The Iowa Homemaker vol.2, no.12

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1 Volume 2 Number 12 The owa Homemaker vol.2, no.12 Artcle The owa Homemaker vol.2, no.12 Juanta Beard owa State College Opal Mllgan owa State College Mldred Boyt owa State College Katherne Goeppnger owa State College Harret Schleter owa State College See next page for addtonal authors Follow ths and addtonal works at: Part of the Home Economcs Commons Recommended Ctaton Beard, Juanta; Mllgan, Opal; Boyt, Mldred; Goeppnger, Katherne; Schleter, Harret; Thorne, Greta; Smons, Mary; Rayburn, Esther; and Beyer, Jeanette (1922) "The owa Homemaker vol.2, no.12," The owa Homemaker: Vol. 2 : No. 12, Artcle 1. Avalable at: Ths Artcle s brought to you for free and open access by the Student Publcatons at owa State Unversty Dgtal Repostory. t has been accepted for ncluson n The owa Homemaker by an authorzed edtor of owa State Unversty Dgtal Repostory. For more nformaton, please contact dgrep@astate.edu.

2 The owa Homemaker vol.2, no.12 Authors Juanta Beard, Opal Mllgan, Mldred Boyt, Katherne Goeppnger, Harret Schleter, Greta Thorne, Mary Smons, Esther Rayburn, and Jeanette Beyer Ths artcle s avalable n The owa Homemaker:

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4 + -MR-K- MM- -ar- ~N-. _ M-KN- -M - MM-MM-nM- h.-- "-M -nu-n -MM-M- -um R--MM-1111-M~-1111-M THE FAR!!? WE ARE OUT FOR A "HALF MLLON DOLLAR BUSNESS" N 1923? j Leadng the Vangard of Fashon By Presentng These New Ffth Avenue Sprng Coats and Capes lust Receved what woman s not on edge wth nterest n the new styles for Sprng? Here are the frst new coats and capes-the advance guard of fashon, smart wth the touches of expert desgners. f t s the Sports Coat you want there are any number n soft, fuzzy fabrcs, many wth plad backs, and cut on smple sports lne. Capes are long, and sweepng and come n slks or soft ple fabrcs.. JACOBS--VALENTNE CO ~

5 THE OWA HOMEMAKER "A Magazne for Homemakers from a Homemakers School " VOLUME 2 MARCH, 1923 NUMBER 12 Patrck Plans for Openng Days of Gardenng Season T OP of the mornng to ye, and phat are the brdes a-sayng to yez today?" called old Patrck, the gardner to a queer mummy-lke fgure n the corner of the garden. Fath, soon an ll be of a takn that straw overcoat off from ye and yell be producn the fnest roses ver ths summer! And twas only ysterday dd take the "covers" off from all the lles and bulbs n the border and rake up all the old dead leaves-but not to burn lke old George across the way was dong-lm telln ye save all that stuff for -further use. "Now lets see, where was gon? Oh yes, rght n here to the tool-house to see f everythng s n tp-top shape for sprng work. There are my prunng shears and knves and my good old saw. ll never use that double edge saw agan -t runs the trees. Theres the gas tar and lqud asphaltum for dressng wounds when "doctor" the trees, and the green pant to brghten up the old wheelbarrow and the whte pant to touch up the lattce fence. "Theres so much to do- guess ll st down here and make a memorandum. "Mss Charlottes favorte specmen trees must have the dead wood cut out and the branches shortened a bt to presrve ther symmetry-! thought she sad "cemetery" and wondered where t was. Better do ths rght away as soon as danger from wnter s past and whle the trees are stll dormant. And ll not for get to do t the way old George showed me. ts bad to leave a stump- make a clean cut at the base of the branch and parallel to the trunk of the tree, says he. "ll be prunng the Japanese barberry hedge next-cant do that too soon now f want lots of berres. And then wont have to touch t agan tl after the frutng season. George says the prvet hedge s better trmmed wder at the base than at the top, wth the top a wee bt rounded. "The summer-flowerng shrubs wll have to be pruned, too, before growth begns so as not to be wnter klled. "Then must uncover those vnes that took down from the trells and bured last fall, and let them le uncovered about ten days before te them up agan. "Guess ll do some sprayng next. t could wat tl summer but dd see sgns of scale on some of the trees and a wnter spray of ncotne sulphate wll fx that. And ll get some Bordeau mxture or lme-sulfur to get rd of the rust and blght. Heres the pece clpped from the paper today about "Spray Donts." By JUANTA BEARD ~ ~-~~-=--...~/m -..., "Theres so much to do- guess ll st down here and makla a memoran dum," sad old Pattrck, the gardener- and much there s to do n every.garden wth the comng of sprng. Dont wat for rose pests-spray frst. Dont destroy toads or brds-they save you lots of trouble wth nsects. Dont use lqud sprays wthout keepng a unform soluton by means of agtatng the lqud. Dont whtwash your tree trunks; bugs ar e not afrad of whtewash. Dont dust your evergreens-conferous or broad-leaved, wth lme; t njures them. "So much for sprayng, and next must fx the lawn. ll take away the coarse manure whch was spread on last fall and work the fne manure nto the lawn wth a heavy roller. Must get some lawn seed to plant along a bout the frst of Aprl-any tme from March 20 to the last of Aprl wll be alrght. George sad d need about a pound for every three hundred square feet and to use that mxture of sxteen parts by weght of Kentucky blue grass, foul parts of recleaned red-top, and one part of whte clover. "Well, guess ll be movn now- been settn here qute a spell. want to look over the garden catalogs tomorrow and get my orders made out for seeds and nursery stock. "Ts a great deal of fun have, whn the lttle voces makes the humans lsten to thm, and wrra, wrra, but ts sad am when they wll not hear, and the fone advce goes to waste, but know there can be only one bad day at a tme, and f t should ran, the next day may shne and the wonders of the ould day wll stll be around me n the chldren, the flowers, and the brds." March Wth rushng wnds and gloomy skes Tll.e dark and stubborn wnter des; Far-off, unseen, Sprng fantly cres, Bddng her earle~t chld arse; March! - Bayard Taylor.

