Items of Interest * c - y HOLDS A FOLK FESTIVAL' Housewife ative Americans" Sing and DanceAs in the Days of Yore HOUSE Date Pie—Two cup? milk, half celery and cheese. Or if, preferred pound dates, two eggs, one-quar­ use creamed cream cheese for By ELMO SCOTT WATSON ter teaspoon salt, nutmeg. Cook the filling after flavçring it to II faut aller en guerre dates with milk- twenty minutes taste with pepper, salt, paprika, ~ G’est le~bas~dansla prairie — ; it, top of double boiler.„Strain and chopped chives or shallots and Mon pere. n’avait filie qui moi. rub througlTsieve, thennaddeggS ■pimientor A touchant tomato cat­ a, d salt. Line pie plate with, paste, sup can also be added. 1 O SANG the matrons and pour in filling and bake in quick • • • maids of Old Vincennes oven at first to. set rim, decrease . Angel Cake — One cupful of Snearly a century aind a heat afterwards. white of eggs, one and one-quarter half ago as they brought food cupfuls of granulated sugar. One : When Washing Paint—Add a lit­ cupful of flour, One-halrteaspoon to . a little army of ragged, tle, turpentine to the hot soapy cream of tartar. A‘pinch of salt half-starved Kentucky rifle­ w ater.-It greatly simplifies the added to whites before whipping; men, those fierce “Long job ami makes much less “elbow flavor to i taste. Cook in a very Knives” who had followed ,g r ease” necessary,, especially slow oven. Yolks of the eggs may George Rogers Clark in an when the paint has that rather be used for mayonnaise. * * * epic journey across the greasy film caused by the fumes from fires or gas stoves. Colorful Apples^Tf^apples “Drowned Lands” of Illinois • * * are put in water, containing a little to capture “Hair-Buyer” Garbage as a Compost—Gar­ lemon juice a few minutes /before Hamilton and his British red­ bage and vegetable matter of all cooking, they will keep their color, coats in their palisaded strong­ sorts buried underground will in ©—WNU Service. 7 hold of PortrSáckville. And time rot into excellent compost for use on lawn, garden or field. next month other Vincennes * * * A WORD OF matrons and maids (perhaps Bechamel Sauce—Melt a quar­ direct descendants of those ter cup butter in saucepan, add who had once cheered the one-quarter cup flour,; stir until ADVICE heart of the “Conqueror of the smooth. Add gradually one and a half cups of highly seasoned chick­ TO HOUSEWIVES Old Northwest” with their Kiowa Indians from Oklahoma who sing their native songs and give tribal dances. en stock while stirring constantly. Don't take chance* with your furniture welcome) will sing that song Add one-half cup of hot cream polish. Us* only genuina O-Cedar Polish again. ^ time fiddler from the mountains vals have béen 'held and it is Jack Davie,” "Merrie Golden and beat until smooth and glossy. ■fim choice of housekeeper* the world But this time it will be in a of Kentucky or North Carolina. from these, as well as from simi­ Tree,” and “The Old Man irt the Season with salt, pepper, and fine over for30 years. Quickly re­ • * * lar bnés held in former years, stores lustre, protects and setting far different from the North Countrie.” grating of nutmeg.’ If-a yellow Thus will it be when "native that the outstanding performers OKLAHOMA—Coming to rep­ sauce is desired, remove sauce thatched cottages and shady Americans” from all parts of the are selected for the national resent this state is a delegation from range and add the beaten country gather at Orchestra hall festival. Indicative of the wide­ of Kiowa Indians with their songs, yolks. of two" eggs diluted with in Chicago to give their folk mu­ spread interest of the festival dances and ceremonials. one-quarter cup warm cream. sic, songs, dances and plays at moyemept is this state-by-state PENNSYLVANIA—A group of Do not allow sauce to boil after the National Folk festival on May review of its progress and the anthracite miners, assembled by adding egg yolks. 22 to 28—the first time it has ever contributions of . the various George Korson and Bucknell uni­ * * * been held north of the Mason and states to the national gathering: versity, will sing such work songs Oiling Household Machinery— Dixon line.' This festival is one ARIZONA—Cowboys, under di­ as “The Shoo Fly,” "The Avon­ A little oil applied when -needed of the really unique events in rection of Romaine Loudermilk dale Mine Disaster” and “Me will keep household maqhinery the recent history of this coun­ of Rimrock, bring the ballads Johnny Mitchell Man.” working longer and always • ready try. TENNESSEE — Sohg games, for work. You can use cooking or Started by a Woman. such as "London Bridge Is Fall­ salad oil to lubricate small cook­ Its originator was Miss Sarah ing Down," "Skip to My Lou,” ing equipment. Gertrude