. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 342 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL October Women and the War By Man ' ' Phillips WI1 EN the history of this evenl fill year is written, there will be many dramatic stones to bi told, individual deeds of heroism as well as <tii-r111k events involving whole nations, such as the recogni tion ..i that strange people without a home, the Czecko-Slavs. But among all the thrilling incidents of the year 1918 there is none which stands out mori strikingly as an example of the patriotic spirit of sacrifice than the story of how the American house- wife saved the wheat
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 342 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL October Women and the War By Man ' ' Phillips WI1 EN the history of this evenl fill year is written, there will be many dramatic stones to bi told, individual deeds of heroism as well as <tii-r111k events involving whole nations, such as the recogni tion ..i that strange people without a home, the Czecko-Slavs. But among all the thrilling incidents of the year 1918 there is none which stands out mori strikingly as an example of the patriotic spirit of sacrifice than the story of how the American house- wife saved the wheat situation—sav- ing lives by her saving food. In a letter to the President, Mr. Hoover says, concerning the amounts of f 1 stuffs sent by us to our al- lies : "I am sure that all the millions of our people, agricultural as well as urban, win. have contributed to these results should feel a very definite satisfaction that in a year of univer- sal food shortages in the northern hemisphere, all of those people joined together against Germany have come through into sight of the coming har- vest not only with health and strength fully maintained, but with only temporary periods of hardship. The European allies have been com- pelled to sacrifice more than our own people, hut we have not failed to load every steamer since the delays of the storm months last winter. Our contri- butions to this end could not have been accomplished without effort and sacrifice, and it is a matter of further satisfaction that it has been accom- plished voluntarily and individually. It is difficult to distinguish between various sections of our people—the homes, public eating places, food trades, urban or agricultural popula- tions—in assessing credit for these results, but no one will deny the dominant part of the American ?; There is a "very definiti satisfac- tion" to lie felt, isn't there, if you are one of the American women who has refrained from using that extra Spoonf
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