Volume 12 Article 1 Number 5 The Iowa Homemaker vol.12, no.5

1932 The oI wa Homemaker vol.12, no.5 Gertrude Hendriks Iowa State College

Kathryn Soth Iowa State College

Ella Gertrude McMullen Iowa State College

Hazel Leupold Iowa State College

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Sixi:y-five Men Go Domesi:ic ••. By Gertrude Hendriks

She Comes From Si:ockholm •.. By Kathryn Soth

When i:he Cows Come Home ... By Ella Gertrude McMullen

Hobble, Hobble, LiHie Skiri: ... By Hazel Leupold •

NOVEMBER, 1932 VOL. XII NO.5 Few Grains of Salt ... How Many Can You Answer? A 1. In what section of the country It's a New Program considering children's f eeding, clothing, is gumbo served? 2. To what family of vegetables HE Child Development Department habits, playthings, music and books, fam­ ily attitudes, methods of study and read­ do chives belong, and for what T at Iowa State is cooperating with the purposes are they used? Iowa Child Welfare Research Sta­ ing materials for parents. The sponsors of this radio hour suggest 3. What is a samovar? tion at the University of Iowa in pre­ 4. What is sago, and where is it senting radio talks on various phases of that child study groups might assemble for the program, and follow the radio obtained? child development, over stations WOI, 5. What are tabascoes? Ames, and WSUI, I owa City, this fall. presentation with a discussion meeting. 'l' his would afford an immediate consider­ 6. What does the term " kippered" Last year the department at Iowa City mean? gave a weekly program over WSUI, pre­ ation of the ideas and opinions expressed by the speakers. - 7. What is fo-rcemeat, and for senting staff members of the child de­ what is it used? velopment and parent education depart­ 8. What are lentils? ment& in talks. A research study was Boys Want t o Know How 9. What is aspic, and how is it carried on to find out the effectiveness ONTRARY to the popular belief used? of these programs, and it was discovered C that sister is the only one who cares 10. What is a bisque? that only persons in the sout h and east to know how to act properly at the portions of the state had been 1·eachect proper time, brother also would like to (Answers c:m page 13) The new series of programs from the t wo make a good impression, both as a host stations is an attempt to cover the entire and as a guest. state. An identical program known as This is demonstrated by the fact that 'l'hey express it by stating that they want "Understanding Our Children" will be 17 seventh, eighth, and ninth grade boys to know ''how to act.'' So far as is pos­ broadcast weekly at 8:00 p. m. on Mon­ in Central Junior High School at Ames sible they pick out the subjects for dem ­ day f rom WSUI, and at 2:30 p. m. on have requested a Home Economics Club onstration themselves. Wednesday from WOI. wherein they may learn ''how to act.'' If it is possible in ti1e future to have The 1932 '' Undmstanding Our Chil­ 'l'hey attend this club for a half hour a a separate club for the ninth grade boys, dren'' program will be introduced witlt week. The period i& recreational as well Miss Alice Dahlen, in~tructor in home a theme song selected from Tschaikow­ a& educatjonal. There are no assignments. economics education at Iowa State, and sky 's ''Nut Cracker Suite.'' The fifteen Most of the time is taken up with dem­ leader of the club, feels that it might be minute talks prepared by membe1·s of onstrations and actual practice. an improvement. 'l'he ''girl problem'' eithm· the University of Iowa or Iowa The fact that the boys requested this enters in by that t ime, while seventh and State College child development and par­ club themselves shows that they felt a eighth grade boys are for the most part ent education staffs will include topics definite need for something of the kind. entirely unconcerned with girls.

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Oak Lodge no longer houses women ; it's now a men's cooperative . THE IOWA HOMEMAKER "A . Magazine for Homemakers From a Homemaker's School" Published monthly during the school year by the home economics students of Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa. Price $1.00 per year. Advertising rates on application. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice, Ames, Iowa

VOL. XII NOVEMBER, 1932, AMES, IOWA NO. 5

Sixty-five Men Go Domestic • • • By Gert:rude Hendriks And They Think It:' s Fun!

HE Iowa State co-ed may not only Except for P. D. Spillbury, chaperon, trouble-man could even be called-presto­ T take advantage of leap year for two Mrs. Spillbury, Mrs. Gribskov and the chango-a track had been built (no and one-half months more, but she cook, the entire project is canied on by doubt by an engineer-to take care of may ''hang her pin'' on a man who is students. Nels Clnistensen, a senior from the refuse. getting practice along the line of kitchen Dyke, is the ''go-between'' for the cook One of the men, evidently interested in duty and house cleaning. Furthermore, and the students. Ralph L. Kunau of surveying, was dissatisfied with the table she may make her choice from arrangement. He got his eye at least 65 men (there are more down to the level of the table, on the waiting list) who for the squared the whole thing up and most part are upperclassmen. eventually had all the tables ar­ A cooperative dormitory for ranged precisely straight. men, opened this fall at Oak According to Christensen, the Lodge, is providing such in­ hobart was the center of attrac­ struction and practice, and is tion of all the men the first saving for each man an aver-· night the cooperative system age of ten dollars a month on operated. And, it seems, even board, besides a saving on room. men do back-seat driving-al­ Mrs. Ella P. G1·ibskov, in though there is only a motor in charge of the women's cooper­ sight. (Don't credit Christen­ atives at Clara Barton and sen for this sidelight-it came Alice Freeman halls, also has f1·om a woman.) The hobart supervision of the cooperative operator sets the mixer for the functions of the men's dormi­ first speed. "Put her on sec­ tory. ond,'' someone shouts. But from One of the principal differ­ another back seat d r i v·e r, ences between the cooperative "Strike it up to third. " Rest for men and those for women assured, however, the potatoes is the men have a cook who always do get mashed! makes all the pastries, prepa1·es What sort of meals do these This is the way they do· it some of the food, and assists men serve themselvesf A day's those who are on kitchen duty, while the Sabula, as the dormitory treasurer, col­ menu from the first week of operation women do all their own cooking. lects housing payments and works with included: Breakfast: canned apricots, Time must be budgeted in the cooper­ the auditing office. cream of wheat, top milk, buttered toast, ative just as time is divided by a house­ No matter which way you turn, there coffee, cocoa and milk. wife among her duties. When a man is is enthusiasm. There's singing in quar­ Lunch: Baked potatoes, chipped beef serving Dn breakfast-lunch committee, it tets-with every part coming out strong gravy, pickled beets, bread and butter, mean~ getting up early so that breakfast -in sextets, in mobs, and even occasion­ spice cake and milk. can be served by 6:45. Then there ate al solo numbers. But it's never singing Dinner: Roast pork, mashed potatoes, vegetables to be prepared for lunch and before breakfast. That would seem to gravy, buttered green beans, hot rolls and dinner. The men do this-peeling pota­ start the day wrong. Singing comes after butter, watermelon, milk and coffee. toes, cutting veegtables and preparing dinner when the dishes are being washed. Breakfast and lunch are served cafe­ various items to assist the cook. Besides ''Mechanical minded househusbands'' teria, which means that each man brings the breakfast-lunch committee there is - that's what the men who work on the to the kitchen his own service equipment. another which has charge of dinner, and kitchen committees are. They show en­ But dinner is served formally and on there are two committees whose respon­ thusiastic interest in the how, the why, Wednesday nights and Sunday nDons sibility is to keep the dormitory clean. and the wherefore of everything from the there are three courses, including ice Then there is one lone man who arises hobart (which mashes potatoes and does cream and cake or cookies. · long before the rest to get the fires mixing mechanically) to the electric dish Now, Miss Co-ed, here's your chance, built for the cook. The four committees washer. During the first week the dormi­ and at least one man has already admit­ work in shifts and the fifth week is one tory was open, the drain of the potato ted his fitness, ''I'll make a mighty fine of rest. peeler became clogged. But before the husband with this training.'' 2 THE IOWA HOMEMAKER

