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THE TIMES: OCTOBER 25, 1913
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FOOD ADMINISTRATION TO ISSUE
CARDS FOR WINTER CONSERVATION
Hartford, Oct. 25. Because of the
prevalence of influenza, the Food Ad
ministration has postponed until the
first week in December the general
distribution of "the now Hoover home
card, which was to be distributed to
100,000 Connecticut families the last or
this month. The new home card
tains the fundamentals of the. Food
Administration's Intensive conserva
tion program for the coming winter
and the newspapers of the State are
being asked to emphasize the fact
that because the home card distribu
tion must be postponed, continued
conservation in every kitchen remains
a military necessity.
The Improved' military situation is
no reason for relaxation of food con
rvation by anybody; but, on the
contrary.' the splendid European de
velopments emphasize the need for
continued and increased conservation
because the evacuation of invaded
Belgium and France imposes on the
Food Administration the responsibility
for feeding additional civilian puyu.a
irm in those starving and (devastated
districts.
The new conservation program of
, the ' United States Food Administra-
Hon will go into twenty million Amer
ican homes the week beginning De
cember 2 to hang upon the kitchen
wall untn the war Is over. Its pro
visions aro the chart toy which -the
conduct of American households must
be guided as long as the stress of war
lasts.
One year ago the pledge of food
conservation was taken iby two hun
dred thousand families and a home
card was given to each for Its guid
i ancei This year no pledge la taken;
f fhe government knows that every
? loyal American is committers to doing
' all that is necessary to win the war
f and fulfill the nation's purpose. The
American war conscience is aroused.
When the inter-allied food council
was held last summer, the needs of
the Allies were computed and the re
sources from which they could "be met
were reckoned. Corrected as the re
turns from the harvest were ascer
tained and the shipping possibilities
were developed, the schedules show
that America must, this coming year,
eend for our armed forces artdi the
- Allies half as much again of. food sup
'miles as last year. In place of eleven
iand three-quarter bullion tons the
', shipments, this year, will be seventeen
and one-half million tons. We are
: pledged to send 50 per cent, more food
and from substantially the same
stocks as last year there must be in
creased conservation to accomplish
the result. The inter-allied council
; was told to pay no attention to the
American food situation. "We have
frt or we will find it," Mr. Hoover told
. his associate food controllers.
And in the light of America's IMS
achievement of serafliing 140,000,000
bushels of wheat where no surplus
was to be reckoned in advance, the
Allies gave full faith to America's
promise.
As a first ptap in the new program.
It was resolved by the conference of
Federal Food Administrators who met
1 in Washington when Mr. Hoover re
turned from Europe in September to
place in every home the card telling
the essence of the new program.
The firrt weeks of October were
given to the Liberty Doan by com
mon consent. ' The week beginning
October 28 "vas set apart for the Food
Conservation drive, but the Influenza
epidemic has now caused a postpone
ment of five weeks.'
All. over the' country -the presses
were ready to- start the minute the
plates were received! and the huge
task of printing 20,000,000 cards in one
week was (begun. ' In Connecticut the
quota was 200,000. The ' work was
speeded, the cards were ready to be
delivered and . the workers were pre
pared to begin the house to house
canvass, through the same -splendid
organization that handled last fall's
pledge card campaign. The now pro
gram will be less specific but no less
definite than that of the last twelve
months. Then the food administra
tion was meeting one emergency af
ter another as it rose. This year it
will be a long, steady pull kJSrected to
the whole food situation ' and not so
much to particular commodities. Af
ter a year's experience the Food Ad
ministration Is on a new footing here
and abroad. The ways have been
learned, the methods have been de
veloped, i
1SC0W EATS
BREAD IADE OF
WHEAT STB a
FOOD ADiNiSTRATIO
REGARDING HOTELS
BOOMS QF STATE OF CONNECTICUT
N ORDERS
AND LUNCH
BUILDING IS NOW
MUCH CURTAILED
Hartford, Oct. 25 Samuel Fergu
son, State Director of. Non-War Con
struction, yesterday issued a state
ment correcting what he said appear
ed to be a misunderstanding by the
public of the scope of the non-war
construction program of the Federal
War Industries Board. There seemed
to be an impression in some quarters,
said Mr. Ferguson, that it : was not
necessary to secure building permits
if the proposed construction was to
cost under $2,500.