6 2 THE OWA HOMEMAKER What Wll Dffe,rentate Ths Sprng From Last By OPAL MLLGAN A GAN Dame Fashon steps from behnd her slken curtan, and dctates the styles for the comng Easter season. What shall t be? What wll be the mode that wll dfferentate ths sprng from last? And agan we have to answer truthfully, there s nothng new, just old thngs re-done n a dfferent way. so, as revewed the shop wndows found the old redressed n a charmng manner; smplcty seemed to be the key note o! the sprng fashons. When one thnks of Easter one naturally thnks of the "bonnet," that mak es ts debut on Easter mornng at church. f one were n Pars or Venna one would fnd mllnery shops to be lttle places, where seldom more than one or two dozen hats are on dsplay. There are no long counters heaped wth hats for women to try on. No ndeed! One orders a hat, just as one orders a portrat of herself. Mlady sts before a threesded mrror for hours, where an artst trys dfferent materals, ornaments, and colors on her, selectng only those whch brng out the colorng of the face, har and eyes and suts her own personalty. n Pars and Venna hats are marvelous creatons nspred by artsts, as they should be. Hats make the European women beautful. But n Amerca we are very dfferent. Very few women wll spend one or two hundred dollars on one lttle hat for one short season. No, we would rather have a number of hats each season and have them cost much less. So the hatters n our country have made beautful hats for the Easter season. There wll be bonnets of all knds to choose from. The small hat however wll be mostly favored. The styles gve hnts of the quant, so the lttle poke bonnet whch does poke way out n front and turns up n the back s comng to lfe very rapdly. Flowers, both large and small, fruts and even nuts of brght colors wll decorate the chapeau. Tny rbbons wll fnd ther rghtful place too, among the other trms. Vels are of great mportance for sprng, and ths s.good news for every woman who fnds ths lttle, but mportant detal of dress partcularly becomng. There are the real lace ones whch fall just over the brm of the hat. These shade the eyes a bt, and extend from sde to sde on the brm. Velng bought The styles gv e hnts of the quant, so the lttle puke bonnet whch does poke way out n front s qute n favor. by the yard s draped over the top of the hat and ted n an nterestng bow at one sde, wth the long ends hangng down over the shoulder. t s nterestng to read about fabrcs and one becomes mldly enthusastc through pctures of them, but t takes a tour through the shops to see them n all the gorgeous colors and unusual patterns, and to experence that satsfyng sensaton of rubbng between the fngers the soft, slky or woolly texture of the new fabrcs, to become really excted over them. And oh, such fabrcs! Or one should say such desgns. No one can.go downtown now-a-days wth a clear predetermned dea of what one wants n frabrcs for her new frocks. Nay-for f she does -she s sure to get all muddled up. That s f she has a lmted means, and can have but a lmted number of frocks-as s, sad to say, the case wth most of us. One merchant sad that n all hs years of experence n the slk busness he had never before seen so many novelty fabrcs on the market. And prnts-everythng s prnted, and he fears that such materals wll be very common, and pre dets that the esteemed plan crepes and satns wll become qute exclusve. These plan materals are ornamented n Egyptan embroderes and Bulgaran crosssttch desgns. Capes stll hold a place on the fashon plate. They are of duvetyn crepe backed satn, veldynes, marvella and other rch lookng woolens. Sport togs are always nterestng. Ths season tweeds both plan and pladed wll do ther part n the way of skrts, jackets, and sport coats. Another favorts fabrc s the kntted wool jersey made up n the three pece suts, slpons, and jackets. The b.rushed wool s popular, too, and. s very becomng to the slm mss. Felt and suede sport hats of neutral colors are contrasted wth the frock of brghter color. Many shops are featurng the kntted sweaters, n all sorts of styles. They are plan or of contrastng colors, and are worn wth a woolen skrt whch makes an effectve outft. The desgners seem to be almost outdong themselves n producng an endless varety of beautful collars and cuffs. Just as lace s a dstnct note n vels, so t s n collars. The Bertha collar s stll n demand, but the true rsh lace ones are more n favor. These are exquste on dresses and occasonally on sweaters. Organde too as a favorte. So much can be done wth ths fabrc. One desgner produced a charmng set by alternatng the colors lpstck red, copenhagen blue and almond green. The old fashoned jabot s back, and some French desgners are makng good use of t. One dress was shown featurng a jabot whch hung from the neck to the hem. Fancy hosery has become very popular the last few years. The fashon s another revval of an old style. The present fad orgnated n Pars, where the demand frst asserted tself for a narrow clock. When the craze for em bellshment for all artcles ganed momentum, a desre for wder clocks and more elaborate hose was created. Now we have every sort of a fancy hose and t takes rare judgment and good taste to choose a par or hose that wll not be out of harmony wth the costume. When one s n doubt purchase a par of good (Contnued on page 12)

7 PEOPLE are comng more and more to realze the value of lght n the home. n the past we were too prone to consder lght a rather necessary evl that must be suppled unless one wshed to go to bed wth the chckens. Snce the general use of electrcty, however, we have not only been puttng more value on bet ter lght, but also on usng ths lght and lght fxtures as a decoraton to our homes. The brght glare of an electrc bulb screamed for a shade, so our de sgners began expermentng and ther results show on every hand. The frst lght was the open fre. Ths s stll an attractve way of J.ghtng, and the person who has never dreamed an hour away whle gazng nto the chang ng multcolored lght of an open fre has one of earths joys stll before hm. The next step n lght development was bunches of grass ted to stcks and used as torches. Then came the tny vessels flled wth anmal ol, suppled wth a wck at one end, and a handle at the other. The ancents consdered use frst, but also made an honest attempt to deco rate ther lamps. They thought of several ngenous devses that were not only practcal but helped n the general appearance. These were varous projectons to catch the drp, and chans or brackets to hold the lamp up out of the way. Ths type of lamp became obselete on the nventon of candles. The elements necessary for candle lght were sockets, sprckets, pans for the drp, stable bases, and some method of attachng the candle stck to the wall. That the decoraton of the candlestck reached a hgh degree s planly shown by the beautful ones that have been left to us by our ancestors. Ol lamps gave lttle to the world n t s often the case that beautful lamps can be made at home for a v,3ry small cost. Here s a student n ceramcs makng clay candlestcks to be used n a home. THE OWA HOMEMA](_ER 3 Let There Be Lght By MLDRED BOYT A lght that reflects a fne old pantng or brngs nto the foreground tl!j3 ar tstc touches of decoraton s most to be desred. the way of beauty, and the gas era came at a tme when commercal desgn was at a very low ebb. Beautful gas fxtures mght have been developed f gas had remaned supreme after the era of artstc nghtmare was safely past. But by that tme electrcty was nvented. The great possbltes of electrcty were apparent at once. For the frst tme desgners dd not have to take nto consderaton the nflammable qualty of the materal they were usng, nor to provde a place for smoke or fumes to be gven off. For a whle electrcty was nstalled nto the gas systems usng the same fxtures. Fortunately there are few house so equpped today, and we have the choce of the best desgns for our homes. Many of us use our homes most n the evenng, therefore the lghtng s of vast mportance. Soft rose or tan lght, brngs a sense of peace, quet, and well beng. Brght lghts str us on to greater actvty and act as the stmulus for exctement. Glarng lght, poor flckerng lght, brght lght where we need dm, and dm where we need brght tend to make us uneasy, nervous and unhappy. Many famly dsagreements could be avoded f the house were correctly lghted. Soft warm lght s for the bedroom and lvng room, whle a brghter lght may be used to a better advantage n the dnng room, study, ktchen and ballroom. Often t s best to supply a drect lght where t s needed and have the rest of fhe room n shadow. There are many types of lght that may be used n every home, such as desk lamps, telephone table lamps, pcture lghts, decoratve lamps, mantle, dressng table, bedsde, cardtable, work and even shavng lamps. These n turn take every avalable shape and sze. A lght that reflected a fne old pantng or one that s so concealed that t lghts a quant fgure, or a bt of tapestry s beautful for a hall or lvng room. How often one has seen fne pantngs so poorly lghted they appeared as a gray mass, no lne or color beng dstngushable. The lamp craze may go to the extreme and be worse than no lamps at all. Too many lamps n a room gve the effect of a small balloon hanger. Ths may be avoded by havng dfferent types of lghts and avodng the mpulse to put a readng lamp on every bt of flat surface. Often a beautful lamp placed before a mrror wll serve as two lamps, both n lght value and n decoratve effect. Great care should be used n choosng the lghts for our homes. Frst we should consder just what we wsh the lght for, secondly what type of lght best fts n to the decoraton scheme, thrdly s the lamp beautful n tself? That s, the proporton correct? Are the colors rght? s t too plan or too decoratve? And wll tre of t? f we can honestly answer these questons then we need never fear the result. t s often the case that beautful lamps may be made at home for a very small cost, a jug or vase of pleasng lne and proporton may be wred, and a harmonzng shade of slk or parchment made for t. Most of the stores carry complete lnes of lampshade frames and fttngs, and as a rule have competent women who have charge of classes n lamp makng. t s best to avod blue or.green shades as these colors gve off a cold whtsh lght that s most unbecomng. f blue or green must be used to complete the harmony, then lne the shade wth some tone of tan or rose so (Contnued on page 14)

