Conserving Sugar
In order to conserve sugar for the soldiers, large restaurants, (Child's Restaurant for one) put away the sugar bowl and instead served each patron a small envelope to be torn by him, and filled with sugar.
In order to conserve sugar for the soldiers, large restaurants, (Child's Restaurant for one) put away the sugar bowl and instead served each patron a small envelope to be torn by him, and filled with sugar.
View of the Food Conservation Commission office in New York where the 600,000 food pledges are being filed. Hundreds of women and children aided in getting signatures. The office was at 124 West 42nd Street.
Sale of horse flesh was permitted in view of the scarcity of other meats.
Original Caption: Swiss Minister and Commission arrive in the U.S. Left to right; Lieutenant Col1l W. Staempfli, Mr. John Sys, Mrs. Jean Sulzer, Mr. Jean Sulzer, Swiss Minister to the U.S., Mr. Andrew Maarcuard, Professor W.E. Rappard and children of the Swiss Minister and his wife, John, George and Frederie.
Poelcapelle, Belgium
President Wilson reading the Armistice terms to Congress.
The couple, under German occupation for four years, greeting soldiers of the 308th and 166th Infantries upon their arrival during the American advance.