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Show TABLE SERVICE ' TO BE CHANGED r Plan to Return to Old-fashion- ; ed Ways in Order to Con- 1 . serve Food. KOKOMO, Ind., Nov. 25. A move ment which, It Is hoped here will become be-come nation-wide, to break down some of the rules o table etiquette in the Interest of food conservation has been started by the women of Kokomo, who JW are Interested In helping Herbert . Hoover, national food administrator, ffikgfti reduce the size of tho garbage pail. The plan has the endorsement of Mrs. jflSS - John E. Moore, president of the Jn-8r Jn-8r Jlana federation of Women's clubs, H and Mrs. Casper Sutler, president of H I the Kokomo Franchise league and H I prominent In club circles. It is hoped H I- to obtain the endorsement of hundreds If oT society women throughout tho Unit- II ed States before Thanksgiving and It thus make a large saving in food on I tliat day. IE "I most heartily favor a return to IS the old-fashioned ways of serving in II these war times," said Mrs. Moore, "as r a great saving of food. I believe we should conserve In every way possible, even to the stirring of the sugar In our cups to save an additional spoonful Let us return to the simple meals and the old economical ways of serving them." Hero are somo of tho points over which Kokomo women have been pondering: First, the campaign for a "clean plate," would bo, according to rules of polite society, a breach of table good form, for society has always taught that something should bo loft on the plate for "manner's sako." The remedy rem-edy for this is a return to the old ways of serving, the customs of our great grandmothers when they used to place the steaming dishes of vegetables and meat on tho table and each member of the family was allowed to help himself in proportion to his capacity or liking for the dish. Society has followed the rule that one should not stir the sugar In his coffee cup and has added an extra spoonful or two of sugar. Uncle Sam wants that extra sugar now to help the Allies. Society also has a rule that It Is not polite at a dinner to refuse re-fuse any one of the chief dishes, that very small helpings must bo made from every course. Tho diners usually leave considerable portions to be thrown into the garbage can which Mr. Hoover is trying to keep empty. |