Volume 16 Article 1 Number 4 The Iowa Homemaker vol.16, no.4

1936 The oI wa Homemaker vol.16, no.4 Katherine Hoffman Iowa State College

Faithe Danielson Iowa State College

Clare Pell Iowa State College

Genevieve A. Callahan Iowa State College

Clifford Briggs Iowa State College

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Recommended Citation Hoffman, Katherine; Danielson, Faithe; Pell, Clare; Callahan, Genevieve A.; Briggs, Clifford; Shoemaker, Betty; Chandler, Marian; Butler, Rose; Gauley, Mildred; and Petersen, Louise (1936) "The oI wa Homemaker vol.16, no.4," The Iowa Homemaker: Vol. 16 : No. 4 , Article 1. Available at: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/homemaker/vol16/iss4/1

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Authors Katherine Hoffman, Faithe Danielson, Clare Pell, Genevieve A. Callahan, Clifford Briggs, Betty Shoemaker, Marian Chandler, Rose Butler, Mildred Gauley, and Louise Petersen

This article is available in The oI wa Homemaker: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/homemaker/vol16/iss4/1 :I they want advice • • •

"I can hardly get into my office without stumbling over a 7 pound can of ham or a glass jar of pigs feet," -Says the Tribune Foods Editor

She's Mary Meade to Chicago,­ Ruth Ellen Lovrien, '33 , to Iowa State Alumni.

Stacked can upon can in the testing kitchen of the Chicago Tribune last week were hundreds of samples of veal loaf, chili con carne, pork and beans, roast beef, sausage, brains, tamales.

They were sent to Mary Meade, Tribune foods editor, by nine of the country's leading meat packing firms. These packers antici­ pate the time, not far distant, when much of America's meat will come to the kitchen in "flavor sealed packages."

But just now Mrs. America is hesitant about accepting her meat in such form. The packers asked Mary Meade (Ruth Ellen Lovrien, '~3, off the record) and her assistant, Monica Adlard, '31, to test hundreds of samples for flavor, quality of meat and other ingredients and to criticize the labels under which they are marketed.

In other words, what should packers do to create consumer acceptance, and eventually consumer demand, for the packaged delicacies which they know the housewife should be delighted to have?

Mary Meade will answer this question and other packing puzzles in an article soon to appear in the trade publication, "Meat, the Idea Magazine."

It is significant that the ones chosen to conduct this investi­ gation were trained in laboratories where the practical prob­ lems of producer, processor and consumer are brought into juxtaposition.

IOWA STATE COLLEGE The Iowa IIOM EMAI{ER

NOVEMBER

VOL. XVI NO.4

CONTENTS Marjorie Griffin, Editor-in-Chief Miriam Richardson, Editor The Latest in College Dormitories...... 2 by Katherine Hoffman Department Heads: Jean Boland, F oods and Nutrition; Carol Brueck, Child Sport Toggery's on Parade ...... 4 Development and Home Management; by Sally Ruth Kunerth, Textiles and Clothing; Marian Rahn, Household Equipment Grads Gain Goals ...... 5 and Institution Management; Doris by Faithe Danielson Ingle, Education, Peggy Schenk, Ap­ Fly With the Greatest of Ease ...... 6 plied Art. Kathryn Taube Gay Starrak Cookin' for Thanksgivin' ...... 7 Mary Louise Humke Ida Ruth Younkin by Cl,are Pell Evalyn Ingalls Shall I Take Orders? ...... 8 by Genevieve A. Callahan Frances McTigue·, Business Manager How to Entertain Him! ...... 9 Lucille Plocker, Town Manager by Clifford Briggs Dorothy Kraus, Campus Manager Behind Bright Jackets ...... 10 Dorothy Smith Eileen Dubes Helen Miller Marjorie Campbell Write a News Note ...... 11 Margaret McGuire Mary Frances Williams Beth Hayes Madeline Griffin by Betty Shoemaker Arlene Boemhoefer Gene Moore What's New in Home Economics ...... 12 Jean Cole The Equipment Major ...... 15 Marian Rahn, Circulation Manager When Thanksgiving Goodies Arrive ...... 16 by Marian Chandler Marjorie Campbell Mary Elder Jane Helser Marian Hickey Isabel Kraetsch Winifred Loomis Favorite Holiday Dishes ...... 17 Alice Mae Lyon Florence Muir Marjorie Puckett Mary E. Wilkinson Our Coeds Are Versatile ...... 18 Lucy Watson Alvina Iverson by Rose Butler Elizabeth Eaton Maxine Price Progress in Consumer Education ...... 19 Make Yourself Known ...... 20 by Mildred Gauley PUBLICATION BOARD Dean Genevieve Fisher Miss Katherine Goeppinger Did You Know-Hinges Have History ...... 21 Elizabeth Storm Ferguson Miss Paulena Nickell Let's Have a Dunking Party ...... 22 Marjorie Griffin by Louise Petersen Frances McTigue Marian Rahn If your Room Needs Color Cheer ...... 23 Miriam Richardson

No, your Thanksgiving turkey won't be served by bil­ lowy-skirted young girls, but nevertheless we like the mem­ ories of the First Thanksgiving which Dorothy Coe, applied art senior, brings to us in this month's cover.

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 post office, Ames, Iowa. Presenting • The Latest Ill College Dormitories

New Hall at Iowa State ,:; By Katherine Hoffman

MOTHER sat in the upholstered "Sounds messy to me," was the only low picture molding is a great boon. We A chair in a room in New Hall, her response she got amid a scrambling on used to put up madonnas and have lots gloves and purse in her lap, her the bed for hangers. of photographs around on our dressers. hat on a -head of white hair. She "Yes," the mother continued, "and we I even remember I had a collection on watched her daughter, the youngest in had to bring our mattresses along with a wire rack behind the door." the family and one who so much had a our bedding. It was awfully inconven­ mind of her own, unpack a few things ient to ship that big trussed-up roll, but "Well, I'll bet you wouldn't have stuck a lot of photographs up if you'd before they went out to lunch. we did it. We didn't have trundle beds had as good a mirror as this round one." "Do you know-" she started out, -there were two white single beds to The girl leaned toward it and put on a not heedful of the fact that her daugh­ each room and some of them were cer­ generous coating of lipstick in three ter's head was rather well buried in the tainly narrow. What was it? About 27 closet while she arranged her shoes on inches, I think. Oh, no, not all of swift movements and then wiped most the rack, "this reminds me a lot of un­ them,'' she amended, seeing the look of of it off. packing in my room in Margaret Hall disbelief that crossed her daughter's "Of course," her mother subtly ob­ when it was the only dormitory on the features. "But we thought a dormitory served, "we didn't use cosmetics much campus. About 1901, I think it was." furnished with white iron beds was then-a little powder. That was 11bout "Uh-mm,'' came from the closet, "not pretty swell. all. But we had plenty of beaus for con­ that far back." "We studied on oblong oak tables certs and lectures and walks. My, I re­ "Yes, I'm sure it was 1901. Why, that without much drawer space," she re­ member how aflutter we all used to be wasn't so far back. Some of the things flected as the dark head of her daughter when Ethelda, she was the office girl, about dormitory rooms are still the bent over the desk putting away station­ brought up all the cards on a silver tray same, except of course with this modern ery and ink in the drawer. "We stacked on Sunday afternoon. The boys would furniture you feel quite different. Heav­ our books neatly in a row in front of call at the parlors then . .Well, come on, ens! it's a long time since I've even us and each of us had a straight-backed dear. Here are your gloves,'' ·she said, thought of it, but our furniture was chair-the most uncomfortable thing­ as she got up from the easy chair. golden oak with curliques. We had to and a rocker. "Those certainly are good-looking rugs bring our own wash bowls and pitch­ "Don't you think we'd better hurry, they've chosen. Wouldn't a Scotch plaid ers and the dressers were funny little dear?" she interrupted herself as she something like that one look well be­ things with an arrangement that swung pulled back her cuff to look at her watch. tween the doors of the living room at out when we wanted to use the bowl. I "Let those color prints of yours go till home? If we \vlmted rugs we brought think mine was blue and white enamel." after lunch. My, but I do think that them ourseives. My, -. I remember we

2 November, 1936 used to take turns scrubbing our floors furniture in a dormitory at Iowa State easy chair upholstered in friese relieves every Saturday night." that was picked by women for women. the bed as a comfortable place to lounge. "Yes," her daughter admitted, "I think The committee of three faculty women The girls have certainly been indi­ they're pretty nice myself. Do you sup­ who selected the designs have been vidual in working out various color pose we'd have time to take a peek at working on it ever since last April­ schemes to harmonize with the blue, the parlors and kitchenette before we considering, reconsidering, looking at rust, brown, and green rugs and occa­ meet dad?" specifications and sample models. They sional chairs. There is one room fur­ "I guess so, dear. I do want so to see even secured trial set-ups of the furni­ nished with a rust upholstered chair, the rest of this place before we go back." ture and put it to actual tests in girls' rust and gold plaid rug, with brown and "Oh, look, Mother! Look at those mod­ rooms. In art classes they secured the gold plaid drapes and bed spread. A ern chairs. I could just sink down in girls' comments and reactions to this deep maroon red foliage plant adds a one and not move another inch. And furniture. Chairs were really sat in; bit of warmth on the window sill. And look at that radio and that white leather colors were carefully chosen. In the the whole room is illumined with a chair-! just love modern furniture. parlors alone ten different colors of Up­ floor lamp placed cozily beside the up­ Here's the kitchenette. Take a look at holstery were used. Even the minutest holstered chair and handy sewing kit. it, Mother. See those cupboards and details called for careful decisions, be­ Two ivory shaded lamps illumine the that sink. Won't that be swell for mak­ cause decisions became momentous . mirror above the chest of drawers. ing fudge and popping corn? Even the when the results were multiplied so At the window in another room are boys can come in, I guess-" many times. peach silk curtains trimmed in brown "Yes, it looks pretty nice," her mother And then, picking the best features balls. The Mexican cut-work scarf on agreed. "You're certainly lucky. Why, from each, they had the furniture built the chest perfectly matches the curtain we used to dump the sugar bowls into to specifications. The final achievement and blends artistically with the brown our napkins, slide a couple of squares was very different from the old Mar­ chair and Scotch plaid throw rugs. Very of butter on top of that and try to garet Hall furniture, as different as the modern is the coloring in a first floor sneak past the dining room proctor. He 35 years between mother and daughter. corner room when indirectly lighted by was about six feet tall. Then we'd make Modern in spirit and execution, yet con­ ordinary study lamps hidden behind the fudge in our rooms over a little kero­ venient and comfortable, the furniture heavy dark red drapes. The spread on sene stove. We used to set jello, too." provides a lasting basis and encour­ the trundle bed is of a jade green cor­ agement for beautiful arrangement. duroy velvet. Her daughter seemed to enjoy this A trundle bed with inner spring mat­ Quaintly colonial is another room last aside immensely. She had a fond­ tresses takes the place of the old white crisply furnished with. an ivory and ness for tales of her mother's harmless beds; a simple chest of drawers in a green chintz spread banded in plain escapades that she would never admit. neutral brown relieved only by the green. Curtains of the same material are But, "Dad's honking-we'd better go," black wooden drawer pulls replaces the made very full and tied back to expose was all she said. "I'll show you the old. homely dressers. Complete desks delicate green glass curtains over the recreation room after dinner." similar in design to the dressers, with a window. But neither mother nor daughter nor tier both of drawers and of book It is all as modern as can be today_:_ many of the other girls who are living shelves, is far advanced over the old but in 35 years what will the daughter every day with the modern furniture of oak study tables. A special posture chair of the dark haired girl of today have to New Hall realize that this is the first was designed to go with the desks. · An say when her mother starts reminiscing?

