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Show Eyillets and Bacoin Are you a soldier In khaki? If you answer no, then you are not worth your bacon. This Is not meant to disparage you, but it does mean that our soldiers must have bacon. Fats arc quite as Important in fighting Uiis war as guns or ammunition, and bacon Is one of the chief sources of fat. Fats supply energy to the body, and pork fat Is more used in tho army than any other, because it is more readily shipped and It Is the meat best liked by the men working at hard manual labor. Without fats people weaken and waste away. Tho armies must have fats to keep up tho fight. But tho American people as a nation need not worry about their own lack of fats, for tho average consumption per person In this country Is three and a half ounces a day, whllo two ounces Is quite adequate to sustain health and vigor, and In all probability better health and more vigor will result from a diminished uso of fats. It Is our sofdlcrs, sailors and the allies about whom we need worry. France and England aro short of fats, terribly short, and America must make up that shortage out of her own over-abundance. If every person In America saves one ounco of fat a day, we can ship fats enough for our soldiers, sailors and allies. One-third of an ounco of fat measured In bacon amounts to Just about two thin slices of bacon. Giving up two slices of bacon a morning doc3 not seem much of a hardship when wc realize what a vital necessity it is to keeping up tho health and vigor of tho men behind the guns, yet that two slices of bacon Is one-third of the ounce you arc trying to save. But don't make the mistake of thinking you arc saving animal fats for the soldiers when you don't havo bacon for breakfast, if you would not havo had it anyway. Saving niean3 tho actual giving up of something you aro actually In the habit of using. Bullets and bacon! If you are not using bullets, send your bacon to somo one who is using them |
