Volume 2 Article 1 Number 12 The Iowa Homemaker vol.2, no.12
1922 The oI wa Homemaker vol.2, no.12 Juanita Beard Iowa State College
Opal Milligan Iowa State College
Mildred Boyt Iowa State College
Katherine Goeppinger Iowa State College
Harriet Schleiter Iowa State College
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Authors Juanita Beard, Opal Milligan, Mildred Boyt, Katherine Goeppinger, Harriet Schleiter, Greta Thorne, Mary Simons, Esther Rayburn, and Jeanette Beyer
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VOLUME 2 MARCH, 1923 NUMBER 12
Patrick Plans for Opening Days of Gardening Season By JUANITA BEARD
OP of the morning to ye, and phat T are the birdies a-saying to yez to day?" called old Patrick, the gardner to a queer mummy-like figure in the cor ner of the garden. Faith, soon an' I'll be of a takin' that straw overcoat off from ye and ye'll be producin' the finest roses iver this summer! And 'twas only yisterday I did take the "covers" off from all the lilies and bulbs in the border and rake up all the old dead leaves-but not to burn like old George across the way was doing-l'm tellin' ye I save all that stuff for -further use. "Now let's see, where was I goin'? Oh yes, right in here to the tool-house to see if everything is in tip-top shape for spring work. There are mY pruning shears and knives and my good old saw. I'll never use that double edge saw again -it ruins the trees. There's the gas tar and liquid asphaltum for dressing wounds ~ when I "doctor" the trees, and the green paint to brighten up the old wheelbarrow and the white paint to touch up the lat tice fence. "There's so much to do- guess I'll sit down here and make a memorandum. ~-~~-=--...~/im .....,____ ' "Miss Charlotte's favorite specimen trees must have the dead wood cut out and the branches shortened a bit to pre - srve their symmetry-! thought she said "cemetery" and wondered where it was. Better do this right away as soon as danger from winter is past and while the "There's so much to do- guess I'll sit down here and makla a memoran· trees are still dormant. And I'll not for· dum," said old Pattrick, the gardener- and much there is to do in every .garden get to do it the way old Ge'orge showed with the coming of spring. me. It's bad to leave a stump- make a clean cut at the base of the branch and parallel to the trunk of the tree, says Don't wait for rose pests-spray first. settin' here quite a spell. I want to look he. Don't destroy toads or birds-they over the garden catalogs tomorrow and save you lots of trouble with insects. get my orders made out for seeds and "I'll be pruning the Japanese barberry nursery stock. hedge next-can't do that too soon now Don't use liquid sprays without keep "'Tis a great deal of fun I have, whin if I want lots of berries. And then I ing a uniform solution by means of agi the little voices makes the humans listen won't have to touch it again 'til after tating the liquid. to thim, and wirra, wirra, but 'tis sad the fruiting season. George says the Don't whitwash your tree trunks; bugs I am when they will not hear, and the privet hedge is better trimmed wider at ar e not afraid of whitewash. foine advice goes to waste, but I know the base than at the top, with the top a Don't dust your evergreens-conifer there can be only one bad day at a time, wee bit rounded. ous or broad-leaved, with lime; it injures and if it should rain, the next day may "The summer-flowering shrubs will them. shine and the wonders of the ould day have to be pruned, too, before growth "So much for spraying, and next I will still be around me in the children, begins so as not to be winter killed. must fix the lawn. I'll take away the the flowers, and the birds." "Then I must uncover those vines that coarse manure which was spread on last I took down from the trellis and buried fall and work the fine manure into the last fall, and let them lie uncovered lawn with a heavy roller. Must get March about ten days before I tie them up some lawn seed to plant along a bout the With rushing winds and gloomy again. first of April-any time from March 20 skies "Guess I'll do some spraying next. It to the last of April will be alright. Tll.e dark and stubborn winter could wait 'til summer but I did see signs George said I'd need about a pound for dies; of scale on some of the trees and a win every three hundred square feet and to Far-off, unseen, Spring faintly cries, ter spray of nicotine sulphate will fix use that mixture of sixteen parts by Bidding her earlie~t child arise; that. And I'll get some Bordeau mixture weight of Kentucky blue grass, foul March! or lime-sulfur to get rid of the rust and parts of recleaned red-top, and one part - Bayard Taylor. blight. Here's the piece I clipped from of white clover. the paper today about "Spray Don'ts." "Well, guess I'll be movin' now- been 2 THE IOWA HOMEMAKER What Will Diffe,rentiate This Spring From Last By OPAL MILLIGAN
GAIN Dame Fashion steps from be diets that the esteemed plain crepes and A hind her silken curtain, and dictates satins will become quite exclusive. These the styles for the coming Easter season. plain materials are ornamented in Egyp What shall it be? What will be the mode tian embroideries and Bulgarian cross that will differentiate this spring from stitch designs. last? And again we have to answer Capes still hold a place on the fashion truthfully, there is nothing new, just old plate. They are of duvetyn crepe back things re-done in a different way. so, as ed satin, veldynes, marvella and other I reviewed the shop windows I found rich looking woolens. the old redressed in a charming manner; simplicity seemed to be the key note o! Sport togs are always interesting. This the spring fashions. season tweeds both plain and plaided will do their part in the way of skirts, When one thinks of Easter one natur jackets, and sport coats. Another favor ally thinks of the "bonnet," that mak•es its fabric is the knitted wool jersey its debut on Easter morning at church. made up in the three piece suits, slipons, If one were in Paris or Vienna one would and jackets. The b.rushed wool is popu find millinery shops to be little places, lar, too, and. is very becoming to the slim where seldom more than one or two miss. Felt and suede sport hats of neu dozen hats are on display. There are no tral colors are contrasted with the frock long counters heaped with hats for wo of brighter color. men to try on. No indeed! One orders a hat, just as one orders a portrait of Many shops are featuring the knitted herself. Milady sits before a three sweaters, in all sorts of styles. They are sided mirror for hours, where an artist plain or of contrasting colors, and are trys different materials, ornaments, and worn with a woolen skirt which makes colors on her, selecting only those which an effective outfit. bring out the coloring of the face, hair The styles giv•e hints of the quaint, so The designers seem to be almost out and eyes and suits her own personality. the little puke bonnet which does poke doing themselves in producing an end In Paris and Vienna hats are marvelous way out in front is quite in favor. less variety of beautiful collars and creations inspired by artists, as they cuffs. Just as lace is a distinct note in should be. Hats make the European by the yard is draped over the top of the veils, so it is in collars. The Bertha col women beautiful. hat and tied in an interesting bow at one lar is still in demand, but the true Irish But in America we are very different. side, with the long ends hanging down lace ones are more in favor. These are Very few women will spend one or two over the shoulder. exquisite on dresses and occasionally on sweaters. Organdie too as a favorite. So hundred dollars on one little hat for one It is interesting to read about fabrics short season. No, we would rather have much can be done with this fabric. One and one becomes mildly enthusiastic designer produced a charming set by al a number of hats each season and have through pictures of them, but it takes them cost much less. So the hatters in ternating the colors lipstick red, copen a tour through the shops to see them in hagen blue and almond green. our country have made beautiful hats for all the gorgeous colors and unusual pat the Easter season. There will be bon terns, and to experience that satisfying The old fashioned jabot is back, and nets of all kinds to