Where Recreation Abound~

The Iowa Homemaker 3 Sport Toggery's on Parade

By Sally

OVEMBER comes with crisp, side button effects, gores accented by N autumn days . . . the tang of stitching and front-buttoning are de­ fall is in the air . . . football tails. One model with big patch pockets and polo are beckoning .. . definitely­ has amusing large buttons with foot­ now is the time· ... Iowa State is the ball figures. Many of the skirts are place ... to don these "college togs." finished with the new wide waistband so recently originated. Plaids are advanced for games in bright patterns with red, blue, or brown predominating. Pin-checked worsted skirts go in for side-buttoned effects, and interest is added because of the novelty pocket-almost cornucopia­ shaped and set on at an angle. You will find heartlifting charm with the ward-robe that includes a lot of new skirts, sweaters, and blouses. Clan for every colorful sports costume there plaids in fine zephyr knits are new might be, in every college girl's ward­ for twin sweater sets. The cardigan is robe, a matching pair of wool tights, in plaid with plain binding while the slip­ any one of the three lengths-above or over, of plaid also, has a round collar­ below the knee, or ankle length. The less neckline. The bolero twin in dark latter will perhaps be more practical as colors poses long sleeves over a pastel it can be worn later on for skiing and slipover in lacy knit having neckline skating outfits. detail and waistband in the dark tone. One of the best colors in sportswear A brushed wool twin set has an action is gold-gold for separate jackets, skirts, With the advent of more formality back and a metal slide closing up the sweaters, and even suede vests. Gold is in football fashions and with the in­ front. Under it is worn a brushed wool frequently combined with black- gold crease in after game gaieties; the de­ shirt in wide stripes. Another version sweater and black skirt-or a gold mand for more richness of costume is of the "twin" is the tux twin. In this tweed suit and black sweater. Other apparent. The furred wool jacket cos­ a tuxedo coat is combined with a slip­ suitable color combinations are: yellow tume and the soft woolen or velveteen over in fancy stitch. Winsome sweaters and deep purple blue, smoke blue allied dress are recommended. One of the may be purchased with important de­ with raspberry, rich blue green and season's proven fashion successes is a tails such as front panels, cable-stitch gray, "iodine" colors with natural, black velveteen skirt complimented by treatments, bibbed yokes, novel neck­ black and white checks with cerise, a red jersey sweater and a black knit­ lines, and accentuated shoulder lines. bright green with deep blue, gold and ted Tyrolean vestee, bordered in bands The link between the game, outer­ yellow green, ginger with yellow and of yellow, green, and blue, and em­ wear, and underthings is so close that brown, black and yellow with green, broidered with yarn flowers. burgundy with pale blue, turquoise, In addition to these, there is a de­ yellow, or white, rust with beige, brown, finite need of blouses that will look and yellow, yellow combined with gray, sufficiently dressed-up for that "after­ black, wine, or pine green. the-game-glamour" when girls take off Betty Co-ed will never be minus her their suit jackets for dinners or other bus fare when she wears the newest parties. Rich blouses under sporty "Mad Money" dresses. These two-piece woolens are the thing so that a tweed crepe frocks use polished p e n n i e s suit may be dressed-up with a satin backed by cup-like metal holders in or lame blouse and still be in good place of buttons. Some are used to dec­ taste. The jacket blouse should be orate the pockets on the jacket-taffeta, and on wool. In each case, the background dressy jersey blouses are seen. The for the dress is oxford gray with royal color of the blouse is chosen with more blue, yellow, green, or red embroidery. than usual care because it is the only Felt spaghetti in lively colors lend dash of color planned for the entire neckline interest. Both Empire bodice ensemble. and tunic silhouette are involved in this The swing silhouette carries on and group of dresses. Velvet lacings reflect bright colors are a "must." Chevron a peasant note in the tunic models. flannel is developed for one group of Wear a "Roosevelt Rose" or a "Lan­ skirts in colors of green, coral, gold, don Sunflower" as boutonnieres on your and royal blue. Kick plaits at back, smart suits.

November, 1936 Grads Gain Goals

ow that vacations are over th.J By Faithe Danielson Hinton, M.S. '36, is home management N thoughts of many people have specialist with the Maryland Extension; turned to work. All colleges and Margaret White, '36, has returned to schools throughout the United States Iowa State to do graduate work in have begun with increased enrollments, home management. Helen Heye, M.S. and many demands have come for '27, who has been studying at the Iowa State graduates. Univ. of Iowa, has accepted a half­ Placements from the Child Develop­ time appointment in Parent Educa­ ment Department are: Irene Liebig, tion in the Iowa Child Research Sta­ M.S. 36, Ellendale Normal and Indus­ tion for next year and expects to com­ trial School, Ellendale, South Dakota; plete the requirements for the Ph.D. Ula Purefoy, M.S. '36, Dell Nursery degree in August, 1937. Zella Dague, School, Des Moines; Evalyn Erwin, M.S. '36, instructs in foods and home '34, graduate assistant, Univ. of Tenn., management, Mississippi State College Knoxville; Lucille Manchester, '36, for Women, Columbus; Ellen Kleppe, Emergency Nursery School, Des Moines; M.S. '27, is on the staff at Texas Tech­ Louise Pattengill, '36, Convalescent nological College, Lubbock, Texas. Home operated by the Junior League, The two most recent Journalism Des Moines. grads receiving positions are: Ruth Most of the Foods and Nutrition grads all been placed; in fact, many more Cook, '36, who is with the Ohio Dairy are also busy. Vera Tiede, '34, is could have been used in this field. Council, Cincinnati, Ohio; Rosemae dietitian in the Tubercular Sanitarium, Delta Neuman, M.S. '36, has been Johnson, '36, who is employed in the Northville, Michigan; Helen Wellman, placed as assistant teacher trainer, Tasting-Test Kitchen, Better Homes & M.S. '36, teaches and has charge of Texas State College for Women, Den­ Gardens, Meredith Publishing Com­ the cafeteria in the Whitehall, Mon­ ton, Texas. Other placements are as pany, Des Moines. tana H . S.; Elizabeth Rogosheski, M.S. follows: Gladys Olson, '26, M.S. '36, New appointments for graduates from '36 is on the staff at Purdue University, the Textiles and Clothing Department ' ' Des Moines Public Schools; Eileen Lafayette, Ind.; Ruth Blanshan, 21, Flinspach, M.S. '36, Bloomington, Ill., are: Karlyne Anspach, '36, Nelly Don, M.S. '28, has filled a vacancy in the H. S.; Mary Amerson Anderson, '32, Kansas City; Eleanor Shivvers, '36, the Foods and Nutrition Department, Ohio Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Insti­ ready-to-wear dress section at Carson State Univ., Columbus; Nellie DeKalb, tute, Tuskegee, Alabama; Carol Critz­ Pirie Scott and Company, Chicago; '35, is completing training at Beth man, '36, Murray, Iowa, H. S.; Char­ Helen Anderson, '35, M.S. '36, New Israel Hospital, Newark, N.J., and has lotte Gustafson, '36, Freeport, Illinois, York School of Retailing, a position accepted a position as dietitian at St. H. S.; Mary McKevitt, '36, Ironwood, with The Emporium in San Francisco· Joseph's Hospital, Lewiston, Montana; Michigan, H. S. Kay Stilson, ex '36, employed by Jor~ Edda Mason, '19, is employed as dieti­ Institution Management graduates dan-Marsh, a large department store in tian by the Board of National Missions, have been in great demand recently. Boston; Esther Cruikshank, '36, and at Santa Fe, N. Mex. Sarah Miner, M.S. '35, teaches at West­ Helen Avery, ex '36, the sales depart­ Virginia Smith, '35, completed train­ ern State Teacher's College, Macomb, ment at Cownie Fur Company in Des ing at Walter Reed Hospital, Washing­ Ill.; Josephine Mishler, '33, is dietitian Moines. ton, D. C., and has accepted a posi­ of dormitories, Adams State Teachers Ruby Johnson, M.S. '33, is teaching tion as dietitian at the Savery Hotel College, Alamosa, Colorado; Ardath textiles and clothing at North Dakota in Des Moines; Claribel Albright, '34, Unrau, '34, has gone to Purdue Univer­ Agricultural College, Fargo, N. Dak.; who majored in Foods Chemistry, com­ sity, Lafayette, Ind., as a graduate as­ Louise Buchan, '31, is assistant in the pleted her work for her master's de­ sistant; Dorothy Klauer, '36, is in Home Service D:=partment, Central gree this summer at Chicago Univer­ charge of an Eleanor Club, Chicago. States Power and Light Corporation, sity and is now employed by the Quaker Grace Lied, '35, Frances Keltner, '36, West Union, Iowa. Oats Company, St. Joseph, Mo. Mary Grace Martin, '29, Elsie Larson, The graduates choosing Home Eco­ '36, Anne Sheumaker, '36, Isabella Pal­ nomics Education for their major have mer, '36, Sara Stephens, '36, and Wanda Goodhue, '36, have assumed positions in the e d u c a t i o n a 1 program of "The 'Junket' Folks," Little Falls, New York. Each is located in a different city car­ rying on demonstrations of junket prod­ ucts. Harriet Henderson, '34, manages the cafeteria at Rochester A. & M., Rochester, N. Y. Marion (Moss) Burbank, '19, has ac­ cepted an appointment as Home Ad­ ministration instructor. Los Angeles Jr. College, Los Angeles, Calif.; Jess!e

