Show M FALL IN y by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR we thought that reason had mas men that peace of 0 the world was lord that never the roll of 0 the drum 5 again 5 should quicken the thirsty ty hr sword sward but our bubble broke with a sudden plow blow and we heard like the trumpets s 5 din 5 that leveled the walls of 0 jericho the old stern cry Fall in fr we were numb amazed we were x sick and dazed with a horror past belief silent we stood while belgium blazed I 1 in I 1 her martyrs glory elory of grief erlet athen then it came so near that we cef needs must hear bear it for the cry ot of our murdered kin drove in our heart like a searching spear the call of the hour fall in 3 I 1 y not in the hush flush of 0 a barren thrill K do wo we come to our deed at last A wo we have weighed our will we m must u s t do our will for t the li e doubting time Is past awe we havo have faced our souls in the ir jr sleepless night 5 and what shall we tear fear but sin not tor for love ot of the fight but tor for love of t the he right in the name of 0 our god rail fall tn in n amm the thrifty french housewife teed feed all ail ot of france what should go into the garbage pall Is what should not go into the stomach 3 dont rush at tile first sign of oar alarm to buy up all the stocks of me he grocer the bilker baker the butcher have some consideration for your own I 1 intelligence telli gence this thesis as a big country lt it not france germany or england we do not have to depend upon imported foods to feed us before we get through our war program we will be feeding a good portion of the world besides ourselves and have enough left in our warehouses for an emergency with increased production and well regulated consumption america Is going to experience its first bucce successful saul assault on the high cost of food living 4 41 dont be influenced hy by rumors of food corners food shortages our people are awaking sl slowly 0 w 1 y t to 0 t the h c r realities ea 1 i of the war c conditions 0 n d lt lo 10 n i u under n d e r which this war la Is to be won by U us and authorities will take good care ot of the miscreant who starts any false or misleading rumor keep food vision clear 5 dont narrow your food vision F food stocks will be more plentiful than ever before the farmer and cattle raiser will be doing hig nl duty when you are sleeping look around around you when you see the stocks of the retailer disappearing that Is the tim tit as to worry that time will not come 6 3 dont limit yourself to pac package kag goods buy in bulk when you can you will find it just as sanitary a little less expensive and perhaps more satisfying 7 dont be single handed in your judgment on the selection of food prices consult the male members of the household they eat out a good deal more than you do and experience what professional lood food buyers are arc doing in restaurants and hotels its beneficial anyway to acquaint the man of the family with the business end of the home forewarned Is forearmed after all with intensified household management the american homemaker may turn out to be better prepared to meet any new conditions it if put into operation now than other forces of preparedness pa redness working along other lines the american household manager can so adjust the arrangements other home that the pinch of high prices or scarcity on certain articles will not be felt As a people we bid fair to come out of this war no matter when it terminates mi nates as sound and healthy if not more so than when we entered it tile the great forces of the nation are in active operation to serve the producer distributor and the consumer we are in for a period of action our combined operative cooperative co effort will leave us ua better and stronger for the part we are arc to have la in future world progress the women of america might well don khaki in the home it Is a splendid working uniform it may help to put us all all in the same color who has not already located a home stead may apply for as many of straight farming land as be yanta wants up to acres in the restricted sec eions and up to acres in the un restricted sections straight grazing land may be had to the extent of acres from alabama to alaska land is waiting to be taken up and with all these resources we face an actual food famine |