choose from. The sensation of rubbing between the fingers some French designers are making good small hat however will be mostly favor the soft, silky or woolly texture of the use of it. One dress was shown featur ed. The styles give hints of the quaint, new fabrics, to become really excited ing a jabot which hung from the neck to so the little poke bonnet which does poke over them. the hem. way out in front and turns up in the And oh, such fabrics! Or one should Fancy hosiery has become very popu back is coming to life very rapidly. say such designs. No one can .go down lar the last few years. The fashion is Flowers, both large and small, fruits town now-a-days with a clear predeter another revival of an old style. The and even nuts of bright colors will deco mined idea of what one wants in frabrics present fad originated in Paris, where rate the chapeau. Tiny ribbons will find for her new frocks. Nay-for if she does the demand first asserted itself for a their rightful place too, among the other -she is sure to get all muddled up. That narrow clock. When the craze for em' trims. is if she has a limited means, and can bellishment for all articles gained mo Veils are of great importance for have but a limited number of frocks-as mentum, a desire for wider clocks and spring, and this is .good news for every is, sad to say, the case with most of us. more elaborate hose was created. Now woman who finds this little, but import One merchant said that in all his years we have every sort of a fancy hose and ant detail of dress particularly becoming. of experience in the silk business he had it takes rare judgment and good taste There are the real lace ones which fall never before seen so many novelty fab to choose a pair or hose that will not be just over the brim of the hat. These rics on the market. And prints-every out of harmony with the costume. When shade the eyes a bit, and extend from thing is printed, and he fears that such one is in doubt purchase a pair of good side to side on the brim. Veiling bought materials will be very common, and pre· (Continued on page 12) THE IOWA HOMEMA](_ER 3 Let There Be Light By MILDRED BOYT
EOPLE are coming more and more to P realize the value of light in the home. In the past we were too prone to consider light a rather necessary evil that must be supplied unless one wished to go to bed with the chickens. Since the gen eral use of electricity, however, we have not only been putting more value on bet· ter light, but also on using this light and light fixtures as a decoration to our homes. The bright glare of an electric bulb screamed for a shade, so our de· signers began experimenting and their results show on every hand. The first light was the open fire. This is still an attractive way of Ji.ghting, and the person who has never dreamed an hour away while gazing into the chang· ing multicolored light of an open fire has one of earth's joys still before him. The next step in light development was bunches of grass tied to sticks and used as torches. Then came the tiny vessels filled with animal oil, supplied with a wick at one end, and a handle at the other. The ancients considered use first, but also made an honest attempt to deco· rate their lamps. They thought of sev eral ingenious devises that were not only practical but helped in the general appearance. These were various pro A light that reflects a fine old painting or brings into the foreground tl!J3 ar jections to catch the drip, and chains or tistic touches of decoration is most to be desired. brackets to hold the lamp up out of the way. the way of beauty, and the gas era came A light that reflected a fine old paint This type of lamp became obselete on at a time when commercial design was ing or one that is so concealed that it the invention of candles. The elements at a very low ebb. Beautiful gas fixtures lights a quaint figur e, or a bit of tapestry necessary for candle light were sockets, might have been developed if gas had is beautiful for a hall or living room. sprickets, pans for the drip, stable bases, remained supreme after the era of artist How often one has seen fine paintings and some method of attaching the candle ic nightmare was safely past. But by so poorly lighted they appeared as a gray stick to the wall. That the decoration that time electricity was invented. The mass, no line or color being distinguish of the candlestick reached a high degree great possibilities of electricity were able. is plainly shown by the beautiful ones apparent at once. For the first time de The lamp craze may go to the extreme that have been left to us by our ances signers did not have to take into con and be worse than no lamps at all. Too tors. sideration the inflammable quality of the many lamps in a room give the effect of Oil lamps gave little to the world in material they were using, nor to provide a small balloon hanger. This may be a place for smoke or fumes to be given avoided by having different types of off. For a while electricity was install lights and avoiding the impulse to put a ed into the gas systems using the same reading lamp on every bit of flat surface. fixtures. Fortunately there are few Often a beautiful lamp placed before a house so equipped today, and we have mirror will serve as two lamps, both in the choice of the best designs for our light value and in decorative effect. homes. Great care should be used in choosing Many of us use our homes most in the the lights for our homes. First we should evening, therefore the lighting is of vast consider just what we wish the light for, importance. Soft rose or tan light, brings secondly what type of light best fits in· a sense of peace, quiet, and well being. to the decoration scheme, thirdly is the Bright lights stir us on to greater acti lamp beautiful in itself? That is, the vity and act as the stimulus for excite proportion correct? Are the colors right? ment. Glaring light, poor flickering Is it too plain or too decorative? And light, bright light where we need dim, will I tire of it? If we can honestly an and dim where we need bright tend to swer these questions then we need never make us uneasy, nervous and unhappy. fear the result. Many family disagreements could be avoided if the house were correctly light It is often the case that beautiful ed. Soft warm light is for the bedroom lamps may be made at home for a very and living room, while a brighter light small cost, a jug or vase of pleasing line may be used to a better advantage in the and proportion may be wired, and a har dining room, study, kitchen and ballroom. monizing shade of silk or parchment Often it is best to supply a direct light made for it. Most of the stores carry where it is needed and have the r est of complete lines of lampshade frames and fittings, and as a rule have competent fhe room in shadow. women who have charge of classes in There are many types of light that may lamp making. It is best to avoid blue or be used in every home, such as desk .green shades as these colors give off a It is often the case that beautiful lamps, telephone table lamps, picture cold whitish light that is most unbe lamps can be made at home for a v,3 ry lights, decorative lamps, mantle, dressing coming. If blue or green must be used small cost. Here is a student in ceram table, bedside, cardtable, work and even to complete the harmony, then line the ics making clay candlesticks to be used shaving lamps. These in turn take every shade with some tone of tan or rose so in a home. available shape and size. (Continued on page 14) 4 THE IOWA HOMEMAI[ER Fish for Spring Time Dinners By KATHERINE GO EPPINGER