'Except in the case of farm build
ings costing less than ?1,000, no new
construction whatever can be done
without a permit," Mr. Ferguson said,
;This applies not only to buildings
but to new construction work of every
type, including sidewalk, ewer,
water, gas and electric construction
and municipal improvements of all
kinds. The $2,500 exemption applies
solely to repairs.
HIVES.
Hives, that most annoying affliction,
Is caused most frequently by the eat
ing of. such things as fish, strawber
ries and tomatoes.
Anything likely to cause this trou
ble must.be quickly, removed from
the diet. The local Itching, in such
cases, may be relieved by bathing
with bicarbonate of soda water,
Plenty of water should be taken:-be
tween meals. Exercise, sunnnine and
plenty of fresh air are also necessary.
' Avoid pork, red meats and heavy
foods, especially fried foods of any
kind.. Remember that heat produces
weakness and white meat and plenty
of ' vegetables are strengthening
enough to take the place of the avoid
ed foods.
, iMoscow, Oct. 25. (Correspondence
of The Associated Press.) The aver
age Russian wants bread and rest
from the turmoil through which he
has been passing for the last four
years, and he believes he will event-
ually find these two (blessings. He
doesn't know exactly how, but he's
hopeful. !
The Russian public ' is struggling
along with great patience, making the
most of its very limited food supply,
making over it3 much-worn clothing,
polishing its shabby shoes and getting
all the amusement it can out of life
by attending the theatres and visiting
the summer gardens.
Moscow's bread allowance Is one-
quarter of a pound daily for each per
son If he gets it. An the quality of
the bread varies so greatly that there
Is much' hetting and Jesting daily as
to what sort of bread the food com
mittees will supply the following day.
Straw enters largely into the com
position of bread supplied to Moscow,
Petrograd ania other cities far from
the grain-producing centres. Some
times the straw is chopped so1 finely
it cannot he detected. On other days
it is so coarse and abundant in the
loaf that straws an inch long may be
Sound.
A recent cartoon in the Moscow
Novoye Vreyma showed an old man
plaiting a straw hat. Two urchins
wearing- straw hats were playing at
his feet, and a loaf of bread from
which long straws were iprotruding
lay on the table. A neighbor who
stood beside the weaver replied:
'How do yod find the bread these
days?"
The reply was:
"We can't eat It, !but it makes ex
elleht straw hats."
The dearth of alcoholic drinks af-
fordded the subject for a cartoon
which gave Moscow a hearty laugh.
A customer holding a ihottle of per-
iume m ms nana stood 'before an
apothecary, to whom he complained:
I don t like the odor of this eau de
cologne.
G-ractaus, one doesn't smell it now
adays!" the druggist exclaimed. "One
drinks it!"
Under the greatly restricted diet en
forced by the food shortage, persons
in all walks of life have lost flesh to
such an extent that . really fat men
and women are seldom seen. The
chief work of tailors and dressmakers
nowadays is taking In of garments to
adjust them to reduced figures.
At a recent musical performance
an enormous fat man who was shown
to a seat near the stage broke his
chair Into pieces when he sat down
ihe accident made such a noise that
the attention of the entire audience
was drawn to the unhappy man who
was extricated from the wreckage hv
two usners. Tne audience rose anal
cheered vehemently. The fat man
acknowledged the applause good-naturedly
and took no offense at shout
ed Inquiries of "How do you do it on
a quarter of a pound of bread a day?"
Governor Whitman Issued a procla
mation announcing November 2 as
Fire Prevention Day.
