Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1918 — WAR HINTS—WAR HELPS—WAR DUTIES [ARTICLE]

WAR HINTS—WAR HELPS—WAR DUTIES

Compiled and Condensed for the Indiana State Council of Defense by George Ade. The food administrator sees a big harvest coming, but he warns people in advance that they are not expected to become wasteful of wheat A surplus must be stored. The civilized nations of the world must be kept away from the starvation danger line. ' From June 17 to June 22, at Purdue, women will be' taught how to do effective war work in the home/ They will learn about canning, drying and preserving, cooking Hooverized dishes, and making the old clothes last a while longer. Room rent board and incidentals for the week, will be *B. Mary Matthews, of Purdue, will have charge. Don’t forget that in the Fourth of July parade the foreign-born citizens who have made good as Americans are to be put up front, right next to the brass drum. More than 8,000 young men of Indiana are now drilling in Liberty guard companies. The boys are asking for guns. Georgtf Harney, of the protection committee of the' state council is after Uncle Sam and coaxing hard to get what the desire. s*. ' Farmers who wish to employ boys from the working reserve should write to Isaac D. Strouse, 88 statehouse, Indianapolis. What is the farm labor reserve? It is made up of city and town residents who have had farm experience and who will go into the country for short periods and meet emergency demands for labor. They will receive the usual wages. County agents are authorized to name recruiting agents and enlist the services of patriotic citizens who are willing to help out in their neighborhoods. The food administrator says to utilize garbage. Would you believe that material worth millions of dollars is chucked into garbage pails and then dumped somewhere as waste! Garbage should be used as hog feed or sent to reduction plants. The housewife' is asked to keep table and. kitchen refuse free from tin cans, broken bottles, etc. Send it away so that it can be used as hog feed and see that a hog feeder gets it. The council of national defense has made some suggestions for the Fourth of July doings this year. Here are some of them: Bring the whole community into your program. Don’t spend too much money or undertake plans that will interfere with regular war activities. Hold the celebration out of doors if (possible. Carry the flags of our allies in the parade. Let the program include “America” by everybody, a pledge of allegiance to the flag by the local boy and girl scouts, the reading of the Declaration of Independence, patriotic band music, a short speech (not to exceed fifteen minutes), bringing out. the aims of all nations in the present war, reading a message from the President and, if possible ,„a short play, tableau or pageant depicting the unity of peoples in the fight for freedom. Your county council has received an outline of a pageant which can be produced without much trouble or expense. If we were not at war, the government Savings stamps would be the most thrity investment in sight just the same. If the purchase of W. S. S. did not spell patriotism, it would still spell common sense. You are doing yourself and your country a good turn when you lay away a bale of these desirable stamps.