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Title: What to do for Uncle Sam; a first book of citizenship
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin, 1875-1961
Subjects: Citizenship
Publisher: Chicago, A. Flanagan company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ed, for a longtime and will help mother when she wants to rollher croquettes or meat balls. Another way ofsaving is to do as the French do, save all the greentops of vegetables that most people throw away,and use them in some valuable way. The topsof carrots, beets, parsnips, celery, and leeks maysimmer in the soup pot on the back of the stoveand make a most delicious flavoring for soup orstew. We ought never to take off a potatos jacketbefore cooking. The most nourishing part of thepotato, the part that makes it grow, and us too,is next the skin. Lemon peel is better, grated,for flavoring than lemon extract. Orange peel maybe dried, and grape fruit peel, too, and used forlighting the fire because they are full- of naturaloils. The cereal left from breakfast may be friedand eaten instead of potatoes with meat, for sup-per. And the girl who works in the kitchen inthis careful way will find other ways of saving, too. What can the boys do to save for Uncle Sam? HELPING TO SAVE FOR HIM 41
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Courtesy, Superintendent of Schools, Cook County, 111.A PIG WILL INCREASE THE FOOD SUPPLY Oh, there is no end to the help they can givehim! Instead of throwing away newspapers, andstring, and pieces of wire, and the paper thatwraps bundles, and stubs of pencils, and ends ofchalk, remember that those can be used in variousways a little longer. Bent nails can be hammeredstraight and will come out quite as strong as new.These seem very little things to think of, but ifeach child in the United States stops to thinkwhether he is wasting or saving for an hour eachday, he will make the country richer for his efforts.We must save our money, too! Did you everlook at the designs which the United States Mintstamps on our coins and ask yourself why theyare there ? The silver quarter of a dollar has 42 WHAT TO DO FOR UNCLE SAM our American eagle, with spread wings cover-ing almost the whole of one side, and that is forour .freedom. Some of our ten cent pieces beara lighted torch to carry the messa

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