Show waste in the kitchen not responsible for shortage in food supplies I 1 by mrs amri henry wade rogers it II lids lias become the popular thin thing 0 to scold women and threaten them with the bo bogey bocy cy of possible starvation unless they put their families on a broad bread an and I 1 water diet ficia a dutiful inoffensive soul striving 0 to last years income over this years inflated cost of living the housekeeper that hapless creature of masculine condemnation lias has been dragged from behind the shelter of the cook stove and thrust into the limelight as a i spendthrift who wastes as she ZD goes goes masculine psychology is getting all out of joint on the subject of waste asic there are other aundos of waste besides the home yet all the huo hue and cry continues along 0 one line of coulso there is need for economy this is no news to women they have been struggling 1 1 I with the food problem ever since the war started but they have been unable to get any action on oil it because they are without power of legit legislation legislation b lation in tile matter of economy tho the t government might 10 possibly learn from the housewives sonic some recently let za government contracts show a lack of knowledge of maillet conditions which would shame an amateur home maker it has been said that in ill the united states only 1 20 10 per cent of the food crop ultimately reaches the litchon kitchen by far the greater amount is diverted to other uses wastes in ill gardens and orchards or is lost through speculation and inequitable distribution even if women saved every potato peeling 0 and utilized every leftover this addition would not have any fundamental effect on the food situation whereas by a far reaching deachin 0 investigation into the nials v ays of the food manipulator and a reorganization ol 01 food distribution methods a vast saving could be accomplished |