'
In every one of ' Connecticut's 1,609
hotels, clubs, restaurants, lunch rooms
and public eating places generally,
the U. S. Food Administration's new
rules and : regulations became effec
tive Sunday, -under the penalty oi tne
violator being subjected to an "un
fair order" . which automatically cuts
off all their supplies from the licensed
wholesalers ; '
In issuing. 12 General Orders tio the
public eating places the Food Admin
istration says: "It has not been
deemed advisable or necessary at the
present time actually to license the
operation of such public eating places,
.but in cases where tne patriotic co
operation Of such public eating places
cannot 'be secured by other means,
the United States Food Administra
tion will riot hesitate to secure com
pliance with its orders through Its
control of the distribubtlon of sugar,
flour and other food supplies.
A failure to conform to any of the
following orders will, be regarded as a
wasteful practice forbidden by Sec
tion Four of the Food Control Act of
August 10, .1917.
Here Aro. the Orders.
General Order 1. No public eating
place shall serve or permit to . be
served any bread or other bakery
product which does not contain at
least 20 per cent, of what flour sub
stitutes, nor shall it serve or permit
to be served more than two ounces of
this bread, known as Victory Bread,
or if no Victory Bread is served, more
than four ounces of other breads (such
as corn bread, muffins, Boston ibrown
hread, etc) Sandwiches, . or bread
served at : boarding, camps, and' rye
bread containing 60 per cent, or more
of pure rye flour are excepted.
General Order 2. No public eating
place shall serve or permit to be
served bread on toast as a garniture
or under meat.
General Order 3. No public eating
place shall allow any bread to be
brought to" the table -until after the
first course is served.
General Order 4. No public eating
place shall serve or permit to be
served to one patron at any one meal
more than one kind of meat. For
the purpose of this rule meat shall
'be considered as including beef, mut
ton, pork, '; poultry, and any by-prod
ucts thereof.
General Order 5. JCo public eating
place shall serve or permit to be
served any bacon as a garniture.
General Order 6. No public eating
place shall serve or permit to be
served to any one person at any one
meal mora than one-half ounce of
butter.
General Order 7. No public eating
Place shall serve or permit , to be
served to any one person at any one
meal more than one-half ounce of
Cheddar, commonly called American
cheese.
General Orcr 8. No publ eating
place shall use or permit the use of
the sugar bowl on the table or lunch
counter. Nor shall any public eating
place serve sugar or permit it to be
served unless the guest so requests
and in no event shall the amount
served! to any one person at any one
meal .exceed one teaspoonful or its
equivalent. -
General Order 9. No public eatine
place shall use or permit the use of
an amount of sugar in excess of two
pounds for every 90 meals served, in
cluding all uses of sugar on the table
and in cooking, excepting such sugars
as may he allotted toy the Federal
uood Administration to hotels hold
ing a ibakery license. No sugar al
lotted for this special .baking purpose
snail be used for any other purpose.
General Order 10. No public eatine
place shall burn any food or permit
any loofl to be burned audi all waste
shall be saved to feed animals or re
duced to obtain fats.
General Order 11. No miblic eatine
place shall display or permit' to Ibe
displayed food on Its premises in any
sucn manner as may cause its de
terioration so that it cannot be used
for human consumption.
General Order 12. No public eating
place shall serve or permit to be
served what is known as double cream
or cream de luxe; and in any event,
no cream containing over 20 per cent.
or butter fat shall he served.
PERSHING DECORATES THAW.
New York, Oct. 25 Word was re
ceived at the Aero Club of America
yesterday that Gen. Pershing had
awarded the Distinguished Service
Cross, with two citations, to Major
William Thaw, American ace and
known as the dean of American avia
tors in France.
This is the first American award
received by Major Thaw, who has re
ceived several French decorations,
among them the Croix de Guerre and
the Medal of the Legion of Honor,
Those awards were in recognition of
Major Thaw's exploits as a member
of the Iafayette Escadrille before he
entered the American service.
Major Thaw s , younger brother,
j.ieui. Alexander siair Tnaw, was
killed in France in August.
