Show l n nR R y P 70 1 ELMER ELl TWITCHELL AND FOOD CONTROL Uncle Sam has now named a War Production Board Food Requirement Committee It will look into the u matter of food re re- S- S PW f dur- dur J s 3 n ing mg the war with h ls a view to conser conser- ii R a va bon f. f e e eF F fu 1 A good deal tr could be accomplished accomplished right off the bat by a simpie simple simple sim sim- I pie but inflexible rule requiring people to stop overloading the fork We are a nation of ot and i if we are to guard against food shortages something's gotta be done to o check us up Watch the average American eat today In the middle of a global war and would you suspect sus sus- he was subsisting during a great conflict You would not You would imagine he was trying for a anew anew anew new record at a picnic ground S e e Elmer Twitchell famous calorie caloric calorie cal cal- orie oric student pinochle player and stamp collector has been studying studying studying study study- ing the food situation and he thinks that if Uncle Sam wants to avoid waste Step Number One should be the abolition of the Three-Decker Three Sandwich The upper deck is a mere waste ot of f bread declares Elmer and it also involves a further waste of let let- tuce uce There is little in these modern mod mod- ern rn three three-deckers except lettuce anyhow unless you want to admit that those tomato slices are food I am for a National Committee for or the Control of ot Lettuce also continued Elmer If there is one thing ding which lunchroom men are arc profligate with it is lettuce Of course ourse in many cases this comes under the head of ot second-hand second or reconditioned lettuce e eThis This new Government board should also look into the French fried situation Boy oy theres there's a food waste for you The American Ameri Amen can lunchroom has come to regard re- re regard regard re re- gard French fries as a mere matter of stuffing They are just plate fillers They are so greasy that nobody finishes em so the result is more waste Let Lct us u's usha us have ha ve a 75 per cent cut in French fries at once by all means Then there is the dining car toast situation Did you ever try eating the toast you get with a steak sandwich sand sand- M- M on a ra railroad rail rail- road train Mister Mis- Mis Mis-Jj Mis ter it was never meant to eat Let Letus Letus us do something about this c cElmer Elmer was getting get ting quite 1 ed And then there is the chicken chick chick- en pie situation he resumed Chicken is certainly conserved through the average chicken pic pie but nobody eats those onions and potatoes with which they are filled to the exclusion of ot any any- anything thing Lhing resembling meat And by the way if we want to save food lets let's soft pedal all this vitamin talk Millions of Americans are not eating because because because be be- cause they want the food immediately immediately immediately imme imme- involved They are on a vitamin binge e POSSIBLE NEW STYLE In summer heat heal my slack suit wilts I wonder how Id I'd look in kilts kils M Merrill errill Chilcote S e Willkie Wilkie Doubts He Will Seek Office Of Ot fice lice Again Headline Wanna bet S e e REALIZATION Edgar Bergen Got In Year Headline Cash pouring In by the barrel- barrel Checks coming through by the bale- bale Dough springing forth from rom 8 a gusher gush gush- er er- er Nothing arriving but kale Income like that of ot a Morgan- Morgan Gold by a twenty mule team team- This is the full consummation Of Ot a Ventriloquists Ventriloquist's Dream Would you on say the secret of the fabulous Bergen Income was wasa a dummy corporation S e e FAIR ENOUGH Mrs 1 Twitchell turned her ber husband husband husband hus hus- band Elmer over to the collectors collectors collectors tors when they called for old rubber today We cant can't take him argued one of them Why not demanded Mrs Twitchell Hes lIes a heel aint he S e e Welles For Cooling Off Spell Spell Spell- Headline Dont Don't tell us youre you're for an air- air conditioned peace mister |