played very differently in Sweden than it is here. The players wear short, knee­ She Comes From Stockholm • • • length trousers and little blouses and play much less roughly. By Kathryn Sot:h There a1·e extra-curricular activities for everyone at the University of Stockholm. IVING in Margaret Hall is a very State College. The university is located The women students have a club, and L new experience for Ruth Stjerner, in the center of the city, with no ''park'' there are clubs of students in different the girl from Stockholm, Sweden, around it, as Ruth says. When asked, courses, such as botany clubs, French who is spending a year on our campus. ''Are the buildings scattered or close to­ clubs, and so on. The university pub­ At Swedish colleges, she says, there are gether ~ '' she again looked puzzled and lishes a monthly newspaper, but has no no dormitories for either men or women, produced a small dictionary to look up departmental publications such as we with the exception of a few maintained ::>. definition of the word ''scattered.'' have here. There is a student theater as­ by associations, scattered here and there. She understood that in this sense it meant sociation at the university; and there are The student usually 1·ents a room in a ''separated'' or ''far apart'' and said orchestras and other musical organiza­ private house, where he or she has little that some of the old university buildings tions. or no connection with the family. Ruth says that Swedish women dress Ruth finds Margaret Hall a pleasant somewhat differently than women in the place to stay and the girls who live there United States. ''Our clothes are heavier, very friendly. Asked if she expects to be and we do not use so much silk stock­ homesick, she looked puzzled and seemed ings, ' ' she explains. American women use not to understand the meaning of the much more silk in dresses and in all types word "homesick." She declared she does of clothing, she says. Swedish women not think she will become anxious to go wear woolen clothing almost entirely in home before the year is over. the winter time. Dresses are worn at ''I guess we Swedes easily accommo­ about the same length as ours, and hats date omselves to new circumstances,'' a1·e worn in the same way. Ruth demon­ she said. strated this the other day by placing one Ruth has come to Iowa State College hand on the back of her head and mov­ to study botany, working toward her ing the other from the side of her head ''magister's'' or master's degree. She clown over one eye, as if tipping her hat has a scholarship awarded to a represen­ ala mode. tative girl by the American Association of University Women and the Women's LL students at Scandinavian colleges Self-Governing Association of Iowa State A wear "student caps" from April College. In Stockholm she completed the until October. Ruth showed her cap, gymnasium, which corresponds to our which was of white velveteen with a high school and junior college. T'ben she black bill and an emblem and lining of spent two years at the University of yellow and blue, the Swedish national Stockholm. She will study here for one colors. Men and women wear the same year and after two more years at the kind of caps, tipping them at the de­ University of Stockholm she will receive Ruth Stjerner wearing her student cap sired angles. her Master of Science degree. There are no separate men's or wo­ A very young-looking girl to be a col­ are '' th1·ee or four minutes' ' from the men's colleges in Sweden, according to lege graduate, Ruth has the blond hair, old ones. Ruth, although most of the high schools blue eyes, and fair skin which mark her are separate for boys and girls. One of the most noticeable differences as typically Swedish. She is small, rather Ruth is very much interested in her between Swedish and American colleges quiet, unassuming, and very polite. H er special field, botany, and has already is the relation of instructor to ''dis­ English i3 plain and easy to understand; gathered plants in the woods here. She ciple'' or pupil, acco1·ding to Ruth. and her accent is delightful. She has explains that the leather boots and ice­ ''We have much more-could you say, studied English for five years, but has skates placed on top of a pile of papers reverence--for our teachers,'' she said. spoken it for less than a month, just since in her room serve as a plant press. ''They her arrival in this country. On the ship, Most college students in Sweden study were the heaviest things I could find, " she explains, she spoke German almost many more foreign languages than do she laughs. entirely. She finds it quite easy to under­ American students. Besides her five years She plans to study at Iowa State more stand and to speak English now, after a of English, Ruth has completed ten years specialized courses in botany, biology, few weeks at Iowa State. of German, seven of French, and four of and other sciences than she could obtain Latin. in Sweden. It is not possible to special­ UTH left Stockholm on September There is no home economics course of­ ize a great deal for a master's degree R first and came directly to Ames. fered at the University of Stockholm, but there, as most of the advanced and spe­ She had never been out of Sweden be­ there are various private schools for girls cialized courses are offered only to stu­ fore, so she had many new experiences ''to learn to be good wives,'' Ruth re­ dents working for still highe1· degrees. on her trip. Asked what was her first ports. There is also a special home eco­ Ruth has not decided what sort of work impression of America, she said, '' Oh, nomics college at Uppsala, and there are she will enter when she has earned her Wrigley's everywhere!" two schools for farm home economics. Master of Science degree. She expects to She noticed that in the United States Another great difference between Swed­ teach, but she will have to complete an there are many more advertisements of ish and American colleges, Ruth says, is extra year in a special course iii order to all kinds than there are in Sweden, and in athletics for women. In Stockholm the do this. T'o teach in her field, botany, mentioned especially the gum and cigar­ only women's athletics are gymnastics. in Swedish gymnasiums it would be nec­ ette advertisements. However, the men play tennis, football, essary for her to have a doctor's degree. At the University of Stockholm there and other games common in the United She expects her year in America to be is no large campus like ours at Iowa States. She explains that football is of real value to her. THE IOWA HOMEMAKER 3

When the Cows Come Home • • • By Ella Gertrude McMullen li:' s Thanksgiving Time

" W HEN the co ws come home '' has of Gody 's Lady's Book. Since it was she, cal '£hanksgiving menu for 1932 is in always been a familiar quota­ also, who helped place domestic art in a sharp contrast to the other-yet notice tion, but did you ever know field to be recognized along with other the similarities: that if the cows hadn't come home we lady-like interests and who really put the might not have any Thanksgiving today~ words ''domestic science'' in the English THANKSGIVING MENU FOR 1932 Long years ago, late in the seven- language, we are interested in her sug­ Oyster Bisque teenth century, one might have heard gestions for Thanksgiving Day prepara­ Assorted Olives Curled Celery this: tions printed sixty or more years ago. Roast Turkey with Chestnut Stuffing "Well, Abner-looks as if the grass is The Thanksgiving dinner was set forth Giblet Gravy dying off again-suppose we'd better in ·the parlor, which, being the best room Fluffy Mashed Potatoes Baked Squash have the cows brought home from Mon­ and ornamented with the best furniture, Cauliflower with Buttered Crumbs tauk Point~" was seldom used except on important oc­ Cranberry Jelly Orange Rolls And when Mr. Smith, of the early Con­ casions. And if the length of the menu Frozen Fruit Salad with Nut Sticks necticut settlement said this to a neigh­ bespeaks the importance of the .occasion, Pumpkin Pie bor who had stopped in with his wife it was equal to a modem Christmas,· New with Whipped Cream and P ecans for a friendly call, the wives, who had Year and Thanksgiving rolled into one. Coffee Cide1· been busily discussing the coming quilt­ In the midst of their over-abundance Nuts Raisins Mints ing bee, or some ''new wrinkle'' in the of food, we are somewhat surprised to ironing of ruffled sleeves, would stop see many items that remain today with­ Thanksgiving is one of the few Ameri­ quickly and exchange knowing glances. out change. For instance, Mrs. H ale says can holidays that has remained a day for For this was the cue for the women­ that "the roasted turkey sending forth family gatherings. The relatives still as­ folks to start planning a huge feast-a the rich odo1· of its savory stuffing takes semble around the family table, though Thanksgiving feast, for the Thursday fol­ precedence,'' and in another place, the size of the groups would undoubtedly lowing the arrival of the herd set the date ''pumpkin pie is an indispensable part seem as meager to our ancestors as the for Thanksgiving. The date was never of a good and true Yankee Thanksgiv­ comparative emptiness of the table. very de:tinite, for if an early winter por­ in. " Vegetables aplenty and in amazing Though we always feel ''stuffed'' and tended, the cattle and their herdsmen re­ variety, accompanied the oysters, venison, drowsy after a Thanksgiving meal of turned early; but if the fall remained partridge and turkey. 1,000 to 1,500 calories, these early colon­ open and Indian Summer lingered on, Today we do our celebrating in a ists must have felt much more so, after the cattle stayed at the point late. In more decorous and dignified manner a meal which doubles or triples our in either case, Thanksgiving caloric value. We substitute Day, with its superb display fresh g1·een salads, sherbets of culinary art, became the or ices, and other light appe- topic of the day to all New THIS IS WHAT THANKSGIVING MEANT tizing dishes for the many England families. meats and desserts of former Thanksgiving festivities in IN 1862 times so that we may still the southm American colo- B eef and Mutto11 Soup retain the turkey 'n :tixin 's nies were also det ermined by and yet have a balanced individual activities. An Roast Turkey Chestnut St~tffilng Giblet Gravy meal. early history of Carolina r e­ Escalloped Oysters J ellied Cranberries Dining room decorations lates that the town of Col­ in those gay times called for Mashed Potatoes Pl~tm Jelly chester voted to postpone Chicken Pie a table adorned with ''a pro­ Thanksgiving from the :first Baked Ham and Sweet Potatoes in Cider and Maple Sirup fusion of flowers'' and on to the second Thursday in either side of the flowers, November because of a de­ Cornmeal Gems Butte!' Potato Bread lay in receiving a supply of dishes of fruit and any light Squash Pickles C1·eamed Onions sweet dishes intended for molasses. Alas for the feast dessert. And from the num­ if there was not enough s~tccotash Quince P1·eserves Celery ber and richness of ·dishes molasses to be had for the in the main part of the din­ rich brown breads and pud- Rice with Raisins and Brown Sugar ner we may suppose that the dings! Pumpkin Pie Mince Pie dessert was put on the I NCE the fall of 1621, when the hand­ White Cake Fruit Chocolate Cake table to warn over-indulgers that there S ful of Pilgrim Fathers appointed a was more to follow. This row of Nuts day to celebrate the gathering of their Coffee Cider flowers, fruit and sweets extended through first harvest in the new world, Thanks­ Bits of Bread and Cheese the center of the table in a straight line giving has been definitely associated with and comprised the chief ornamentation. food and feasting. It is rather to be ex­ It was also advised that other small pected, then, that a lady editor of one of glasses of flowers ''placed here and there our first women's household magazines tend to break up any tendency to too should be largely responsible for estab­ than did our forefathers. Nevertheless, great formality in the arrangement." lishing Thanksgiving as a national holi­ there are cert!J,in customs we cling to, cer­ Then there were any number of fanciful day to be celebrated on a fixed date each tain time-honored precedents which are devices for condiments which, along with year. This woman was none other than as dear to us as the memories of the buttonhole bouquets and the large nap- Mrs. Sarah Josepha Hale, the lady editor grand old ancestors themselves. This typi- ( Continued on page 15) 4 THE IOWA HOMEMAKER Impressions of the Fashions . .. Gleaned by Sally t:he St:yle Scou t:

y DEAR! Can you imagine plaid that of this fall's evening dresses, that M wool for evening~ Neither can I, only by fabric and trimming can we tell but nevertheless it was seen in the difference. (Not that I'm 1·eally wor­ Paris this fall. It was shown in a gown ried about seeing any of you attending with crossed straps on the back, fastened dances garbed in the wrong kind of even­ with clips Qf brilliants. I guess it must ing gown!) be just another way of following the new Tunics Are Back mode of striking contrast. Too much can '' Our best bib and tucker'' seems to have come out of the nursery and now attends classes in the haughtiest manner. Some of these youthful cQllars are long and pointed and others are round and demure-looking. I have seen several that tie in the back as openly as they did when we were youngsters. The tunic silhouette has been revived by several fashion houses. The swagger suits of nubby tweed, with seven-eighths coats, that we are seeing so Qften here on Don't wear these to dances! the campus are one example of the means employed in the revival. Straight and cially for sports-wear. It is often made narrow tunic dresses are shown for day­ up into all-over plaids popular for plain time, and for evening the silhouette tailored frocks. varies, showing a flare at the lower edge of the tunic. Some of the long blouses They Wrap Around are buttoned down the front wtih big Wrap around styles and coat dresses buttons. are a change from the slip-over clothes And speaking of buttons! I'm still which we have been so accustomed to. dizzy f1·om counting buttons on co-ed And it is nice to put on something that frocks! Paraphrasing a popular song, we you don't have to tug and tug upon­ might sing, ''Buttons, buttons, every­ incidentally ruining your hairdress and Necks are high for eve,ning where. . . '' I'm thinking of canvass­ complexion in the process. ing the feminine student body to find out Try Opera Pumps hardly be said about contrast now, as it if, hidden away somewhere, there is a Shoe silhouettes are wisely as simple as is appearing in every part of our fall and soul who hasn't a dress with buttons, those of the new dresses. They have a winter wardrobes. Cherry-red velvet and big or little ! smooth, well-fitted look. Tailored ties are lustrous white satin (doesn't it sound This Rayon Doesn't Wrinkle seen very much in evidence on the cam­ regal ~) are seen together. An interesting pus, and the ever-popular opera pump for brown dress was eccented at the neckline One of our main objections to r ayon all dress occasions. One fashion editor high, of course) with white ruching. has been the ease with which it creases. advises, "when in doubt . . . try opera White ruching is effectively used on black I know that a dress I have of rayon pumps.'' They are estimated to take fabrics, too, especially velvet, which is roshanara crepe is satisfactory in every thirty percent of the business of most very smart. way, with the exception that it wrinkles large shoe stores. Generally speaking, Sports clothes worn at Biarritz show terribly. Now, we are told by the Lon­ heels are lower, and only the very formal these new tricks; a heavy ecru linen skirt don Bureau of the Women's Wear Daily, shoe have extremely high heels. Suede buttoned all the way down the back; a that a new myon fabric has been put Qn and patent leather were combined in one white flannel skirt inspired by men's the market, and, glory be, it is said to be good-looking pump I saw. trousers; a blouse with puffed sleeves virtually wrinkle-less. At least we can't Contrast is as important in shoes as in achieved by set-in shaped pieces rather say that rayon isn't putting up a fight all parts of the costume. Kid and marcel than by gathers; another blouse with set­ for its place in the sun! Several sports cloth, a coarse, plain weave fabric, are in gathered fullness in the back. dresses have been made up of this new fabric, and after they have proven satis­ shown in tailored shoes. We are seeing · Nightgowns Are Fitted factory, no doubt before long this rayon more patent leather than we have been Pajamas, beware! I'm afraid you're will be available to us all. Nevertheless, for some time. As a forecast for what going to lose your right to rule in this creaseless Qr not, rayon has proven a real we can expect in the spring I saw illus­ realm of clothes, and will be forced to competitor of silk in many ways, espe- trated in a well known fashion magazine share your throne with the elegant new a tailored shoe of Sun Rust calf with nightgowns! They are now being advo­ one strap, and a moccasin effect on the cated very strongly by stylists, and after toe: Beside it was a swagger brown san­ seeing some of the lovely gowns, even the dal, with wide T-strap, which must have most ardent pajama-wearer must admit been at least an inch wide, as was the there is nothing reminiscent of the old strap that fastened the sandal. ugly straight line gowns. The Empire Coats Will Be Furless style, with high, fitted waistline, and the It is reported that furless coats will be close fitting princess gown are often seen. seen often, accompanied by tiny shoulder The cut of many gowns is so similar to Tailored tie$ are worn (Continued on page 14) THE IOWA HOMEMAKER 5 The New Uniforms Are Smart ... By Virginia Rowe

AVE you seen the new foods uni­ white cap. The dress was made in the H forms ~ What~ You didn't even fashion of the hour-long sleeves, high know there were any~ Well, you neck, full waist, the very long skirt gath­ might have known that those ill-fitting, ered on a band at the waist line. The unbecoming garments we've had to wear material was heavy gingham. '£he apron to foods lab for so long would go sooner was of the same general cut-long, full or later. Now we can actually look s•rnart skirt gathered to a band, and held up puttering around in foods classes! with cross straps in the back and a bib These new dresses are certainly im­ in front. The cap was of the nearly ex­ provements on the ones we bought when tinct variety commonly called ''dust we first launched the campaign to culti­ caps.'' vate those well-known culinary arts. The In 1913, we a1·e told, some of the de­ white uniform is one of those sleek, new tails were changed. The pink gingham fitted styles which are so popular. The dress still held sway, but you'd never notched collar, the shorter sleeves, and have recognized it. The neck was low­ the longer length skirt are much more ered-and a white pique collar was added. becoming, especially to some of us '' styl­ The sleeves were shortened and finished ish stouts.'' Then, too, the fact that with cuffs of similar cut and material. aprons are not required is a relief. Those The skirt was slightly shorter, and not aprons we've been wearing fit so awk­ quite so full. The cap was discarded wardly! shortly after this change took place, and Speaking of these new outfits, did you since everybody wore bairnets anyway, Margaret: Marco know that Iowa State women wore uni­ this was not designated as part of the forms before thel'e was even such a thing ensemble. The apron was the only part By Regina Kildee as our Home Economics Division~ Yes, of the earlier uniform to last through they did! In 1901 the first ensemble was those drastic changes. It continued to be adopted. It was only pa1·tly a uniform, as before, and almost covered the lovely This is the first in a se1·ies of stories since there weren't many girls taking the pearl buttons which now decorated the about home economics students who ''do economics course. In those days, the front of the dress. things.' '-The Edito1·. nobby dress for school was a white shirt­ We've heard some reports of the waist, with a black ribbon around the changes made by the a1·t students in the OMEWAY Margaret Marco, senior in home economics, just fits the idea neck, and a dark skirt. The costume was ga1·b of the cooks! In 1915, or there­ S I've always had of how a Y. W. completed with the addition of a white abouts, any pastel color would pass in­ C. A. president should appear and act. apron. This was gathered on a band spection-and green was often used to Looking at her, you just know she's around the waist, and completely covered trim the fetching pink dress of the years peppy, friendly, and full of good ideas, the skirt, since it was both full and long. before. and, when you know her, this opinion is You've doubtless l1eard how the Home By 1910 the girls were getting quite strengthened. One of the busiest and Economics Division was established in brave, and bad chopped off another inch most p:wminent women on the campus, 1911. At that time the first I'eal, honest­ or so from the bottom of both dresses and she's never rushed or too worried to to-goodness Iowa State College foods uni­ aprons. The dresses were of much the too flash a smile and "hello" at a lone­ form was ordered. This outfit consisted same type, but the aprons were really of a pink dress, a white apron, and a changed. Instead of gathering the skirt some freshman. to the waistband, we Margaret has known since attending a find our first fitted national home economics convention in Minneapolis when a sophomore in high skirt. These aprons still school, that she wanted to take home eco­ completely cover the nomics at Iowa State College. However, dress, however. a friend persuaded her to spend her first The uniforms that college year at the Illinois Teachers' Col­ started most of us in lege at De Kalb. ''After that,'' she our kitchen car e e r s said, "not even friendship could keep were adopted in 1924. me away from Iowa State.'' At the time these were She first learned of the Young W o­ first worn, skirts were men's Christian Association when she was very short and straight; a member of a large Girl Reserve organ­ ization in her Chicago high schol. At so these were right in De Kalb she was a member of the social the vogue. Since there service and world fellowship committees is no way to adjust the of the Y. W. C. A. waist line, they are not ''I think I came over to the 'Y' my particularly becoming, first week on this campus,'' Margaret as judged by our pres­ smiled. "I first joined the social ser­ ent day standards. vice group; then, the next year I had And so we have with charge of that group and the personnel us a new uniform, which work-and then I changed.'' That was is neat, smart, and mod­ her modest way of saying that last spring They used to wear 'em like this! ern. (Continued on page 13) 6 THE IOWA HOMEMAKER