8 4 THE OWA HOMEMA[ER Fsh for Sprng Tme Dnners By KATHERNE GO EPPNGER "Ts very fresh and sweet, Sr- The fsh was taken but ths nght." -Beaumont and Fletcher. We, of the nland country, know lttle of the savor of fresh fsh. However, frozen fshery products may be prepared n so many appetzng forms that what we mss n freshness may be compensated for n palatable preparaton. Snce earlest tmes, fsh has been a staple food, but only recently has t been so unversally accepted as a refned dsh. Amercans eat 20 pounds of fsh a year per -capta. n ts proten content, statstcs ndcate that fsh s practcally on a level wth meat. Despte the fact that fsh contans less fat than the flesh of land anmals, many.nvestgators mantan that t s at least comparable to meat as a source of body vgor. Wth the war came a wdespread apprecaton of the value of fsh as food and resultant ncreased demands. t s cheap, wholesome and plentful. Food authortes suggest ts vared use on the menu twce a week. The housewfe often cheats herself by buyng only the best known and most popular fsh, for the knd that s n greatest demand s apt to be the most expensve. But there.are many knds of fsh not well known to the housewfe. Below s a lst of Msssspp Valley fsh and when they are n season: Black Bass- Entre year. Bowfn-Entre year. Buffalo-Sprng and summer. Carp-October to June. Catfsh-Entre year. Crappe--Entre year. Pke--Entre year. Sturgeon-Aprl to November. Sucker-Sprng and early summer. Wth su ch a range of nland fsh, besdes the many varetes of frozen fsh obtanable, can anyone thnk of a sea food det as beng monotonous? n buyng fsh, ts qualty may be tested as follows: When pressed by the fnger, the flesh of good fsh s elastc and frm, and does not retan an ndentaton. The eyes are brght, glls are brght red, skn s shny, the scales adhere to the skn smells fresh, snks n water, and muscular stffness s evdent to a greater or less degree. The supreme test s the flesh near the backbone. f t s n good condton, the fsh s fresh. "t s dangerous economy to buy cheap fsh," says Henry T. Fnck n "Food and Flavor. "No other food deterorates so rapdly after t comes from the water. Especally s ths true of whte fsh, whch spols quckest of all. Freezng breaks up the tssues and when t once s thawed t decomposes wth enormous rapdty. t should be pla-ced on ce mmedately after purchasng and covered closely, f n a refrgerator wth other foods. Wth fsh as wth meat, most knds can be used n the same ways. Left-over fsh can be made nto croquettes or salads, or creamed. Delcaces of the deep are made attractve when garnshed wth sj.ces of pmento ol1ves, hard-boled eggs, lemon, tomatoes, cucumbers, pckles, shreds of red or green peppers, or parsley. When you plan your weeks menus, put fsh down at least once. There are many delcous ways of servng sea food. Try the followng recpes and see how good they are: Hot Fsh Rolls Bake full crust rolls, usng one for.every person. Cut off the tops of rolls, scoop out the crumbs, brush nsde and outsde wth melted butter and bake n oven untl golden brown. Make a creamed fsh dress ng and add parsley and chopped whtes of hard-boled eggs. Fll the hot rolls wth creamed fsh and sprnkle top wth grated yolks of hardboled eggs. Rarebt n a chafng dsh mx a teaspoonful of melted butter, one tablespoonful cornstarch, 1-4 teaspoonful onon juce, and season wth salt and paprka. As t becomes warm, slowly add one cup mlk, %, cup chopped cheese and one cup cold flaked fsh. Add one be.aten egg and one tablespoonful lemon jwce. Serve hot on thn toast and garnsh wth strps of pmento. Fsh Box Butter a bread pan and lne wth cooked rce. Fll wth a cooked, flaked fsh, season, and cover wth a layer of rce. Stell!m for an hour, then serve on a hot platter wth tomato sauce. Fsh Boats Cut cucumbers n half lengthwse and scoop out the pulp. Make a celery sauce of one cup mayonna,se, two tablespoons fnely chopped cucumber, one cup mnced celery, one tablespoon chopped parsley, two teaspoons lemon juce, salt and paprka. Mx the sauce wth cold flaked fsh and fll the cucumber boats wth the mxture. Garnsh wth slces of pmento olves and serve on crsp lettuce. Jelled Fsh Bol a two-pound steak fsh 20 mnutes n three cups of water. Then remove the fsh and bol the stock down to two cupfuls. Stran and add two cups straned tomatoes, seasoned wth salt and celery salt. To the bolng stock add three tll!blespoons granulated gelatne whch has been soaked n two tablespoons cold water. Break the pcked fsh n flakes and put nto a mold. Slce one hard-bold egg, one lemon, and a dozen stuffed olves and arrange around the outer edge of the mold. Add the stock mxture and place n refrgerator untl frm. Serve on lettuce wth tartare sauce or salad dressng. Fsh Souffle To two cups of rced potatoes add a cup of cold boled fsh, one cup of whte sauce and three beaten egg yolks. Beat three egg whtes untl dry and fold n lghtly. Put n a buttered casserole and bake untl golden brown. Garnsh wth parsley and serve hot. Pneapple and Fsh Chop Suey Bol one and one-half pounds halbut untl done. Dran, cut n peces and fry wth one tablespoon fat and one and onehalf cups grated pneapple. Thcken slghtly wth %, tablespoon corn starch mxed wth -cold water. Fsh Loaf Fnely chop one pound of fsh steak n a meat chopper. Soak two cups of bread crumbs n one cup of mlk and one cup of fsh stock and cook untl the mxture. leaves the sdes of the pan. Mx la, cup butter and two eggs, beaten separately, wth the fsh pulp. Season wth salt, pepper and lemon juce and add one tablespoon parsley. Make a loaf wth sfted crumbs on the outsde and bake for half an hour n a hot oven. Serve wth lemon butter sauce made of two teaspoons lemon juc!,e. work!ed nto four tablespoons creamed butter. f the fsh dsh s vared n ts composton and not served too often, there s lttle danger of the famly becomng tred of the flavor. DECORATVE DARNS ONE of the lttle trcks of ths tme of the year s the ablty to darn or mend the worn garment. The wool dress may do to wear another month more f t s retrmmed n some attractve way to cover the worn places. The old trmmng wll have to be removed and a new method or knd of trmmng used. Wool and slk yarns n harmonzng colors may be used very effectvely. A pretty trmmng can be made by usng wool yarn on the sewng machne. The thread s put through under the pressure foot and caught wth the sttch. The materal s pulled back and forth under the foot and gves a smple but pretty lttle sttch. Ths could be used around the bottom of a skrt, or panels, or perhaps on cuffs. The sweater may be gettng thn. Do not let hand-knt thngs go nto real holes f you can avod t. Always mend them as soon as they show sgns of wear. Whether mendng a hole or a thn place, start at the rght hand sde, at least three rows of knttng beyond the worn spot. Fnd where the thn thread frst makes ts appearance and put the pont of your needle n the same place. Follow t along and pass through two loops of the row above. Slp the pont of your needle through those two loops. Then t travels down nto the row below; comes down and goes through two loops there. So you go up and dow:n from row to row, always k eepngjyotr thread at the rght sde, and always rmttng your needle n and out of the mddle of each old loop never at the sde. When you have fnshed a row take your thread down to the wrong sde of the thng you are mendng. Choose a new row, ether above or below. Brng t up there just as you dd for the frst one, and start agan. Use washed and shrunken wool, and dont pull too tght.