The Iowa Homemaker 5 Fly with the Greatest of Ease

H, SHE flies through the air with are as smart as well-appointed draw­ with her into the cabin of the plane. O the greatest of ease"-the woman ing-rooms-and far more comfortable As for etiquette during the flying who travels by plane these days! than most. time, the rules are few and simple. The etiquette of air-travel, so new as Small close-fitting hats are best in Only during take-offs and landings are not to be included in formal guides to the air, permitting greater comfort, visi­ passengers requested to fasten safety social behaviour, deserves a special bility for the scenic-minded traveler, belts. At other times, they may move chapter to itself. Since so many women and are more readily handled when about with what freedom the plane are flying, a few simple rules, govem­ they are removed. permits. Conversation in the sound­ ing the amenities of traveling by air, Of the 200,000 passengers carried last proofed planes of today is possible in are suggested by Rosalie Gimple, chief year by the United Air Lines, 55,000 a normal speaking voice. Cigarette stewardess for United Air Lines, Chi­ were women, according to Miss Gimple. smoking is permitted at all times ex­ cago. Most of these were experienced enough cept at take-offs and landings. First about clothes for flying! Sim­ Dining on a plane has advanced far plicity, which marks most costumes beyond the old sandwich picnic stage. fer daytime and all travel-wear is par­ Today full course dinners are served ticularly appropriate for the woman by stewardesses from their compact going somewhere by air. Early women little cabin kitchens. Although forks, air-travelers on regular commercial spoons, and o t h e r of the ordinary planes have never gone through what equipment for dining are fumished early women-motorists did. Anyone diners, some picnic manners are sanc­ whose memory goes back to 1906 recalls tioned by etiquette authorities. Fried the dusters, the veils, the voluminous chicken, on a plane for instance, is petticoats. None of that for early wom­ eaten with perfect propriety in the en flyers. Their clothes have always fingers. Stewardesses offer a choice of been as streamlined as the planes in hot coffee, tea, or chocolate to their which they rode. passengers. Salads, rolls, fresh fruit, Comfort is a primary feature of smart cakes and ice cream are served with flying clothes. When the trip is to be perfect ease and dispatch. Meals served a long one, non-crushable clothes, such on the airplanes are of course, com- as knitted suits are ideal. Even during plimentary. · the good old summer-time, when "It is the job of the stewardess to clothes are apt to wilt, the breezy com­ make life more interesting and pleas­ fort of a plane high in the air, helps ant to her passengers," said Miss Gim­ the smart traveler to look as fresh at travelers to k n o w that all luggage ple, who supervises United's 150 stew­ the end of the trip as at the start when should be reduced to the mm1mum. ardesses. "She knows the route thor­ she takes off in the midst of a group For air-travel, the smart, light lug­ oughly and is prepared to answer any of admiring friends. Plane cabins of gage and compact clothing which are and all questions about it. In addition the larger airlines are precooled before the mark of the sophisticated traveler to being a registered nurse, with a the take-off during the summer time, everywhere are particularly suitable. wide knowledge of ways to make her and ventilated in the air so that pas­ However, the airlines allow each pas­ passengers more comfortable physically, sengers may enjoy cool s u m mer senger 35 pounds of baggage without she is also conversant with a wide breezes. So well equipped with com­ charge. A really surprising amount of variety of subjects in which her pas­ fortable, attractively upholstered chairs clothing can be packed within this sengers may be interested. Social life are planes these days that even deli­ limit. The handbag of the knowing while flying today-now that flying cate frocks and those smooth white woman air-traveler contains extra is taken so much as a matter of course suits which are a part of every wom­ handkerchiefs, lipstick, powder and -is very like social life in your own an's wardrobe, take the air without a whatever beauty aids she will require drawing room-with the same rules of wrinkle. Interiors of airplanes today for her trip-as she carries no baggage courtesy goveming conduct."

6 November, 1936 Cookin' for Thanksgivin~ By Clare Pell

"Ah! On Thanksgiving day, when from a tin pan to keep it clean and set inside This receipt was print:)d 200 y:)ars ago East and West, the little oven to bake. in Countrey Contentments: or th'.'! E:J.g­ From North and from South come the Could you make a delicious cake in lish House Wib by G. ].\/!.-London, Pilgrim and guest, a vessel like that? Possibly, but what 1623. When the gray-haired New Englander if your recipe read like this? "To make And what could Thanksgiving din­ sees round his board excellent spice cakes, take halfe a pecke ner be without a pumpkin pie? No The old broken links of affection of very fine wheat-flower, take almost more com p 1 e t e than Washington's restored, one pound of sweet butter and some birthday without the hatchet, Easter When the care-wearied man seeks his good milke and creame mixt together, without the bunny, or Hallowe'en with­ mother once more, · out black cats. And the worn matron smiles wl).ere Told in the words of our grandmoth­ the girl smiled before, ers, here is the "true" Down East What moistens the lip and w:hat Punkin Pie receipt. brightens the eye? What calls back the past, like the rich "First an' foremost, use unsalted pumpkin pie?" butter to your pastry, make the gun­ nel or border high 'nough for generous fillin', which shrinks in bakin'. - Don't S THE well worn clock of Father scrimp a blessed thing. 1% cup steamed A Time strikes off the hours on this strained punkin, ~ cup brown sugar Thanksgiving Day, we shall be or 3 tablespoons mollasses-to give dark busily dashing around stuffing the tur~ color, l teaspoon cinnamon, % teaspo<;m key, a fat, well fed young fowl; rolling ginger, 1h teaspoon salt, two eggs well out our hot cross buns, and baking beaten, 1% cup milk scalded, '% cup Thanksgiving pumpkin pies, 'cause cream, at discretion for richness. of "Thanksgiving ain't Thanksgiving with­ flavor. Stir in the ingredients in order out pumpkin pie." Let's look back a few given above. Don't scrimp the quantity generations and watch our great-great­ of filling-it shrinks in baking. great-great-great grandparents prepar­ Like all folks what love cookin', to ing for Thanksgiving, the feast day of add personality to the ingredients; a the year in America. . set it on the fire, and a good deale of pinch more o' cinnamon, a dite less Back in a little New England com­ sugar, and let it melt together; then somethin' else, makes all the diff-runce munity nestled in those lovely' hills straine Saffron into your milke a good in the world 'twixt 'punkin' pie and and the verdantly rich farm lands, we quantity; then take seven or . eight 'pumpkin' pie." see an immaculate white .house shel­ spooneful of good Ale barme, and eight As this Thanksgiving season ap­ tered by the stately elms, silver birches egges with two yelkes ;md mix them proaches, let us pause a moment, as and majestic maples: Opening the door together, then put your milke to it we bake in our electric ovens, make we are welcomed by a big fire blazing when it is somewhat cold, and into dessert in our mechanical refrigerators, and crackling in the hearth, and before your flower put salt, Aniseedes bruised, use the mechanical mixers, and cook us is the table heaped high with palate Cloves and Mace, and a good deal of tickling dishes that are New England's Cinamon; then worke all together good with all the approved and tested rec­ own. and stiffe, that you may need not ipes, and offer a little prayer of thank­ Over near the fire place is the mother worke in any flower after; then put fulness for our New England fore­ baking, probably, in Dutch ovens of in a little ros:c water cold, then rub fathers who began the culinary excel­ tin, set on the blazing hearth, facing it well in the thing you knead it in, lences of Thanksgiving Day that is re- the open fire, with a tin shield to and worke it thoroughly: If it be not nowned throughout the world. · ward off the flames; or in an iron sweet enough, scrape in a little more And lest we forget Him who makes kettle oven with squat legs and a de­ sugar, and pull it all in peeces, and all things possible- pression on the cover in which hot hurle in a good quantity of Currants, "Let all of us in full accord coals would be placed to give a top and so worke all together againe, and Give grateful thanks unto the Lord­ heat to brown the dough, or rather bake you Cake as you see cause in a A very kind and gracious Lord, the doughy batter, which was put in gentle warme oven." Who gives us more than our reward."

The Iowa Homemaker 7 Shall I Tal{.e Orders?

Genevieve A. Callahan, editor of thinking for her. physical labor, but the management is Sunset Magazine, San Francisco, Too many girls are utterly lacking up to you-and a physically fatigued Calif., and an Iowa State home eco­ in concentration. They cannot even take person is not in a fit condition to make nomics graduate, recently compiled a telephone message or an order from wise plans and decisions. a booklet, "Preparation for the Busi­ a customer quickly and accurately. How Directors of large and flourishing home ness Field of Home Economics." to use the telephone and the cash reg­ economics departments are generally This is the first of a series of re­ ister are two simple but important bits envied for their salaries and high posi­ prints from the booklet. It is pub­ of training for~ the girl who aspires to tions, without much effort at under­ lished by the Home Economics in work in a food shop. A girl's appear­ standing their contribution to their re­ Business Group of the San Fran­ ance and hand-writing, say these spective businesses. cisco Bay Region and may be ob­ thoughtful employers, give at least some Too many in the home economics pro­ tained from "Sunset Magazine" or indication of the type of work she can fession let themselves get into the habit from Miss Alice Edwards, American be expected to do. of concentrating on details, forgetting Home Economics Association, Mills To the older home economist who the big plan as a whole. It is the old Building, Washington, D. C. Price considers herself ready to launch forth story of not being able to see the forest JOe. for herself, the following recommenda­ for the trees. tions are given: The director of a department must Don't start in business until you have ANY of the suggestions given first of all be a director, a leader. She M for the tea room operator and enough capital to tide you over month must plan, give orders and suggestions; the business e x e c u t i v e are after month when outgo is bound to she must constantly be organizing and equally applicable to the home econo­ exceed income by a wide margin. The reorganizing the various units of her mist who entertains an idea of going original expenses are not the only ones department in order to make them func­ into business for herself. This, again to count on. tion to their highest degree of effect­ is not to be thought of by the girl just Don't start in business unless you iveness. She must be able to hire and out of college. She must work at vari­ know how to do everything about the fire as necessary, without letting her ious types of jobs in order to accumu­ work. (This applies to restaurant work, personal feelings and sympathies influ­ late experience, judgment, and capital, also.) Then you are never at the mercy ence her too strongly. before she is ready to set up a business of "independent" help; moreover, you No youngster just out of college is for herself. can give directions clearly and with equipped for such a big job, but if she Bake shops, shops selling cooked food, authority; and in addition, you know has any executive ability at all, she can and home canning kitchens are three how long a time each task should re­ grow into this type of position. It is a of the many possible businesses that the quire, and can be more fair about what line of development in which every home economist interested in food may to expect of each helper and more just home economist should strive to im­ undertake. Two women who have made in your reproofs. prove herself, unless she prefers the a notable success in a business of their And lastly, don't as a manager and easier road of taking orders from some­ own and have hired-and fired!-dozens owner work so hard physically that you one else-sometimes from one less able of home economics trained girls make sacrifice the managing. You can, if than herself in general, but who has these suggestions to women, young or you have capital, hire others to do the that vital necessity, executive ability. older, who contemplate such a step. The beginner must, of course, work in some one else's shop, and this is her golden opportunity if she recognizes it as such. Too many girls, these em­ ployers say from sad experience, are simply too slow mentally and physically, too lazy, to make a success of such a job--and if they are incompetent to work for someone else, certainly they would be hopeless heads in a business. It is hard work to run a food shop; you have to be willing to get up early in the morning-at least six days a week! Work in shops of this sort is seldom sharply defined. The girl who is alert, observant, will look around for things to do. Such a girl will be advanced rapidly, as she shows her readiness for greater responsibility. One cannot ex­ pect to make progress as long as she expects her employer to do all her

