MY HYMN OF HATE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 140, 2 March 1918, Page 5

MY HYMN OF HATE

1 hate 'Food Controllers; They play cards—sugar-cards— "Which give me a headache but no sugar. They command mo not to'eat bacon, Then raise the price to make sure I don't. Even in ■ their sleep they murmur "Eat less bread," And every time I taste I wish 1 could. I. hate Food Controllers,; They make long speeches About, butter; And it worries me trying to remember

'. where I saw it last. They, tell me that the epgs I buy ought to go to the wouwled. Hut I don't send them liecause I'cannot afford the,gas masks that should accompany them. I hate Hood Controllers: The.y are too wise; Tlicy say tea-drinking is a habit that must be broken, And when I have stood in a queue from Monday morning— And someone has stood on me— T.'ntil Saturday night, When I get two ounces that the grocer has round when he swept the shop, 1 know they are right. I hate Food Controllers: ' TTiey are too gallant, ■ They are always saying "Ladies first," And then they smile when they are being photographed. —Beryl Swift, in "The Queen."