Volume 6 Article 1 Number 1 The Iowa Homemaker vol.6, no.1

1926 The oI wa Homemaker vol.6, no.1 Gladys Branson Iowa State College

Idamae Miles Iowa State College

Cleo Fitzsimmons Iowa State College

Berenice Millerke Iowa State College

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~------· -----1 i I I I I I I I I I I I TABLE CONTENTS !I ~ !I I I I I I I I ~·~ I - ~ I I I 1 Personality in Children's Clothing ------1 1 I I I I I I 1 We Borrow From Our Predecessors ------2 1 1 By Gladys Branson 1 I I 1 Care Gives Wear ------3 I I By Helen Dahl I I I 1 Individuality in Dress ------4 1 I l j I To Gather or Scatter Dust ------4 I I I By Idamae Miles I I I I Girls' 4-H Club Page ------5 I I I I With the Iowa State Home Economics Association ------6 1 I I I I I Editorial ------7 I I I I I

I1 Who's There and Where ------8 I1 1 By Cleo Fitzsimmons 1 I I 1 The Art of Batik ------9 1 I By Berenice Millerke I I I I The Eternal Question ------10 1

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I I I I I I I I i ------! THE lOW A HOMEMAI(ER "A Magazine tor Homemakers from a Homemakers' School"

MAY, 1926 NUMBER 1

Personality tn Children's. Clothing

F you were a three-year-old and re­ EO good. Usually the children themselves Jane is so opposed to colored fabrics, she ceived such an invitation in an en­ would say which co'ors they liked best. will have to introduce color by the ju­ velope of marbelized paper all tied Their reactions to the· colors and tex­ dicious use of stitchery. in bright yarn and wooden beads. tiles were vario>us and interesting to Another child, Rose Marie was just as you be ready to go with your watch. Little two-year-old Mary Jane emPhatic as Mary Jane as to what colon to the children';; color and tex­ cried every time even the palest color and textures she should wear. She told reading given by the girls in the was brought near her. Her color read- the girls to begin witJh, just what colors of Children's she would wear, and experiment proved elephants that she was right. charming gir­ Rose Marie is the s gamboling type of child one a piece of tex- hardly ever sees to_ . the day-cute little pig­ of the small tails t i e d behind and kept their each ear, big brown wandering from eyes and the quest­ reflections in ioning I o o k of a long mirrors. dreamer. vVe can yet as a whole imagine her as a del­ remarkable to icate child of colon_ interest the ial days with ruffietl took in the pantalettes or as a and textiles Roumanian peasant them. child in a lavishly laboratory had embroidered smock. especially ar­ The very name Rose to suit the Marie is fascinating, Low stools is it n o t ? Rose in front Marie loves blue, length mirrors green and soft wood on either shades . She is an by screens cov­ elf - like personage with interesting too, you see. She One of the has a delicate color fascinating of sense and will al­ textiles was ways know the right that used pic­ thing to wear. drawn by a On chubby fair­ boy. This was haired Virginia we red school put soft pastel colors smoke that enhance h e r from a blondness delightfuL n e y slightly ly and when we tri­ there was the ed the same color on steaming red-haired s a u c v Carolyn the mothers an imaginary began to realize how and grotesque important co 1 or s cats follow- really are to the be­ little fat comingness of their with straight children's clothing. and spind­ Each c h i 1 d who They we-re came for a color tex_ kind of ture reading took that you your­ home another envel­ when you ope tied with bright in the first yarn and gaily dang­ ling wooden beads. the mothers in which there was the children sat three packets of ma­ chairs a little terial. One w a s from the marked "excellent," on which the child sat, girls in the ing as far as she was concerned was one "good" and one "fair." They were tried on color after color and fab­ limited to one color-white. The mother chosen with close regard for becoming­ a!ter fabric, asking the opinion of of Mary Jane is up against quite a prob­ ness both in color and texture. Some mother from time to time and point­ lem. She naturally wants to dress her brought out the eyes, others the hair, out why a certain color was good in colors now that she is getting old but all were becoming. Betty and why a certain color wasn't enough to wear them but since Mary (Continued on page 16) 2 THE IOWA HOMEMAKER We Borrow From Our Predecessors By GLADYS BRANSON