8 November, 1936 How to Entertain Him! When Holidays Arrive By Clifford Briggs

HEN a girl invites her boy­ W friend home she has probably known him for some time. At this stage of a young girl's romance she either knows what her boy friend likes to do, or else she isn't like most women "who can't be fooled." "It depends upon the girl" seems to be the concensus of opinion of most fellows asked the question "What would you like to do at a girl's home?" The' time of year, the surroundings, her likes and dislikes, all seem to deter­ mine how much fun or how little they Fish if he wishes will have. One fellow said he would rather

think about is just how well his girl friend can cook. And, girls, try to keep his mind off things at home. Try to keep his mind on things at hand and not let him think. If he goes into one of thosa pensive moods, look out. It's all right to sit around and talk about the future, but not too much of it. For really he is getting an -impression just as you give it to him. In answer to the question, "How long should ·you have gone with a fellow before you invite him to your home?" Match him in golf I would say that it is entirely up to you. If it is at all convenient for him

dance than do anything else. "Sitting around and talking with the' old folks," he said, "got to be an old story." But on the other hand, one fellow said that he liked to sit around and visit with the parents or go fishing if there were facilities for such. He said, "That's why you go to a girl's home, to get acquainted with the parents." Going to a show, coming home after­ wards and listening to the radio, is also interesting entertainment, he added. If the girl is athletic at all or likes to swim or play tennis, most of the fellows would like to do the same if Or go for a canter it were the time of year for those sports. One fellow said he had the privilege well stocked, of course, you must not to go for a few days, it is a way that of being invited to a girl's home where allow him to wear out his welcome. you can show your appreciation for the there was a private swimming pool, Don't let seeming hospitality get the times he has entertained you at his bridle path, and tennis cou:-ts. He had better of you. own expense. the best time of his life, but it was only Here the girl again must use her I believe that the sole responsiblity that, he explained. judgment. If she is shrewd enough remains with the girl when she is her As to how long a fellow should stay she can tell whether her parents ap­ boy friend's hostess. By this time she depends entirely upon his own judg­ prove or disapprove of her friend and should know what they like to do in ment, girls. If there's a big family his stay. common, and she can provide her en­ and the family larder isn't so very Another thing most fellows like to tertainment accordingly.

The Iowa.Homemaker !) Behind Bright Jacl<.ets

creches; equipment; duties of workers; dren's orchestra with a child at the daily schedules; health programs-all baton. She is the author of "Children's this and much more is fully covered Percussion Bands," and a firm con­ here, in addition to an account of t'"nder for the use of drums, bells, Soviet Russia's attitude toward such rhythm, sticks, triangles, trombones, and world problems as marriage, family cymbals. The child's unconscious "noise HE time has come, the ho_usewife life, illegitimate children, birth control hunger," Miss de Rusette believes, can T said, to write of many thmgs, of and other featu:-es bearing on the new be put to musical use by wise direction shoes, and sheets and paring knives, status of women and mothers, teachers on the part of the adult, and she has of stains and curtain rings-and of Sun­ and children in Russia today. There demonstrated herself that this can be day night suppers, and dieting, and are innumerable photographs, charts, accomplished. cheese, and Thanksgiving dinners, and and diagrams adding illuminating de­ In "Music Under Eight," Miss de furniture, and the clothes problem, and tail to the text. Rusette puts forth the theory that the budgeting an income, and caring for The author, Mme. Fediaevsky, is one melodic urge becomes apparent at the the children, and entertaining, and get­ of the outstanding leaders in the field age of six. She sets out to prove that ting along with the family. of kindergarten and elementary edu­ during the early period of a child's life How can a housekeeper face the im­ cation in Russia, where she has taught his natural response to music is through portant business of living serenely if and directed this work with marked bodily activity. Melody, she asserts, is her days are spent in groping for the success. being steadily assimilated, and careful answers to time-consuming, irritating Nursery School and Parent Education in preparations are going on for its fulfil­ minor problems? Soviet Russia , by Vera Fediaevsky and Prof. Patty Smith Hill. $2.50. ment. These are based, she believes, If she spills the ink, how can she re­ upon imagination and movement, move it? Where can she get a compe­ + through games, songs, and stories. tent part-time maid? How much mate­ HE Girl and Her Future, Revised The dulcimer, Miss de Rusette claims, rial will be required for a table cover T Edition, by Helen Haerle, Intro­ is invaluable in supplying musical illus­ and where does one place the monogram duction by Mrs. Franklin D. Roose­ trations. Music should be linked closely on linen? What is the correct length for velt, was originally published in the with the life and interests of the child. glass curtains, and are Venetian blinds fall of 1932. This helpful book has Melody should be given first place; pitch here to stay? Where can she find out found a widely increasing audience tests, voice tuning, song memorization, about the new consumer education among girls who, finishing school and etc., each have their place. By these movement and how can she take the unable to obtain employment, but still means the child is brought to the intel­ eager to use their enforced leisu re to scorch out of a shirt? Should she buy lectual period before he knows. table knives with long blades and short advantage, would like to choose a vocation with a full knowledge of its " Music Under Eight," by Louie E. de handles? If a recipe calls for kilograms, Rusette. E. P. Dutton and Company, New what is the equivalent in ounces? possibilities and the necessary back­ York. $1.75. .Mrs. Harris, Director of Women's Ac­ ground for it. The new, revised edition tivities, Building Arts Exhibit, Inc., contains five additional chapters which Cleveland, and co-author of "The Home will be especially welcomed by par­ I N RESPONSE to the constant de­ Economics Omnibus," has put the an­ ents and vocational guidance experts: mand of "Mrs. Consumer" for in­ swers to these, and a thousand other "What the Grammar School Graduate formation which will guide her in bet­ questions, in her new book, "Everywo­ Can Do," "What the High School Grad­ ter buying, one of the largest mail order man's Complete Guide to Homemaking." uate Can Do," "What the College houses in the United States has pub­ It covers everything and the kitchen Graduate Can Do," "The Girl in Indus­ lished a detailed consumer shopping sink. It is a veritable mine of informa­ try," and "Suggestions for Class and guide. tion, all of it the most authentic avail­ Individual Study." The guide consists of a series of 41 able, and will be indispensable to any The Girl and Her Future, by Helen Hoerle. cards, each of which discusses a particu­ housekeeper's tranquility. Published by Random House. $2.00. lar kind of fabric such as percale, batiste or silk. The distinguishing characteris­ Everywoman's Complete Guide to Home­ + making, by Florence La Ganke Harris. Pub­ HAT about the musical educa­ tics of the material, quality determina­ lished by Little, Brown and Co. $2.50. W tion of the child under eight? tions and use and samples of the mate­ + It isn't really hopeless if you rial are included on each card. HE book most suggestive and in­ have the wise guidance of an experi­ A second part of the guide is a book­ T spiring to kindergarten and nurs­ enced modern teacher like Miss de let, "Handbook of Facts," which contains ery school educators of this coun­ Rusette. Teachers, playground directors, a dictionary of standards and terms, in­ try should be "Nursery School and parents, all who have a healthy interest formation on the care and use of fabrics Parent Education in Soviet Russia," in the musical education of the ener­ and specific information on the factors a c:Jmprehensive, detailed and docu­ getic, growing child, will find Miss de that control wise purchasing . . . fibers, mented volume comprising an analyti­ Rusette's observations fascinating read­ weaves, finishes, workmanship and helps cal survey of the education of young ing and her programs of action easy to on judging. children in Russia and the re- organi­ carry out, no matter how difficult the In order that this publication may be zation of Soviet family life. The Rus-· child. self-supporting, it is necessary for the sian philosophy of education from the Miss de Rusette has done excellent consumer to pay for the guide. How­ cradle up; methods and objectives of work in England in organizing the chil- ever, since this guide is published purely

10 November, 1936 in the interest of consumer education of artists suggested and developed the cause of their honest care of details, and and is in no way an advertising medium, form of study with which this book is their ingenuity in producing something a study of it may increase the consumer's concerned. Here is a new approach for lovely out of the raw. She shows that purchasing ability so much that she the art student and also for the critic work done '"pon honor" reacted most of will save for herself much more than and philosopher, with divergent fields of all to the good of the worker. the actual cost of the guide. thought brought into vital relationship. To those who love the simple and This guide may be purchased from Sears The author tells us that he has written beautiful things of yesterday's workaday Roebuck and Company for the price of $1.00 the book for American consumption. world this book will serve as a passport postpaid. The writer is Professor of Art History to the mysteries of their beginnings, for + in the University of Turin, and author it is written in an easy tempo which H ISTORY of Art Criticism, by Lio­ of numerous books on Italian Art. allows the reader time to loiter at many nello Venturi, Ph. D., is a schol­ an old shop, visit with the tinkerer, the arly book of great importance, History of Art Criticism, by Lionello Ven­ turi, Ph. D., Litt. D. $3.75. chairmaker, the coffinmaker, the currier, taking up especially the philosophical and more than a score of others of our derivations and aspects of the field of + ancestors who loved the feel of a ham­ RS. RAWSON, in the new book, study as it has developed slowly through mer in their hands or the glow of a forge the centuries. After first defining and ex­ M "Handwrought Ancestors," cov­ kept ruddy by the pumping of the great plaining its field, the book passes to a ers still another segment of early Ameri­ old "leathern lungs." historical review of critical approaches can life. We have read much of the old Much of the interest of this book cen­ to art, from obscure beginnings among handwrought articles made by our an­ ters about the pendrawings with which the Greeks through medieval, romantic cestors, but we have perhaps paid too the author has illustrated it. There are and classic periods in various countries, little attention to what the making of one hundred and fifty sketches of quaint to the rapidly enlarging fields of the these things did to their makers. This shops in farmyard and on dusty road, more recent art criticism. book deals with the old farm tinkerin' their equipment, and the tools which Important and illuminating sections shops and those other tiny shops along intrigue us so today, and many a fin­ study the German philosophers (Kant, village streets, in which our cherished ished article which, though made for Hegel, Goethe and others) in this aspect antiques came into existence. Mrs. Raw­ use in the old days, is treasured for its of their work, and some of the great son tells how the ancestors themselves beauty today. Italian painters as their thought took grew with the making of these things; this angle; also the manner in which grew to be not only finer and more cap­ Handwrought Ancestors, by Marion Nicholl Rawson. Published by E. P. Dutton and Co., the first attempts to write biographies able workmen, but finer characters be- Inc., New York, N. Y. $5.00.