With the advent of the World War, women's dress began to change, !Uld by Hobble, Hobble, Little Skirt: • • • 1922 we find entirely different styles. Women at work in offices and factories By Hazel Leupold had demanded a simple, practical gar­ ment, and this demand had been met with " S EVEN, eight, nine yards! '' ex­ In 1902 we find that the dominant the inexpensive one-piece dress which claimed Elsie Iowa State, in 1892. trend of the dress of the nineties sur­ came in to stay. Enter the ''flapper'' ''Ellen, I do believe that my skirt vived with few changes. Instead of the on every campus-sophisticated air, is at least a yard wider thm1 Ida's,'' she full, voluminous skirt, the skirt now clipped bob, rouged cheeks, painted lips, added with satisfaction. fitted snugly to the knees, from there No, nine yards was no exceptional flared greatly to the hem, touched the breadth for the voluminous skirts worn ground, and ended in a train. It was no by the co-eds of that period. Gored or little thrill for Betty to daintily catch up ci1·cular ,these skirts must fall in great this train as she walked with her escort flute-like folds from the tight-fitting across the dance floor. Whimsical Fash­ waists. Often they were lined with can­ ion dicttaed that sleeves should go from vas to secure the desired tubular effect of one extreme to another; the long, fitted the folds. Dresses were princess in style variety finally replaced the large, full with a normal waistline, the tight waist sleeve of previous yea1·s. and full skirt giving Elsie the homglass silhouette. But sleeves-sleeves kept pace y 1912 a revolution had occurred in with the skirts, attaining extravagant di­ B Elsie's dress. Two years previously mensions near the shoulders. Stiff mate­ the skirt which had shrunk to unbeliev­ rials were employed to line these sleeves ably small proportions came in, ignoring in order to make them sufficiently bouf­ the natural cmves of the body. With this fant; reeds also were quite effective in narrow skirt, the narrow sleeves and nar­ holding out the "leg o' muttons." I'OW shoulders of the bodice, the straight­ About this time Dame Fashion decreed line silhouette was made. Though still that ''wide shoulde1·s are just the last reaching to t'he ground, many of the thing, my dear.'' Elsie scrambled through skirts measmed only 32 inches to a yard her trunk and used berthas, fichus, rib­ and a half on the lower edge. Co-eels bons, and laces near the shoulders to em­ found it difficult to walk, and the hob­ phasize their width. Co-eds had begun to bling gait of the Japanese geisha be­ participate in sports; the shirtwaist worn came fashionable, as none other was pos­ What a smart hat-once! with a black and white or dark-toned sible. Pulpit and press assailed and ridi­ skirt became very popular for these occa­ culed this mode as no fashion had ever short, tight dress with low-cut neck, sheer sions. A taste for odd waists developed; been attacked since the time of the hose, and high-heeled slippers. With her red, blue, and green plaid or striped Louis. It was derided as the ''halter­ she brought the ''vanity case;'' it soon shirtwaists appeared on the . campus skirt,'' the ''sheath,'' and the ''hobble became indispensable. Novel sport clothes skirt.'' for women made their appearance--rid­ ing trousers, sweaters, colorful scarves, ''Hobble, hobble, little slciri, sport gloves, and sport hose; these com­ How I wonder what thol& we1·t. fortable ga1·ments encouraged co-eds to Perchance maybe a papa's pant go out for riding, skating and hiking. Now for hilm a trifle scant.'' Hats were small and were worn crushed clown on the back of the head, allowing But the more this style was assailed the frizzed ends of the bob to escape at the more did Elsie flaunt its decreasing the sides. dimensions on the campus. Then some daring co-ed further shocked pulpit and L SIE CO-ED 1!l32 proves quite con­ press by slashing this skirt from the E clusively that history repeats itself. lower edge to the knee. It soon was She employs large collars, capes, and sad­ known everywhere as the ''slashed skii·t.'' dle sleeves to broaden her shoulders, for It was either worn slashed at the sides, the broad shoulder of the nineties is slashed front and back, or slashed at ev­ decidedly in. The liberal use of brass ery seam. Insertions of plaited panels of buttons give her that popular military cloth in the openings satisfied many, but air. The princess style with its straight the more daring left the openings in the lines and normal waist line is again a skirt and wore underneath a bright col­ favorite. Sleeves are inc1·easing their di­ ored silk petticoat or satin 'furkish trou­ mensions daily-the tight wrist with the sers! Later in the year, the peg-top skirt very full gathered upper sleeve and the was introduced. Along with these nar­ once famous ''leg o' mutton'' are repeat.­ It's nine yards around row skirts, the blouses became collarless ing themselves. For sport, Elsie wears a and peasant in design, stylists modeling peg-top skirt wtih a full, high-necked tucked into the still voluminous skirts, after Bulgaria and Roumania in costumes. blouse tucked in at the normal waistline; which were gathe1·ed or gored to fit at The high hats were set well down on the over this she buttons a ''swagger'' coat the hips. Hats were profusely decorated elaborate coiffure; those women unfoi·­ ti·immed in fur. Elsie tilts her felt or with feathers and flowers; many minutes tunate enough to have scanty locks found fabric hat sharply over her right ear, were spent before mirrors in order to consolation in artificial puffs and waves. glances at her low-heeled oxfords, slips properly balance these creations on the Head dresses accompanied trains for even­ her vanity into her matched purse, and huge pompadours of hair. ing wear. saunters nonchalantly across the campus. THE IOWA HOMEMAKER 7

preparation of carton inserts, such as • those on modern cold storage and cand­ What's 1n an Egg • • • ling, which have just come off the press. There are, of course, many miscellane­ By Clara Gebhard Snyder ous activities. A f ew examples may, per­ haps, serve to indicate the type. A year This is the second in a series of stories writers, radio speakers and others who ago, on very short notice, plans for an written especially f or the Homemake1· request it. Occasionally we take part in ''Autumn Egg Week'' were made; spe­ by a prominent alumna. Mrs. Snyder is radio broadcasts. Cooperative work, cial publicity was prepared and distrib­ the director of the Foods and Nut1·ition IISually in the form of cookery demon­ uted. During one of the national dressed Department of the Institute of American strations, is carried on with newspaper poultry contests 2,500 women, mainly Poultry Industries, in Chicago.-The Edi· cooking schools, household equipment sec­ teache1·s, dietitians and club leaders, were tor. tions in department stores and equipment invited to make a tour of one of Chi­ manufacturers. Plans and suggestions for cago's large cold storage plants-our HE egg and poultry industry, like demonstrations or exhibits are sent out Community Refrigerator T'our, we called T almost every other food industry, on request! Exhibits for conventions, it. Parties must, of course, have refresh­ has a story to tell about its products food shows and poultry shows in which ments, so hot chicken soup and egg sand­ -a story which, when told, should be of the Institute takes part are prepared. wiches, made from refl'igerated products, mutual benefit to the consumer and to Many invitations are accepted annually were served, and guests wm·e introduced the industry. to talk to women's clubs, P . T. A. groups, to frozen eggs by means of a dessert Telling this story is the task of the and housewives' leagues. made from them. foods and nutrition department of the The preparation of informational A growing bibliography of egg and Institute of American Poultry Industries. pamphlets, such as "The Nation's Egg poultry literature r equires continual In regard to eggs we agree heartily with Supply," "What's in an Egg" and changing to be kept up to date. Recipes this statement of Blunt and Cowan in "Let's Have EGGS ! " is still anothe1· must be tested before they may be pub- their book, Ultraviolet Light and Vita· part of our work. There is also the ( Continued on page 14) min D in Nutrition: "Physicians and nutritionists are realizing that the excel­ lent campaign for increasing the use of milk could well be supplemented by a similar one for eggs, to the great ad­ Soda Pop Is Good for You • • • vantage of babies, children and adults. '' The work of our department up to the By Evelyn Covault: present time ma.y be divided into two H , WHAT is so invigorating, so re­ JUICe, such as many which are on the general types: (a) collecting available freshing after an evening of market today, there are vitamins in pro­ information about eggs and poultry, es­ A dancing or bridge as a bottle of portion to the amount of fruit juice used. pecially about their nutritive value and good old soda water~ It is cold; it is One of the most beneficial constituents cookery qualities; (b) translating this sweet; it quenches the thirst; its beauti­ is the carbon dioxide gas, which, as it inf01·mation into the language and prac­ ful color appeals to the eye, and its flavor stimulates respiration, has a therapeutic tice of consumers and retailers. to the taste. All in all, could one ask value. Then there are in many flavors The means for accomplishing our aims for anything more delightful ~ fruit acids, principally citric acid and ar e various, for they are the means· em­ And now if you have a yearning for a tartaric, as well as the phosphol'ic acid. ployed by most educational organizations. bottle of pop, and have put it from you Probably the chief benefit is derived But in spite of a variety of activities because you believed that this longed-for from the sugar, which is transformed in which to an outsider might perhaps seem beverage had only these superficial quali­ the body to ''quick energy.'' The aver­ somewhat planless, there are an under­ ties (and you are one who seeks merit age six and one-half ounce bottle, usually lying r outine and definite objectives to in all things), or if you have denied your­ purchasable for a nickel, contains about which each activity contributes some­ self the pleasure of a cool, refreshing 12 percent cane sugar or 96 calories. Corn thing. draught because you feared dread germs sugar is now advocated as a sweetening Each month, for example, the foods de­ and noxious atoms lurked within the agent for soda water because a greater partment is responsible for a signed ar­ clear, sparkling fluid, fret no more! For calol'ic content results. It is less sweet ticle to be published in the United 'States car bonated drinks are free from poisons, than cane sugar and must be used in Egg and Poultry Magazine, the publica­ bacteria, or any harmful constituents, larger amounts. At least 16 percent is tion which serves as the mouthpiece of and, what's more-they have a definite necessary to equal 12 percent of cane the Institute. Sometimes there are sev­ worth. sugar, thus raising the number of calories eral articles in one issue. Most of our The Department of Physiological chem­ from 96 to 128. articles are based on information gath­ istry and N utrition at Iowa State College It is interesting to note also that these ered through interviews, supplemented by recently conducted expe1·iments on the beverages serve to stimulate the appetite library research. Besides the article there food and nutritional values of carbonated -another point in their favor. is a regular section in the magazine beverages. These experiments, carefully Dr. Buchanan stated t hat there is no known as ''Mrs. Snyder's Notebook,'' controlled, showed rats, when given car ­ question as to the general purity of t he for which items of current interest from bonated beverages in addition to an ade­ beverages. There is no sediment in them, various sources are collected and ·con­ quate basal diet, grew as well or even as one can readily see upon examination. densed. better than animals without. Their water­ In some instances there may be the nat­ NOTHER routine task is the prepar­ consumption and even their milk con­ ural settlings from fruit juices, but this A ation of i·eleases which a1·e sent out sumption, increased. is not true of those synthetically fla­ each month to the food editors of over According to Professor J. H. Buchanan, vored. Of course, the presence or absence 200 leading city dailies. Last year ap­ under whose direction Professor V. E . of sediment may not mean either purity proximately 12,000 of these r eleases were Nelson and W. B. Cook conducted these or impurity, but it is a fact that these sent out. Special articles are prepared experimei1ts, the vitamin content may ar e absolutely clear, and that adds to on request, both for newspapers and practically be disregarded. Of course, in our enjoyment of them. magazines. Information is supplied to some fruit drinks which contain real fruit (Continued on page 15) 8 THE IOWA HOMEMAKER