' "Tis very fresh and sweet, Sir- sauce and three beaten egg yolks. Beat The fish was taken but this night." three egg whites until dry and fold in -Beaumont and Fletcher. lightly. Put in a buttered casserole and We, of the inland country, know little bake until golden brown. Garnish with of the savor of fresh fish. However, parsley and serve hot. frozen fishery products may be prepared Pineapple and Fish Chop Suey in so many appetizing forms that what Boil one and one-half pounds halibut we miss in freshness may be compen until done. Drain, cut in pieces and fry sated for in palatable preparation. with one tablespoon fat and one and one Since earliest times, fish has been a half cups grated pineapple. Thicken staple food, but only recently has it been slightly with %, tablespoon corn starch When you plan your week's menus, put mixed with -cold water. so universally accepted as a refined dish. fish down at least once. Americans eat 20 pounds of fish a year Fish Loaf per -capita. In its protein content, sta Finely chop one pound of fish steak in tistics indicate that fish is practically on There are many delicious ways of a meat chopper. Soak two cups of bread a level with meat. Despite the fact that serving sea food. Try the following re crumbs in one cup of milk and one cup fish contains less fat than the flesh of cipes and see how good they are: of fish stock and cook until the mixture land animals, many .investigators main Hot Fish Rolls . leaves the sides of the pan. Mix lA, cup tain that it is at least comparable to butter and two eggs, beaten separately, meat as a source of body vigor. Bake full crust rolls, using one for with the fish pulp. Season with salt, .every person. · Cut off the tops of rolls, With the war came a widespread ap pepper and lemon juice and add one ta scoop out the crumbs, brush inside and blespoon parsley. Make a loaf with preciation of the value of fish as food outside with melted butter and bake in and resultant increased demands. It is sifted crumbs on the outside and bake oven until golden brown. Make a creamed for half an hour in a hot oven. Serve cheap, wholesome and plentiful. Food fish dress•ing and add parsley and authorities suggest its varied use on the with lemon butter sauce made of two tea chopped whites of hard-boiled eggs. Fill spoons lemon juic!,e. work!ed into four menu twice a week. The housewife often the hot rolls with creamed fish and cheats herself by buying only the best tablespoons creamed butter. sprinkle top with grated yolks of hard If the fish dish is varied in its com known and most popular fish, for the kind boiled eggs. that is in greatest demand is apt to be position and not served too often, there the most expensive. But there .are Rarebit is little danger of the family becoming many kinds of fish not well known to the In a chafing dish mix a teaspoonful of tired of the flavor. housewife. melted butter, one tablespoonful corn Below is a list of Mississippi Valley starch, 1-4 teaspoonful onion juice, and DECORATIVE DARNS fish and when they are in season: season with salt and paprika. As it be NE of the little tricks of this time of Black Bass- Entire year. comes warm, slowly add one cup milk, %, O •cup chopped cheese and one cup cold the year is the ability to darn or mend Bowfin-Entire year. the worn garment. The wool dress may Buffalo-Spring and summer. flaked fish. Add one be.aten egg and one tablespoonful lemon jwice. Serve hot on do to wear another month more if it is Carp-October to June. retrimmed in some attractive way to Catfish-Entire year. thin toast and garnish with strips of pimento. cover the worn places. Crappie--Entire year. The old trimming will have to be re Pike--Entire year. Fish Box moved and a new method · or kind of Sturgeon-April to November. Butter a bread pan and line with trimming used. Wool and silk yarns in Sucker-Spring and early summer. cooked rice. Fill with a cooked, flaked harmonizing colors may be used very ef With su•ch a range of inland fish, be- fish, season, and cover with a layer of fectively. A pretty trimming can be sides the many varieties of frozen fish rice. Stell!m for an hour, then serve on made by using wool yarn on the sewing obtainable, can anyone think of a sea a hot platter with tomato sauce. machine. The thread is put through un food diet as being monotonous? Fish Boats der the pressure foot and caught with the In buying fish, its quality may be Cut cucumbers in half lengthwise and stitch. The material is pulled back and tested as follows: When pressed by the scoop out the pulp. Make a celery sauce forth under the foot and gives a simple finger, the flesh of good fish is elastic and of one cup mayonna,ise, two tablespoons but pretty little stitch. This could be firm, and does not retain an indentation. finely chopped cucumber, one cup used around the bottom of a skirt, or The eyes are bright, gills are bright red, minced celery, one tablespoon chopped panels, or perhaps on cuffs. skin is shiny, the scales adhere to the parsley, two teaspoons lemon juice, salt The sweater may be getting thin. Do skin smells fresh, sinks in water, and and paprika. Mix the sauce with cold not let hand-knit things go into real holes muscular stiffness is evident to a greater flaked fish and fill the cucumber boats if you can avoid it. Always mend them or less degree. The supreme test is the with the mixture. Garnish with slices as soon as ' they show signs of wear. flesh near the backbone. If it is in good of pimento olives and serve on crisp let Whether mending a hole or a thin place, condition, the fish is fresh. tuce. start at the right hand side, at least three "It is dangerous economy to buy cheap Jellied Fish rows of knitting beyond the worn spot. Find where the thin thread first makes fish," says Henry T. Finck in "Food and Boil a two-pound steak fish 20 minutes Flavor.' "No other food deteriorates so its appearance and put the point of your in three cups of water. Then remove needle in the same place. Follow it along rapidly after it comes from the water. Es the fish and boil the stock down to two pecially is this true of white fish, which cupfuls. Strain and add two cups and pass through two loops of the row spoils quickest of all. Freezing breaks strained tomatoes, seasoned with salt above. Slip the point of your needle up the tissues and when it once is and celery salt. To the boiling stock through those two loops. Then it travels thawed it decomposes with enormous ra add three tll!blespoons granulated gela down into the row below; comes down pidity.'' It should be pla-ced on ice im tine which has been soaked· in two table and goes through two loops there. So mediately after purchasing and covered spoons cold water. Break the picked fish you go up and · dow:n from row to row, closely, if in a refrigerator with other in flakes and put into a mold. Slice always k•eepingJyotir thread at the right foods. one hard-boild egg, one lemon, and a side, and always rmtting your needle in With fish as with meat, most kinds can dozen stuffed olives and arrange around and out of the middle of each old loop be used in the same ways. Left-over fish the outer edge of the mold. Add the never at the side. When you have fin can be made into croquettes or salads, or stock mixture and place in refrigerator ished a row take your thread down to creamed. Delicacies of the deep are until firm. Serve on 'lettuce with tartare the wrong side of the thing you are made attractive when garnished with sauce or salad dressing. mending. Choose a new row, either sJi.ces of pimento ol1ives, hard-boiled eggs, above or below. Bring it up there just lemon, tomatoes, cucumbers, pickles,· Fish Souffle as you did for the first one, and start shreds of red or green peppers, or pars To two cups of riced potatoes add a again. Use washed and shrunken wool, ley. cup of cold boiled fish, one cup of white and don't pull too tight. THE IOW A HOMEMAKER 5 Two Somethings for Rainy Day Entertainment By HARRIET SCHLEITER