0 you like my new blouse· Rosa?" broidery. Peasant embroidery in itself " D "Indeed I do, it is so individ­ is one of the· lovely tyPes of trimming ual looking. That painted band used now. It is very charming and ef­ aro'Und the bottom resembles an ancient fective yet before civilization people us­ Roman design yet it has that unmistak­ ed almost the same kind of trimming in able touch of modern chicness which the grotesque symbols and figures W'l makes it very attractive." still like·. "You've guessed it already. Perhaps The woman of today probably never you remember my college chum who is suspects the origin of the tiny folding now a designer in the East? She de­ comb she carries in her hand bag or coat signed and ib.ad this made from a picture pocket. Exact reproductions of these are of an old costume and I'm going to wear .shown from the true barbarian days in it with my new spring suit." Denmark; more crude in workmanship of "She says that the newest styles are course· since they were cut from bone but adapted from the oldest ones and keeps in size and style th.e variations are negli­ her desk just piled with Pictures of an­ gible. cient Roman, Egyptian, European and 'l'he Grecian people made a lasting con­ American costumes. Our costumes now tribution to the modern wardrobe in the are in general construction q•uite the form of the low sandal and one strap sam6' as they have been since the time shoe. The spikH heels and unique colors of the pyramids; the accessories and are true modern adaptations but the com­ modifications of a few or several parts fortable low shoe so popular with the make up our mode in "latest vogue." Greeks seems to retain its popularity The chic boyish suits, new flare ·skirts, even now with little comPetition. As flaming colored scarfs floating in the early as the tenth century sturdy, leather spring breezes, capes and decorative shoes with heavy soles even a few which smocking are being displayed as new or in pictures resemble our spiked soles for the very latest in spring modes but how special sport wear are clearly the fore­ new really are these? One can sca.·cely runners of the· present sport oxford. The beliHve our grandmother's garments at all resemblance was even more heightened similar to these. Yet, get out the family by the combination then of the two kinds album and find a resemblance to some of colored leather similar to the prHsent modern feature. snake skin or alligator shoes. The scarf, an added necessity to every American or girl's wardrobe was a luxury Hand painting and applique make love­ to our grandmother in the earlier part of ly forms of decoration on the modern the· nineteenth century. In every ward­ dress b•ut again we must give the honor obe this spring is at least one frock of originating the idea to the ancient trimmed with smocking. This has been Grecian people. They were especially an effective·, 'Useful decoration to the fond of clever geometric figures, figures American for many years with bursts of and animal designs. popularity from time to time but who The straight line· boyish suits for this would guess that it is a modification of spring are so attractive and convenieut early peasant methods of fitting and em- that one thinks they ar.e surely a true modern creation, however fashion plates from the time of Napoleon reveal the actly the same kind of hats were yet we call our styles modern. same tendencies in women's suits. And Look at the dresses you see in capes! Man's first kind of outer garment shops and on the street. Nearly was milady's cape, the newest spring one you will find is an adaptation of wrap. costume in vogue many The evening dre·ss of approved style By studying some old book we at present has a tight fitting bodice with the exact design we have a very full wide or flare skirt which is for for our new sport frock. unmistably a rejuv.enation of the popular work out adaptations that will be frock during the earlier part of the eigh­ becoming and successful. teenth century both in America and Europe. Now, as then emphasis was Lenore Dunigan, H. Ec. '16, is on the front of the skirt with either many of the Farmer's Wife Magazine. tiny ruffles or a parted front with set in dress is Webb Publishing Co., St. decorative material quite as fashion de­ Minn. crees today. With the· absence of the old hoops and the 'Use of our sheer materials in place of crisP taffeta our skirts our Margaret Hickman Jeffery, H. Ee. much les.s bouffant but quite as attrac­ whose husband is Dr. R. L. Jeffery, Is tive and much more comfortable. Loose mother of two small daughters. full sleeves in the· smartest new frocks home is at 1416 Queen Anne Ave., are really just a·s smart as for your Wash. grandmother a few years ago. Kick-in plaits are only a modern adap­ Vivian Fraser, H. Ec. '25, has tation of the gathered skirt of the Gallic accepted a · position with teh period in which the straig>ht line dresses vice Department of the Wens or blouses and short skirts were worn. Co. of Burlington, Vermont. Her Many smocks and blouses suggest the is Box 105, Burlington, Vermont. oriental mandarin blouse. One of the most interesting modern Miss Beth Johnson, who has adaptations is the small, close fitting hat pervisor of the main kitchen of so popular now. During the latter part Reese Hospital, Chicago, has of the seventeenth and the· earlier part accept a position in the 15th Century Costume of the eighteenth century in France ex- pita! at Iowa City. THE IOWA HOMEMAKER .Care Gives Wear By HELEN DAHL