Knott who, while she and "Buffalo Girl,” and many • • * • In Detail was connected with the Univer­ others have been developed by a Stuffed Celery—Prepare inner To know things perfectly, we. sity of.North Carolina, conceived group from the Agricultural Ad­ stalks of celery. Fill them with should know them in detail; but the idea of bringing together the justment administration, with equal parts of creamed Rocque- as this is almost infinite, our varied exponents of our “folk cul­ Fred J. Colby, Nashville, as di­ fort and cream cheese, mashed knowledge is always superficial ture.” Later, while director rector. till smooth with paprika, and and imperfect. of the Dramatic League of St. TEXAS—More than 30 section­ serve side by side on a boat- Louis, she set out to enlist the in­ al festivals were held in Texas shaped dish, or diced, hr place of terest of others who have in one year and several thousand way or another been concerned ns participated in the na­ with the distinctive elements in I Aon the. tional festival at the Centennial Knowledge America’s background. at Dallas. The best of these UNCLE JESSE ROGERS Among them were such nota­ groups will bring to Chicago An old-time fiddler from North bles as Paul Green of the Uni­ some of the rich lore, of that \XTE GREEDILY ask of a versity of North'Carolina, onepf » » man, "Does he know ,/í.c GENUINE Carolina. • state. Cowboy ballads, music and /ÄV the leading playwrights of this dances predominate in this Latin or Greek? Does he write % INSTANT streets of the old French vil­ country, who is president of the state’s contributions. poetry or prose?” But whether LIGHTING national committee which she or­ he_ has become better or worse lage oh the banks of the Wa­ ganized; Dr. Homer P. Rainey Paul Bunyan Tradition. we never care a straw. We Colem an bash. It will be in a city of of the American Youth commis­ WISCONSIN—Ethel Rockwell, ought to ask, not who knows* SELF-HEATINS towering skyscrapers, a mod­ sion, who is vice-president; Mary the most, but who knows the chief of the bureau of dramatics The Colemanle a een- I R O N ern American city where the Austin, novelist and poet; Walter at the state university, and a best. In true education any­ nineline Intiat Intiet UU|ktiit |ttil(l 1res, . w - Prichard Eaton, head of the Yale A ll yon have to do U tarn a valra.itrlke am teh rattle and bang of “L” trains, member of the national commit­ thing that comes to our hand is and It light* Initantly. Ton don't have ta tnaart school of the drama; Constance tee of the festival, is working to as good as a book. So ex­ the match huida the Iron— ho burned Angara. the clanging bells of street Tha Coltman beata In a jlffy; la qnlekly raadf Rourke, historian and folklorist; bring together folk plays and a amine every man’s talent, a fo rnuè. o . E n tti» i» trontaiIronlnz anrfnea la beated wlth cars, the honking of automo­ SARAH GERTRUDE KNOTT p o taiit tha hottaat. M u n ta !» ita beat arca (or Prof. George Lyman Kittredge group to present something of peasant, a bricklayer, a pass­ Ih*ih* Ifait worker. Entirely Mlf-heating. Opentca of Harvard uniiversity; Dr. Wal­ Originator of the National Folk tot H t an boor. Yon do yoar ironing with U fi biles and the ceaseless roar the Paul Burtyan tradition and erby. You may learn some­ effort. In ool-thirdio n timo. Bo (ora your » a t ter Hough, head curator of an­ Festival. other Badger state folk lore. , thing from all, each in his own iron la tho sennino Inatant-Ughtlng Colaman. of traffic welcomes the visi­ It’* tha Iron arcry woman wanta, It ’* a «rondar- thropology of the Smithsonian in­ line, of the real affair of this fai tima and labor «arar— nothing Ilk* It. Ih * . tor with this theme song of of early life on the plains as well Other states which probably Coleman I* the ***y way to Iran. stitution in Washington; Louise" will send groups are: Iowa, folk earth—how to live and die well. ' «me aoereAtb r*r n r* r*t*», a*«r*u Dome*. Metropolis. Pound, poet; Frances Densmore, as the present day songs. THE COLIMAN LAMP AND ITÓVI CO. plays; Kentucky, mountain —Montaigne, 1533-1592. DraLWtmi tnahlla, K*a*.| Chin**, IU.: And when the strains of this old authority on Indian music; and ILLINOIS—A group of veteran songs; Georgia,. folk customs; rWliiWtlil*. fa.1 L** As**!