HE bugle call · draws the soldier for T. ward to his duty whether he goes eagerly or with unwilling steps. The bugle is his master. The crack of the pistol sends the runner off down the cin der track to do his best. So to each per son in: every walk of life there is one sound that means, "You've got to do your best. Now! There are those who depend on you!" It does not matter whether those who depend are an expectantly clapping audience in a theatre or weak and helpless patients in a hospital. To the mother, the sound of restless little voices saying, "Mother, what shall we do ?" is the call she must never fail to answer. What shall they do? When the elements decree that the little ones shall not seek the out-of-doors; when books are too ponderous to be interest ing, and one hasn't time to make them Hoops, balloons and roUer skates are good enough as out-of-door entertain so; when games are very, very old and ment, but it takes a resourceful mother to answer that rainy-day question, tiresome, and little faces are raised ex "What shall we do?" pectantly-what shall they do? A soldier would as soon shrug his shoulders at the bugle sound, or a doctor back to the floor, as a prop, will stand manner. The implements of amusement turn away from a dieing patient, as a alone in a most !He-like manner. in this case, consist of, some furniture mother would blot out the trustfulne'Ss JNow, cut a hole about an inch and a and seed catalogs, a note-book of heavy in those little upturned faces. half square in one end of the box. This paper and envelopes of different sizes, crayons, and of course, scissors and paste. Very, very often, at times like this, one is to peep thru when the box is com pleted. For finishing touches, fasten lit On the right -lha~d of the note,book turns to Friend Scissors for help. When paste an envelope, lengthwise, with the one sees him all bright and shiny, with tle paper birds or baskets of flowers on a thread, and hang them through the flap turned toward the inside of the a fat tube of paste beside him and a p .le book. Measure where the doll's head of bright colored magazines near by, it cover, which is made by stretching an other piece of color ed tissue paper over will come, and there cut a hole large is often a spur to lagging inspiration. enough HEN guests arrive at an inopportune (1) Drop Baking Powder Biscuits may be beaten seperately. Roll out and fold W moment the housewife who has a be made by adding 11-2 cups of milk in as for Parkerhouse rolls. Bake in a store of good emergency r ecipes can stead of 1 cup milk to above recipe. moderate oven. meet the situation unruffled and com Drop on pans and bake. Muffins are always nice to serve for posed. Emergency hot bread recipes 12) Make pattern recipe-Roll out in breakfast with marmalades and jam and will greatly aid in planning a hasty meal rectangle and spread with cinnamon and re easily made as well. especially in a small town where ther e melt ed butter. Roll ou dough_ Cut an;J 2 cups flour 1 cup milk are no delicatessen shops from which the nalw as cinnamon rolls. 3 tsp. baking powder 4 tbsp. sugar housewife may buy her l:iaking. A good (3) Roll out dough and spread with 1 tsp. salt 4 tbsp. melted fat. pattern baking powder biscuit recipe has chopped nuts and dates or raisins. Cut 1 egg many variations which will give variety and bake. Method: Sift flour. baking powder to a meal as well as supply the necessary ( 4) Add 3-4 cup of grated cheese to 3 and salt. Combine with milk, sugar and bread for lunch or dinner. cups flour in above recipe. fat. Add eggs beaten together or whites Baking Powder Biscuits (5) Add 3-4 cup of Sultana raisins or didicled .and beaten separately. Drop in 3 cups flour 1 cup milk. dates. to muffin pans. Bake. 6 tsps. baking powder 3 tbs. fat Luncheon Rolls are very delicious and Variations: 11-2 tsp. salt quickly made for the buried dinner. (1) May vary above rule by substi Method: Sift the flour, baking powder 2 cups flour 2-3 cup milk tuting 1 cup corn meal, 1 cup rye or 1 and salt. Work the fat into the sifted 3 tsp. baking powder 2 tsp. sugar cup rolled oats for 1 cup of flour. ingredient s with a fork or the finger 1 tsp. salt 2 tsp. melted fat. (2) May add 1-2 cup elates, raisins, or tips. Add the milk. Roll out and cut 1 eg.g nuts. in circles. Bake in hot oven. Method: Sift dry ingredients, combine (3) Add 1-2 cup fresh blue berries to Variations: with milk and fat. Add egg which may above recipe. 6 THE IOWA HOMEMAKER Use Determines the Kind of Floors You Should Have By MARY SIMONS sand-papered before a second coat of stain is applied, as the stain raises the grain making the wood quite rough. Waxing is the most preferred method of finishing floors as it enhances the beauty of the wood, is readily and com paratively easy to renew, and is pro tection to the wood. Wax is not expen sive, neither does its application require a number of expensive tools. A long handled weighted brush is the only tool necessary for waxing. The secret of well-waxed floors is per sistency when applying the first coats of wax. Put on a thin coat of wax and per sistently rub this coat to a polish before applying another. It is said that if kept well-waxed the boards of a floor will wear thin but still retain their original finish and beauty. Floors should be re waxed two or three times a year when A floor suitable for the living room or a bed room might not be at all desir subject to moderate use, otherwise the able for the kitchen or breakfast room where there is constant wear and frequent rewaxing depends on the amount of wear cleaning is necessary_ on the floor. Oiling makes a satisfactory finish for UR grandmothers never had to worry of th.e room. Since the floor is the found· kitchen and bathroom floors. It fills the O about the kind of wood used to floor ation and primarily the background of pores of the wood and gives the floor a their homes as the floor was always en the room it should be unobtrusive and durable surface. Boiled linseed oil may tirely covered by an Ingrain, Brussels or as nearly neutral as possible in relation be used or a mixture of linseed oil and Velvet Carpet, and never seen except at to its surroundings to harmonize with turpentine. house-cleaning time when the carpet was the rugs, walls, hangings, furniture, and Paint is another finish that should be taken up to be dusted. Now, during this pictures. mentioned as it is so helpful in refinish reign of polished floors and removable Various combinations of the following ing old floors. It can be obtained in a rugs, the floor problem is very vital. finishes may be used: oil, stain, filler, wide range of colors making possible a Both the kind and quality of flooring varnish, shellac, and wax. Take for ex floor that will carry out the color scheme material is determined by the use or the ample an oak floor: if natural finish is of a room. Painted floors are easily wear of the floor in a particular room. desired, the pores of the wood are filled cleaned and if waxed and well cared for, For instance: A floor suitable for the with a colorless filler, shellaced with a they will retain their original finish for living room or a bed-room might not be white shellac, finished with clear var a long time. at all desirable for the kitchen where nish and waxed, or wax may be applied Though the methods of finishing floors there is constant wear and frequent directly to shellac, the varnish being are varied there is one general statement cleaning is necessary. omitted. that can be made in regard to finishes. Wood is the most universal material Stains are used to bring out the grain Always use the best materials obtainable used for floors in private houses. Some of the wood and to make the floor darker as the expense of the original finish is of the woods used for flooring are: oak, in color, the latter method is used on hardly noticeable in comparison to its maple, birch. beech, pine, and fir. Of soft woods to imitate hard woods. After lasting qualities. these oak is most used for floors, having a coat of stain dries, the floor must be (Continued on page 11) an advantage over pine and fir in that it does not slive·r, makes a durable and attractive floor, and being very hard it wears off evenly. To make a really beautiful oak floor the lumber must be ouarter-sawed, this not only brings out the beauty of the grain in the wood, but also it has been found that it makes a more durable surface than plain-sawed lumber. A sub-floor of inexpensive lumber should be laid as a foundation for higher grade flooring. This insures a level and tightly finished top floor, also a warmer room in winter. Oak or any selected wood may be used for all the house, however many prefer more durable substances than wood for floors subject to hardest wear as in the kitchen, bath-room, laundry, and entries. Concrete, tile, or composition floors are quite satisfactory for flooring materials as they are durable, sanitary, and easily cleaned. THe makes an especially at tractive floor and is made in a variety of patterns and soft colors. The finishing of the floors is an indi· vidual problem for each home, depend ing on preference, kind, of wood used, Painted floors are quite popular . for bed rooms, for here there is not enough and the general tone of the furnishings wear to necessitate a sturdier finish. THE IOWA HOMEMAKER 7 "It Happens in the Best of Regulated Nests" By HARRIET SCHLEITER "RACHEL Robin, where have you "'Yes, but -dearie, I'm awfully hungry'," " 'I mean-oh, honey, don't cry like been?" twittered Mr. Robin, a ventured The Man. that. I'm sorry! We'll go out for dinner little impatiently, "I came home an hour " 'Have a chocolate, they are luscious. 