LOTHES-the topic of conversation Follow-ing is a table giving directions for removing different stains: in the tea room, in the hotel lobby, in the salon, in the office and in Stain R eagent Method home-is a good subject when talk Acid Ammonia Sponge with water containing a little But we· only talk of t·he newest ammonia. Sometimes fumes from the the new clothes of our neighbors bottle are sutficient. talk of how well some people Blood Warm water Wash in warm water unlil stain disap- their clothes looking. Warm water and ammonia pears. Ammonia assist in dissolving Warm water and n a ptha oJooCI. lf heavy or new goods, make a likely, we don't know how to care soap paste of raw starch and warm water. clothes properly. If more of 'Us Warm water and raw :::;pread on stain; as fast as starch is realized the vital importance of the starch U1scowred, make another applicatiOn. Chocolate Borax and cold water Cover with borax, wash with cold of our clothing, certainly there would water. Boilmg will remove trace of looking clothes worn. Not only stain. it imProve the appearance, but it ---~C~o~ff~e~e------B~o7il~i=n=g~w=a=t~e=r~------J-S~p~re~a·~d~s~ta-,~.n~o~v~e~r-a~b~o-w~l-. -p-o~u-r-,b~o=i7,li=n~g=-- longer wear, thus lowering the water on it from a height so as to bill. strike the stain with force. Cream Cold water "vVash in cold water, then in warm we were children and our Warm water and soap and soap. taught us to hang up our clothes Medicine Alcohol Soak in alcohol moment we took them off, we thought Mildew Cold wate1· lf mildew is very fresh and has not motive was to keep the room looking attacked the fiber, it will wash out in cold water. But she had a better reason than Potassium permanganate Apply potassium permanganate, then She knew that when we threw our and oxalic acid (cotton wash with warm water, use oxalic acid, and linen) then brush. Any prown from the across the back of a chair or permang·anate wu1 be removed by the coats on a nail that they wo'Uld oxalic acid. all wrinkled and out of shape. Milk Cold water Wash in cold water, then follow practice, we learned the· lesson. with soap. even yet we cannot stress too strong­ ---~P~a7in-t~-----l-,s~o=a=p=-~a=n~d~w=a~te=r~---- l lf pa int is~f~,-.e-s7h_, _u_s_e_s_o_a_p_a_n_d~w~a~te~r~a~t- statement, "Hang up your clothes." once, if material is washable. Gasoline, turpentine, \Vasn the spot in any one of these re- should be hung from the waist benzine membering that they a re intlamable. '!'rouser hangers of various stypes vld stains m a y be softened lirst with good for this. Loosely woven sweat­ lard, oil or kerosene. skirts with very bias seams and gar­ Paraffin Warm iron and white Place blotting paper under and over blotting paper stain. Apply a warm iron and change of sleazy material which are apt to blotting paper after each application are better kept in a box or of heat. Perspira­ Soap a nd water (white Wash in warm water and soap. Place is well to have a protective cover­ tion goods) in s un to d.ry. (Odor in non-wash­ able material may be removed with for garments seldom used, and for chloroform). garments as well, if one lives where Tar Lard, warm water and Rub in lard, then wash with warm is much dust or coal smoke. Old soap water a nd soap. old sheets or heavy, unbleach­ Varnish AJcohol or turpen­ Wet stain with either alcohol or tur­ serve the purpose in making tine pentine; allow to stand a few minutes, then wet again and sponge off with A simple one can be made of clean cloth. Continue until stain is material twice the length of removed. pl'Us one-half yard for fin­ Wagon Lard or olive oil Rub either lard or oil on stain, then This may be made into a plain grease wash. Water Water Sponge entire garment with water. one inch hems at the bottom, Steam cteam by shaldng garment in a jet together, and a small round of ~ team until thoroly moist. Continue the bottom of tl:J.e bag through shaking garment until dry. to sliP the hook of the hanger. Fruit Boiling water Use same as for coffee stains. Borax will shoulders may be rounded off to give Borax assist in removing stubborn stain. Use J a ve lle (for white cot­ Javelle solution and boiling water in better appearance. ton and linens) equal quantities and immerse stained The clothes closet comes into consid­ Borax and ammonia portion. allow to soak for a few min­ when we want to care for our for woolens, silk and utes, then rinse thoroly in boiling colors) water. This is bes t for peach stains if properly. A homemaker once said, alcohol fails. Use instead of Javelle. clothes closet in a girl's room ex.. Grass Cold water without Wash a fresh stain in cold water . Alco­ the innermost depths of her charac­ soap hol or ether will dissolve the green The genuine girl knows that no Alcohol. ether coloring when material cannot be can hide slovenliness." washed. Grease Javelle (for white cotton Wash in warm water a nd soap. R emove is a limit as to what should be (oil) and linens) traces of grease stains by bleaching clothes cloest. Too often it is with Javelle. place for everything. It is Eth er. . a lcohol, ben­ Apply with cloth, preferably the same zine, for delicate material, rubbing the stain lightly until coats, shoes, hats and fabrics all the r eagent has evaporated. Dresser draws should ac- Fuller's e-arth, chalk Apply the powder to the stain and let those things which are not stand several hours , brush off lightly. up. Ink Salt and lemon juice Moisten with salt and lemon juice. Lay in sun. veness and orderliness are es­ Salts of lemon Apply as a powder. Then pour on a closet. The· floor should be boiling water. clea,r of shoes and other ar­ Oxalic acid or hydro­ Apply a few drops of oxalic acid, fol­ chloric acid and low with a few drops of Javelle and to be walked on. A low shelf in Javelle rinse quickly, with boiling water. closet is convenient to keep shoes off Ink era dica tors Use as directed on the box. ftoor. Shelve·s should be provided for Iodine Warm water and soap Wash while fresh in w arm water and boxes. Orderliness also incl'Udes the soap, Ammonia Apply to stain, wash a nd repeat until in which clothes are hung. A rod removed. the closet is almost a necessity for Alcohol Wash with alcohol. Apply moisten­ Starch ed starch, brush off when dry and re ­ light and cleanliness can­ peat until stain is removed. be ove-remphasized in tl:J.e clothes clo­ Iron Rust Lemon juice and salt Sprinkle stain with salt and moisten with lemon juice; lay in the sun. plan. The use of a little common Cream of tartar Apply to spot. wash in hot water. (Continued on page 15) Rinse thoroly. 4 THE iOWA HOMEMAKER Individuality in Dress