Write A News Note Not A Blue Note

By Betty Shoemaker

OU'VE been asked to make out you are writing wanted to come to never be altered, but something that Y a list of your hobbies often school this fall herself, and couldn't makes it easier to remember how often enough, and yet I'll be very much make it. Be a bit considerate of her I have written. I prefer to write short surprised if you haven't overlooked feelings and don't talk too much about letters rather than long ones, because this one completely. Have you ever the Junior Prom and the date for the I can write them quickly and usually thought of letter writing as one of the football game. Remember to ask about without too much interruption; then fine arts? It is, really. If you have a her scottie and the Country Club I can keep the mood in which I started reputation as a writer of clever letters, dances. You will probably be spend­ to write. Here is one rule for writ­ you have achieved at least a small de­ ing the summe'r at home. Try to make ing letters that is very important­ gree of fame. Your letters are more of your letters a tie that will help you do not send any letter that you have a clue to your personality than you keep contact with your friends and written when you were feeling low. may imagine, because if they are sin­ make it easier to fit into the group One friend of mine has developed cere they contain a part of your own when you get home again. letter writing as a hobby until it has self. They should have a distinctive In college it is easy to forget you reached rather large proportions. She flavor-and although they may be de­ have a family unless you want some­ writes one or two letters a week to mure, racy or a bit on the sophisticated thing that you have left at home or about twenty people, and my guess is side, they are truly a part of you. A the bank account is low. Your family that each letter is just as clever and letter is a substitute for your presence. is one group, ·and probably the only one, amusing as she is herself. She uses You wouldn't send your Grandmother that will not object if your letters are green ink, but if you prefer brown or to see your best friend for you, so almost entirely about yourself. Why black, try to find a kind of note paper don't send letters that are stilted and not take advantage of this and tell that with your color of ink spells "you." completely devoid of the small talk of them all about the things you are do­ If you can illustrate your letters, grand. amusing incidents and minor tragedies ing? If you wish, you can make your Pen and ink stick figures are simple that make your days full and happy. letters a diary of all the important enough for even those of us who are Be sure you consider the person to dances you have gone to, the picnics not too talented. Show your ingenuity whom you are writing. That is, let­ you have enjoyed, and the movies you in any way you choose, but be sure ters that are written on the same day have seen. that the sum total from the writing should not be carbon copies of each I like having a schedule for writing on the envelope to the signature on other. Perhaps the person to whom letters, not so definite . that it may the last page is "you".

The Iowa Homemaker 11 • What's New Ill

Household Equipment suring the freedom of the bitter taste gether and using the same stitching The latest sandwich grill set of twelve so common to orange juice juiced process. And what a joy it is to discover pieces consists of a sandwich grill, a from oranges at high speed. that a carefully mended spot is hardly warp-proof walnut tray, six sandwich In addition to the beater, other at­ detectable after the linen has been plates of crystal glass, two relish dishes tachments of the food crafter include laundered and ironed, for the stitching also of crystal glass, a natural finish the juicer with its glass bowl, porcelain takes on almost the same appearance maple wood cutting board and a stain­ reamer and aluminum strainer; the as the woven linen. less steel knife. slicer and shredder consisting of two + The tray is 18 inches wide and 30 cones; and the food grinder with three In August, the Nazi zeppelin, Hinden­ inches long. The sandwich grill has knives giving fine, medium, and course burg, carried the largest commercial been designed with lighter aluminum grindings. The two bowls of fire-proof freight shipment ever made to Europe grids, so arranged as to prevent any china serve many duties besides their by air-a complete oil-burning home­ possibility of mashing sandwiches. A purpose as beater and mixing bowls. heating unit of 1162 pounds. double grease drain on the top and + bottom grids prevents grease spillage, Metal cup-racks fastened under each and the drain cup has been enlarged to shelf utilizes as much cupboard space take care of excess amounts of grease. as possible. Another space saver is a This is an ensemble fully equipped drop-down door with a bread board on to enable homemakers to entertain or its back. When opened, a knife rack quickly and easily prepare light meals, and knife sharpener are revealed in the sandwiches, etc., for parties, luncheons, cupboard compartment. or after-theater suppers. + + There is a motor-driven device which An electric range, which has a sur­ mixes, grinds, chops, beats, and acts face unit which may be operated one­ as a fruit juicer. These operations can tenth of its full wattage, is the most be carried on with a variety of attach­ unusual of several pieces of new equip­ ments using the same motor unit. The ment installed this fall in the House­ mixing bowls which come with it are hold Equipment laboratories. Other The motor is air-cooled thus elim­ oven-proof china, and may be used for additions are a new electric range of baking or for table service. another manufacture, a kerosene inating common overheating faults rang.e, an electrical refrigerator and with heavy loads. + a kerosene burning refrigerator. This + New features to be noticed by home­ equipment will be used in the regular Truly the hit of the season are the makers on one of the latest coffee laboratory work. There are elso sev­ new food protectors. "Protectons," are makers having eight cup capacity are eral new graphical instruments for the put out by an eastern manufacturing visual measurement indications elim­ use of the research students in their concern. Made of oiled silk in the form inating the necessity of measuring the refrigeration problems. of toaster covers, utility pouches, mix­ + er covers, and plate covers, these "Pro­ The latest food crafter placed upon tectons" are washable and do not af­ the market is an entirely revolutionary fect the food they are protecting in device for the preparation of foods re­ any way. Other likeable features of quiring mixing, grinding, chopping, and "Protectons" are the prevention of beating operations. evaporation and drying of foods; the The new food crafter does not use prevention of cheese, fish and onion a power stand or gear stand to provide odors from spreading; and the ability adequate power for attachments; all to be used for days and weeks in the the attachments attach directly to the refrigerator. "Protectons" may be used motor unit. to cover open boxes of cereals, crack­ amount of water separately, an extra A dominating feature of this mixer ers, etc., also. large mouth provided for the lower is the ample power provided for the + bowl facilitating cleaning with the ad­ broad range of duties for which it has Mending table linens need no longer dition of a lip to facilitate pouring, been designed, thus eliminating stall­ be a tedious process for the thrifty a soft rubber gasket giving a better ing which results after several minutes housewife. Modern science has per­ seal and vacuum, an improved filter, of operation when adequate power is fected a sewing machine that, with the and covers for both the coffee maker not provided. flip of a handy lever, "goes into re­ bowls. Tea may be made as well as This new mixer will beat and mix verse" and enables one to quickly rein­ coffee in this coffee maker. heavy mixtures-no hand-beating or force a worn spot by alternately stitch­ + mixing operations are necessary. It ing forward and backward. A tear is An entire section of the New York juices oranges at low speed thus in- easily repaired by pulling the edges to- Herald Tribune (Sunday, Sept. 27,

12 November, 1936 oine Economics

well as those who meet accident: 1936) was devoted to the home and the this new sweeper cleans hardwood floors -nail-shaped pieces of translucent plas­ homemaker in celebration of the twen­ and linoleum. tic material have been devised to cover tieth anniversary of the founding of + broken nails while they are growing the Herald Tribune Institute. The di­ A newcomer in kitchen equipment is out. The material, a cellulose acetate rector of home economics there is a combination kitchen work table and plastic, known as Plastacele, is natural Eloise Davidson who was the head ironing board. The enameled top table, looking and pliable. It may be moulded of the Household Equipment Depart­ complete with four chairs, has two to follow the shape of individual nails, ment at Iowa State College from 1924 side leaves which drop out on a level and fitted close to the cuticle. A supply to 1927. The work of the Institute is with the center panel. The closed table of these finger nails comes in a neat to test new devices for the home and measures two and a half by four feet, little box, together with glue for apply­ then to present its readers with the and four feet square when it is opened. ing them and a special solvent for their results. This issue contained many The ironing board is in an opening removal when desired. articles on home lighting, insulation, at one side that looks like a drawer. It + laundry and equipment which are of may be pulled out, lifted up and locked A new water-clear plastic, strong as interest to all home economists. into place, so the homemaker can sit glass, flexible, and non-shattering was + described recently by H. R. Dittmar of When you eat walnuts, you probably the du Pont Company in a paper before throw the shells away. But nut grow­ ..... the American Chemical Society con­ ers who shell walnuts aren't going to ' \., vened for its 92nd meeting. This plas­ throw theirs away any longer. They \ tic, called "Pontalite" and known to ~ plan to grind them up for use in vari­ i chemists as methyl methacrylate poly­ ous commercial products. The grinding i mer, is only half as heavy as common + operation breaks the hard walnut shells i glass, is as clear as optical glass, and is into 8-sided crystals varying in size i so strong that it will resist a tension of from a coarse 12-mesh material to a fine i 4 to 5% tons a square inch. A factory 325-mesh powder. Consumers may soon i...9 for "Pontalite" is under construction, be using walnut shells in hard and soft and production is scheduled to begin rubber compounds, asphaltum lin­ early in 1937. oleums, roofing papers, and abrasive next to the table on which she has the Though softer than glass, the plastic soaps. ironed clothes. is hard enough to be widely useful. The table, which contains regular "Pontalite" is thermo-plastic and can A new oil silk bag impregnated with cutlery drawers, is white enamel with be sawed, cut, drilled, and polished; it bakelite and finished with a zipper top red trim. can be molded readily to any desired has been put on the market. ----·+---- form. A liquid intermediate variety can It comes in three sizes and may be be poured into molds and hardened, and used to keep green vegetables fresh, to Applied Art in this way castings are made readily. store cheese and other strongly flavored Unlike glass, "Pontalite" transmits a Double-purpose furniture has a new­ foods, and to keep sandwiches and large proportion of the sun's ultra-violet comer in a metal tray-table of modern light. It is, moreover, unaffected by sun­ design that will stand securely on the light, and in general is not attacked by floor or obediently fold its legs under other destructive elements. at a mere twist of the handles. The convertible piece is made of chromium + Modern wall coverings are really plated over copper and nickel, with a washable with soap and water. They colored panel of hard-baked enamel have a velvet eggshell finish just like made on a synthetic resin base. The ordinary wallpaper, buf cannot be panel comes in red, blue, green, or black, stained by ink, grease, ashes or grimy freshly made baked goods fresh and and is resistant to chipping and cer­ fingers. moist. tain stains. Legs and handles of lac­ + quered birch complete this ornamental The pre-fabricated house has re­ A new jar and bottle opener adjusts and easily cleaned household conven­ ceived concentrated attention in the itself to every size of cover from a fruit ience. Used as a table, it stands 22 United States. The house is manufac­ jar top to the cap on a tube of tooth­ inches high. Turned into a tray and tured in the factory and transported to paste. It will give that final twist to loaded with dishes, it is safely carried the site in standard, insulated sections. fruit jar tops during canning season, too. by a firm grip on the handles, which A recent low-price, pre-fabricated + permit balanced control. home has a cleverly treated plan in­ A light-weight vacuum cleaner, + cluding a large living-room with con­ weighing five and three-quarter pounds, Finger nail biting is undoubtedly a bad venient dining-room recess connected serves the purpose of an electric broom. habit, but it no longer means unsightly with the kitchen. It also allows for Besides cleaning rugs and furniture, hands. For those who can't cure it-as two bedrooms with bathroom. A com-

The Iowa Homemaker 13 plete system of heating and air-condi­ need for improvement in store lighting sterilized and protective atmospheric tioning is installed in the center of the and repairs of walls and ceilings. Me­ conditions. It is then packaged in ster­ house. The interior is comfortable and chanical refrigeration was found in 75 ile containers without being exposed un-cold, although the furniture is en­ percent of the grocery and drug stores, to atmospheric oxygen. tirely constructed of arc-welded steel. while only 51 percent of the restaurants The fruit is dipped into a hot solu­ + had this equipment. Out of the 8000 tion of sodium hypochlorite or a simi­ Improvement in ceramic technique stores studied, the dry cleaning, press­ lar germicide for sterilization. Two has given us dinnerware whose colors ing and shoe repair shops rated lowest. minutes in a 212° solution is the time are relatively unaffected by washing, + required for oranges. This isn't long wear and acids. Instead of the old A whole wall may be decorated with enough to heat the interior of the fruit, under-glaze method, bright tones now the enlargement of a small photograph but it will kill all bacteria, mold, or are put on top of the glaze. Under at a comparatively low cost and short yeast. heat the glaze acts like a blotter, ab­ time. In this new photo mural process, The fruit, after being washed in cool sorbing the color. The flint-like im- the sensitizing emulsion is sprayed di­ water, is put in a press, and the juice rectly on the wall by specialists.