Alice Hansell, M. S. '32, is assistant dietitian in the Y. M. C. A. cafeteria in Alumnae Echoes • • • Dayton, Ohio. Miriam Griffith, '31, of Ames is assist­ . . . news bits from the front lines ant interior decorator at Marton's in Cedar Rapids. Her residence is 1818 B Edited by Virginia Garberso•n avenue, North. Mary Louise Linne­ D<>ris Erwin, who 1·eceived her M. S. de­ man and Dr. Martin They Have Jobs gree here last year, spent the month of Nordberg, '24, were August at the home of her parents in married late in Aug­ Ames. She has now resumed her work as ust at Flanagan, Ill. T a time when "have you a job~" a member of the teaching staff at Na­ Following a wedding A seems the most important question tional Child Research Center, Washing­ tl'ip into the Virginia on every graduate's lips, and espe­ ton, D. C. mountains, Dr. Nord­ cially at a time when the answer is not Vera (Berg) Young, '28, and Art W. berg and his bride a1·e as 1·eadily forthcoming as in former Young, '30, are living at Kn<>xville, now at home in Corn­ years, it is encouraging to hear of the Tenn., where Mr. Y<>ung, who received ing, N. Y. where Dr. successes of other Iowa State graduates. his Ph. D. degree in June, has aceepted N o1·dberg is 1·esearch Mary Louise Therefore, this information has been com­ a teaching position at the University of chemist with t he Com­ Linneman piled for the comfort of those "still hop­ Tennessee. Mr. and Mrs. Young and ing Glass Co. ing" and perhaps their names may be their son, George, left Ames early this Mildred (Ghrist) Day, member of the added to the list of recent placings in summer. home economics staff of the Kellogg the next issue of the Homemaker. Gertrude Reis, '23, has returned to East Co mpany, Battle Creek, Mich., conducted Bernita Howland, '32 has received a Lansing, Mich., after spending her sum­ a series of cooking schools in Des Moines, fellowship at the University of Texas. mer vacation with her parents in Ames. during the city's seventh annual "food Iva Mullen, M. S. '28, is doing Teseal'Ch Miss Reis is a home fumishing specialist show at the Coliseum the middle of Sep­ work with the Georgie Porgie Company on the Michigan State C'ollege staff. tember. Mrs. Day has lectured in many in Council Bluffs. Mildred (Heath) Daniel, '26, is direc­ states during the last five years and has Laura Burroughs, '32, is working in a tor of the Y. W. C. A. cafeteria at appeared before women's clubs, college tea room in GTinnell. Huron, S.D. and university gatherings. D<>rothy Johnson, '32, has a position in Stouffer's Restaurant, Detroit, Mich. Gladys Olson, '26, is teaching at Com­ ing, I<>wa, high school. This Alumna Teaches in Japan Kathryn Waldron, M. S. '31, is an in­ structor of home economics at St. Gene­ vieve-of-the-Pines, Asheville, N. C. N KOBE COLLEGE, Japan, a new The new college buildings are being Woodward Byars, M. S. '32, is instruc­ I homemaking course is underway, and erected at Okadayama. There is to be a tor of foods at U nion University, Jack­ Saral1 M. Field, who received her little '' practice cottage'' built soon, says son, Tenn. bachelor's degree from Iowa State in Miss Field, and the Japanese girls will Jane W. Candor, '32, has received are­ 1915 and her master's in 1930, is one of get a taste of real home management. cent appointment at the Minnesota Uni­ the directors. versity H<>spital in Minneapolis. ''There were months of discussion as VEN in t he midst of teaching there to the curriculum of the course for our E are chances for occasional sight-see­ Mildred Turin, '31, 42 girl students, ' ' Miss Field writes. ing trips, and Miss Field accompanied the has announced her June graduates of the Bible School to marriage ot Carl Ab­ ''How we worked and maneuvered, not bott, a freshman stu­ to say fought to make the biology, chem­ Koya San, the mountain stronghold of dent here last year. istry and physics acceptable by changing Buddhism. Buddhist temples and monas­ The couple was mar­ them to 'applied sciences ' that would teries, a Buddhist university, and a small ried Dec. 24, 1931, at justify t heir existence to the group de­ village are scattered about the top of Fal'imont, Minn. Mrs. manding practical things above all! How the mountain. Abbott taught the we argued for ' clothing' rather than ''Originally no women were allowed past year at Rodman. merely 'sewing! ' But home management, on the mountain,'' writes Miss Field, Mr. and Mrs. Abbott hygiene, child care and psychology all ''and no meat was served there at meals, are now living on a Mildred Turin sounded good to Japanese ears, only they but in l'ecent years tourists have been farm near Green­ Abbott wanted more practice.'' co1·dially invited and have been most field. Bible and gymnasium are required royally entertained by the monasteries. Katherine (Bell) Tate, '29, and A. E. courses at Kobe, and English is a spe­ We stayed at one which entertained for­ Tate, Ex. '30, live at 816 Cass street, cialty. Music is an elective and the purely eign guests.'' LaCrosse, Wis. Japanese cultural accomplishments, such After a vegetarian dinner, the visitors Doris (Preston) Rosing, '23, and W. S. as flower arrangement, tea ceremony, eti­ were called to prayers. Miss Field de­ Rosing, '25, of 2301 Elm street, Daven­ quette, and Japanese penmanship are also scribes the service thus: ''We entered a port, are the parents of a son, Willis S. offered as electives. Although the course large room containing all the ceremonial Rosing, Jr., born Sept. 1. in homemaking occupies cramped quarters furniture of a Buddhist service. The The maniage of Kathryn Barton, '29, at present, Miss Field says that new place was dimly lighted with lanterns and and Irving McDonald of Lohrville oc­ buildings are being erected to house the candles. In the center of t he room were curred the last week in August. Mr. and college, and that there will be a cooking lacquer tables crowded with massive brass Mrs. McDonald are living on a farm near laboratory with American and Japanese symbols. A gorgeous gold and crimson Lohrville. serving rooms, and a suite of four rooms tapestry hung in the archway between D<>rothy Tenney, '32, is teaching at for textiles ru1d clothing, as well as sev­ the outer half of the room where we Franklin Park, a suburb of Chicago. eral lecture rooms for her department. (Contin1ted on page 15) THE IOWA HOMEMAKER 9

that attention to the diet has anything but beneficial THE IOWA HOMEMAKER results on health. A Magazine for Homemakers from a Homemaker's School VOL. XII NOVEMBER, 1932 NO.5 Editorial Staff Some Say Yes . . • Ruth Ellen Lovrien, Editor Margaret Stover, Associate Editor And Others Say No HERE are two kinds of students on any college Staff Writers T Regina Kildee Kathryn Soth Virginia Kirstein campus. One kind says, "No, I haven 't time," to Ila Misbach Dorothy Burnett June Miller every request, and the other kind, ''Yes, I'll be glad Gertrude Hendriks Grace Cristy Virginia Rowe Virginia Garberson Ruth Lanz Evelyn Covault to do it." Ella Gertrude McMullen Margaret Bruechert Hazel Leupold The students who always say no carry few, if any, Business Staff outside activities in addition to the regular classroom Lorene Galbreath, Business Manager schedule, while those who blithely say yes are al­ Dorisdean Draper Wilma Luebbers Mildred Bennett m:ost always loaded down with so many activities that Ethel Rupert Leona Neubert Mildred N arber Harriet Alexander one wonders how they can possibly find time and Circulation Staff energy for them all. Ruth H ansen, Circulation Manager It seems to be generally true that "no" students who "rave" about having too much to do are the Assistant Circulation Managers Kathryn Soth Dorothy Sponheim ones who can always find time to stroll to South Florence Casten Muriel Dickinson Marian Lage Side after classes for a ''malt'' or a ''coke.'' And Beulah Cole Margaret Watters Vera Morris Darlene Nelson Neva Carey Mary Swalley they are ready to go on a steak fry any nice fall day. Publication Board The ''yes'' man or woman would like mighty well to Dean Genevieve Fisher Ruth Ellen Lovrien go on an impromptu picnic, too, but here's one time Miss Hazel McKibben Ruth Hansen when it can't be done. And for weeks at a time, when Mrs. Fred Ferguson Lorene Galbreath Prof. Blair Converse Margaret Stover every spare minute is filled by some campus activity, such a person forgets that there is any South Side with its lemon ''cokes.'' Too often the "yes-er" goes a little too far and ac­ Eat: and Grow Crazy ... cepts so many responsibilities that he hasn't time and How 'bout: a Pickled Herring? strength to do them well and still keep up his school IFE _is a lot more fun if people eat what they work. If only some of the '' no-ers'' could be per­ L please, and forget about calories, vitamins and suaded to shoulder some of his loads, both would be minerals, says Alice Overbeck, the author of an ar­ much better off. The ''yes'' student could do a few ticle, "Eat and Grow Crazy," in the North American jobs exceedingly well, and the "no" students would Review. Everybody talks diet, magazines and news­ discover how much fun and what valuable training papers are full of the latest information about vita­ it is to enter completely into campus life. mins and minerals; every day we read advertisements and hear radio talks about certain foods that must be eaten to supply vitamin C or iron or calcium. People What: Do We Talk About:? ... worry so much about eating, Miss Overbeck says, that they are nervous and irritable most of the time. Swed­ Not: Much of Anything ish people are happy and healthy, she contends, and " D ID you see who Peggy had at the dance last they eat everything they want. Pickled herring, night ~' ' ''Aren't those new angora wool smoked sausage, fried potatoes, cheese, caviar, beer, dresses just too darling ~" "Jack was just plain im­ all in the same meal, and Swedish people thrive on it. pudent to me today ! '' Americans would be better off to ignore their waist­ Many such -remarks give a typical cross section of lines, forget digesti7e troubles, and eat what they most of our conversations today. In our homes, our want, this author thinks. sorority houses, our dormitories we talk of the trivial But would we be better off, after all~ The Ameri­ and the trite, and completely ignore the wealth of can is constitutionally different from the Swede. A opportunities that present themselves for broadening meal such as the one just mentioned would send the our conversational powers-an often-used measuring average American to bed for a week. The family scale for our personalities. Thanksgiving dinner is enough to prove that it is not With the newspapers of today offering us minute a good thing to eat a great deal of one's favorite information on all phases of political, economic, lit­ foods, for most people spend many uncomfortable erary, dramatic and social news, there is no reason hours following this annual meal. why we should need to be confined to the old stereo­ There are people who go to extremes in the matter typed conversations, whether we are in our own of diet, as well as in anything else. If these people be­ homes, following our chosen professions or still in come so ''vitamin and calorie conscious'' that life is a school. We are becoming narrow and limited in our constant worry to them, it is only because they have personality expansion programs. If we would read not taken the sane view of diet. The scientific infor­ much of the good material that is available for us to mation about foods which appear in magazines and read, the scene would be a different one, and we could newspaper should be regarded intelligently, and ap­ cease being the conversational bores that are fast plied with discretion. There is no reason to think cluttering up the feminine skyline.-M. S. 10 THE IOWA HOMEMAKER