9 THE OW A HOMEMAKER 5 Two Somethngs for Rany Day Entertanment THE bugle call draws the solder for. ward to hs duty whether he goes eagerly or wth unwllng steps. The bugle s hs master. The crack of the pstol sends the runner off down the cnder track to do hs best. So to each person n: every walk of lfe there s one sound that means, "Youve got to do your best. Now! There are those who depend on you!" t does not matter whether those who depend are an expectantly clappng audence n a theatre or weak and helpless patents n a hosptal. To the mother, the sound of restless lttle voces sayng, "Mother, what shall we do?" s the call she must never fal to answer. What shall they do? When the elements decree that the lttle ones shall not seek the out-of-doors; when books are too ponderous to be nterestng, and one hasnt tme to make them so; when games are very, very old and tresome, and lttle faces are rased expectantly-what shall they do? A solder would as soon shrug hs shoulders at the bugle sound, or a doctor turn away from a deng patent, as a mother would blot out the trustfulness n those lttle upturned faces. Very, very often, at tmes lke ths, one turns to Frend Scssors for help. When one sees hm all brght and shny, wth a fat tube of paste besde hm and a p.le of brght colored magaznes near by, t s often a spur to laggng nspraton. Add to these artcles, a shoe box and a pece of colored tssue paper and wll tell you how to make a "Faryland Box" that s every bt as nterestng for lttle people as t sounds. Lne the nsde of the box wth tssue paper, and paste on the sdes, fary castles and flowers, cut fr om the color ed advertsements n magaznes. There are many of ths type, you wll fnd when you look for them. Also there are pctures of lttle fary creatures, that, when pasted to stff paper wth a lttle strp connectng ther By HARRET SCHLETER Hoops, balloons and rouer skates are good enough as out-of-door entertanment, but t takes a resourceful mother to answer that rany-day queston, "What shall we do?" back to the floor, as a prop, wll stand alone n a most!he-lke manner. JNow, cut a hole about an nch and a half square n one end of the box. Ths s to peep thru when the box s completed. For fnshng touches, fasten lttle paper brds or baskets of flowers on a thread, and hang them through the cover, whch s made by stretchng another pece of color ed tssue paper over the top o,f the box and pastng t frmly on the edges. When the wonder flled chldsh eyes peep through the hole, the queston of what to do s, for the tme beng answered. As to a paper doll house, you know how paper dolls tend to scatter themselves and wardrobes thru every room n the house. They spll themselves out of boxes as fast as they can be put n. And any chld wll tell you that ther clothes are always mxed n a most dstressng manner. The mplements of amusement n ths case, consst of, some furnture and seed catalogs, a note-book of heavy paper and envelopes of dfferent szes, crayons, and of course, scssors and paste. On the rght -lha~d of the note,book paste an envelope, lengthwse, wth the flap turned toward the nsde of the book. Measure where the dolls head wll come, and there cut a hole large enough <for her head to show thru. Cut t so t can be closed or opened, dormr wndow fashon. n the seed catalogs there wll be some colored flowers that may be pasted all around the envelop house. Wth the crayons the chldren can put cur tans n the wndows, and on the opposte page they can ft out a lovely room for the doll wth rugs on the floor and a fne array of furnture. There- There are two somethngs to do! Hot Breads for the Unexpected Guests WHEN guests arrve at an nopportune moment the housewfe who has a store of good emergency r ecpes can meet the stuaton unruffled and composed. Emergency hot bread recpes wll greatly ad n plannng a hasty meal especally n a small town where there are no delcatessen shops from whch the housewfe may buy her l:akng. A good pattern bakng powder bscut recpe has many varatons whch wll gve varety to a meal as well as supply the necessary bread for lunch or dnner. Bakng Powder Bscuts 3 cups flour 1 cup mlk. 6 tsps. bakng powder 3 tbs. fat 11-2 tsp. salt Method: Sft the flour, bakng powder and salt. Work the fat nto the sfted ngredents wth a fork or the fnger tps. Add the mlk. Roll out and cut n crcles. Bake n hot oven. Varatons: By GRETA THORNE (1) Drop Bakng Powder Bscuts may be made by addng 11-2 cups of mlk nstead of 1 cup mlk to above recpe. Drop on pans and bake. 12) Make pattern recpe-roll out n rectangle and spread wth cnnamon and melt ed butter. Roll ou dough_ Cut an;j nalw as cnnamon rolls. (3) Roll out dough and spread wth chopped nuts and dates or rasns. Cut and bake. ( 4) Add 3-4 cup of grated cheese to 3 cups flour n above recpe. (5) Add 3-4 cup of Sultana rasns or dates. Luncheon Rolls are very delcous and quckly made for the bured dnner. 2 cups flour 2-3 cup mlk 3 tsp. bakng powder 2 tsp. sugar 1 tsp. salt 2 tsp. melted fat. 1 eg.g Method: Sft dry ngredents, combne wth mlk and fat. Add egg whch may be beaten seperately. Roll out and fold as for Parkerhouse rolls. Bake n a moderate oven. Muffns are always nce to serve for breakfast wth marmalades and jam and re easly made as well. 2 cups flour 1 cup mlk 3 tsp. bakng powder 4 tbsp. sugar 1 tsp. salt 4 tbsp. melted fat. 1 egg Method: Sft flour. bakng powder and salt. Combne wth mlk, sugar and fat. Add eggs beaten together or whtes ddcled.and beaten separately. Drop nto muffn pans. Bake. Varatons: (1) May vary above rule by substtutng 1 cup corn meal, 1 cup rye or 1 cup rolled oats for 1 cup of flour. (2) May add 1-2 cup elates, rasns, or nuts. (3) Add 1-2 cup fresh blue berres to above recpe.

10 6 THE OWA HOMEMAKER Use Determnes the Knd of Floors You Should Have By MARY SMONS A floor sutable for the lvng room or a bed room mght not be at all desrable for the ktchen or breakfast room where there s constant wear and frequent cleanng s necessary_ OUR grandmothers never had to worry about the knd of wood used to floor ther homes as the floor was always entrely covered by an ngran, Brussels or Velvet Carpet, and never seen except at house-cleanng tme when the carpet was taken up to be dusted. Now, durng ths regn of polshed floors and removable rugs, the floor problem s very vtal. Both the knd and qualty of floorng materal s determned by the use or the wear of the floor n a partcular room. For nstance: A floor sutable for the lvng room or a bed-room mght not be at all desrable for the ktchen where there s constant wear and frequent cleanng s necessary. Wood s the most unversal materal used for floors n prvate houses. Some of the woods used for floorng are: oak, maple, brch. beech, pne, and fr. Of these oak s most used for floors, havng an advantage over pne and fr n that t does not slve r, makes a durable and attractve floor, and beng very hard t wears off evenly. To make a really beautful oak floor the lumber must be ouarter-sawed, ths not only brngs out the beauty of the gran n the wood, but also t has been found that t makes a more durable surface than plan-sawed lumber. A sub-floor of nexpensve lumber should be lad as a foundaton for hgher grade floorng. Ths nsures a level and tghtly fnshed top floor, also a warmer room n wnter. Oak or any selected wood may be used for all the house, however many prefer more durable substances than wood for floors subject to hardest wear as n the ktchen, bath-room, laundry, and entres. Concrete, tle, or composton floors are qute satsfactory for floorng materals as they are durable, santary, and easly cleaned. THe makes an especally attractve floor and s made n a varety of patterns and soft colors. The fnshng of the floors s an nd vdual problem for each home, dependng on preference, knd, of wood used, and the general tone of the furnshngs of th.e room. Snce the floor s the found aton and prmarly the background of the room t should be unobtrusve and as nearly neutral as possble n relaton to ts surroundngs to harmonze wth the rugs, walls, hangngs, furnture, and pctures. Varous combnatons of the followng fnshes may be used: ol, stan, fller, varnsh, shellac, and wax. Take for example an oak floor: f natural fnsh s desred, the pores of the wood are flled wth a colorless fller, shellaced wth a whte shellac, fnshed wth clear varnsh and waxed, or wax may be appled drectly to shellac, the varnsh beng omtted. Stans are used to brng out the gran of the wood and to make the floor darker n color, the latter method s used on soft woods to mtate hard woods. After a coat of stan dres, the floor must be sand-papered before a second coat of stan s appled, as the stan rases the gran makng the wood qute rough. Waxng s the most preferred method of fnshng floors as t enhances the beauty of the wood, s readly and comparatvely easy to renew, and s protecton to the wood. Wax s not expensve, nether does ts applcaton requre a number of expensve tools. A longhandled weghted brush s the only tool necessary for waxng. The secret of well-waxed floors s persstency when applyng the frst coats of wax. Put on a thn coat of wax and persstently rub ths coat to a polsh before applyng another. t s sad that f kept well-waxed the boards of a floor wll wear thn but stll retan ther orgnal fnsh and beauty. Floors should be rewaxed two or three tmes a year when subject to moderate use, otherwse the rewaxng depends on the amount of wear on the floor. Olng makes a satsfactory fnsh for ktchen and bathroom floors. t flls the pores of the wood and gves the floor a durable surface. Boled lnseed ol may be used or a mxture of lnseed ol and turpentne. Pant s another fnsh that should be mentoned as t s so helpful n refnshng old floors. t can be obtaned n a wde range of colors makng possble a floor that wll carry out the color scheme of a room. Panted floors are easly cleaned and f waxed and well cared for, they wll retan ther orgnal fnsh for a long tme. Though the methods of fnshng floors are vared there s one general statement that can be made n regard to fnshes. Always use the best materals obtanable as the expense of the orgnal fnsh s hardly notceable n comparson to ts lastng qualtes. (Contnued on page 11) Panted floors are qute popular. for bed rooms, for here there s not enough wear to necesstate a sturder fnsh.