2.nd I'll never-' " early to see you." Let me read the part where-' " " 'Ooooo, I'm sorryer. I'll always "Oh, my dear Richard," Mrs. Robin " 'But honey, aren't you going to get Oh'!" answered, perching on the edge of their anything for me to eat'?" pleaded The "Is that all?" asked Richard Robin. nest and speaking in an excited chirp. Man. "Well," anfwflred his wife. "I to!J "I was just coming back from the market "'Well, there is some fruit in the re you the Canaries were lovely people. with some things for dinner and I frigerator. I could make you a salad, They didn't look after ·that." stopped at the window of the House to and I guess I could find something to talk to the Canaries. They are such "But I suppose," said Richard Robin, make a sandwich or two'," said The Girl putting his wing tenderly around his lovely people, not at all affected, even thoughtfully. tho they live in that gorgeous wicker wite. "I suppose he did like this." mansion." "'But listen'," she "went on, brighten "Oh, Richard, you'll tear my net and ing, " 'I have just a few chapters to read. muss up my feathers." "Yes, lovely people. What did they Couldn't you run and fix it for yourself have to say?" while I finish. Then stack your dishes in "I wondered if you weren't ever going the kitchen. I'll be through by that time A lesson hath March-if' a teacher to ask that. The people In the House and we can go to a movie'." stern- A lesson 'twere well for the heart to had a quarrel yesterday. A most dread "'No, I won't'!" said The Man firmly, ful quarrel." learn. or very firmly. If the sky is dark and the winds are cold, "'Veil, well, what was it all about?" " 'Why-why-deary-' " If the snows a re deep on the moor and "I'll tell it to you just as they told it "'No. I won't this time or any other wold, to me. They said that all the afternoon time. I work hard all day and you could If the brown buds lie in their cells The Girl sat on the davenport and read at least provide substantial food for me asleep, a book and ate chocolates. It got later twice a day'." And the clouds come only to frown or and later, and the Canaries were awfully weep; worried because she didn't seem to re "He was angry and so was she. She stamped her foot and threw back her If the spring be late in her warm em member about getting dinner for The brace, Man. head and said, "'Well, if that is why you married me. She comes at last with rush and shout, "And finally they heard The Man She will put all the legions of Frost to whistle like he always does, and The why didn't you hire a c-cook? You j-just want f-oo--food'." rout. Girl didn't move until he was clear in A h! thus if life is a weary March, the room. Then she jumped up and ran "Then she started to cry. We pass to joy through a victor's arch. and kissed him and said, " 'It's my right to at least be provided -Helen H. Rish. " 'Oh, honey! I've been realing 'The with substantial food twice a. day, and Sheik,' and it's wonderful." besides-'" Ah, March! we know thou art " 'Like it, dear'?" said The Man. He "'Ooooo I can't stand this. You hurt Kind-hearted, spite of ugly looks and began to look around for signs of food. my feelings'," sobbed The Girl. threats, " 'I just couldn't stop reading. The " 'That is- at- least-anyhow- ' " And, out of sight, are nursing April's Sheik is the most wonderful man in the "The man was looking less and less violets! world, except you'." angry and more and more miserable. -Helen Hunt. A House to Please the Birds By ESTHER RAYBURN F YOU would buil-d a castle in the air, perky. There is sure to be a wren settled to have a more aristocratic looking resi I build a bird house. Birds are airy there as soon as this family of birds are dence perched loftily on a pole in the gar creatures so they must have their houses back from southern resorts. den. This is in hopes that sometime a In the air. Whether it is a small log Blue birds sometimes build in houses. hird will come with enough of a tilt to cabin among the vines on the back porch, Maybe, if there was a half cocoanut shell his beak to appreciate this rather stylish a half cocoanut shell near the eaves out fastened up under the eaves just outside rlwelling. It must be larger than the rest side the bedroom window, a many porch the bedroom window, this little bird MISS LYDIA BIGELOW IN Y. W . C. A . REBA EDWARDS W RIT ES FROM CAR R I E PLU NKETT PUBLISHES WORK HAWA II BULLETIN Collapsible bathtubs and !He in a "Home economics," writes Reba Ed Carrie Punkett, one of our last year shack hold no terrors for Miss Lyda wards who is teaChing at Wailuku Ha staff members and a member of Theta Bigelow, an Iowa State woman who has waii, "is entirely undeveloped here. In Sigma Phi, who is t{\aching at the Uni been doing noteworthy relief work in fact it has be·en in this school only six versity of Arkansas, at Fayettsville, France, Serbia, and who is now the only years. The equipment is miserable with writes: relief work·er which the Y. W. C. A. has cooking and sewing in the same room, "My duties here, with twenty hours sent to Greece for six months. and no individual equipment for cook of teaching and all the buying for the Before the war Miss Bigelow was a ing. Then I have to supervise getting foods department, keep me constantly teacher of physical geography in Pueblo lunch for about 150 and that takes most on the job. I have written a bulletin on and Seattle public schools. But in the of the time. At first I thought that I family meals, that is now in the hands fall of 1917 she !·eft her teaching to go had run against a stone wall but I am of the publishers. Outside of that I've to France in constru·ction and relief getting more used to it now." done nothing in the journalistic line." work under the Red Cross. For one and Reba has for her pupils, Chinse, Jap We think that is quite a good deal a half years she worked in Southern anese, Portuguese, and Hawaiians with · Evidently Carrie is making good for France caring for war ridden refugees. the Japanese outnumbering the others. Imogene Crutcher, in a letter to Miss Her work was so successful that in 1918. "Nearly all of my girls, of all nation Viola Bell, says, "Miss Plunkett is in just before Christmas. she was sent aliti-es come to school barefoot." For structor of foods at Arkansas. All the under the auspices of the Balkan Com tunate\y they all speak English, although girls are very fond of her, and I think mission, to Serbia, to serve with the Reba says: she is quite a booster since two of her Red Cross there. In recognition of the "In talking with the Japanese and girls expect to enter Ames next fall." sphJndid work she did there, she was Chinese an extensive vocabulry is super Imogene, who left school at the end decorated by the Serbian government. flous. When you go to buy anything you of the fall quarter on account of illness, Feeling the need of more training Miss point at the article and say 'How much?' is hoping to return this spring. Bigelow returned to the states in '19 to If you want it, all you need to say is, study at Columbia and do social servic·e 'I ta~e.' The pidgeon English over here O UR FRENCH GIRLS work in New York City. In '20 she is the limit. It is a mixture of English, worked under the National Board of the Andre Dumont and Yvonne Manin, Japanese, and Hawaiian. The kids say who graduated from the Iowa State in Y. W. C. A. 