SSONS TAUGHT
BY THE EPSDEM
OF INFLUENZ
It Is now" generally realized that
the epidemic of Spanish influenza is
one of the most serious calamities that
ever .befell this country. We had
been (boasting how our soldiers were
not going to suffer from disease as in
earlier wars. We had learned (better
how to care for them. . But it is now
seen we did not know. it all. Also If
the country - gets through the epi
demic without 100,000 deaths, It will
escape better than now seems likely.
Some medical authorities think this
fatal result could not have ibeen
helped, since the beginnings of the
disease cannot (be distinguished from
a common cold.
However, a great many people have
been very careless. The story is told
of one lady who was out on her porch
one day talking - with her neighbors.
Dont come after me, she said, "or
I will give you this awful cold I've
got. But I'm going out to a nice
long ride this afternoon that will
break it up." She did go out on the
ride, hut after she got home she had
a severe chill, and in a few days she
was dead.
The management of one large fac
Dory in a town where the (disease has
prevailed, showed how it can be han
died. The owners were no doubt
moved Iboth by generosity to their
help, and by the feeling that It was
poor business to let the disease get a
start. They provided doctors and
nurses, and when one of their em
ployes got the influenza, they sent
nim rignt nome, ana naa a oocior ana
nurse call. The same thing was done
when members of the families of the
hetfip were taken sick. As a result,
not one death was reported in all the
000 families connected with -that
mill. If that policy could be followed
everywhere, the influenza would not
be very fatal.
Of course the shortage of doctors
and nurses has aggravated the situa
tion. After our medical forces get
back from France the danger will be
less.
HUN DEFENSES
ARE WELL MADE
With the American Forces in France,
Oct 25 (Correspondence of the As
sociated Press) Desperate efforts
were made' by the Germans to
strengthen the HIndehburg line when
they were driven baok to it by Mar
shal Foch's great offensive this sum
mer. More than nine miles In depth
at, various points, it had already been .
called the "greatest fortress the world;
has ever known." Despite this, in-'
formation has reached the American
intelligence officers from variotg
sources that the Germans began to
work upon It with renewed vigor soon,
after the Franco-American counter
offensive of July 18 which drove them,
back over the Marne, east of Chateau-;
Thierry and northwest across the
Vesle. .
One section of the Hindenburjt line
examined by British experts .had a
belt of wire eight yards deep, the;
wire being the size of a lead pencil
and with barbs of an inch. . About 100
yards to the rear was the first German,
trench and behind the trench 100,
yards apart were ferro-concrete posi-l
tions built to hold from two to flvol
machine guns. Behind these "pill-,
boxes" were other machine gun em-:
placements.
Behind the first line were belts of
wire arranged in a criss-cross geo-!
metrical pattern, and then, after art;
interval varying from several hun-i
dred yards to half &. mile, waa the sec
ond trench. With the object of pre-;
venting tanks from crossing It, the
second, trench was dug wide enough,
to act as a trap when the big crawlers;
came along.
To the rear of the second trench,
line was another "area of wire andi
after that the man ot- support line.
The part of the- line examined by the
British officers had been dug by Rus
sian prisoners and had running be
neath it a continuous tunnel at a
depth ot about 40 feet. Along this
main or support line staircases led up
from the tunnel every 50 yards. The
tunnel had rooms opening out of it
and was lighted by electricity. Above
were a number of machine gun posts
and trench mortar emplacements
which are connected by hoists so that
ammunition may be sent up. quickly
from below. . " .
RED HAT FOR POLISH BISHOP.
Rome, Oct. 25 In an apostolic let
ter to Dr. Alexander Kakowski, Arch
bishop of Warsaw, the Pope expresses
the hope that the people of Poland
may enjoy the privilege of choosing
their own form of government.
The communication ends by saying
that the Pontiff, desiring to show his
good will toward Poland, proposes to
make Dr. Kakowski a Cardinal at the
next consistory.