ow often have we heard people theme is one of black and cream, black stitchery are spots of brilliant red, H say, "She has marvellous clothes; wool yarn on a background of natural ing orange, and bright blue to they're so individual." And how colored canvas. Here and there in the background color from growing often do we sigh and say, "Oh, yes, but nO'Us. The stitchery is just a very she has a special knack for doing the cross stitch, but its simplicity is original thing." than counteracted by the intricate Perhaps if we were to look more deep­ liness of the design itself. The ly into the situation, we should discover ties are Perhaps its oddest feature. that after all it doesn't require so much . consist of wool yarn twisted with talent to have one's clothes reflect that tinsel and are more ornamental than little touch which gives them an indi­ viceable. And now we shall see vidual stamp, and sets them quite apart important role which this little from others of their kind. A little carE> apron played in the making of a and thought are the main requisites for American dress. acquiring this much-desired individuality The dress before being in dress. T:he secret is this. Choose was an exceedingly some one thing of bea'Uty which especial­ characterless affair. In order ly apPeals to you, pick out its essential its plainess, an attempt was bits of decoration, and adapt these in a work up some sort of a su.table fashion to the frock-if it be a which could be applied as wool frock- to which you desire to impart ery. But with nothing for that elusive touch of original charm. Per­ the result was a mass of haps this may be best s:hown by an illus­ jumbles of stitchery, Which was tration. way appropriate. The Greek apron The attractiveness of this heavy, brought to the rescue, its essential oyster white linen dress depends wholly most suitable pattern chosen, and upon the effectiveness of the simple red, readily and effectively transferred blue and black wool embroidery which dress in the form which you was copied in chain-stitch from a Greek Immediately the dress was tra.nHroorma apron worked in cross-stitch of similar from one of Plain severity to one of color. dividuality and quaint smartness. This attractive little Greek apron origi. This is a single example of how roally came from Megara, Athens. Em­ may adapt the bea'llty of a broidered in heavy wool on coarse can­ old embroidery such as this vas, it was doubtless intended for ser­ Greek apron to add original and vice as well as beauty. The main color tive charm to one's wardrobe.