'me no can,' 'me no like.' One word The following year she was sent by 1921, are now working in France. seems to express several different ideas Andre, who went to Paris, studying the Y. W. C. A. back to France. But depending on the situation." this time to do immigration work, hav playground and recreational work, now Cottages are furnished for the teach has charge of a playground in Soissons. ing charge of the immigrant women of ers. Reba lives with a girl from Penn the s•econd class. Her work consisted Yvonne is studying at the University sylvania, one from Washington, and one in Paris. After leaving the states she of watching the ports with three offices from Omaha. They do their own work at Brussels, Paris, and Versailles. did research work in ante tubercular taking turns each week. cures at Pasteur Institute. Here at Last Christmas Miss Bigelow was call Can you imagine the pleasure of liv ed to London in a conference at Y. W. school she majored in bacteriology un ing in surroundings like these? "The der Dean R. E. Buchanon. C. A. headquarters. There she was ask scenery around us is typically Hawaiian. ·ed to go to Greece in Relief work for In our front yard is a row of Royal six months as the only representative palms and we look out on a majestic O lantana." Hazel Kintzley Porter, '20, will accom Helping to run a two million dollar a .t\Jthough teachers usually stay in Ha pany her husband, Professor R. H. Port :vear business is the work of Violet Pam waii but one year, Reba plans to teach -er, to Pekin, ChinR in August, where Mr. mel, who is Assistant Superintendent of another year, and expects to spend her Porter will be connected with the Uni Food Service at Washington, D. C. De summer in Honolulu. versiay of Pekin as plant pathologist. borah Horne, also an Iowa State gradu ate is assisting Violet in this work. Miss Ruth Pohlman, '22, is teaching Their dining rooms. put up during the DOR IS PAMM E L CHIE F DI ETICIAN foods in the Clinton high school. war, are on the Capitol grounds, and A recent visitor to Ames was Doris there they feed 2,000 women employed Pammel who is chief dietician at Fort Miss Ilva Fishel, '21, is teaching her by the government twice daily. Although Baird, New Mexico, one of the larg·est second year of home economics at Belle this service is not run for profit they tubercular hospitals for world war vet Plaine, Iowa. turned into the tfleasury over $20,000 erans in the country. Doris, with the last year. aid of twelve assistant dieticians feeds Nellie Grant, '03, of Rolfe, Ia., has been Violet is secretary of the Ames Alumni 800 patients daily. teaching in Los Angeles schools, and has gssociation at Washington. She recent Doris finds her health much improved had great success in handling foreign lY gave a dinner for several P. E. 0. and she enjoys her work. She does not chidren. friends, entertaining the president of live in the hospital but has her own the suoreme grand chapter of P. E. 0., little cottage and a maid. She rides Josephine Plattenburg, a '22 graduate, Mrs. Hughes. the organizer; Mrs. E. D. horseback a great deal, and often spends is specializing in costume designing at Ball; Senator Brookhart's life; and four week-ends at a shack which the dieti the School of Fine and Applied Arts in other women. cians own in the mountains. New York City. 'l'IIE IOWA IIOMEMAI[ER 9 It remains to the woman of the house to start. She THE IOWA HOMEMAKER must teach herself to be happy. "A Magazine For Homemakers From a Homemaker's School" So ladies-bring back again "Jest, and youthful Jollity, VOL. II MARCH No.12 Quips and cranks and wanton wiles, Nods and becks and wreathed smiles." Published at Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa. Price $1.50 per Become as frivolous as your youngest daughter, year. Advertising rates on application laugh delightedly at all jokes. In other words, "kid Entered as second class matter at the post office, Ames, Iowa 'em along," families love it! PUBLICATION BOARD-Dean AnnaL. Richardson, Vice-Dean IS A TECHNICAL EDUCATION LIBERAL? Edna E. Walls, Prof. F. W. Beckman, Miss Florence Busse, Mrs. Frank Kerekes, Rose Storm, Ethel Huebner, Llyra In a recent comparison of schools, a .woman of liberal Pric'e, Esther Pond. education, a graduate of the University of Minnesota, EDITORIAL STAFF-Rose Storm, editor; •Eleanor Murray, who was in a position to know a great deal about col issue editor; Katherine Goeppinger, associate editor; Jeanette lege ratings, said '' Oh, Ames is so t echnical !'' Is it? Beyer, associate editor; Marcella Dewell, art editor; Clara To graduate from Iowa State in the home economics Jordan, Opal Wind, Harriett Schleiter, Esther Rayburn, Helen Hamilton, Ada Havner, Viola Jammer, Mildred Boyt, Juanita course, a girl is required to complete : Beard. Applied Art (design and art principles) ...... 18 credits BUSINESS STAFF-Ethel Huebner, manager; Reva Pierce, Household Art (garment construction) ______15 credits Harriett Sloss, Fern Green, Agnes Noble, Marjorie Jay, Helen Household Science (food selection and prep- Piper, Bertha Sanvoldt. aration) ------16 credits CIRCULATION STAFF-Llyra Price, manager; Mona Thomp· Household Aministration (management) ______13 credits son, Clare Youngclass, Fern Green, Esther Pond, Florence H. Ec. Vocational Education. ... ------·------·------1 credit Hahn, Pearl Brown, Laura Bublitz, Paula Braunlich, Marcella Agricultural ,Journalism ______------3 credits Dewell. Bacteriology ------·------5 credits Chemistry ------24 credits DON'T BE A SLOW ONE Economic Science ______: ______9 credits 15 credits ''Sport that wrinkled Care derides, English ------ 3 credits And Laughter holding both his sides. History ------1-Iygi ene ... _____ ...... -...... ---- 1 credit Come, and trip it as you go, 2 credits ·on the light fantastic toe." Physical Education ------Physics ------3 credits How many of our busy housewives, I wonder, read Psychology ---·------ 9 credits Milton~ And if they have read him, did they mark the Public Speaking ------3 credits above passage with a red pencil and then copy it in Zoology ------9 credits their hearts? Choice (between modern languages, history, Husbands complain that wives take life too seriously, mathematics, botany or zoolvgy) ______12 credits that they have no sense of humor making them insensi Electives ------47 credits ble to the best of jokes, that they lay stress on things Of the electives, there are open to home economic stu that don't count, and that at best they are dull com dents, 49 credits in home economics, 42 in English, 15 in panions. So it is to the club, or out with the fellows, history, 57 in modern language, 15 in psychology, 34 in leaving the wives at home with their darning, that these public speaking, 10 in religious education, 26 in voca harried husbands go to seek brighter company, and tional education, 33 in zoology, 22 in bacteriology, 20 in gayer fellowship. agricultural journalism, besides unlimited credits in In their hearts, women know that they do have a other divisions. sense of humor, keener perhaps than that of men. But Summing this up, ·what do we find ? Merely that a life is serious. Certainly there is nothing very funny home economics education could not possibly be more about the continuous preparation of meals or of dusting liberal, not only in its requirements, but in its electives, till infinity. And after all, muddy feet, ink spots on the than is the one outlined here, and still be a home. eco table cloth, or a washing machine that needs repairing nomics course. And isn't that what we all want? vVhy is an important matter. know only ''how to cook and sew a fine seam'' when Women remember the pre-marriage days and do not the world is so full of needs fur well-educated, liberal understand the torpor that marriage has now thrust minded women to carry on its work? them into. In those other days they carefully culti Ames is, undoubtedly, a technical school, yet is it not vated and nourished vivacity, and interestedness. Why better that she give her pupib the best of every branch not do it now ~ Why not break out of this paralysis of of education, so that they know not only how to perform spirit, and be as they used to be, full of fun, bright and their chosen work skillfully, but also to live fuller, bet gay. It means time, and lots of trying, of course, and ter lives as a result of their training~ perhaps a slighting of household duties in order not to 'l'hen, is it so terrible to be ''technical?'' be overtired- for who ever heard of a tired person be ing successfully gay~ There is that old question: 'SCUSE, PLEASE Would you rather have a clean cross wife or a dirty ''l'wixt flu and scarlet fever, ye staff has been quaran cheerful wife~ And of course men argue for the dirty tined so oft and so long that this issue has been unavoid cheerful wife-every time. The world loves to laugh. . ably delayed. 'l'here are homes so tense that it strikes you as soon If you have ever been through such an ordeal, you can as you open the door and bears upon you as long as forgive the delay caused by such a confusion. If you you are near. 