TODAY'S ANNIVERSARY
The firt telegraph line from tha
Atlantic to the Pacific was completed
fifty-seven years ago today. This line;
ran from St. Louis to San Francisco,
connecting at the. Missouri metropolis
with the wires to all parts of the
East. The building of the Eastern
section from Omaha to Salt Lake
City, was commenced on the Fourth
of July, and proceeded at the rata
of ten miles a day. At the same
time the western section, from . San
Francisco to Salt Lake, was built.
ANNIVERSARY
OF AGINCOURT
At Once I Stops Stomach Distress!
Indigestion pain, food souring, acidity, gas, and
heartburn go instantly! Pleasant relief!
Wonder what yotf ate id upset
your stomach?
Don't bother! Here is- relief!
The moment Pape's Diapepsiri
reaches your unsettled stomach all
the lumps of indigestion pain, sour
ness, gases, acidity, headache and
dyspepsia go
Gists so little af drug stores.
UPSET?
IMho-a-days, It's Golden's Smart Shoes
In patent, etc calforbrovm vici vamp,alt
ihi tuw shadestfbutkarkidtopt,- C'TArt
and tithtr Louis r Cuban httls I
OUR patrons recognize with pride that
our prices have not been affected by the
War Board's Regulations to prevent profit
eering. An ever-increasing army of women
know by experience that we always live
up to "Better Shoes at Reasonable Prices."
Si
sgoo
$500 $500 $700
17 AND 19 FAIRFIELD AVENUE
BRIDGEPORT
Eighteen Sew York Shops
Cample tt Lint of Men's Shoes at all Shops
Five hundred and three years ago
today, on Oct. 25, 1415, the famous
battle of Aglncourt was fought on the
plains of northern France near the
village and castle from which the
memorable combat has derived its
name. The scene of this clash of
arms is not far from where the bat
tles of northern France during the
present war have been fought. At
Aglncourt the English and French
were foes instead of friends, as they I
are now. After the pleasant custom
of hia-.hquse, Henry V. had commenc-
his reign by an Invasion of France.
He captured Harfleur after a siege of
more than a month. During that per
iod a terrible and fatal dysentery had
wrought havoc in his camp, and re
duced his army to a shadow. His ad
visers wanted him to return to Eng
land, but the King refused.
In the meantime the French king
had assembled all the brilliant chiv
alry of his great nation and dispatch- I
ed them to Intercept the Invaders.
Henry had but 2,000 horse and 13,000
infantry left and, being in a hostile
country, found it difficult to get sup
plies. His force was almost famished.
It was a miserable little army of
15,000 which opposed the splendid
array of France on the field near
Aglncourt. There were 60,000 French
men,' splendid in all the pomp of me
dieval chivalry, and they expected to
trample the worn and hungry English
men under foot and leave not a man
alive. All night long before the bat
tle the French feasted about their
fires, but the English had neither
food nor fire, and found their only
Inspiration in a continual fanfare of
trumpets.. As day broke Henry post
ed his little force on a slope, with I
a deep, miry meadow before it, be
tween him and the cavalry, on which
the French commander mainly relied.
although he had German arquobua-
iers and Genoese crossbows. Henry
arohery were fotifled behind iron-
pointed stakes, with an advanced
body of iOO picked archers, disposing
his cavalry on the wings.
The French were commanded by
D'Albert, the oonstable of France.
Their horsemen rushed down into the
miry meadow and the Englishmen
stood their ground without firing an
arrow until the French were within
200 yards. Then at the word of com
mand the whole front rank of the
English stepped forth one pace, and
drawing their bowstrings, Bent a hair
of arrows into the advancing enemy,
while the 200 picked archers, spring
ing up frm their ambush on the
flank of the charging horsemen, deci
mated it by their cross volleys. The
miry meadow was soon filled with
men and horses, in a struggling,
screaming mass. At the right moment
Henry brought out his ' reserves, his
archers easting away their bows and
ai-mlng themselves with hills and
leaden mallets. The French fought
with the acoustomed gallantry, but
were utterly defeated. The success
of the English was a triumph for
their bowmen, and Aglncourt was but I
one of the many examples of the solid
steadiness of the British infantry.
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