To Gather or Scatter Dust By IDAMAE MILES

OW do you clean your floors? Do to the very best advantage. One effect­ accord health a consideration from H you complicate your cleaning op­ ive way known is to scatter dampened angle and this cleaning phase will erations by sweeping with a pieces of newspaper all over the carpet justly analyzed. broom, thus sending dust flying hither or rug just before you are ready to sweep. Our more fortunate homemaker · and thither all through the room again? These help gather together much of the have had electricity at their We have used the broom through a lint and fine dust particles which other­ and thus floor cleaning as well as long period of time as a method of clean­ wise escape. cleaning has been simplified by the ing, but if we analyze it, it has resulted An added suggestion which has proved tric vacuum cleaner. However, it is in a very inefficient method of cleaning. helpful is the use of a bit of coarse salt. possible to have the aid of a good We no longer recognize this household Add a small amount to the dampened urn cleaner even if you do not have tool as a true cleaning device; it is sim­ torn bits of paper, stirring it about to electricity so that every ply a means of gathering together pieces through the paper. This succeeds in may now enjoy' a lightened cleaning of litter and the larger particles of dust. helping to gather the dust and lint and den. While it collects the larger particles of furthermore it brightens the colors of There are a number of dust so that they may be removed from your rugs and carpets. vacuum cleaning machines on the the floor or other surfaces it displaces Perhaps you will say that it takes too Some of the best known of these all the finer particles, sus.pending them much time to sweep when you must pre­ which the author has come in contact in the air for .a time and finally allowing pare the paper and salt mixture. True in­ the following: them to lodge in the meshes of the cur­ deed, that it does require more time for tains to form films on the tops of the this preparation, but consider the amount 1. Vacuette ...... table, bookcase and other surfaces. Not of time one saves in dusting, since the 2. Vital Rand ...... ·...... a small number return to the floor, while profuse scattering of dust will not result 3. Sanitary ...... certain of them select the lintels and as before and more than that, focus your 4. Wardway ...... picture moldings; others in turn lodge on attention on the family health aspect. the pictures, furnishings and pieces of Some data concerning the ad bric-a-brac. An important fact too often overlooked the non-electric vacuum is that dust lying quietly under a bed or been worked out in a week's After expending our effort at ridding on top of a bookcase has no effect upon schedule for a family of five! the room or rooms of dirt and dust by health, but when stirred up and left float­ ing was performed without means of the broom, we have accom­ ing in the air, it becomes a source of dan­ equipment, then with a plished very little-we have flung it into ger. Any sweeping or dusting operation cleaner. The schedule which the air only to have it occupy· a new which stirs ILP a part of the dust in the out for a family of five had place. course of removing the remainder is to follows: three children going If our purse positively does not war­ be regarded as detrimental to health. And house, a seven room suburban rant the purchase of a better tool for re­ after all, isn't our prime aim as home­ fuel used was gas and house was moving dirt and dust, we need to know makers to keep our family healthy and with a hot water heater. how to employ this age-old broom fr:end happy? Then, if that is true, we will (Continued on page 15) THE IOWA HOMEMAKER 5