11 THE OWA HOMEMAKER 7 "t Happens n the Best of Regulated Nests" By HARRET SCHLETER "RACHEL Robn, where have you been?" twttered Mr. Robn, a lttle mpatently, " came home an hour early to see you." "Oh, my dear Rchard," Mrs. Robn answered, perchng on the edge of ther nest and speakng n an excted chrp. " was just comng back from the market wth some thngs for dnner and stopped at the wndow of the House to talk to the Canares. They are such lovely people, not at all affected, even tho they lve n that gorgeous wcker manson." "Yes, lovely people. What dd they have to say?" " wondered f you werent ever gong to ask that. The people n the House had a quarrel yesterday. A most dreadful quarrel." "Vel, well, what was t all about?" "ll tell t to you just as they told t to me. They sad that all the afternoon The Grl sat on the davenport and read a book and ate chocolates. t got later and later, and the Canares were awfully worred because she ddnt seem to remember about gettng dnner for The Man. "And fnally they heard The Man whstle lke he always does, and The Grl ddnt move untl he was clear n the room. Then she jumped up and ran and kssed hm and sad, " Oh, honey! ve been realng The Shek, and ts wonderful." " Lke t, dear?" sad The Man. He began to look around for sgns of food. " just couldnt stop readng. The Shek s the most wonderful man n the world, except you." "Yes, but -deare, m awfully hungry," ventured The Man. " Have a chocolate, they are luscous. Let me read the part where- " " But honey, arent you gong to get anythng for me to eat?" pleaded The Man. "Well, there s some frut n the refrgerator. could make you a salad, and guess could fnd somethng to make a sandwch or two," sad The Grl thoughtfully. "But lsten," she "went on, brghtenng, " have just a few chapters to read. Couldnt you run and fx t for yourself whle fnsh. Then stack your dshes n the ktchen. ll be through by that tme and we can go to a move." "No, wont!" sad The Man frmly, or very frmly. " Why-why-deary- " "No. wont ths tme or any other tme. work hard all day and you could at least provde substantal food for me twce a day." "He was angry and so was she. She stamped her foot and threw back her head and sad, "Well, f that s why you marred me. why ddnt you hre a c-cook? You j-just want f-oo--food." "Then she started to cry. " ts my rght to at least be provded wth substantal food twce a. day, and besdes-" "Ooooo cant stand ths. You hurt my feelngs," sobbed The Grl. " That s- at- least-anyhow- " "The man was lookng less and less angry and more and more mserable. " mean-oh, honey, dont cry lke that. m sorry! Well go out for dnner 2.nd ll never- " " Ooooo, m sorryer. ll always Oh!" "s that all?" asked Rchard Robn. "Well," anfwflred hs wfe. " to!j you the Canares were lovely people. They ddnt look after that." "But suppose," sad Rchard Robn, puttng hs wng tenderly around hs wte. " suppose he dd lke ths." "Oh, Rchard, youll tear my net and muss up my feathers." A lesson hath March-f a teacher stern- A lesson twere well for the heart to learn. f the sky s dark and the wnds are cold, f the snows a re deep on the moor and wold, f the brown buds le n ther cells asleep, And the clouds come only to frown or weep; f the sprng be late n her warm embrace, She comes at last wth rush and shout, She wll put all the legons of Frost to rout. A h! thus f lfe s a weary March, We pass to joy through a vctors arch. -Helen H. Rsh. Ah, March! we know thou art Knd-hearted, spte of ugly looks and threats, And, out of sght, are nursng Aprls volets! -Helen Hunt. A House to Please the Brds By ESTHER RAYBURN F YOU would bul-d a castle n the ar, buld a brd house. Brds are ary creatures so they must have ther houses n the ar. Whether t s a small log cabn among the vnes on the back porch, a half cocoanut shell near the eaves outsde the bedroom wndow, a many porched and wndowed affar perched on top of a pole n the garden, or a swngng tw.g house hangng from a tree, t should be made attractve to both the brd dwellers and the good people who put t there. Small boys and grandfathers delght n buldng quant houses for the brds. They somehow seem to know just the knd of a home each brd wll be lookng for n the sprngtme. Perhaps most popular of all to the wee wrens s the house made from a very small tn can. After a wnter of pancakes and maple syrup there s sure to be a good supply of Log Cabn maple syrup cans for boys to experment wth. ndeed a lttle brown cabn peepng from the vnes near the back door s very perky. There s sure to be a wren settled there as soon as ths famly of brds are back from southern resorts. Blue brds sometmes buld n houses. Maybe, f there was a half cocoanut shell fastened up under the eaves just outsde the bedroom wndow, ths lttle brd would come and buld a nest there. Of course, the shell must be fastened securely between nals so that when there are small brds there wont be any danger of the nest fallng, From the tree n the front yard. why not have a swngng twg house? GrandfHther wll know how ths house should be made and wth the boys h elo wll surorse even the brds wth the cunnng affar. Sometmes there lttle swngng houses can be made to r esemble rustc summer houses that appeal to the woodsey brd. On some rare occasons these honses have been known to attract even the wly brown thrushes. Of course the twg house, the log cabn and the cocoanut houses are the most practcal, but all the same what fun t s to have a more arstocratc lookng resdence perched loftly on a pole n the garden. Ths s n hopes that sometme a hrd wll come wth enough of a tlt to hs beak to apprecate ths rather stylsh rlwellng. t must be larger than the rest <tnd have chmneys and doors, perches and wndows. There wll be apartments nsde so f the brds so choose they could lve wth cty comfort. Where there are brd houses there must be brd baths. As the garden s the rend evous of the brds, there the bath must be. A green earthen bowl hung by chans from a tree where the early mornng sun wll fall would please any brd. large or small. t s here the brds wll gather to splash and chatter n the early mornng. Remember to make the openngs small for wrens and larger for the bgger brds. Perhaps because youve bult a home for the brds they wll n return teach you to go salng off through realms of fancy wth them. t would only be far to return the favor, you know.

12 8 THE OWA HOMEMAKER Whos There and Where By JEANETTE BEYER MSS LYDA BGELOW N Y. W. C. A. WORK Collapsble bathtubs and!he n a shack hold no terrors for Mss Lyda Bgelow, an owa State woman who has been dong noteworthy relef work n France, Serba, and who s now the only relef work er whch the Y. W. C. A. has sent to Greece for sx months. Before the war Mss Bgelow was a teacher of physcal geography n Pueblo and Seattle publc schools. But n the fall of 1917 she! eft her teachng to go to France n constru cton and relef work under the Red Cross. For one and a half years she worked n Southern France carng for war rdden refugees. Her work was so successful that n just before Chrstmas. she was sent under the auspces of the Balkan Commsson, to Serba, to serve wth the Red Cross there. n recognton of the sphjndd work she dd there, she was decorated by the Serban government. Feelng the need of more tranng Mss Bgelow returned to the states n 19 to study at Columba and do socal servc e work n New York Cty. n 20 she worked under the Natonal Board of the Y. W. C. A. The followng year she was sent by the Y. W. C. A. back to France. But ths tme to do mmgraton work, havng charge of the mmgrant women of the s econd class. Her work conssted of watchng the ports wth three offces at Brussels, Pars, and Versalles. Last Chrstmas Mss Bgelow was called to London n a conference at Y. W. C. A. headquarters. There she was ask ed to go to Greece n Relef work for sx months as the only representatve sent by the Y. W. C. A. So early n January she saled for Constantnople and thence to Praeus where she s now adng n allevatng the sufferngs of the thousands of refugees. VOLET PAMMEL N FOODS WORK Helpng to run a two mllon dollar a :vear busness s the work of Volet Pammel, who s Assstant Superntendent of Food Servce at Washngton, D. C. Deborah Horne, also an owa State graduate s assstng Volet n ths work. Ther dnng rooms. put up durng the war, are on the Captol grounds, and there they feed 2,000 women employed by the government twce daly. Although ths servce s not run for proft they turned nto the tfleasury over $20,000 last year. Volet s secretary of the Ames Alumn gssocaton at Washngton. She recently gave a dnner for several P. E. 0. frends, entertanng the presdent of the suoreme grand chapter of P. E. 0., Mrs. Hughes. the organzer; Mrs. E. D. Ball; Senator Brookharts lfe; and four other women. REBA EDWARDS W RT ES FROM HAWA "Home economcs," wrtes Reba Edwards who s teachng at Waluku Hawa, "s entrely undeveloped here. n fact t has be en n ths school only sx years. The equpment s mserable wth cookng and sewng n the same room, and no ndvdual equpment for cookng. Then have to supervse gettng lunch for about 150 and that takes most of the tme. At frst thought that had run aganst a stone wall but am gettng more used to t now." Reba has for her pupls, Chnse, Japanese, Portuguese, and Hawaans wth the Japanese outnumberng the others. "Nearly all of my grls, of all natonalt-es come to school barefoot." Fortunate\y they all speak Englsh, although Reba says: "n talkng wth the Japanese and Chnese an extensve vocabulry s superflous. When you go to buy anythng you pont at the artcle and say How much? f you want t, all you need to say s, ta~e. The pdgeon Englsh over here s the lmt. t s a mxture of Englsh, Japanese, and Hawaan. The kds say me no can, me no lke. One word seems to express several dfferent deas dependng on the stuaton." Cottages are furnshed for the teachers. Reba lves wth a grl from Pennsylvana, one from Washngton, and one from Omaha. They do ther own work takng turns each week. Can you magne the pleasure of lvng n surroundngs lke these? "The scenery around us s typcally Hawaan. n our front yard s a row of Royal palms and we look out on a majestc mountan, thrty mles away, n whch the famous extnct crater s found. There are also mountans back of us and between them a beautful valley n whch are banana groves, and koa groves. Growng wld are cannas, four oclocks, wanderng jew and lantana.".t\jthough teachers usually stay n Hawa but one year, Reba plans to teach another year, and expects to spend her summer n Honolulu. DOR S PAMM E L CHE F D ETCAN A recent vstor to Ames was Dors Pammel who s chef detcan at Fort Bard, New Mexco, one of the larg est tubercular hosptals for world war veterans n the country. Dors, wth the ad of twelve assstant detcans feeds 800 patents daly. Dors fnds her health much mproved and she enjoys her work. She does not lve n the hosptal but has her own lttle cottage and a mad. She rdes horseback a great deal, and often spends week-ends at a shack whch the detcans own n the mountans. CAR R E PLU NKETT PUBLSHES BULLETN Carre Punkett, one of our last year staff members and a member of Theta Sgma Ph, who s t{\achng at the Unversty of Arkansas, at Fayettsvlle, wrtes: "My dutes here, wth twenty hours of teachng and all the buyng for the foods department, keep me constantly on the job. have wrtten a bulletn on famly meals, that s now n the hands of the publshers. Outsde of that ve done nothng n the journalstc lne." We thnk that s qute a good deal Evdently Carre s makng good for mogene Crutcher, n a letter to Mss Vola Bell, says, "Mss Plunkett s nstructor of foods at Arkansas. All the grls are very fond of her, and thnk she s qute a booster snce two of her grls expect to enter Ames next fall." mogene, who left school at the end of the fall quarter on account of llness, s hopng to return ths sprng. O UR FRENCH GRLS Andre Dumont and Yvonne Mann, who graduated from the owa State n 1921, are now workng n France. Andre, who went to Pars, studyng playground and recreatonal work, now has charge of a playground n Sossons. Yvonne s studyng at the Unversty n Pars. After leavng the states she dd research work n ante tubercular cures at Pasteur nsttute. Here at school she majored n bacterology un der Dean R. E. Buchanon. O <?.DEN CLASS V STS OWA STATE Mss Jean ette Schleter, 22, who s teachng at Ogden ths year, brought her home economcs class to vst the owa State campus yesterday. PORTERS WLL GO TO CHNA Hazel Kntzley Porter, 20, wll accompany her husband, Professor R. H. Port -er, to Pekn, ChnR n August, where Mr. Porter wll be connected wth the Unversay of Pekn as plant pathologst. Mss Ruth Pohlman, 22, s teachng foods n the Clnton hgh school. Mss lva Fshel, 21, s teachng her second year of home economcs at Belle Plane, owa. Nelle Grant, 03, of Rolfe, a., has been teachng n Los Angeles schools, and has had great success n handlng foregn chdren. Josephne Plattenburg, a 22 graduate, s specalzng n costume desgnng at the School of Fne and Appled Arts n New York Cty.

