-spoonful or Its equivalent Is to be served per person nt one meal, nnd one small lump Is the service for demi-tasse. demi-tasse. There nre, of course, to be no sugar bowls on the tables. No candles nre to be served. All Icings made from sugar beet or cane sugar nre to be ellm-innted, ellm-innted, and honey, maple sugar, corn sugar nnd syrups nre to be used for sweeteners. 10. Fresh vegetables nnd fruits nre to be served wherever possible. A'ege-tnble A'ege-tnble dinners nre to be featured nnd canned fruits nnd vegetables spnred. II. All possible economy Is to be exercised in the use of coffee in order to cut down transportation needs. 12. The use of Cheddar or American cheese Is to be avoided wherever poa-s'ble, poa-s'ble, especially' with cooked dishes, such ns macaroni, Welsh rarebits, etc., and it is to be entirely eliminated from all free lunch counters. 13. All turkey hens weighing less than seven pounds, nnd young gobblers weighing less than ten pounds, are not to he purchased by public eating places until November 1, giving the birds a Hinncp to lncrense their weight by Thnnksgiring. 14. Ice is to be used sparingly to conserve ammonia for the manufacture of munitions. 15. Fourth meals, such ns suppers nnd teas, are declared to be unnecessary unneces-sary and unpatriotic. 16. All elaborate banquets nre to be done away with, nnd the use of china, linen nnd silver Is to be reduced to the utmost simplicity. 17. All menu cards are to be simplified. simpli-fied. The use of hors d'oeuvrcs, vegetables, vege-tables, salads, fruits, sen foods, mnde-over mnde-over dishes, ox-tails, tongues, calves' heads, livers, kidneys, tripe, sweetbreads, sweet-breads, brains and feet nre encouraged, nnd the cafeteria system wherever possible pos-sible is advocated. "Plain English" on menu cards is also advised. 18. No food Is to be burned, nnd all wnsto is to bo saved to feed nnlmals or reduced to obtnln fats. 19. No food is to he displayed in nny such manner as to cause its deterioration, de-terioration, and no. cream containing over 20 per cent of butter fat shall be served. Nearly 9,000,000 people, it Is estimated, esti-mated, eat nt public eating places in America, and the food consumption in these places Is said to be larger than In the average homes. The public eating eat-ing places of the nation nre therefore asked to conserve most strictly in order that the final blow nt the Iluns inny be made before the end of the summer of 1919. To do this some 5,730,000 tons of food-mere than last year must j be shipped a.oad, and this food can only come from the tables of the nation. |