Club Work Is Glorifying the Iowa Farm Girl

State Music Memory Contest Broadcast More Roses! Annual Breakfast Special radio concerts were broadcast One more really and truly 4-H girls' Forty-nine 4-H college girls, represent­ !rom a number of stations Saturday after­ page in a magazine is the big surprise ing 25 Iowa counties, the states of Minne­ noon, May 8, to the 4-H club girls. Twelve for clubbers and their friends this month. sota, Montana, Ohio and South Dakota, seleotions taken from the list of fifty The Iowa Homestead, a farm publication breakfasted together at the Maples Sun­ which they are using as a basis for their in Des Moines, feels that the farm girls of day morning, April 11, at nine o'clock. music appreciation work were chosen. I-owa are worthy or a real page once a This is an annual affair and is given in Prof. Tolbert MacRae, head of the music month. Thanks, Mr. Pierce! honor of the senior 4-H Club Girls. Cath­ department at Iowa State College, had Wallaces' Farmer and the Homemaker erine Phillips of Mahaska county, vice­ charge of the program given over W 0 I. are the other two magazines in the Unit­ president of the organization, was toast Mr. Griffith, program director of radio ed States to have a 4-H girls' page. mistress and charmingly introduced each station W 0 I, made the arrangements speaker. Josephine Sudenga, Lyon coun­ with the other stations. ty, was introduced as the club baby. The This is the first 4-H state-wide music club family was proud of its baby as she memory contest ever broadcast in the told of her impressions of Iowa State. United States. Miss Catherine Landreth, an honorary 4-H The following list made up the contest. girl, told of the plans for 4-H club work The name of the selection and the com­ in New Zealand when she returns next poser were to be recG>gnized. year. 1. Annie Laurie ...... Old Scotch Song Miss Josephine Arnquist, State Girls' Violin Club Leader, told of her summer's trip 2. Blue Danube Waltz ...... Strauss 1o several European countries, where she Piano expects to see the work done for girls. 3. 0 Sole Mio ... Old Italian Folk Song She will visit England, France, Denmark, Vocal Belgium, Sweden and Norway. These 4. Liebestraum ...... Liszt countries have had representatives in this Piano country the last year who have investi­ 5. Serenade ...... Schubert gated Iowa club methods and who will 6. Stars and Stripes Forever . ... Sousa help to make Miss Arnquist's visit in their . Band or Orchestra countries profitable. 7. Swing Low Sweet Chariot ...... Mariam Waymire of Ohio represented ...... Old Negro Song the out-of-state girls. Vocal The honor guests were: Mrs. Edith 8. Turkish March ...... Beethoven Barker, Miss Florence Forbes, Miss Jose­ 9. Andante Cantabile .... Tschaikowsky phine Arnquist of the State Department; Marimbaphone Miss Catherine Landreth of New Zealand, 10. Largo ...... Dvorak Miss Frances Jones of the Student publi­ Orchestra cation, Miss Betty Barker of the Home­ 11. Rondino ...... Beethoven-Kreisler maker, Miss Avis Talcott of the E~ten­ Violin sion Service and Miss Edna Rhoads of 12. Wedding March ...... Mendelssohn the resident teaching staff. Orchestra Figures That Speak for Themselves Josephine Sudenga Rally Days Taken from the 1925 Annual Report of All counties are now making big plans 4-H Club Work in Iowa. tor county-wide 4-H Club Rally Days. 4-H Baby in College 10,149 girls enrolled in 95 counties. June is Rally Month in Iowa! Girls, get Babies, as a rule, do not go to college, 8,248 of these girls are in school. your heads together and plan origimtl but one can expect most anything to 1,219 local leaders in charge of clubs. stunts for your many visitors. Write to happen in the 4-H club family, so don't 498 training schools conducted for lo­ your State Department for suggestions be surprised to have us announce that cal leaders. tor Rally Day. the 4-H club baby r eally is in college. 572 public demonstration teams Josephine. Sudenga of Lyon county won trained. Julia Satterlee of Delaware county, one the non-collegiate scholarship for three 915 public demonstrations given. or the energetic leaders of the state, has months' study at Iowa State College and 58,056 attendance at demonstrations. written a clever club prophecy, which is now on the campus hard at work. She 3,903 girls wearing approved shoes. you can obtain by writing to the State is the very first 4-H girl to be enrolled 1,038 adults influenced by club work to D€partment. in the non-collegiate department. It is wear approved shoes. hoped that Josephin's coming will pave Wright and Sioux counties are putting the way for other girls who have found Polk, Van Buren, Kossuth and Marshall on group singing contests as one feature time for a condensed course in Home counties each have a girls' club paper, on their Rally Day program in June. Economics after being out of school a few which is issued monthly. This is a good suggestion for every years. county. The 4-H club department is now work­ "Exalt any sphere of service you may ing on plans whereby at least four girls enter."-Doctor Moorhouse. Mrs. Axel Truelson, club leader of like Josephine will receive scholarships Pocahontas county, has attended every next year. These will be given to the "I'd rather be one gingerbread man local club meeting and every county-wide girl making the best r ecord in each line than a whole army of chocolate soldiers." club event for two and a half years. of club work. In time, each county should make a similar award. Why not in 1931 On March 1, F. Eva Brown took up her "We don't find time, we use it."- Mrs. one hundred 4-H girls in our non-collegi­ new duties as Home Demonstration Clara Ingram Judson. ate department! Agent for P lymouth county, Iowa. 6 THE IOWA HOMEMAKER With the Iowa State Hon1e Economics Association

