Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 164, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1918 — Voluntary Rationing. [ARTICLE]

Voluntary Rationing.

Cqntroller Hoover congratulated a Washington gathering on the success of - the voluntary rationing system. “The observance of voluntary rationing has been universal,” he said. "I heard the other day of a tiny urchin on a picnic in the country who ran to his mother with tears in his eyes. ‘“What’s the matter? 5 his mother asked. “The urchin held out a swollen finger and shouted indignantly: “ ‘Them bees! Today Is a meatless Tuesday, and them bees ain’t observin’ It!’”