In the Ranks.
(Copyright by Life Pub, Co.) Courtesy of Life and Charles Dana Gibson.
The American House Manager is today a member of the army that is fighting for democracy in the world. More than 11,000,000 managers of American homes have enlisted for the duration of the war and pledged themselves to support the fighting men by the way they buy, cook and serve food. Food will win the war, and these women will help to win it. America must send food to Europe. The armies cannot hold out if we fall to send it. Only certain foods can be shipped—those that pack the most food value Into the smallest shipping space. Those foods are wheat, meat, fats, sugar. We cannot eat them and send them too. We cannot eat them and send others. We must send these foods, and In order to do that we must eat other foods ourselves. The American House Manager will see to it that no food comes into her home that does not do its full duty under her management in winning the war