Vocational Homemaking in Iowa Executive Secretary of A. H. E. A. "She is a Smith-Hughes teacher." "She Miss Alice L. Edwards succeeds Miss teaches vocational homemaking." These A Letter From Our President Lita Bane as executive- secretary of the two explanations of a particular type of Dear Home Economics Members: American Home Economics Association. teaching are often used, but the exact This is the time for most of our Miss Edwards assumed her new duties difference between vocational homemak­ district teachers' association meet­ on February 15 and of her the Journal of ing and· the usual courses of home eco­ ings and we hope that you will be Home Economics says: "Miss Edwards nomics in schools is rather vague to able to attend one of these, for your is a native of Oregon and was graduated many. presence and interest are very from the Oregon Agricultural College in Miss Fern Stover, who is state super­ much needed. 1906. Since then she has studied at the visor of vocational homemaking in Iowa, We are happy that plans are un­ Universrties of California, Chicago and furnishes the following information con­ der way for a Home Eco'nomics con­ Columbia, taking her master's degree cerning this type of home economics edu­ ference or round table to be held at from Columbia in 1917. She has had a cation. the time of these meetings. You varied teaching experience both in rural The Smith-Hughes Act is an act of will enjoy the contacts, the oppor schools and state universities, and since Congress which provides for educational tunities to get acquainted and to 1921 has been dean of women of Home work in agriculture, trades and industries exchange experiences, for only by Economics at Rhode Island State Col· and homemaking. The Act provides fed­ everyone contributing will the lege." eral money to be used in conducting meeting be made a success. I am The Journal also states that Miss Ed· these· three types of work, but the federal sorry I cannot attend these meet­ wards will spend most of the spring in money must be matched by an equal sum ings, for 1 am anxious to know all of the Wasb,ington office of the association. by the state or the local school or both. you so that the State Association where she will assist with the plans for Once the money is raised to conduct will serve your needs bette than the Minneapolis meeting and also devote vocational work, special teachers are pro­ it ever has before. To do this you some time to the work of the publicity vided. Qualifications for teachers are must help by letting we know what committee. Among the other organlza· not unreasonably high, altho somewhat you want and what you need. Will tions with which she will be actively co­ higher than the state requirements for you write to me and suggest some operating will be the division of Simplified teachers of Home Economics. The Smith­ ways in which you would like help? Practice of the U. S. Department of Com· Hughes Act says that a teacher o! voca­ If you do not wish to do this, will merce and the Women's Joint Congres· tional home economics must be a four­ you write to me and tell me some­ sional Committee. Miss Edwards will a~ year graduate of home economics from thing of the Home Economics work so attend the state association meetings the state teacher training institution or in your school? Nothing is too in­ in South Carolina, Georgia, New York and possess the equivalent in credit from an­ significant, for even the small prob­ the Eastern Section of the Pennsylvania other institution. Iowa State College is lems are interesting. State Association. the institution which trains teachers in We are anxious to know if the home economics education in Iowa. Homemaker is helpful. Mrs. Fred A vocational teacher must have a first E. Ferguson, the editor of our page, Richards Memorial Fund grade teacher's certificate. Teachers who and I are both eager to know any The Ellen H. Richards Memorial Fund have had two years' teaching experience way in which we can be of service. was established in 1914, shortly after the and two years actual homemaking experi­ Spring is the time to give expres­ death of Mrs. Richards. With a goal of ence are given preference, altho the de­ sion to hopes and