13 THE OWA HOMEMAKER "A Magazne For Homemakers From a Homemakers School" VOL. MARCH No.12 Publshed at owa State College, Ames, owa. Prce $1.50 per year. Advertsng rates on applcaton Entered as second class matter at the post offce, Ames, owa PUBLCATON BOARD-Dean AnnaL. Rchardson, Vce-Dean Edna E. Walls, Prof. F. W. Beckman, Mss Florence Busse, Mrs. Frank Kerekes, Rose Storm, Ethel Huebner, Llyra Prce, Esther Pond. EDTORAL STAFF-Rose Storm, edtor; Eleanor Murray, ssue edtor; Katherne Goeppnger, assocate edtor; Jeanette Beyer, assocate edtor; Marcella Dewell, art edtor; Clara Jordan, Opal Wnd, Harrett Schleter, Esther Rayburn, Helen Hamlton, Ada Havner, Vola Jammer, Mldred Boyt, Juanta Beard. BUSNESS STAFF-Ethel Huebner, manager; Reva Perce, Harrett Sloss, Fern Green, Agnes Noble, Marjore Jay, Helen Pper, Bertha Sanvoldt. CRCULATON STAFF-Llyra Prce, manager; Mona Thomp son, Clare Youngclass, Fern Green, Esther Pond, Florence Hahn, Pearl Brown, Laura Bubltz, Paula Braunlch, Marcella Dewell. DONT BE A SLOW ONE Sport that wrnkled Care derdes, And Laughter holdng both hs sdes. Come, and trp t as you go, on the lght fantastc toe." How many of our busy housewves, wonder, read Mlton~ And f they have read hm, dd they mark the above passage wth a red pencl and then copy t n ther hearts? Husbands complan that wves take lfe too serously, that they have no sense of humor makng them nsensble to the best of jokes, that they lay stress on thngs that dont count, and that at best they are dull companons. So t s to the club, or out wth the fellows, leavng the wves at home wth ther darnng, that these harred husbands go to seek brghter company, and gayer fellowshp. n ther hearts, women know that they do have a sense of humor, keener perhaps than that of men. But lfe s serous. Certanly there s nothng very funny about the contnuous preparaton of meals or of dustng tll nfnty. And after all, muddy feet, nk spots on the table cloth, or a washng machne that needs reparng s an mportant matter. Women remember the pre-marrage days and do not understand the torpor that marrage has now thrust them nto. n those other days they carefully cultvated and nourshed vvacty, and nterestedness. Why not do t now ~ Why not break out of ths paralyss of sprt, and be as they used to be, full of fun, brght and gay. t means tme, and lots of tryng, of course, and perhaps a slghtng of household dutes n order not to be overtred- for who ever heard of a tred person beng successfully gay~ There s that old queston: Would you rather have a clean cross wfe or a drty cheerful wfe~ And of course men argue for the drty cheerful wfe-every tme. The world loves to laugh. lhere are homes so tense that t strkes you as soon as you open the door and bears upon you as long as you are near. lhe atmosphere s oppressve and you long for a word of jest, hearty laughs, and lght hearts. le OWA OMEMA[ER 9 t remans to the woman of the house to start. She must teach herself to be happy. So lades-brng back agan "Jest, and youthful Jollty, Qups and cranks and wanton wles, Nods and becks and wreathed smles." Become as frvolous as your youngest daughter, laugh delghtedly at all jokes. n other words, "kd em along," famles love t! S A TECHNCAL EDUCATON LBERAL? n a recent comparson of schools, a.woman of lberal educaton, a graduate of the Unversty of Mnnesota, who was n a poston to know a great deal about college ratngs, sad Oh, Ames s so t echncal! s t? To graduate from owa State n the home economcs course, a grl s requred to complete : Appled Art (desgn and art prncples) credts Household Art (garment constructon) Household Scence (food selecton and preparaton) Household Amnstraton (management) H. Ec. Vocatonal Educaton Agrcultural,Journalsm Bacterology Chemstry Economc Scence : Englsh Hstory yg ene Physcal Educaton Physcs Psychology Publc Speakng Zoology Choce (between modern languages, hstory, 15 credts 16 credts 13 credts 1 credt 3 credts 5 credts 24 credts 9 credts 15 credts 3 credts 1 credt 2 credts 3 credts 9 credts 3 credts 9 credts mathematcs, botany or zoolvgy) 12 credts Electves credts Of the electves, there are open to home economc students, 49 credts n home economcs, 42 n Englsh, 15 n hstory, 57 n modern language, 15 n psychology, 34 n publc speakng, 10 n relgous educaton, 26 n vocatonal educaton, 33 n zoology, 22 n bacterology, 20 n agrcultural journalsm, besdes unlmted credts n other dvsons. Summng ths up, what do we fnd? Merely that a home economcs educaton could not possbly be more lberal, not only n ts requrements, but n ts electves, than s the one outlned here, and stll be a home. economcs course. And snt that what we all want? vvhy know only how to cook and sew a fne seam when the world s so full of n eeds fur well-educated, lberalmnded women to carry on ts work? Ames s, undoubtedly, a techncal school, yet s t not better that she gve her pupb the best of every branch of educaton, so that they know not only how to perform ther chosen work skllfully, but also to lve fuller, better lves as a result of ther tranng~ lhen, s t so terrble to be techncal? SCUSE, PLEASE lwxt flu and scarlet fever, ye staff has been quarantned so oft and so long that ths ssue has been unavod. ably delayed. f you have ever been through such an ordeal, you can forgve the delay caused by such a confuson. f you have not, may we ask you to stretch your magnaton to cover the stuaton ~

