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Show To Control Waste ( (f UR responsibility does not depend upon peace or war," says Mrs. John Dickenson Sherman, chairman chair-man of tho conservation department of tho General Federation of Women's Clubs. "If peaco were declared to-morrow tho conditions would be tho same. Famine threatens a largo part of the world. America's responsibility Is just the same. We must feed ourselves and our allies till normal conditions return." She suggests that all women keep tho pledge : "I will use only those amounts of food rcquhed for adequate nourishment. I will endeavor to control waste in all kinds of materials in the household and to live simply. 1 will begin now." Mrs. Sherman says that halt the responsibility re-sponsibility rests with the women of tho country nnd that the work ahead Is no child's play or a summer pastime. Every Stato chairman of conservation In the federation received suggestions as to how to proceed for an efficient campaign. "The work that confronts us women is no mere pastime for summer months. It will be a long and hard struggle. Haphazard Hap-hazard methods and spasmodic methods will not do. Tho work must be intelligent intelli-gent nnd persistent "Take stock. AVhat Is your bit? Will you promote boys' and girls' clubs or put up a dozen glasses of jelly or dry five pounds of vegetables? Decide what you can do, aud begin now." |