Foods and Nutrition GOODBYE to all tough roasts and steaks! All types and varieties of meat may be made tender commercially in one to five days without altering or detracting from other desirable qualities. This new patented method uses the well known enzymes, pepsin and papain, for this purpose, but reveals a new procedure of application. The regular slaughter procedure is extracted in a closed and sterilized perishable surface shows no loss of followed up to the removal of the vis­ brilliance. chamber. After the juice falls into + cera. Before the entrails are removed, another sterile, closed container and is tube connection is made between the put through a strainer, it is ready for It's all a matter of opinion. Simon heart artery and the supply tank of a Slobodkin, prominent American ceram­ the storage tank. This method pro­ fresh enzyme solution (water solution ist, believes that the four basic quali­ tects the juice from an oxidizing at­ of papain). Dilute solution is pumped ties of the American people are our mosphere and from micro-organism in­ into the empty blood-circulatory system directness, our avoidance of repetition, fection. our imaginati;m and our humor. until the capillaries are completely The juice is then pumped to a cham­ + filled. In treating part of the carcass ber in which it is subjected to a vac­ A trend toward the fundamentals of only, the main artery leading to that uum which removes all traces of pre­ art and design in furnishing our homes portion is connected with the enzyme oxygen containing gases. The final is predicted by Ruth R. Treganza, in­ supply. step is subjecting it to an inert gas structor in fine arts at Columbia Uni­ Blood vessels leading from the por­ such as carbon dioxide, hydrogen, or versity. tion being treated are tied at their cut nitrogen under pressure until it is sealed in sterile cans or containers "Our modern apartments often re­ ends to prevent loss of solution. This which are appropriate for freezing. semble the compact, efficiently as­ enzyme solution comes into contact with sembled quarters of the houseboat or + automobile trailer de luxe," says Miss Every time a new theory about diet Treganza. or food pops up, some eminent authority She believes that a new movement says it's all wrong. For instance, Dr. will answer the need for more gracious­ Logan Clendening, in October Cosmo­ ness and tranquility ln our condensed politan, takes the children's side in the living quarters. old spinach battle. "Where," he asks, did + the idea originate that spinach is such Why be a slave to the instructions an all-fired wonderful food? Or carrots, of the commercial knit pattern? Use either?" of ingenuity in style and color will "That doctrine has had a mushroom make that new "knit" your own creat­ growth lately," Dr. Clendening says, ive brain child. the meat to be treated, and is held until "but I can find little authority for it. I + the desirable degree of tenderness is have looked through half a dozen stand­ Furniture fashioned out of unpol­ attained. ard textbooks and treatises on dietetics ished larch and pearwood is new and This method is applied under refrig­ without a single emphatic advocacy of beautiful. Light pastel colors in the eration to prevent spoilage of the meat. spinach." other furnishings of the room are nec­ + Dr. Clendening reports that Dr. Mc­ essary to give a softening effect to the A method for obtaining full flavored Kim Marriot in one of his books on in­ stark simplicity of the unpainted wood. fruit juice without loss of the natural fant nutrition says that one tablespoonful + vitamin content has been found by two of puree of spinach once a day supplies More than half of the stores in the industrial research workers, George D. sufficient pigment as well as iron for the United States need modernization in Beal and Ronald B. McKinnis, of the average infant's needs. Not a barrel or varying degrees, according to a recent Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, a wagonload full, the doctor points out, study by the Department of Commerce. Pittsburgh, Pa. but one tablespoonful! Most common defects were unsatisfac­ The fruit is sterilized externally, "Of course," admits Dr. Clendening, tory appearance of store fronts and washed, and freed of its juice under "spinach contains iron, and carrots con-

14 Novem ber, 1936 tain carotene, which contains vitamin A. cause of all the open work slippers, The Equipment Major But you can get them in other foods stockings are as nude looking as pos­ such as cereals for iron, and yeast for sible. However, if you crave dark F your primary interest is to help vitamin A-and egg yolk for both." shades, there are browns so dark they I the homemaker use and enjoy her Remember this next time Johnny or look black and a black that verges on equipment or, better yet, to gain an Peggy pushes away the dish of spinach gunmetal. understanding of the principles and after eating a tablespoonful or two! From Paris comes an interesting techniques which every homemaker rumor that the cycle enthusiasts are should know about the selection, oper­ wearing woolen stockings patterned all ation, care and convenient arrangement over like men's golf socks. of equipment in her home, household Textiles and Clothing + equipment is the curriculum for you to follow. This curriculum prepares A remarkable artistic achievement in Crepe hoisery makes its debut! In place of the usual dram silk, this type one, too, for both professional and drapery fabrics has been accomplished commercial fields. this fall with the appearance of a hand­ is woven to twist in all the loose ends of the threads. Strength, sheerness, Household equipment is introduced to etched pattern printed on rayon mate­ the freshmen and sophomore home eco­ rials. The design, a delicately shaded and elasticity are the outstanding cha­ racteristics which make this the im- nomics students in a general survey floral motif, has been developed through course. If you choose to become a ma­ a new process of engraving which chal­ jor in this field, you will take first a lenges comparison with free-hand brush mechanics course dealing with the work. Reproduced on rayon, it gains fundamentals of electricity and heat. extra beauty and variety from the dif­ Later you will take work dealing with ferent degrees of luster obtainable with gas and electric ranges, refrigerators, this modern yarn. Some of these hand­ cleaning equipment, home lighting and etched rayon draperies have an all-over rmall equipment. The equipment used sheen of striking brilliance with colors in these courses includes the latest accentuated by the yarn luster. In oth­ models made by some of the most prom­ ers of the same pattern, the background inent manufacturers. is delustered while the design remains In addition further time may be bright, standing out effectively against spent on any problem which one may the contrasting dullness and giving the select. In the past, several of the appearance of a woven fabric rather majors worked with electric washers than a printed one. and ironers; others with electric ranges. + Training for home service with gas Women will be wearing boots before or electric companies is another course which the student may elect should she the winter is over, says Harper's Bazaar. portant advance in ringless chiffon choose to major in household equip­ In P aris shoes were up to the ankle by hose. Leather, cinnamon, and cafe ment. In this class the students give July and fall and winter models are go­ clair are leading colors for hosiery. ing even higher. For the first tweeds demonstrations using the various pieces and sports clothes these ankle boots + Not of cellophane, but of pliofilm come in browns, greens, and dark vint­ are the transparent, crushable, wash­ age shades as well as in black suede. able raincoats worn this fall. Plio­ In the evening you will wrap your film is 90 percent rubber and 10 per­ feet in strips to go dancing. Especially cent compound and gives a durable in strips of colored kid, suede, velvet, product which can be folded up and antelope, or satin, all cut to make tucked in the front of notebooks. + The new modernistic flower designs in moire push the standard rippley water pattern aside and make moire very popular for formals. + of equipment, write radio talks and Imitation suede for purses and gloves answer home service calls here in fools but satisfies if you don't expect Ames. Making these home service too much. It's less expensive, soft, calls is particularly interesting, for the and rich looking-and fits like a glove. students are given a real opportunity to help homemakers. + The entire household equipment Real handles are attached to purses course is closely allied with physics and bags this season. They are fast­ on one side and foods and nutrition on ened in surprising and unique places. the other. Consequently equipment Handles place bags in step with the majors are urged to take experimental current "swing time" idea. cookery and institution management + and are required to take an additional Satin shines in novelty patterns. year of physics. Stripes prevail, but there are unusual Should a student major in household your feet look as if they were bandaged pressed triangles in small strips and equipment, the particular work of using in the Chinese manner or at least tied other eye-catchers. equipment and helping others to use up in elaborate knots. + it may interest her most. However, + Velvet and velveteen vie for honors knowledge of equipment may be ap­ There are still coppery shades to be in dinner and sport dresses, while me­ plied to research problems and in test­ found in hosiery, but a great tendency tal, lace, flowers, feathers, and jewels ing laboratories. Extension work is is toward dull colors. For evening, be- adorn. another field which may be entered.