**, CUll. (OUW) French song die away, there will a number of others. Chicago railway men will bring Vermont and Maine, New Eng­ be heard others which seem Started four years ago in St. some of the early American rail­ land lore; Kansas, plains songs*, strangely out of place in such a Louis as a co-operative, non­ road lore, such as the “Casey Alabama and Mississippi, negro locale. profit venture and held at Chatta­ Jones” song. A chorus of 500 ne­ lore and bid-time music. In Ohio, A cowboy twangs his guitar nooga, Tenn., and Dallas, Texas, groes, not including any paid or Mrs. Mary Roberts Crowley of The Whole Wheat and wails out a song that has the two following years, the Na­ trained performers, will sing Hamilton county is attempting to been heard on many a cat- tional Folk festival movement spirituals -in real camp meeting assemble a group and Mrs. Wil­ style. liam E. Hutson of the Society for Breakfast Food INDIANA From this state Preservation of Spirituals, may ...... v come the French folk groups of bring a group from Charleston, Vincennes, under direction of Ce­ S. C. There Is Health In Every Grain celia Ray Berry, Chicago author The objective of the festival and It Tastes "So Good". of French folk songs. has been summed up as: “To ■ v From Land of “Evangeline.” bring together in a colorful, joy- givihg National Folk festival the With a Flavor All Its Own - LOUISIANA—From Lousiana native and traditional folk arts State university, Lafayette, and "SERVE IT HOT" which, for centuries, have re­ A Mentana Predaci St. Martinsville, home of "Evan­ freshed the hearts of.the.Ameri­ geline,” come;the Acadian danc­ can people in.the various sections Asl ers. They—bring—the - Acadian— of our land.” X band, French songs and customs. by Name In connection with the festival, A BETTER MEAL MICHIGAN — Constance several mornbg conferences are Rourke, the Grand Rapids au­ thor, Frof. E. C. Beck, Northern MONTANA CEREAL COMPANY State Teachers college, Mt. BILLINGS, MONTANA ‘ Pleasant, and H. S. Babcock, Al­ ma, bring a group of former lumberjacks who sing the songs and dance the dances that were peculiar to the lumber camp LIFE’S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher bunk-houses of 50. years ago. ' MISSOURLAND ARKANSAS— May Kennedy McCord of Spring- ’ field and Mabel Mueller of Rolla have organized groups of the Ozark mountaineers. In Kansas City, a group of Mexicans have been found who have kept alive the folk lore which their people have contributed to American tradition. A Maid and a Matron of Old Vincennes. NEW MEXICO—The Mexican and Spanish songs and dances, tie trail in the Old Wes£-”The hqs in this short time become an the influence of which is recog­ Old Chisholm Trail,” or "Bury important one in 20 states. The' nized in present-day life through­ Me Not on the Lone Prairiee.” people who take part in the na-. out the Southwest, is brought to Now it’s a group of veteran tional festival are sent by their the festival by groups organized railroaders singing: various communities or civic and by Arthur L. Campa of Albu­ “Come all you rounders if you educational organizations. They querque and Mrs. A. Lucero want to hear are not paid entertainers but peo­ White of Santa Fe. • A story about a brave engi­ ple who are interested in pre­ NEW YORK—From Staten Is- • neer : . serving American folk spirit and • land come men from the Sailors’ Or it may be a bunch of old- molding itr-through. an annual Snug Harbor,'who will- bring the BOMAINE: LOUDERMILK time lumberjacks roaring out the national festival; into, a presenta­ sea chanteys of work songs of A cowboy^slnger' from Arizona. stirring chorus of "The Shanty tion, of those expressions, such as the sea which these former be- - - -i Boys” or “Wild Mustard River." songs, music and dances, which fore-the-mast sailors sang. r held- each year at which leaders ft Listen novr to that chorus of many believe form the real bAsis NORTH CAROLINA - Fred­ of the different phases of folk­ several hundred voices as they ..•of this country’s cultural ^life. erick Koch, .University of. North lore "get together, exchange sing “Couldn’t Hear Nobody Last year’s festival was held as Carolina, director of the Carolina ideas, and continue tile develop­ Fray,*’ or “Joshua Fit de .Battle a part of the Texas- Centennial Playmakers.will bring folk plays ment of a national1 lore. These oti Jericho.” exposition and this year’s is . and Bascom Lamar Lunsford, di- ' erences are always open to As these, or other, negro spiri­ sponsored by the Adult Educa­ rector of the Mountain Song and public and it is often found tuals end, the next music may be tion council of Chicago as its con­ Dance festival at AshevUle, will S that some of the most interesting the rollicking strains of a sailor tribution to the city’s charter ju­ i present Anglo-Saxon lore, includ­ contributions come from persons -.chantey or the throbbing rhythm bilee. ing square dances, song games, who "have - taken. ho.' previous of an lodian dan& drum or-a During the last, few months fiddle tunes and mountain ballads; “fiddle tone” played by some old- -many local.and sectional festi- including • such songs 'as