'l'he atmosphere is oppressive and you have not, may we ask you to stretch your imagination to long for a word of jest, hearty laughs, and light hearts. • cover the situation ~ 10 THE IOW A HOMEMAI[ER ~ LILBl1~L '1 I QU~~TIOH .An HOW VELVET IS MADE UP TO CLEAN WASHABLE KID GLOVES EATING SORREL When making a chiffon velvet dress do you How should washable kid gloves be cleaned? W e live in a rural district where children de~ have the nap running up or down? light in eatin g sorrel frequently. Is it harmful Wash on the hand in suds of pure to them, when eaten in small quantities? The nap of velvet should run up, not white soap, and cold water. Rinse in down. Children should be discouraged from clear water and dry between. towels. eating sorrel, as some species are very rich in oxalic acid, which is highly FULLNESS OF RUFFLES TO CLEAN WHITE HAIR RIBBONS poisonous. How do you figure the amount of fullness for How may white hair ribbons be cleaned? a flounce or ruffle when using the machine at tachment? Soak them in warm suds of castile TO KEEP BROWN SUGAR FROM The amount allowed for a ruffle de· soap. Scrub them on a smooth surface LUMPING pends entirely on the fullness desired with soft brush. Rinse in clear water Is there any way to keep brown sugar from but a good rule for the average ruffle is and press out the water by putting be lumping? to allow one-half of the length of the tween towels. Iron, between towels, Keep the sugar in an open jar, in the goods plus the length. with a moderate iron. A few drops of refrigerator and it will remain soft and vinegar in the rinse water will keep free from lumps. IRON IN RAISINS them stiff. MEASURING SHORTING Do raisins really supply the body with iron to any great extent? REMOVING SCORCH STAINS Measuring a fra.ctional cup of shortening by packing it down is such a slow process that I Raisins supply the body with more How may scorch atains be removed? would like to know of another method of get sugar than iron. It would be necessary Soak in lukewarm water and then wet ting such a measurement. to eat a very great many raisins to se· with lemon juice and salt and put in the From a full cup, subtract the quantity cure any iron worth consideration. Spin· sun. r equired, and put enough water in a cup ach, eggs, carrots, and some other foods to equal the remainder. Then add short are richer in iron than raisins. RETAINING THE GLOSS OF SATIN ening until the water rises to the top. Is there any way to launder sateen so that it This measurement will be accurate and OVEN TEMPERATURES will retain its gloss?. none of the fat will be lost by adhering If a little borax is put in the last rinse What are the exact temperatures referred to to the cup. in cook books when the terms s low, moderate, water, the original gloss will not dis hot and very hot are used? appear. (Continued on page 15) Slow is from 250-350 degrees Faren· heit; moderate from 350-400; hot or TO CUT ANGEL FOOD CAKE Quick from 400-450; and very hot is from How may angel food cake be cut so as not to 450-550. destroy its texture? Divide by pulling apart with two forks CLARIFICATION OF FATS instead of using a knife. Sponge cake may be similarly divided. Can you tell me a good method of clarifying fats? To each pound of chopped fat add 12 pieces of char coal in one-inch cubes. Cook in double boiler until fat is all rendered out. Let stand two hours and strain. rs;;~~ RHUBARB LEAVES POISONOUS EVERYBODY WANTS HIS GLASSES Is there any objection to using rhubarb leaves for greens? RIGHT AND WANTS THEN Rhubarb leaves should never be used PROMPTLY as greens, since they contain oxalic acid. ~~\! The POWE'R of the Lens MUST be BROWN RICE I e right. No care is too great; no trou ble too mu•ch; no test too severe to in What is brown rice? I have noticed it ad vertised frequently. sure the correctness of our lenses. Ex ICOFFEE I amining eyes and fitting lenses to Brown rice is polished rice which has not been coated with talcum powder. I uRich and Mellow" I them is our business. COLOR OF FLOUR J • Dr. F. E. Robinson Is there any advantage in a white flour? I Packed by new her- • The practice of bleaching flour arose metic seal process that I Exclusive Optometrist because whiteness is associated with f retainsinta ctthefresh I Over the Gift Shop purity. There is no justification for the 1 roasted fragrance. 1 Ames, Iowa. publics demand for white flour, since it is only for commercial reasons that it has been created artificially. L ..~ .. ..:. .. ~...J 1'HE IOWA HOMEMAJ[ER 11 faces. Wax is softened by the oil and Use Determines the Kind of the protective surface is soon destroyed. +·- ··- ··- ··- ··- ··- ··- ··- ··-··-··-··-··-·+ Either use an oil free mop or a mop ! Floors You Should Have wrung out of gasoline. There are oil (Continued from page 6) free mops on the market now that are chemically treated to take up the dust I If the house-wife is to do her own work but do not injure the finish. i she should choose a finish that will be Oiled floors should be duste gives one the appearance of having a more attractive. Silk gloves in color to What Will Differentiate small dainty foot, when she truly has a match the frock are always in good taste. This Spring From Last large one. Beaded bags are replacing the one Silk gloves have replaced the hot kid time expensive hand tooled leather ones. (Continued from page 2) ones for spring wear. The silk glove And one can readily see why. Beaded quality, plain color hose, having the has come to stay, and manufacturers bags in colors add cheer to the dullest color match the shoes. realizing this are making them more and suit or dress. The hand made ones are A small neatly clad foot is a woman's gr eatest pride. Some women will even grow corn for the sake of making their +·- ··-··- ··- ··-··-··- ··-··- ··- ··- ··- ··-··- ··- ··-··-·- ··-··- ··-··-··-··- ··-··- ··-·- + feet appear smaller, by wearing shoes too small for them. But the styles are such now that she will not have to suf fer. The handsome colonial tongues Whitman 's Crane's Huyler's gleaming with steel cut beads, and the strapped front on the present day pump The Chocolate Shop BOX CHOCOLATES +1· -··-··-··- ··-··-··- ··- ··-··- ··-··- ··-·+i Luncheonette Fountain Service The I + -tt-lll-tl-tl-tl-tll -tii-1~-III-III-NI-II-II-tl-1'11-ll-ll-llll - ll - ll -ll-ll-ll-11 -t l -tl-1- t + i ...,.·-··- ··- ··- ··- ··- ··- ··- ··- ··- ··- ··- ··- ··- ··- ··- ··- ··- ··- ··- ·ll- 11- 11- 11- ll- ll- ll- 11- + I J.D. PALMER & CO. New MARSHALLTOWN, lOWA. i The Store Behind the Goods England ! Your Spring Suit i Marshalltown, Iowa I Is Here ·wonderful Creations. Authentic Styles at prices you '11 appre I ciate. Always r emember that if you buy your Suit here the i Quality must be right. I + -II-II- II-II- III- MM-II-MM-11-II-II-II-II-II-II- II-11- II- II- II-II-II-II-II-II-11-II- 1+ Buy your Spring Wash Goods I White Goods and Art Materiah ! +~-· ...-··-··-·· - ··-··-··-··-··-·l- 11-ll- 1-ll-ll-ll-ll-ll-ll-ll-ll-ll-11-ll-11-ll-11-ll+ from us. We believe we show . i a larger assorted stock and sell at lower prices than usually I maintain. AMES Our new Royal Society and Pacific Embroidery Co. pack ages are on sale in our Art De PANTORIUM partment. Give this store an oppor tunity to show you. MASTER CLEANERS L i Mail Orders Filled Promptly i i Phone 231 j i j We Call for and Deliver [E. R. LAY I AMES IOWA i I + T ·-··-·-··-··-··- ··-··-··-··-··-··-·-·+ + •-~•-••-••-••-••-~~ -•• -•• -•• -••- ~ -••-ll -lll -11 -ll-ll -ll -ll-ll-•1 - • -•1-•l-11-•• -••-+ THE IOWA HOMEMAKER 13 very expensive, but the machine made ones are very .good substitute for the +·-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-·-··-&+ more expensive ones. Yet it is · always said that then is nothing new, just old ideas made over. When I had seen the beautiful new I spring offerings I de~ided that the old .i ideas must have been very charming or +. ·-·-··-··-·-··-··-··-··-··-··-.. -··- ··-~·-··-··-··-·-· +i the present day designers exceedingly ! i clever. I 1 i i +·-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··- + i When in need of f A. M. Norris i 11 I HOSIERY - CASH GROCERY Do not forget i i The House That Quality Built i PHOENIX All Qualities-All Shades Ii Phone 311 Ames, Iowa i. + -··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-·-·+ Also 1 +·-·-··-I ·--··-··-··-··- ··-··-··-··-··-·+. I : In these days of harsh winds, ! Wool Vests for 1 coal dust and smoke, and hard I I j water, treat your face to massage : Ladies : with the right cream. ! 