The Iowa Homemaker 15 When Thanksgiving Goodies Arrive By Marian Chandler

OXES crammed full of all sorts of Of course, there'll be stuffed celery B holiday goodies will be coming (use pineapple cream or p i m en to from home this Thanksgiving to cheese), stuffed and ripe olives, radish help compensate for the longed-for roses, cauliflower buds, and c a r r o t turkey and fixin's. sticks. Maybe your mother will send The room, decorations, and garb are you some of her peach pickles. P ear, of small consequence if the true holi- crab apple, or watermelon pickles would do just as well. Let's dress up that mince pie for the Calling holiday. Put a large paper doily over the Roll of the crust, sprinkle it with grated cheese, and press gently. Then remove Famous Names Think of the name of a manufacturer whose prod­ day spirit is bursting forth. Let's just uct is famous for quality get together, pool all of those epicurean -whose name has stood delights, and feast. Plans for the day for years at the top in his will take care of themselves, but let's industry. make the spread extra special. Whatever n a m e first Bring forth that cold roast chicken, comes to your mind, the surrounded with rings of pineapple surmounted with piles of fresh cran­ the doily leaving a pattern etched on probability is that you berry jelly. Instead of plain sand­ the crust. If your mother sends fruit will find that name feat­ wiches have that applied art major cut cake, try slicing it and filling it with ured at Tilden's. turkeys, pumpkins, and horns of plenty a mixture of whipped cream, cream Here for example are a from nut breads. cheese, chopped dates, and nuts. few of the famous names we are proud to endorse and which you will find here in ample assortments: SKINNER'S SILKS for the finest Announcing BERNAT YARNS in HOLEPROOF HOSIERY the COAT'S THREAD Groceries and Meats MUNSINGWEAR UNDIES- NIGHTWEAR NEW KAYSER GLOVES See Us Campus 5 to $1.00 WEAR RIGHT GLOVES PETER PAN COTTONS Store SUNDOUR CHINTZES for those delicious SHAGMOOR COATS KRAGSHIRE COATS Meat Cuts BRADLEY KNIT WEAR Pastries GORDON'S FURS and LOUISE MULLIGAN Fruits C. M. Peterson and CARTWRIGHT DRESSES • • • Proprietor The list is much longer, Make that Midnite Spread but our space isn't. a joy these snappy fall nites. Remember this: H it's high in quality yet moderate in price, you will usually find it at Peyton G·rocery and Market Make this store your head­ 2902 West St. quarters on the campus DEPENDABLE SINCE 1869 AMES, IOWA Phone 337

lo' November, 1936 Favorite Holiday Dishes PALMER PLUMBING CO. ERE are two favorite foods of And here is a recipe for pumpkin pie PLUMBING H long standing: First, a recipe for with a flavor distinctly new: mock mincemeat to use as a AND HEATING filling for your favorite pastry. It is Plain pastry for two 8-inch pies. LEONARD ELECTRIC REFRIG­ easy to prepare, lacks some of the 2 c. pumpkin, cooked ERATORS-ABC WASHERS and richness to which people often object, 1 c. sugar IRONERS and tastes exactly like the mincemeat Va c. molasses of Grandmother's day. 5 eggs 108 Hayward Ave., Ames, Iowa Mock Mincemeat 1 c. cream-18% PHONE 1091 1 c. cold water 1 c. milk % c. molasses 1 t. salt % c. brown sugar 1h t. cinnamon % c. cider vinegar 1h t . cloves 2/ 3 c. melted butter % t. ginger 1 c. raisins, chopped 14 t. nutmeg New Shades 1 t. orange rind 1 egg, beaten light in 1h c. rolled cracker crumbs 1 t. cinnamon Mix strained pumpkin, sugar, salt, Rollins Hosiery 1. t. salt slightly beaten eggs, and spices which 1 t. nutmeg have previously been mixed with 2 85c-2 prs. $1.50 1 t. allspice tablespoons boiling water. Blend the 1 t. cloves milk, cream and molasses and combine Dash of black pepper with pumpkin mixture. Bake in 450° F. Put water and raisins in a sauce pan; oven for 15 minutes to bake the crust. let simmer a few minutes; add molasses, Lower the temperature rapidly to 325° brown sugar, vinegar, b u t t e r and F. and bake for 25 minutes to bake the cracker crumbs; let cool and add other filling. This method of baking prevents ingredients. the all-too-common soggy crust. ~ s F ACCESSORIES H FOR THE 0 0 YEAR'S FIRST p FORMAL- R F 0 M * * * R A You are invited to see our s lovely collection T y L * * * L s E STYLISH Get your formal ORIGINAL now EXCLUSIVE JOSEPH'S for the HOME EC. BALL SATISFYING Des Moines STYLE SHOP Also featuring the famous Jewelers Since 1871 "Peacock" Hose HANNUM'S Sheldon-Munn Bldg. Downtown Ames 2514 Lincoln way

The Iowa Homemaker 17 ()ur (:oeds Are Versatile Having a Spread? Our fresh fruits and sweet By Rose Butler breads will assure its T HE number of Iowa State coeds a $400 scholarship for this work. She success who have won unusual distinction also won second place in meat-cut and who are preparing to enter judging at the International Meat Judg­ unusual fields is surprisingly large. ing Contest in Chicago. A unique bit of workmanship which A dress designer of first rank, Betty AMES SERVICE has been done by Alvina Iverson, H. Jo Niendorf, H. Ec. Jr., won a national CAMPUSTOWN Ec. So., is a scrap-book cover made contest last year sponsored by Nell from the bottom of a dresser drawer Donelly of the Donelly Garment Com­ and hinged by open-work pieces of pany. The dress created for the contest metal taken from an old box. Miss was a black and red linen suit of strik­ Iverson used common pins for rivets. ing diagonal design. This contest was One glance through this book will give based on originality, workmanship and an interesting and beautifully illustrat­ usefulness. Miss Niendorf won dis­ PHOTOGRAPHS ed study of birds and fish. tinction in originality. Miss Iverson was president of the 4-H Speaking of originality, Sophronia Club in Iowa. This scrap-book on Thomas, a sophomore, is the only girl 6 3x5 Photos and "The Conservation of Wild Life" won on the campus who has invaded the 1 7x9 Tinted her the National Club Congress trip to Department of Veterinary Medicine. for $4.50 Chicago last November and the choice Miss Thomas hopes to manage a hos­ of a number of prizes. Approximately pital for pets. 12,000 scrap-books were sent in for Alice Churchill, E. E. Sr., was not this projejct. Miss Iverson's took first interested in costume design and meal Griffith Studio place. planning, but in transmission line de­ Emma J ean Scudder, H . Ec. So., from sign, machinery and vacuum tubes and 234Yz Main St. Oklahoma, canned her way into the radios. Miss Churchill manages to out­ National Club Congress during the fall. strip the grades of most of the male During a period of six years she canned engineers. She is a small ash-blonde 5,000 quarts of meat, vegetables, and not more than 5 feet tall, generally PATRONIZE HOMEMAKER fruit. Most of these products were seen dashing about the campus with a ADVERTISERS used for relief cases. Miss Scudder won slide rule.

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18 November, 1936 20 volunteer teacher trainers, state su­ pervisors of education, and outstanding high school instructors. MALANDERS The regional committees make a defi­ nite effort to make students more "con­ THE PERFECT sumer conscious." They conduct surveys OUTFITTERS of student buying and publish the re­ FOR sults in bulletins which also contain an up-to-date bibliography of useful infor­ Picnics-Spreads mation for consumers. These bulletins are available to high school instructors for use in helping students solve their MALANDER'S GROCERY buying problems, and may also be ob­ CAMPUSTOWN tained by interested consumers. In ad­ dition to this work, the committee has encouraged research problems on con­ sumption in state agricultural colleges and also the publishing of articles by Progress in consumers in technical magazines. Consumer Education Mrs. Kuehn stated that progress is YOU'LL BE difficult in a task that is so large, and ONSUMER education among high that the difficulty of keeping accurate SATISFIED IF YOU C school students over the country information before the public further is an important step toward meet­ limits progress. She feels that much has GO TO FIELD'S ing the present problems in consump­ been accomplished during the 2 years tion. This is the opinion of Hazel Mc­ of the organization of the committee Others Are Kibben Kuehn, who is chairman of a and is confident that it will soon be committee on consumer education for made a permanent department of the high school students in the central re­ Home Economics Education Service. FIELD'S BEAUTY SHOP gion of the United States. The commit­ Miss Mary Lyle, assistant professor of tee, which is one of a group sponsored home economics education, Iowa State OPPOSITE SHELDON-MUNN by the Home Economics Service in College, is also a member of the com­ Washington, D. C., is composed of about mittee in this region.

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The Iowa Homemaker 19 ences, and that the responsibility of seeking this help rests with the student; Mal~e Yourself l{nown the instructor does not and cannot force it. "During these conferences," she By Mildred Gauley says, "the student can learn much from the instructor's personality which will be valuable in later life." O YOU remember way back when would make themselves known to her Miss Esther T. Cooper of the English D you began to go to college and by calling at.her office. She will gladly Department says that it is a good idea some instructor invited you to explain any part of the work if you both from the viewpoint of the student come to his office whenever you were will call on her. and the instructor to clear up difficul­ in "hot water" over something. Of course all home economics stu­ ties early in the quarter, and there is Most of the instructors in all depart­ dents know Dr. Nellie Naylor, of the no better place to do this than in pri­ ments actually desire conferences with Chemistry Department. She feels that vate conferences. the students during the quarter. Listen "girls should study alone as much as "When you have a conference," she to what some of them have to say. possible but they should come for help says, "remember that instructors are Miss Iva Brandt, of the Textiles and on the few specific point,s they cannot busy people and do not want their time Clothing Department, says that she get themselves." wasted. Shoot your questions-do not would like to know the girls outside She also feels that good students as talk aimlessly, until you feel that you the classroom and wishes that they well as poor need to come for confer- have made an opening." In seeking an interview observe the schedule of office hours, or make an appointment after class. And when SALTED NUTS B & A FAMOUS you get there, open the door and walk POPCORN BALLS FOOTWEAR in. Miss Cooper doesn't have a butler HOME MADE CANDY to admit you. 'Way up on the fourth floor of Cen­ TAFFY APPLES Red Cross Shoes tral, Mr. G. W. Rutherford of the Gov­ Paramount Shoes ernment Department holds regular of­ National Park Shoes EVERYTHING YOU'LL LIKE fice hours in which to have informal conferences, and invites his students AT to walk in and present their problems ADAMS CANDY KETTLE BRANNBERG & ALM just any time he is in his office. "The student should come for help CAMPUSTOWN DOWNTOWN AMES on specific problems-not because he feels he should see the instructor to make a good impression. These inter­ views improve class work if the stu­ dents will take advantage of them," CHRISTMAS points out Mr. Rutherford. Saturday Night Now that the instructors have told SPECIAL us to come, let's hear what Miss Mar­ garet Stanton has to say about confer­ Snacks 12 portraits in folders and ence etiquette. one 8x10 hand colored in "You are free to walk into any gen­ natural oils eral office during office hours. If the for ...... $5.00 ~~d instructor you seek has a private of­ Stock up at the Telephone 336 fice and secretary, let the secretary tell you when the instructor is free. UNITED FOOD "If the instructor has a private of­ HART STUDIO fice and is in conference, step outside CAMPUSTOWN Master Photographers until that conference is over, unless, 216V2 Main of course, he invites you to be seated until he is through. "In all cases observe the office hours of the instructor. "Do not forget courtesy during the conference. Ask the instructor if he CARTER PRESS has time to help you (he nearly always has) before you start telling him what Offers you you want." The season's buy in Season's Greetings For Fraternity or Individual Use

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20 November, 1936 they were replaced on new doors when Did You Know- the old decayed. Hinges Have History The very oldest and simplest form of hinge is the strap hinge, crooked Quality ONSIDERABLY more than two at one end into a socket worked on a in C hundred years ago the austere New Englanders conceived of a MEATS way to k eep the devil from entering and despoiling their homes. Doors must swing and be hung on hinges, so the practical yankee "killed two birds with one stone" and hung the doors on Holy Pose's Market Lord hinges gu aranteed to frighten the 229 Main devil or at least refuse to open the door at his request. These o d d b u t attractive hand wrought iron pieces open and shut doors efficiently in many of the old colonial homes still standing. The hinges formed the initials HL and are still known as "Holy Lord" hinges. The NEED ANY eastener who can boast of them in his home is very proud of the fact. The idea of hinges as a part of the Jewelry door design is very old. It is only within the last hundred years that they pivot on the jamb. This type of hinge Repair Work have receded modestly into the back­ was used in ancient Rome. ground with no more voice in the A more fanciful hinge was the triple ~ room pattern than an occasional pro­ strap with a straight center and curved See testing squeak. side straps. In many parts of the world very Horse shoe hinges protected the trav­ ~ ancient hinges can be found, for they eler in days gone by and were shaped were difficult to wrench off by looters so in homage to St. Martin, the patron TALLMAN JEWELER and being useful as well as ornamental saint of all wayfarers.