14 10 THE OW A HOMEMA[ER LLBl1~L 1 ~ QU~~TOH.An HOW VELVET S MADE UP When makng a chffon velvet dress do you have the nap runnng up or down? The nap of velvet should run up, not down. FULLNESS OF RUFFLES How do you fgure the amount of fullness for a flounce or ruffle when usng the machne attachment? The amount allowed for a ruffle de pends entrely on the fullness desred but a good rule for the average ruffle s to allow one-half of the length of the goods plus the length. RON N RASNS Do rasns really supply the body wth ron to any great extent? Rasns supply the body wth more sugar than ron. t would be necessary to eat a very great many rasns to se cure any ron worth consderaton. Spn ach, eggs, carrots, and some other foods are rcher n ron than rasns. OVEN TEMPERATURES What are the exact temperatures referred to n cook books when the terms s low, moderate, hot and very hot are used? Slow s from degrees Faren het; moderate from ; hot or Quck from ; and very hot s from CLARFCATON OF FATS Can you tell me a good method of clarfyng fats? To each pound of chopped fat add 12 peces of ch ar coal n one-nch cubes. Cook n double boler untl fat s all rendered out. Let stand two hours and stran. RHUBARB LEAVES POSONOUS s there any objecton to usng rhubarb leaves for greens? Rhubarb leaves should never be used as greens, snce they contan oxalc acd. BROWN RCE What s brown rce? have notced t advertsed frequently. Brown rce s polshed rce whch has not been coated wth talcum powder. COLOR OF FLOUR s there any advantage n a whte flour? The practce of bleachng flour arose because whteness s assocated wth purty. There s no justfcaton for the publcs demand for whte flour, snce t s only for commercal reasons that t has been created artfcally. TO CLEAN WASHABLE KD GLOVES How should washable kd gloves be cleaned? Wash on the hand n suds of pure whte soap, and cold water. Rnse n clear water and dry between. towels. TO CLEAN WHTE HAR RBBONS How may whte har rbbons be cleaned? Soak them n warm suds of castle soap. Scrub them on a smooth surface wth soft brush. Rnse n clear water and press out the water by puttng between towels. ron, between towels, wth a moderate ron. A few drops of vnegar n the rnse water wll keep them stff. REMOVNG SCORCH STANS How may scorch atans be removed? Soak n lukewarm water and then wet wth lemon juce and salt and put n the sun. RETANNG THE GLOSS OF SATN s there any way to launder sateen so that t wll retan ts gloss?. f a lttle borax s put n the last rnse water, the orgnal gloss wll not dsappear. TO CUT ANGEL FOOD CAKE How may angel food cake be cut so as not to destroy ts texture? Dvde by pullng apart wth two forks nstead of usng a knfe. Sponge cake may be smlarly dvded. rs;;~~ ~~\! e COFFEE urch and Mellow" J Packed by new her- metc seal process that f retansnta ctthefresh 1 roasted fragrance. 1 L.. ~....:... ~...J EATNG SORREL W e lve n a rural dstrct where chldren de~ lght n eatn g sorrel frequently. s t harmful to them, when eaten n small quanttes? Chldren should be dscouraged from eatng sorrel, as some speces are very rch n oxalc acd, whch s hghly posonous. TO KEEP BROWN SUGAR FROM LUMPNG s there any way to keep brown sugar from lumpng? Keep the sugar n an open jar, n the refrgerator and t wll reman soft and free from lumps. MEASURNG SHORTNG Measurng a fra.ctonal cup of shortenng by packng t down s such a slow process that would lke to know of another method of gettng such a measurement. From a full cup, subtract the quantty r equred, and put enough water n a cup to equal the remander. Then add shortenng untl the water rses to the top. Ths measurement wll be accurate and none of the fat wll be lost by adherng to the cup. (Contnued on page 15) EVERYBODY WANTS HS GLASSES RGHT AND WANTS THEN PROMPTLY The POWER of the Lens MUST be rght. No care s too great; no trouble too mu ch; no test too severe to nsure the correctness of our lenses. Examnng eyes and fttng lenses to them s our busness. Dr. F. E. Robnson Exclusve Optometrst Over the Gft Shop Ames, owa.

15 Use Determnes the Knd of Floors You Should Have (Contnued from page 6) f the house-wfe s to do her own work she should choose a fnsh that wll be mantaned wth the least expendtur3 of tme and energy. Wax must be renewed two or three tmes a year, but the fnsh wll last as long as t s well cared for. Varnsh wll last for years wth moderate use and good care. However f varnsh becomes worn n spots t means refnshng all the floor. Varnshed floors are as easly cleaned as waxed floors. After cleanng wth a soft brush, the varnsh should be dusted wth a mop on whch there s a trace of floor ol. The ol ads the varnsh n keepng ts lustre. But ol must not be appled to wax floors, that s one of the mportant donts n carng for waxed sur ḟ Harrs Certfed Colors-Red, 1 Yellow, Green and Volet.!! Also f Home Economcs People use. Manulaetured by L~~~~~~~ _ l ElkaysStraw Hat Dye For colorng Straw, Leather, Wood, Rattan, Wcker, etc., n sxteen colors. f LOWRY PHARMACY r AMES OWA HE OWA HOMEMAJ[ER faces. Wax s softened by the ol and the protectve surface s soon destroyed. Ether use an ol free mop or a mop wrung out of gasolne. There are olfree mops on the market now that are chemcally treated to take up the dust but do not njure the fnsh. Oled floors should be duste<l. wth an ol mop and f soled occasonally wped up wth a cloth wrung out of warm, soapy water, always usng soap and water sparngly as they are a detrment to ol surfaces. "My, how t can sweep!" eays every woman who has ever used the New Fuller Broom made of tough, durable Aztec Fbre (patented). Watch for the "Fuller Man" or telephone for hm to come any day you wsh. C. R. Alexander Phone 615 before 9 a. m !! t c~~~,~=~=o~::~~~n[~n sderaton n purchasng footwear. f you wll wear sensble shoes = for everyday use you wll not have foot troubles of any knd and wll strengthen your feet so that you can wear any knd of footwear for j dress occasons. Come n and try f on a par of our "Red Cross" Shoes. AMES BOOTERY f j ! ENESS MUSC HOUSE Everythng Muscal Hgh-Grade Panos, Brunswck Phonographs and Records Rado Sets and Supples j Several good used Panos at Bargans f a a OH! GRLS--- Why not practce a lttle ECONOMY n purchasng your Sprng W earables. COATS, SUTS, DRESSES, MODART CORSETS See our beautful Satn-Faced Crepe de Chne, Taffeta Dresses $16.75, $18.75, $22.50, $25.00 up to $35.00 Wont break off, lke broom- corn. Makes sweepng easer, faster and cleaner. Coats- $10.00, $12.50, $15.00 and up to $85.00 Suts, Poret Twll, Slk Lned- $25.00, $27.50, $30.00, $32.50, $35.00, etc. AUG. F. SCHWEN l j 723 Story St. Boone, owa ~ - +

16 12 TlE OWA HOMEMA](ER What Wll Dfferentate Ths Sprng From Last (Contnued from page 2) qualty, plan color hose, havng the color match the shoes. A small neatly clad foot s a womans gr eatest prde. Some women wll even grow corn for the sake of makng ther feet appear smaller, by wearng shoes too small for them. But the styles are such now that she wll not have to suffer. The handsome colonal tongues gleamng wth steel cut beads, and the strapped front on the present day pump The New England! Marshalltown, owa Buy your Sprng Wash Goods Whte Goods and Art Materah! from us. We beleve we show a larger assorted stock and sell at lower prces than usually mantan. Our new Royal Socety and Pacfc Embrodery Co. packages are on sale n our Art Department. Gve ths store an opportunty to show you. Mal Orders Flled Promptly L j j gves one the appearance of havng a small danty foot, when she truly has a large one. Slk gloves have replaced the hot kd ones for sprng wear. The slk glove has come to stay, and manufacturers realzng ths are makng them more and more attractve. Slk gloves n color to match the frock are always n good taste. Beaded bags are replacng the one tme expensve hand tooled leather ones. And one can readly see why. Beaded bags n colors add cheer to the dullest sut or dress. The hand made ones are Whtman s Cranes Huylers The Chocolate Shop Luncheonette BOX CHOCOLATES Fountan Servce + -tt-lll-tl-tl-tl-tll-t-1~---n---tl-111-ll-ll-llll-ll-ll-ll-ll-ll-11-t l-tl-1- t+..., ll ll- ll- ll J.D. PALMER & CO. MARSHALLTOWN, low A. The Store Behnd the Goods Your Sprng Sut s Here wonderful Creatons. Authentc Styles at prces you 11 apprecate. Always r emember that f you buy your Sut here the Qualty must be rght MM--MM ~ l- 11-ll- 1-ll-ll-ll-ll-ll-ll-ll-ll-ll-11-ll-11-ll-11-ll+. AMES PANTORUM MASTER CLEANERS Phone 231 We Call for and Delver [E. R. LAY + T AMES OWA + -~ ~~ ~- -ll-lll-11-ll- ll-ll-ll-ll l