1 MARINELLO CRJDAM can be j . I Two 'Stores used by anyone. Let us help you j i 215 Main and Campustown select yours. j I I Marinello methods and Marinello : i preparations at the 1 i I GUS MARTIN MARINELLO COMFORT j I i SHOP j i Commercial Bank Building j I I I I . +·-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-·+ i· •·-··-··-··-··-··- ·-··-··-··-··-·-··-··-··-··-··-·-··-·+ i I I Ford's l : Luncheonette tft··-·-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-·· -··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··--··-··-··-··-··-··-·~ +·-i ··-··-··-·--··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-·--··-··-··-··-··-··-·--··-··-··-··-·+i i i f I- GIRLS--- I f Write your notes with a j : i ! i ! Remington or Corona i ! i l - I the Two Leading Portables I - 1 ! i I Student Supply Store 1 i i Next to Theatre i I We give you twelve months to pay t +·-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··--·-~~·-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-·+ 14 THE IOWA HOMEMAKER Let There Be Light r·-··-~~-·-~~-··-~~-··-~~-··-··-~~-··-ll-ll-·-ll-ll-ll-1-ll-11-1-·-11--·-·-·r (Continued from page 3) that the lamp will give off warm rays when lit. The choice of lamps one may buy is I NEW MILLINERY ! practically unlimited. A variety of metal, silk, parchment, china, glass, and =,' f yes, even leather light shade are to be Styles That Rejuvenate j had. Every housewife may make her family happier by her choice of light for ~ the Whole Costume i their home. So "Let there be light, for ~ r· light is good." ~ In this in-between season, the J 1 Spring Hat takes the responsibility : of supplying a new and refreshing j ! note to Winter coats and cos- j +·-··- ··- ··- ··- ··- ··- ··- ··-·-··- ··- ··- + tumes. ! 1 While you are debating the con ! WE need YOUR Business. ' tents of your new wardrobe, a new i I1 hat will brighten your Winter cos i tume. i ·YOU need OUR Service. i Some of the new hats are ideally suited to COMMERCIAL SAVINGS the season when one must still wear a Winter i coat. The shapes are srnaU, the colors gay 1 BANK and new. i You will be delighted with the exceptional assortment of styles, and t.he + - ·· - ~~· -·· - ·· - ·· - ··- ·· - ·· - ·· -· · - ·· - ·· - · + moderate prices you find in Spring millinery at Younkers'. Prices range ! all the way from 7.50 upwards to 24.50. +-·--··- ·· - ·· -·· - ·· - ~~· - ·· - ·· - ··- ·· - ·· - + I MONTAG'S j I YOUNKER BROS. I Fashionable Writing Papers j I Millinery; Second Floo,r. i Stationery i I i i Pound Papers j + -··-·-··-·-··-·-··-·-··-·-··-··-·-·--··-·-·-·-·-·--·--,---'-+ · Envelopes =1 f Sold only at j ..,·-·--··-··-·--··-··-·--··-··-·--··-·-·:-·--·-··-·-·- · ·-··-·-·--·------·~-~- + i JUDISCH BROS. i I Learn to Manufacture f I i DRUG STORE I rI + - ••-••-•-••- •- n- ••- ••-•- ••- ••- ••- •+ Your Own Opportunities• I +·-·--··-·-·--·- ··-·-··- ··- ··- ··- ··- + 'fhe principal tool is a Savings Ac 1 count- 1! r Your product will depend upon how I The I you use it. i Why not get started today~ I $1.00 Opens a Savings Account $1.00 I G. T. HART I Story County Trust & Savings Bank AMES, IOWA l i Studio j + -· · -- · - ·· - ··-- · -··- ·· -· · -··-··-· · -··-· ~~ -· ·--· -·· -··-- · -··--·-·· -··-··-··-· · --·-·-+ + · - · -- ·· -·· -·--··-··-··-·--· · -··-··-·--··---··-··-·-- ·· - ·· - ·· - ·· -·-··-·~-~----- t PHOTOGRAPHS I and a Fine Line of I HART BEAUTY SHOPPE I i HAND-CARVED FRAMES i FAIR STORE ~ !~ Showing a complete line of First-Quality Hair Goods at if. I f reasonable prices. j I- G. T. HART I = Phone 250 j 1 t i -·-·-·-·-·-·- ...... l + --·---··----·--·--·-··--·-··--·--~-~·--·--·-··--·-··-··--·-·.,_.·--·-~~-----+ THE IOWA HOMEMA]{ER 15 ~ ,_.,_,_,_, ,_,,_,_, _,_,_,_,,_ ,,_ T The Eternal Question +·----··-·--··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··- + Watches Diamonds J (Continued from page 10) I i Opposite Court House I CLEANING O I L PAINTINGS How may oil paintings be cleaned? Wash with warm (not hot) suds of iI J. 0 . .! pure white soap, wetting only a small . I portion at a time, and drying immedi C. W. Dudgeon ately. Use only the softest cloths, free i from lint. When the entire surface has JEWELER I. SPRINGER I been washed and dried, go over it again I = with a piece of flannel, slightly moisten ed with the best grade of linseed oil. Do I & CO. f not use oil enough to leave a perceptible J Ames Iowa ! . film on the surface to catch and hold I Marshalltown I dust, but merely enough to keep the paint +,.-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··----·+ from drying out and cracking, and to .i I preserve the life and brilliancy of the +·----··-·--··-·-··-·--··-··-·--··-·--·+ ! Women's and Misses ' Ready- j colors. I I ! to-W ear and Millinery ."I i . I i ! " FLEUR DE LIS" i i Do You i Hand Made I Ii I: Suffer From I = I Frequent I I Blouses i !. I. Headaches? I • -Every one imported fabrics I I ! I You probably _have been taking I ! . drugs and are discouraged because • - Everyone positively made by I only temporary relief has been af ! i forded. :I hand i• The chances are your vision is impaired and glasses are what you ! $5.95-- Fifteen Styles-$5.95 j really need. When You ! f Remember-75 per cent of all Think of headaches are due to eye strain. HOSIERY t Fleur de Lis Line sold exclu- I Have Us Examine Your Eyes. Think of =I sively by •I L. C. TALLMAN TRUEBLOOD'S i i I Registered Optometrist i ]. 0. Springer & Co. f Campustown i• . '1 I T +·-··--·-··-··-··-··-··- ·--·--·--·-··-·+ + -·-··-··-·-·-··-·-·-·-·----+ r---·-·-·-·-..- ..-··-··- ..-·-··- T +·-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-·--··-··-··-··-··-·--·--··-··-·--·--... j Call a I i j 1 YELLOW 1 l TAXI ~ COATS, SUITS, I Always Reliable DRESSES, I• You pay for only the distance ! you ride. HATS 1 : 1 Passenger Fare for SPRING 25c first one-third mile I - Something . ,new . n o t ! 10~~1~ch additional one-third :II only in styles-In Value 1 Giving. 25c each extra passenger. for II the entire trip fi. CALL-SEE . lOc for each 4 minutes wait- I ing time. j ! i Ladies Apparel Shop of Boone I Call116 l "Where Smart Things Come From" ! All-Night Service f ' ! _,_,_,_,,_,_,,_.,_,_,,_.,_, __ ,+ I + -··-··-··-··-·-··-·-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··...... :··-··-··-··-·-··-··-·-·+ 16 THE IOWA HOMEMAKER EGG SUBSTITUTE custards and sauces, omit all eggs over +·- ·--··- ••- ••- ••- ••- ••-•--.. - .. - •- n- •+ I find that I must economize in the use two, and substitute two tablespoons of I I of eggs. What substitutes could be used? cornstarch for each egg omitted. In om- i Th Th ·r j In. cakes, for each eg.g over three elets and scrambled eggs, increase the • e rl ty rerson called for in the recipe, use instead, one bulk without detriment to the texture by 1 j additional teaspoonful of baking powder adding one tablespoon of milk or water 1 j and one teaspoonful of cornstarch. In +·----··-··-·--··-·--··-··-··-··-··-··- t ::...:.:.~.:__·-+ 1 Has a Systematic 1 UNION NATIONAL BANK \ a.nd UNION TRUST & SAVINGS BANK Best I! Plan of Saving l Ames, Iowa Capital, Surplus and Undi- vided Profits, $164,000.00 ll Ames 1 l S. A. K.napp, A. J. Martin, i President. Cashier. + -··-··- ··-··--·-··-··-··-··-··-··-·-·+ l Electric 1 1 National +·---·--·--·--··-··-··-··- ··-··-·~~- + i i i THE MAPLES j Study Lamps l i B k l Electric Curlers I i an I A Delightful Place for i I I i I AFTERNOON TEA i J . Pressing Irons I l Ames Trust &Savings \ i Something Different Daily I i I Bank -~i~ i $3.00- $5.00 ! Electric Grills ~ I i + -··-··-··-··--·-··-··-··-··-··-··-·--·+ ! _,,_ ,,_ .,_ , _ ,,_ ,,_ .,_ ,_ ,,_ .,_ ,,_ ,,_ ,+ + - ··- ··- ··-·- ··- ..- ··- ··- ··- ··- ..-- ·+ ~ ~ ·-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-·--··-·--··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-·--·--+ \vl~ What'~ New - ~.[(. :\.\ In Sprrng Apparel At the American you will find the successful modes / ,.~...._ I \• for the coming season .. ;)' ~~ In the Frock and Costume Section you will find exclusive models by J enny, Drechol, Vievette, 't Schery and Louvin-all are exclusive and moder ' ately priced. In the Suit Section we show the ultra new three piece Costume Suits. They are very smart. The Genuine '' Basingstoke'' Sport Coats are shown in our exclusive cc,at department. They are different. W e have them in those wanted English Plaids, Tweeds and Camel's Hair. They are not high priced. American Dry Qoods Co. Boone, Iowa ...... --·-··-··-··-··-··-··-··--·-··-··--·-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··-··--·-·+