Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 252, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1917 — Will Fast Instead of Feast. [ARTICLE]

Will Fast Instead of Feast.

The creaking Tha n ksgiving festal board of America will not creak as much as usual this year. Although no official announcement has been made, it is expected that the food administration will appeal to the American people to remember food conservation on that day. ’ It is believed that the food administration will ask the American people to make Thanksgiving this year a day of fasting, not of feasting, it will ask the people to “go over the top” after pumpkin pie and plum pudding before attacking the second or third helping of turkey, cranberries and kindred dishes. The administration will point out that by saving food supplies they will avert “counter attacks” of indigestion and “left over” dinners. No orders for Thanksgiving food conservation will come from Mr. Hoover’s office, 1 but the food administration will suggest this policy be pursued.