17 very expensve, but the machne made ones are very.good substtute for the more expensve ones. Yet t s always sad that then s nothng new, just old deas made over. When had seen the beautful new sprng offerngs de~ded that the old deas must have been very charmng or the present day desgners exceedngly clever f A. M. Norrs 11 - CASH GROCERY The House That Qualty Bult Phone 311 Ames, owa : n these days of harsh wnds, 1! coal dust and smoke, and hard j water, treat your face to massage : : wth the rght cream.! 1 MARNELLO CRJDAM can be. used by anyone. Let us help you select yours. j Marnello methods and Marnello : preparatons at the 1 MARNELLO COMFORT SHOP Commercal Bank Buldng Fords Luncheonette j j THE OWA HOMEMAKER & ~ ! 1 When n need of HOSERY Do not forget PHOENX All Qualtes-All Shades Also Wool Vests for Lades Two Stores 215 Man and Campustown GUS MARTN l : tft ~ GRLS--- f - f Wrte your notes wth a j :!! Remngton or Corona! l - the Two Leadng Portables! - 1 Student Supply Store 1 t Next to Theatre We gve you twelve months to pay ~~

18 14 THE OWA HOMEMAKER Let There Be Lght (Contnued from page 3) that the lamp wll gve off warm rays when lt. The choce of lamps one may buy s practcally unlmted. A varety of metal, slk, parchment, chna, glass, and yes, even leather lght shade are to be had. Every housewfe may make her famly happer by her choce of lght for ther home. So "Let there be lght, for lght s good." ! WE need YOUR Busness. 1 YOU need OUR Servce. 1 COMMERCAL SAVNGS BANK ~~ ~~ MONTAGS j Fashonable Wrtng Papers Statonery j Pound Papers j Envelopes =1 f Sold only at j JUDSCH BROS. DRUG STORE r n r - -~~- -~~- -~~- -~~- - -~~- -ll-ll- -ll-ll-ll-1-ll r NEW MLLNERY! =, Styles That Rejuvenate f j the Whole Costume r ~ n ths n-between season, the J 1 Sprng Hat takes the responsblty : of supplyng a new and refreshng note to Wnter coats and cos- j! tumes. 1! Whle you are debatng the contents of your new wardrobe, a new hat wll brghten your Wnter costume. Some of the new hats are deally suted to the season when one must stll wear a Wnter coat. The shapes are srnau, the colors gay and new. You wll be delghted wth the exceptonal assortment of styles, and t.he moderate prces you fnd n Sprng mllnery at Younkers. Prces range all the way from 7.50 upwards to YOUNKER BROS. Mllnery; Second Floo,r , , : ~-~- + Learn to Manufacture f Your Own Opportuntes The 1 1! r G. T. HART Studo PHOTOGRAPHS and a Fne Lne of HAND-CARVED FRAMES 1- G. T. HART l fhe prncpal tool s a Savngs Ac count- Your product wll depend upon how you use t. Why not get started today~ $1.00 Opens a Savngs Account $1.00 Story County Trust & Savngs Bank AMES, OWA ~~ ~-~----- t HART BEAUTY SHOPPE FAR STORE ~ ~! Showng a complete lne of Frst-Qualty Har Goods at f. f reasonable prces. j = Phone 250 j t ~-~ ,_. -- -~~ l j

19 The Eternal Queston (Contnued from page 10) CLEANNG O L PANTNGS How may ol pantngs be cleaned? Wash wth warm (not hot) suds of pure whte soap, wettng only a small porton at a tme, and dryng mmedately. Use only the softest cloths, free from lnt. When the entre surface has been washed and dred, go over t agan wth a pece of flannel, slghtly mostened wth the best grade of lnseed ol. Do not use ol enough to leave a perceptble flm on the surface to catch and hold dust, but merely enough to keep the pant from dryng out and crackng, and to preserve the lfe and brllancy of the colors. Do You Suffer From Frequent Headaches? You probably _have been takng drugs and are dscouraged because only temporary relef has been afforded. The chances are your vson s mpared and glasses are what you really need. Remember-75 per cent of all headaches are due to eye stran. Have Us Examne Your Eyes. L. C. TALLMAN Regstered Optometrst r T j Call a j 1 YELLOW 1 l TAX ~ Always Relable You pay for only the dstance :! you rde. 1 1 Passenger Fare 25c frst one-thrd mle ~ch addtonal one-thrd :! 1! 10~~1 25c each extra passenger. for Ị the entre trp loc for each 4 mnutes watf. ng tme. j! Call116 l! All-Nght Servce f! _,_,_,_,,_,_,,_.,_,_,,_.,_,,+ THE OWA HOMEMA]{ER T + ~,_.,_,_,_,,_,,_,_,_,_,_,_,,_,,_ Watches Damonds J Opposte Court House J Ames C. W. Dudgeon JEWELER owa +, When You Thnk of HOSERY Thnk of TRUEBLOODS Campustown. 1..! J 0. SPRNGER.. = & CO. f!. T COATS, SUTS, DRESSES, HATS Marshalltown. Women s and Msses Ready- j "! to-w ear and Mllnery..! " FLEUR DE LS" Hand Made : = Blouses!.. -Every one mported fabrcs!. - Everyone postvely made by! hand :! $ Ffteen Styles-$5.95 j! f t Fleur de Ls Lne sold exclu- = svely by ]. 0. Sprnger & Co. f for SPRNG - Somethng.,new. n o t only n styles-n Value Gvng. CALL-SEE Lades Apparel Shop of Boone "Where Smart Thngs Come From" :

20 16 THE OWA HOMEMAKER EGG SUBSTTUTE fnd that must economze n the use of eggs. What substtutes could be used? n. cakes, for each eg.g over three called for n the recpe, use nstead, one addtonal teaspoonful of bakng powder and one teaspoonful of cornstarch. n t UNON NATONAL BANK \ a.nd UNON TRUST & SAVNGS BANK Ames, owa Captal, Surplus and Undvded Profts, $164, l S. A. K.napp, A. J. Martn, Presdent. Casher ~~- + THE MAPLES A Delghtful Place for AFTERNOON TEA Somethng Dfferent Daly $3.00- $ custards and sauces, omt all eggs over n- + two, and substtute two tablespoons of cornstarch for each egg omtted. n om- Th Th r r j elets and scrambled eggs, ncrease the e rl ty erson bulk wthout detrment to the texture by addng one tablespoon of mlk or water 1 j ::...:.:.~.: -+ 1 Has a Systematc 1 Best! Plan of Savng l Electrc l 1 1 ll Ames 1 Natonal l Electrc Curlers an j Study Lamps l B k J. Pressng rons l Ames Trust & Savngs \ Bank -~! Electrc Grlls ~! _,,_,,_.,_, _,,_,,_.,_,_,,_.,_,,_,,_, ~ ~ \vl~ What~ New - ~.[ (. :\.\ n Sprrng Apparel /,.~..._ \ ;) ~~ t At the Amercan you wll fnd the successful modes for the comng season.. n the Frock and Costume Secton you wll fnd exclusve models by J enny, Drechol, Vevette, Schery and Louvn-all are exclusve and moderately prced. n the Sut Secton we show the ultra new threepece Costume Suts. They are very smart. The Genune Basngstoke Sport Coats are shown n our exclusve cc,at department. They are dfferent. W e have them n those wanted Englsh Plads, Tweeds and Camels Har. They are not hgh prced. Amercan Dry Qoods Co. Boone, owa