INSIDE INFORMATION • • •••• Edited by . ·=· . Dorothy Burnett Margaret Bruechert Ruth Lanz June Miller

Dry Air Is Unhealt:hful More cases of botulism have occurred through the use of home canned string beans than any other prod­ Here· Is a Remedy uct, but other vegetables are also dangerous unless a HE problem of dry, unhealthful air in the hom pressure cooker is used. The cold pack method should T during the winter can now be taken care of by never be used under any circumstances.-The Fo1·e­ the new type of humidifier which has been put on the cast. market recently. It is a portable fan type which re­ sembles a large vase. The container holds nine quarts of water, which is evaporated at the rate of one quart an hour. Th~s evaporation is accomplished by means of an electr~c The Codfish Has a Rival immersion heater with a floating chamber. In thiS Halibut:-liver Oil Is BeUer way theer is only a small amount of water evapor­ ated at a time and as the vapor rises it is circulated OMPARISONS of the vitamin A and D potency by the induction motor and fan. The electricity is C of halibut-liver and cod-liver oil were made by automatically shut off after a certain amount of wa­ A. D. Emmett and 0. D. Bird of Parke-Davis & Co., ter has been evaporated.- ElectTical MeTchandising. Detroit, Mich., and C. Nielsen and H. J. Cannon, Ab­ bott Laboratories, North Chicago, Ill. The men at the two laboratories worked independently, but used the same methods. The results are sufficiently alike in both cases, according to the experimenters, to jus­ tify quantitative deductions. Compared with the Vit:amin C Get:s Canned standard 500 gTam-unit cod-liver oil, the halibut-liver Ret:ort:s Keep Out: t:he Air oil was from 75 to 125 times more potent than cod­ OME canned foods do not lose their vitamins. This liver oil. The high A content of this oil is particularly S was proved by extensive experimentation in valuable, the authors say, because this vitamin exerts which Columbia University cooperated with the Can­ a direct influence on the growth and development of ners' Association. Some vitamin C is destroyed by the young, and may be an aid toward the establish­ ment of better resistance of the body to infections in the presence of oxygen or oxidizing substances dur­ general. ing cooking. In canneries the retorts keep out the air The anti-rachitic vitamin D potency, per gram of very largely, while this is not the case in the ordinary oil, varied from 2,000 to 3,333 daily units, averaging kitchen process. Consequently, canned vegetables may 2,479 units. This is .much greater than for cod-liver actually contain more vitamin C than the dishes pro­ oil. Halibut-liver oil, so far as the authors know, is vided directly by the housewife.- Good Health. the richest known source of vitamins A and D. The iodine number of halibut-liver oil was found to be lower than that of cod-liver oil, indicating that halibut-liver oil contains less unsaturated fatty acid, and therefore may be expected to oxidize less easily than cod-liver oil. This favors a greater stability of Easy on Those St:ring Beans ... the vitamins in the former product. Did You Use a Pressure Cooker? 'folerance tests on rats gave evidence that halibut­ ARNINGS have been sent out by the United liver oil produced no undesirable effects. The excess W States Department of Agriculture and many of vitamin A was stored to a large degree in the liver other agencies regarding the dangers that lurk in the as a nutritional reserve.-Indt~st?·ia l and EngineeTing home canning of vegetables because of improper ster­ ChemistTy. ilization. The chief danger, according to the Cali­ fornia Department of Public Health, lies in the possible contraction of botulism, a highly fatal disease which may occur through eating improperly packed These Hose Are Crinkly ... products. Powerful toxins or poisins may develop in home canned vegetables which are not heated suffi­ And Run Only Upward ciently nor for a long enough period of time. OMETHING new and tricky in stockings has ar­ It is almost impossible to secure adequate heat S rived. It is Chard-o-crepe hosiery, with a crinkly, penetration without the use of a pressure cooker. It unusual texture, unlike anything you ever saw before was suggested that, because of the high cost of pres­ and made of Chardonize dull luster yarn. You can­ sure cookers, one cooker be purchased and used by not classify Chard-o-crepe stockings, for they are 15 or 20 families. neither plain nor mesh. THE IOWA HOMEMAKER 11

Their surface looks exactly like a soft, dull crepe. the sunshine in. Very small children can wear sun­ Although the stockings are knitted and very sheer, suits, but older children and adults must get their the crepey appearance is so pronounced as almost to sun through their clothing.-Parents' Magazine. suggest a woven cloth. Thus the stockings tie in ad­ mirably with the current vogue for soft, ''chalky,'' crepe-like dress fabrics. The machines on which these new hose are made Cellulose Rayon Absorbs Light: ... have given them a feature which ordinary stockings do not have. Should a Chard-o-crepe stocking develop lt:s Lust:er Is Lost: a run, it would go only upward-never down! This HE changes involved in the delustering of cellu­ dull texture yarn permits them to retail at low prices. T lose rayon have been closely investigated by W. manufacturers are recommending them for golf and Stahl. In particular Stahl deals with the behavior other informal occasions.- Rayon. of the cellulose acetate itself in the delustering pro­ cess as compared with the cellulose rayons such as viscose. When cellulose acetate fiber is immersed in water Eled:ric St:oves Are Improved it shows but little swelling until the water is heated to 70 degrees Centigrade. Then it becomes soft, llluminat:ed Ovens Are New spongelike and stretchable, and remains that way EW and more efficient electric stoves are being when removed from water-being a distended sponge­ N perfected each year. The latest improvement is like fiber with no luster. This loss of luster is due to the new range, just put on the market, which has the the greater absorption of incident light by the hollow work surface in the center and two units on either spaces within the fiber. T);le luster, however, can be end of the top surface. This range has two outlets partly regained by stretching-this effect being due for appliances, one of which is automatic. to the closing effect which the stretching has on the Cooking on this stove is done either by automatic internal hollow spaces.-Textile Colorist. control or ''maintained temperature,'' or a combina­ tion of the two. Another new range which has just been put out has a triple automatic time control with a built-in Wat:ch Out: for Those Cream Puffs electric clock and an illuminated oven.-Electrical M e1·chandising. They May Make You Sick " p ASTRIES containing custard fillings, such as cream puffs, eclairs, and pies, frequently prove to be the articles of food eaten by all of the patients Let: t:he Sunshine in in outbreaks of food poisoning, particularly in the summer months," warns the New York State Depart­ Wear Loose-woven Fabrics ment of Health in Health News. Bakery products of O YOU get your full share of sunshine~ People this type should be consumed very promptly after D today hear much about health-giving foods, but they are prepared and should be protected at all little about health-giving clothes. times by refrigeration. Cream-custard mixtures should Seientists say that the most important health fac­ never be allowed to stand in a warm room for any tors of clothes are the abilities to absorb water and to considerabl,e length of time. transmit ultra-violet rays. Some day you may be able In one outbreak of gastroenteritus due to cream to take a sunbath fully dressed, for some fabrics al­ puffs and ~clairs, examination of the pastry showed low ultra-violet rays to penetrate through them. no evidence of chemical poisoning, nor were any of The United States Bureau of Standards tested the organisms generally associated with enteric dis­ fibers, finding that unwoven rayon transmitted most eases isolated. However, a strain of bacilli belonging light. At Utah Agricultural College different woven to the cloacae-aerogenes group frequently present in fabrics were tested. Batiste and rayon were found dust, was found in the pastry filling as well as in fecal to be more penetrable than baby flannel, crepe-de­ specimens from five patients, proving again that such chine and pongee. cream products should be refrigerated.-The FO?·e­ Here at Iowa State College, Klinderova, a student cast. from Czechoslovakia, tested eight more fabrics. Hand­ kerchief linen was found to be almost as good as no cloth at all. Knitted rayon stood next in penetrability, then cotton jersey, outing flannel, summer flannel Beaut:iful Soup so Rich and Green (wool) and wool jersey, respectively. Color affects the penetrability of a fabric too. White Wait:ing in a Hot: Tureen transmits more ultra-violet light than do colored mate­ ANS of soup carried by the third Arctic relief rials. The more loosely woven fabrics are more health­ C expedition to Major General Greeley a half cen­ ful because the larger air spaces allow more ultra­ tury ago were opened recently and found good. Sev­ violet rays to pass through. eral cans of this historic soup were given to the To receive the greatest benefit from time spent out­ Museum .of Science and Industry by Libby, McNeill doors, clothing should be made of fabrics which let & Libby.-Food Industries. 12 THE IOW A HOMEMA KER

