TEN WAR COMMANDMENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2507, 7 July 1915, Page 8

TEN WAR COMMANDMENTS

FOR GERMAN CONSUMPTION. Germans are notoriously big eaters, '■ and it is stated that but-a very Bma.ll proportion, of them have paid attention ' to tho incessant appeals which have been made to the German nation tojre- : strict the national appetite.: during: the. progress of the war; or, at',all.events,' ; until the next German' harvest is gathered, > The . German , Government ; has r now cone to tho "length. hanging printed placards in the carriages of tho German State railways containing / the ; following "Ten War Commandments": ,1. Eat no more , -tlian. nccessary.;' Avoid superfluous eating between Thou wilt (thereby remain" healthy. ?*' ■ ' 2. Consider . bread sacred,. and uso every ' crumb for human nourishment.Dry broad crusts make tasty and nourishing soup. ; XBe saving with butter and lard.v Spread bread with syrup or marmalade instead, r We get a large part of our. lard from abroad: > ' : 4. Use milk and cheese. Consume especially' skim milk and buttermilk. , 5. Uso\ .much sugar in eatables. Sugar is excellent nourishment. '6. Cook' potatoes in their jackets.!, Thou; sa,vest thereby 20 per cent. 7. Reducethy. consumption .of beer* arid other alcoholic drinks. ,Thou kclpesi thus to increase, our supply of grain and potatoes, 5 from which beer and alco-i hoi aro made. ' V. 9. vßat plenty of' Vegetables and fruit, and:use : every inch of thy own land for tho 'growing of vegetables. But b& sparing with preserves ;as long as fresh' vegetables' aro to bo had. -. 9. Collect;all kitchen refuse unfit foB. human food and use it for-fodder. Butbe very. careful .that < deleterious stuff doos not net into tlio refuse. . . 10. Cook and-heat with gas or coke. Thereby thou helpest to creat import- . ant fertilising material, _ as many byproduct's, "such' as nitrogen aittaoniaj. aro thus produced. Note that by obeying'these commandments thou savest ; for the Fatherland. • .Therefore, must also ho take them to heart whose means permit him cvoa' now. to .live in the old w*ay. ' ,