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Updated: June 5, 2025
In the autumn of 1915 Tuesday and Friday became meatless days. The butter lines had become an institution towards the close of the year. There was little discomfort, however. For seventeen months Germany laughed at the attempt to starve her out. Then, early in 1916 came a change. An economic decline was noticeable, a decline which was rapid and continuous during each succeeding month.
Then she raised the curtains and reopened the door to the innocent spring night, after which we sat to our meatless and wheatless repast. In place of meat we sternly contented ourselves with stewed chicken, certain of the Arrowhead fowls having refused to do their bit in eggs and now paying the penalty in a crisis when something is expected from everyone.
Come, Veronica, roll down your sleeves and take your rightful place at the table. Now, girls, "While we're here let's give a cheer And sing to Wohelo!" And then let's dip our wheatless crusts into our meatless broth for the eternal glory and prosperity of the Winnebagos!" Dinner over, the Winnebagos fell upon the dishes like a swarm of bees and had them cleared up and washed in a twinkling.
The little man sat up again, with new animation in his eyes, the same eager boyishness that he had somehow kept through all his years. "Don't!" he exclaimed, earnestly. "Let me beg you, don't kill me! For your own sake not for mine. I'm a poor, meatless husk. I'll die soon at best, and I'm already in a hell you can't make any hotter. Let me do you this service; let me persuade you not to kill me.
At eight o'clock a rich Hibernian voice was heard to say, "Hot water, Mr. Murdock," and it was so. A simple breakfast, meatless, but including the best of coffee and apricots, tree-ripened and fresh, was enjoyed at leisure undisturbed by thought of awaiting labor.
How to set up a meatless day for the household, minus the Squire, and not be found out; how to restrict the bread and porridge allowance, while apparently outrunning it knotty problems! into which the twins plunged with much laughter and ingenuity. At the end of the discussion, Elizabeth said with hesitation, 'I don't like not telling Mr. Mannering, but
Well, I'll spread light in dark places, brother. He took off slow because he knew you didn't know nothin', see?" "Say, listen " The quarrel went on, despite the fact that the two pilots constituting the meatless bone of contention were rapidly becoming specks in the sky to the northwest. At five thousand feet McGee leveled off and swung slightly west. He looked back and up.
A. By fast-days I mean days on which we are allowed but one full meal. According to the traditional Catholic method of fasting, one may eat "one full meal" each day with meat included, plus two smaller meatless meals, both of which together do not equal the one full meal.
Speakers, posters, libraries and other agencies were utilized to urge the people to eat less wheat, meats, fats and sugar in order that more might be exported to the Allies. Millions of housewives hung cards in their windows to indicate that they were cooperating with the United States Food Administration. "Wheatless" and "meatless" days were set apart.
"My nephew Charles, le Prince de Vimont, eats chicken and cutlets on the meatless days, he told me with pride, his maître d'hôtel he of the one eye like thou, Nicholas, is able to procure plenty on the day before from friends in the trade, and with ice Mon Dieu! and I pay twenty-eight francs apiece for the best poulets for my blessés for extra rations! and ice! impossible to procure . Oh!
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