SEE OUR Who Likes Cheese? • • • COMPLETE LINE By Margarel Slover OULD you wear a straw hat from Cream and cottage cheeses are the OF SUNDAY W January to January ~ Would you better known of the soft-ripened va­ have rows of shoes in your closet riety. Their wide variety of uses is NITEFROCKS -all the same color, year after yead generally known. Nowadays we have on Of com se not! You wouldn't be guilty the market commercial products that have of such a thing in a thousand years­ been developed with an idea of mildness • not if you knew it! Yes-unless you are and ''spreading'' as well as other uses. one woman in a thousand-you've been They are found under such names as EXQUISITE guilty of something ve1·y much like it. V elveeta and Pabstette. How many different kinds of cheese do The only difficulty encountered in STYLES AND you know and how many different ways cheese cookery is that of temperature. of serving it~ Perhaps the 1·eason that Cheese melts at a temperature of about MATERIALS more kinds of cheese are not used is that 36 degrees C. This means that one must t heir fundamental differences are not be very careful in adding cheese to a hot known. Cheeses are of four classes: hard, base, or in heating it over a direct flame, semi-hard, soft-ripened and soft-unrip­ for upon long cooking its water evapo­ • ened. Hard cheeses are made from skim­ rates and its fat melts out, leaving a milk; medium or semi-ha1·d cheeses are brittle product. $12.95 to $16.95 made from whole milk. Cream cheese is Several unique canapes have achieved made from whole milk and c1·eam. The success by t he use of cheese. Grated richness of the cheese is, therefore, de­ cheese of a piquant flavor, blended with pendent on the fat content of the milk mustard, makes an hors d'oeuvre that is HANNUMS and cream used. excellent. Melted cheese with bacon is Among the better known hard cheeses also a good appetizer. Cele1·y stuffed are Cheddar, Edam, Parmesan, Pineap­ with Roquefort is a delicacy indeed. Sal­ ple, Sap Sago and Swiss. The milder ads can make admirable use of cheese. chedda1·s are excellent in rarebits, salads, Commonplace salad dressings can readily souffles and with macaroni, used in rather be made "different" by addition of large quantities. Strong cheddars, how­ small amounts of the stronger cheeses. ~~sweet and Low"" ever, should be used spa1·ingly, merely to hint at a piquant flavor. NION soup, when sprinkled freely Artfully designed of dainty :fig­ Edam has a strong f ruity flavor that O with Parmesan cheese, is a dish fit ured peach batiste with just is especially good for salads and starchy to set before a king. Instead of using the enough elastic for ease, it gives foods such as macar oni. Parmesan is as same kind of cheese with all yom escal­ your :figure the appearance. o·f fault­ individual as either of the above, with its loped dishes, try using a different kind less youth-that's why we call it sweeter taste. It is often sprink'ied on with each vegetable. In this way you will "sweet." And the back is cut ex­ citingly "low," with two inserts of soups and salads. give your cooking a distinctive touch. elastic to prevent binding. The lace Pineapple cheese, with a pleasing, mild Rice is a rather flat dish, but if bust is shaped to give a decided fruit flavor, is easily grated for cooking a rarebit sauce of distinctly flavored uplift effect. or garnishing. Sap Sago is of Swiss cheese is added, it is an exceptional dish. origin, having a taste suggestive of brown The value of cheese isn't in its flavor sugar. It is used just to add a touch alone. Nearly every brand and kind is of flavor to soups, bacon, and so forth. high in vitamin A, whereas cottage Swiss cheese, familiar to most people, cheese has, in addition, varying amounts serves practically every known use fo1· of vitamin B. Cheese is known as an cheese. energy-giving food since it takes only 0.8 The best-known semi-hard cheeses are of an ounce for a 100 calorie portion. Gorgonzola, Roquefo1t and brick. Brick Therefore it is an excellent dish for cheese has the characteristic smooth growing children and be be a basis for cheese flavor and it may be used in the one-dish meals. same way as the cheddars. Gorgonzola is When children come trouping in for an Italian cheese, hard and moldy, with lunch next week see if they don't like a very spicy flavor. It is most often this tomato rarebit: served with dry water crackers. Roquefort is another cheese with a flavor all its 1 pint canned tomatoes 1 t. salt own. Its evident green mold gives it a spicy, dry taste that is excellent on crack­ 1 t. sugar ers or as a touch of flavoring in salad % lb. pineapple cheese dressing. 1 t. pepper Dash cayenne Of the soft-ripened cheese, Camembert and Limberger ai'e the most popula1·. T. chopped onion Camembert has a sti·ong, salty taste and 1 t. fat is often used as flavoring. Limberger de­ 1 beaten egg pends upon the person for its popularity! H eat the canned tomatoes, add the salt, However, it is never used in very large sugar, pepper, cayenne and chopped on­ quantities, only to hint at the flavor. ion. When hot, melt in it the cheese cut THE IOWA HOMEMAKER 13 in bits, adding it gradually while stirring Most oven meals are planned around constantly. When smooth add the fat the meat. After it has been chosen the and the beaten egg, stirring all the while. housewife will pick vegetables that will Serve on slices of hot, buttered toast. be done in the length of time and at the This recipe serves four or six persons. temperature allowed for the meat. If The New And these are only hints of what can she wishes to cook a custard with a meat be done with all these cheeses that we that requires two to t wo and a half hours have at our nnger-tips. So don't buy the custard may be put in the oven for Woolens cheese and THEN decide what to do with the last hour of the cooking time. it. Figure out what you think would be Another economy measure .of the oven the most unique and piquant flavor, then meal is that the heat in the oven may For Dresses set out to nnd just the cheese that fills be turned off, in the case of a well-insu­ are outstanding. the bill! lated electric range, sometimes as much as 30 minutes before the meal is to be served. The retained heat in the oven All Wool 54 in. wide, Here Are i:he Answers will complete the cooking process and less electricity will be used. sponged and shrunk, (See inside front co•ver) And while she is preparing one meal, 1. In the South. Gumbo is a rich rn all the fall shades Creole soup made of mixed veg­ additional dishes for the next meal also etables, herbs, meats, poultry, may be prepared. Potatoes for salad or at $1.75 yd. shellfish, and usually okra. creamed potatoes may be cooked, dried 2. The onion family. They are fruit may be stewed, or the biscuit part used in soups, stews and sal­ of a shortcake may be baked. ads as a substitute fo·r onions. With a meal in the oven and the heat 3. A Russian urn o·f co·pper o·r adjusted, the housewife may go about her Stephenson~ s other metal, used especially in other work. She need stop only a few minutes before she wishes to serve din­ making tea. OPPOSITE CAMPUS 4. A starchy food obtained from ner to set the table and take up the food. the pith of the trunks of trop­ The following are suggested menus Where the finest fabrics come from ical palms. for a meal of this type: 5. Long, podded red peppers, Macaroni and cheese, baked onions, grown chiefly in Louisiana. apple and celery salad, and mincemeat 6. Fish that has been split, salted, pudding. dried and smoked. Breaded veal chops, au gratin potatoes, 7. Chopped meat mixed with baked new beets, fruit shortcake. herbs and condiments, and used for stuffing fowls, o·r for cro­ Baked linm beans with crisp bacon, STEP-IN PUMPS quettes. tomato salad, and apple pie. Are Fashion's Latest 8. An old world legume, round like a pea, but flat and thin, 'Tis interesting, varying in coloT from gray or Margaret Marco isn't yellow to brown. Used in (Continued f•·om page 5) IT? soups and stews. the women of Iowa State College elected 9. Clear, savory jelly made from her president of the Y. W. C. A. To see such smart­ meat, and used to decorate en­ ness for In fact, Margaret is so modest about trees and salads. her many honors that it is only because 10. Cream soup of shellfish. they are so well-known on the campus that I am able to record them here. She is a member of Mortar Board, senior wo­ men's honorary, and of Phi Upsilon Cook Wit:h the Oven Omicron and Omicron Nu, home econom­ By Do.rothy Burnett ics honoraries. Last year she served as ALL days are out-of-door days and secretary of the Home Economics Club. F wise is the housewife who plans her As a sophomore she received a scholar­ ' meals so that she will not be tied ship which entitled her to attend the down with indoor housework. Not only Y. W. C. A. camp at Geneva during the one meal, but additional dishes for suc· summer. ceeding meals may be prepared at one By virtue of her position as president AAA to C BLACK- time in the oven, thus economizing on of the Y. W . C. A., Margaret is a mem­ 3 to 8 time, fuel, and effort. ber cif the Cardinal Guild, student gov­ Mail BROWN SUEDES. Furthermore, oven cookery is health· erning body, and of the Women's Self Orders ful cookery. None of the valuable ele­ Governing Association. She was one of Filled. BLACK, BROWN KID. ments of food so often lost in the cook­ the prominent college women selected to ing water are lost in the oven. By using serve this year as Campus Keys, assisting utensils with tightly fitting covers, little the Campus Sister Chief in looking out or no water is necessary. for freshman girls. Margaret is affiliated One of the most important benefits of with Chi Omega, national social sorority. oven cookery is its economy of fuel. It The speech she made at the Honors costs very little more to cook a whole Day Banquet last spring was enthusiast­ oven full of food than to cook only one ically commented upon by the most DES MOINES, IOWA dish. learned professors and the ''greenest'' 14 THE IOWA HOMEMAKER