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The Iowa Homemaker 21 Let's Have WE HAVE THE Latest popular recordings A Dunl~ing Party and sheet music By Louise Petersen See and play our new pianos ESCHBACH \l A JHEN old Dad West Wind and of gold and scarlet that have become 'f'f Dan Frost get together and co- a part of the fall wardrobe of the oaks MUSIC HOUSE operate as only those two can, and maples of the North Woods. Pine DOWNTOWN AMES there's just one result. Gorgeous, isn't branches arranged rather casually it? Did you catch that whiff of chilly, around the windows and fireplace lend crisp air with that unmistakable autumn an inviting aroma and warmth to the tang of burning leaves and ripened occasion and form a soft background to apples when you rolled out of bed this set off those vivid oak and maple leaves. morning? But above all---€ven before the decor­ After one last yawn and a diligent ations-let's remember to have some TUSSY search for an elusive wooly bedroom burning logs in the fireplace. Surpris­ slipper to arrest that shadow of a shiver, ing, isn't it, how easily informality is Cosmetiques you remember it's only three days till achieved by a glowing log or two? And Thanksgiving. But before that tight after all, what's a fireplace without a AT throaty feeling takes its toll of a big fire? tear, Dad West Wind rushes in to the And now for the actual dunking part JUDISCH BROS. rescue and sets you scrambling for that of our party. Lay a rather small table russet brushed wool sweater, and in a with a crisp tan or brown lunch cloth. DRUG STORE twinkling a delightful thrill trickles up A pumpkin shell on sprays of gay your spine. Thanksgiving! Phone 70 A big week-end ahead with room for something else besides stuffed turkey and steamed cranberry pudding looms up. By cramming those days full of activity and excitement, all planned be­ forehand, it'll be much easier to escape that sinking feeling that's pretty apt to take possession about the time you sit down to Thanksgiving dinner without - Useful Gifts your family. Somewhere in the whirl of events there's most likely a fireside or party scheduled. Why not make it For Al1- something extra -extra -special-

22 November, 1936 Try Paint XMAS GIFTS If Your Room Needs Color Cheer SOMETHING NEW­ SOMETHING DIFFERENT DD a brush of this and a brush of ammonia water. This prevents a stay­ A that, and-presto, a bright, at­ sticky paint job. Then select a reliabfe The shop on Lincoln Way in tractive roora. paint that spreads easily and smoothly Campustown has it. When nature and c a m p u s coeds and hardens quickly, and that will stand all don th2 newest fall shades, the wear. Ridgy paint that stays in fine urge to rejuvenate our rooms by adding hills and valleys, just as the brush left STUDIO PLACE a bit of color cheer seems to tag right it, has as many weak spots as it has GIFTS and NOVELTIES along. strong, and wears only as well as its Instead of embroidering an hour or so valleys. Your dealer will show you a each day, we can try painting instead. safe one--they come in "sassy" little half-pints with pry-off lids, so you can always keep them air-tight. To secure a well blended paint you can pour some of the oil or thin paint TAYLOR'S Thermometers from the top of the can into another Roast Meat . container and stir the thicker paint in the bottom until it's the consistency of Candy Making rich cream. Then gradually add the Deep Fat Frying liquid taken from the top of the can, Oven Thermometers. stirring it as you pour, until it is all very smooth and blended. If you have ever tried to paint along FRANK THEIS a straight line, you'll know that it takes Druggist skill and experience. Novices might Surprising what a lot one can do when take a piece of cardboard and paint up 217 Main St. Ames, Iowa it's such honest-to-goodness fun to do to it (and on it half the time). Good it! Some people seem to think painting is a messy, sticky, all-over-everything kind of a job--a disagreeable something that ought to be done in the basement. They'll tell you of someone who painted Order Your a lot of chairs that "always stayed sticky," or of a friend who spoiled a Christmas Cards smart white shantung dress at a lawn Now tea last summer. To tell the truth, painting your fur­ niture need be no more of a messy job Tribune than making a plate of fudge. You put on an apron to do that. Do the same painters, so 'tis said, don't use them, but Pub1ishing Co. when painting. To catch the possible since we're still in the amateur class, drops lay down a newspaper and don't ahd it works , . .! For Fraternal Organizations and You'll want to smooth off the rough Individual Use edges with sandpaper or steel wool at first, for the smoother the surface is at the start, the smoother it will be at the finish. If you want the chair to be of a dull finish, go over it gently with fine steel wool, or a rag dipped in linseed oil and FOR THAT powdered pumice stone. · Keeping the brushes clean is no fun. STEAK DINNER It's just one of th9s~ things like washing you've been wanting all dishes after the candy is mad, e. You can bore holes through the handles and sus­ quarter pend them on a wire runnihg across the top of a can of turpentine to keep them clean. This prevents them from stand­ think it's necessary to banish yourself ing on their bristles and getting all out Is Incomparable to a remote corner in the basement. With of shape. a bit of care any handy place to your When your chair is all dry, you might Downtown Ames liking will serve the purpose. sew up two gay chintz pillows, not too When you're all set to start dressing thick, with self-material bands at the up that old oak rocking chair in a cheer­ four corners of each, and tie the pillows ful color that will fit in with your bed­ to the back and seat of the chair. When PATRONIZE room color scheme, you'll want to be you step back you'll be delighted with sure, first of all, that all grease is re­ the results. Color and sunshine have HOMEMAKER ADVERTISERS moved, by washing the fumiture with become a part of your room.

The Iowa Homemaker 23 Householder's FOR DISTINCTIVE GIFTS Handbook OR POSSESSIONS BUY DOES a leaky faucet, a burnt-out IOWA HAND fuse, a broken sash cord or a stopped drain send you to the telephone LOOMED PRODUCTS or to the tool chest? If you reach for a hammer, will you correct the difficulty the hard way or will you do it the easy way, which is generally the right way? L. G. BIRD This book tells you the easy way to go TEL. AMES 2161 about the thousand and one jobs that need to be done at one time or another to keep a house in smooth running con­ dition. It will save you that feeling of chagrin that comes when you call in a professional for a job that he accom­ plishes by two twists of his wrist. It Cribbing Then; If you are interested in will save you his bill. It will also tell you of the symptoms that warn an ama­ FOODS teur to stand aside and get professional lipsticl{ Now help quickly. Be sure to read the Grocery Its pages deal with fuse block and Eighty-five years ago the great­ gutter pipe; with house, garden, and grandmother of the modern coed was Ads each Thursday in the meadow gate; with hinges, locks, storm a young lady being warned about the doors, glass and putty, furnaces and habit of cribbing. Not permitted to radiators, leaky faucets and clogged use lipstick as an aid to natural color­ Ames Daily Tribune ing, the poor great-grandmother, young and beautiful then, bit her lips with her teeth to make them red and glis­ tening. Today girls no longer need crib, nor briskly rub their cheeks with handkerchiefs to make them rosy because even "perfect ladies" may wear Millinery cosmetics. Makeup poorly used, how­ ever, is often worse than none. Lingerie drains; with cleaning, mending and re­ A coed has remarked that there are modeling; with insulation, soundproof­ three errors common to the average ing, air conditioning; with all the things college girl's makeup. First, coeds of­ Hosiery that can be done with hammer, saw or ten fail to MATCH their makeup. Dark bent hairpin. powder on dark skin, raspberry rouge Flowers "The Householder's Complete Hand­ with raspberry lipstick, should be used. book" is a necessary piece of household Secondly, eyebrows plucked and pen­ Purses equipment. Literally hundreds of simple ciled should follow the natural line of instructions are given for the care, the the brow. It is not uncommon to see arches where nature did not indicate Belts adjustment, and even the renewal of them. And last but by no means least, nearly every part of a house from the the makeup should be blended. When attic to the cellar. the makeup is not carefully blended on Hazel Bucknam The Householder's Complete Handbook, by the face the general appearance is apt Hawthorne Daniel. Published by Little, AT Brown and Co. $2.50. to resemble a mask. OSBORN'S

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24 November, 1936 A faculty member who has been do­ Children~s Literature ing extensive work on faculty-student problems analyzed the student body in "How to Feed Children in Nursery this manner: 10 percent "loafers," who Schools" is the title of a new 84-page would choose the easiest instructors; a illustrated book written by Mary E. third who would choose some easy Sweeney and Dorothy Curts Buck of teachers so they wouldn't have to work The H. Ec. Ball is the topic the physical growth staff of the Merrill­ "too hard," and over 50 percent who of the day. Palmer School. would use excellent judgment. The book contains discussions of the + nutritional requirements of pre-school "A charming and considerate person, children and management of problems who makes friends and holds them, who arising in connection with group feed­ puts people at their ease, and who is * * * ing. Included also are 172 tested recipes. easy to understand and pleasant to as­ Free copies may be obtained by writ­ sociate with, is really enviable."-GER­ ing to the Irradiated Evaporated Milk ALD B. WADSWORTH. Institute, 203 North Wabash avenue, You will be buying in prep­ Chicago. BERNICE BuRLING, H. Ec. SR.- aration for it. + "A bottle of nail polish, please," you A magazine whose purpose is the wide say to the clerk. But do you know distribution of good literature for chil­ what you are getting? dren in an attractive form and at a low Several Iowa State students make price has recently been published under their own nail polish in the chemistry * * * the name, "Story Parade." Though in laboratory. This is done by adding the control of a membership group, it is sodium hydroxide to normal butyl in no way a commercial enterprise. acetate and boiling until the odor is Remember the advertisers "Story Parade" is designed to give to gone. This solution is distilled and on YOUR MAGAZINE children the best in stories, verse, and when the distillate is thoroughly cooled, plays, by contemporary writers. The it is diluted with sulfuric acid and when shopping. qualities sought in illustrations and dec­ again distilled. With the addition of orations are simplicity and artistic value. coloring the finished product is the In one department, "Our Own,'' are same as that which you purchase at printed writings of literary merit that your drug store. The advantage of have been submitted by children. making your own is that perfume can "Story Parade" is published monthly be added so that your nails will not at 70 Fifth avenue, New York City. The only please the eye but also delight the subscription price is $1 a year. nostrils.

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