freshmen as being one of the most out­ standing talks ever given by a student. What:' s in an Egg FLOWERS Margaret is undecided as to her future ( Oontinued from page 7) lished. Occasionally special testing must for all occasions work. She is a most enthusiastic foods be done to enable us to answer special major and would like to do experimental questions, or to acquaint us with the COE FLORISTS research or welfare work along this line. qualities of a product. For example, in Sheldon Munn Bldg. Phone 168 However, she is also ''crazy about peo­ order to talk intelligently with food man­ ple'' and is thinking of doing personnel ufacturers who use large quantities of work after her graduation. Whatever eggs, it was essential to become familiar, Margaret's chosen career, we 're sure it through first -hand experience, with the will be successful. qualities and performance of different types of eggs-fresh and refrigerated It Pays to Buy Pop Is Good for You shell eggs, frozen eggs and dried eggs. ( Oontinued f1·om page 7) In order to be able to speak with con­ ORIGINALS Further experiments and investigations viction about fresh and frozen poultry, were canied on to determine conditions drawn and undrawn poultry, we cooked under which our popular brands of dozens of birds, tasting and carefully ''pop'' were prepared for market. The judging both the uncooked and the product is entirely wholesome, for all cooked. work is done through machine controlled T PRESENT several special prob­ processes. The bottles are washed in hot A lems are occupying much of our alkali to guarantee a pel'fectly sterile con­ thought. One of these is the task of tell­ tainer. Syrup is now prepared in clean ing the consumer, especially the home­ metal or glass-lined tanks. There is no maker, the story of modern cold storage contact with human hands. The better and of the service it renders, both to her Tailored Ties class of bottling plants put out a whole­ and to the producer. It is our hope that some food drink which does not contain eventually she will take full advantage of bacteria. SUEDES it in her household economy. . So eat, drink pop, and be merry, f or no Another thing is the development of a d1seases, no poisoning, nothing but a KIDSKINS plan for creating in trade channels near­ healthy appetite will be the result! est consumers an appreciation of the per­ Wood ishable nature of eggs. Still another is a Brown plan for a survey of consumer prefer­ STUDENT ences in eggs. These are the so-called big Dusk $3.95 things. But around and between these Brown SUPPLY STORE larger activieies are the many smaller Night AAA All Supplies ones, such as the preparation of the new Black to C turkey bulletin, ''The All-American for Bird,'' which has just been completed, and the carton inse1·ts on storage and All Students candling. At present we are testing 1·ecipes and prepal'ing copy for a booklet ARANTS Books- Stationery on eggs in the low cost diet, and for 710 Walnut St. some weeks now we have been collecting Next to Ames Theate,r interesting information for an article on the uses of dried eggs. Another article, one of a series on r efrigeration, must be prepared, and in our spare moments we will write the article on eggs and one on refrigeration which have been requested by two publications other than ours. A Sound Investment That ''Tell us about your work with the Institute of American Poultry Indus­ tries.'' That was the editor's request. Increases in Value . Whether or not I have filled her assign­ ment she is best able to judge. But one T HROUGH the trying times of business readjustment and thing I can do, and that is to send hearty decline in investment values, our depositors have seen their greetings to other alumnae, and to ex­ fund.s in a S~ving Account at this bank remain intact-steadily tend my sympathy to those who may be earmn~r 4% mterest-always available in cash, dollar for dollar in for a similar assignment to ' 'tell us of the amount deposited plus interest earned. about your work.'' The Fashions Union Story Trust & Savings Bank (Oontinued from page 4 ) capelets of fur, which may be worn with AMES, IOWA wool suits or street dresses. Other coats are made with a fur top and cloth skirt, and sometimes matching muffs are seen. Capital and Surplus $125,000.00 Even if you have hands that someone said were ''little white snowflakes, '' you THE IOWA HOMEMAKER 15 won't mind hiding them occasionally in This bounteous profusion of food and one of the smart new muffs. A coat of flowers is unlike om tdm and simple din­ CAMILLES BEAUTY SHOPPE wide ribbed velvet by Schiaparelli re­ ing room arrangements for the 1932 Special Prices minds me of the popular corduroy coats Thanksgiving dinner. Today we depend seen this last spring. almost entirely upon smooth white linen, Shampoo and Finger Wave.... $ .75 Permanent Wave ...... $3.5o-$6.00 clear sparkling glass and china, and cor­ Beads Make Bodices rect silverware for table attmctiveness. 129¥2 Main Beads are again being used as trim­ A low bowl of autumn flowers chosen to ming around necklines, and sometimes are blend with the coloring of the room as seen forming an entire bodice in a for­ well as the carefully planned color scheme mal dress. I know of an American Beauty of the menu, and perhaps candles if the crepe formal with white beads on white dinner is of a more formal type, complete " Sing a Song of College Days satin for the straps. the setting. Not only is velvet used for whole gar­ But it matters not whether we think of ments, but both big and little velvet flow­ the very smartest modern feast or of the ers form gay trimming to an otherwise Asl~ Us family gathering of sixty years ago, when plain gown. Personally, I think that the huge table was fillecl to Dverflowing plain velvets are the richest looking used and the stiffly starched waists of papa in this way, but several lovely cut and and the children were carefully protected What figured pieces are shown, and it really is from any accidental maneuver of turkey hard to choose among them. I guess I wing or giblet gravy by large napkins wouldn't choose; I'd take a little of tucked secmely at the collar, we are con­ to Wear'" each! scious of the same American loyalty and Belts Fasten Behind spirit. That is one thing which has re­ Willard's presents again an The wide shoulder line has changed to mained unchanged. This statement used all-inclusive co llection of the drop shoulder line, although it gives by the lady editor in Cody's Lbands ''The silver and glass should reflect of fur are placed far out on the arm­ serene faces and the b1·ead and biscuits DRESSES hole, and in a Des Moines shop window should bo no lighter than the heart that I saw a black satin dress with black and beats in each bosom.'' COATS white ostrich feathers outlining the arm­ hole. MILLINERY The often neglected backs of dresses H OSIERY are getting their share of attention nDw. Teaches in Japan Collars fasten in the back, blouses button (Continued f•·om page 8 ) squatted, and the inner sanctum. Around down the back, and even belts are fasten­ We cordially invite you to visit three walls were ranged row upon row ing there. It is much newer to fasten our shop for comparisons. your belt at the back, and many buckles Df gilded memorial tablets. Seated around of brilliants are used on silk dresses. three sides of this inner sanctum were Evening dresses solve the problem by al­ some fifteen acolytes wearing the con­ most entirely omitting the back, for up ventional black kimono and over it a white surplice like an apron hung by in front and down, WOIIJ down, in the back Willards· are the new formals! So be sure to see one string over the shoulder. that that often neglected region between ''The ritual consisted of one hour-long your shoulder blades is that ''skin you chant, broken only hy the notes of a 206 Main St. love to touch.'' huge, deep-toned gong, a clattering pair Bags Match Your Shoes Bags to match your shoes won't be hard to find, for I saw several recently that combine the same leathers seen in the fall shoes. Of course, the majority are in black and brown, in kid, calfskin, patent, and all possible combinations of them. The envelope style continues to be as good as ever, and many have zippers on the inner pocket, which safeguard your money (when yon have any) a bit more than a snap. Goodness knows, most of us need to guard carefully what little we have!

It:' s Thanksgiving Time Iowa Electric Light & (Continued from page 3) kins handsomely marked with colored monograms or mottoes, were used to cover Polver Company any bare spots that might remain on the table. 16 THE IOWA HOMEMAKER of cymbals and a tiny bell which was held in the hand of the head priest. The chant began slowly and swung through a range We Extend a Hearty of a few notes and back, in a rhythm that grew faster and faster toward the end. Hart Studio Then one of the acolytes came down from WELCOME the platform, and made us a low bow and announced that we might leave. Photographs TO ALL ''After the rather suffocating atmos­ phere, both physical and spiritual, in­ That Please duced by the incense and the opiate of CARR the steady rhythm of the chanting, we AMES' LEADING STUDIO HARDWARE CO. felt in need of reviving ourselves with a Phone 336 little service of our own, so we began Downtown Phone 124 to sing some hymns in Japanese. I don't know whether the priest decided that we might corrupt the teaching of Buddha by them or whether it was merely coinci­ dental, but we had sung only two hymns when a young priest appeared, greeted us most cordially and after a few prelimi­ nary remarks, launched upon a discussion Ask to see our new of Christianity and Buddhism-mostly the latter. ''Among many things he told us what the number 33 means in Buddhism. It College Seal seems there are 33 parts of the body, representing the whole man, and when an acolyte strikes a gong or the cymbals 33 Stationery times, that act symbolizes for Buddhists the complete consecration of the body and of the man. The bringing together of the At: Ext:remely Low Prices cymbals also means the approach of heaven and earth-god and man. It hap­ pens that there are six syllables in the Buddhist 'slogan' and six coats on a on t:he grain of rice; therefore man should eat the whole grain-which is excellent nutri­ College Book Store Campus tional teaching! ''Our friend told us that he was a student priest in the Buddhist university and intended later to go upon a 'very dangerous mission' into the wilds of Thibet and India. But, he said, 'it really doesn't matter much where one dies, since die one must, somewhere! ' He was a de­ voted student of Sanskrit and wrote sev­ For Afterclass Refreshments eral sentences for us, trying to teach us some of the alphabet.'' The next morning, Miss Field says, her drop into the party wandered down a giant avenue of cryptomerias, after the morning prayers. "Beneath them, and on either side clus­ tered gravestones, lanterns, memorial stones, gray with age and green with mosses. Occasionally a new one showed Cyclone Cellar us that some rich man had bought him­ self a cozy corner here for a small rem­ nant of his bones. It is a privilege, you know, to have even a fragment of one's earthly remains reposing here with those of the great Kobo, who founded the place. At last we came to the end, where Two malted milks fo,r a quarter a large octagonal pavilion stood quietly off to itself across a clean-swept court­ yard beyond the corner of a great curv­ ing temple roof. A brass slide opened Every Student Is a Member of Memorial Union into a vault below where the bones of the hoipolloi of the faithful may be dropped. On behind the temple, in a grove of rho­ dodendrons, stood the temple gravestone of the Teacher." Nine Girls 1n Three Years-

In Milwaukee 1s the Milwaukee Vocational School, a city~operated "experiment" of 20 years' standing - an occupational school whose success and standing have made it a model for similar schools everywhere. It's an authority, and it requires in its teachers not only expert training but also versatility.

It has chosen nine Iowa State girls, home eco~ nomics trained, in the last three years as addi~ tions to its faculty.

From a field of hundreds of applicants this school has decided that these girls were best qualified in various home economics fields­ nutrition, foods, applied art, textiles, physical education. And these nine are not exceptions. They are typical of the girls graduated each year by "United States's leading home eco~ nomics institution."

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