ideals. Share $25,000, the fund grew slowly to about mand for vocational teachers has grown these with other members so that $8,000 and a renewed effort is being made beyond the supply and girls with less every one of us will be working for by the committee in charge of raising teaching and homemaking experience are a stronger State Association and the fund to reach the goal by May 1, 1926. sometimes placed. The homemaking ex­ finer standards of homemaking and The income from the Ellen H. Richards perience is often gained by taking charge Home Economics teaching in Iowa. of the home and family for several sum­ Memorial Fund is to be devoted to gradu­ Faithfully yours, ate research scholarships. Miss Lita mer vacations. Anna E . Richardson, How does vocational homemaking vary Bane, formerly executive secretary of the President, State Home Economics American Home Economics Association. from any other type of home economics? Division. Girls enrolled in the homemaking classes is the present scholarship student. She in the public schools must spend one-half received $300 for the year 1925-26. Duriq of each school day in homemaking work. the first half of the year she studied edu­ This includes all work in foods and cloth­ Teachers interested in vocational home­ cation in homemaking for adults at the ing as wen as the work in related art or making may write to Miss Fern Stover, University of Chicago and she is attend· the rflated sciences. Related art may in­ State Superintendent of Vocational Home­ ing ·Columbia University during the clude costume design, home furnishings making, State House, Des Moines, Ivwa. spring session. or being a good hostess. Related sci­ Miss Martha Van Rensselaer, College ences deal with the phases of science of Home Economics, Cornell University, which influence the home, such as elec­ American Home Economics Association Ithaca, New York, is chairman of the tricity in terms of electric lights and Meeting committee on the Ellen H. Richard! irons, and bacteriology related to food Minneapolis will be the hostess to the Scholarship Award for 1926-27. Applica­ preservation. American Home Economics Association tion blanks may be secured by writin& Members of homemaking classes during its nineteenth annual meeting, her. choose projects which they carry on at whcih will be h eld there from June 28 to More research scholarships will be of· home and for which they are given credit July 2. All of the meetings will be held fered as the income from the fund at school. Thus the teacher has a chance in the Hotel Radisson with the exception rants, making possible the in to check up on her work, to see· if the of those on Friday, July 2, when the asso­ of other important lines of research. girls are actually using in their homes ciation will enjoy the hospitality of the tributions from home economics cluM the methods they are taught at school. College of Agriculture of the University and other organizations interested in the School boards in Iowa are encouraging of Minnesota at the University Farm development of home economics will in­ the work in vocational home economics, Campus, St. Paul. crease the fund and at the same time in­ some being so enthusiastic that they raise One and one-half rate for the round trip crease the scholarships offered. the total amount of money needed to car­ has been granted those who attend the ry on the work, rather than to wait for convention, on condition that 250 certi­ state and federal aid. ficates are presented at Minneapolis. Miss Alice Stewart resigned her There is a total of 63 teachers of voca­ With this meeting of the American tion as dietitian at the Ohio Valley tional homemaking in Iowa this year. Home Economics Association being held eral Hospital, Wheeling, West Forty-seven of them conduct day schools in a neighboring state, Iowa home eco­ to accept a position as supervisor and the remainder are in charge of even­ nomics folks will surely be there in large diabetic kitchen at Michael Reese ing and part time homemaking schools. numbers. pita!, Chicago. THE IOWA HOMEMAKER . 7

Kay, an Ellen H. Richards day was planned by Omi­ THE lOW A HOMEMAKER cron Nu girls to be observed by the whole Home Eco­ 'A Magazine For Homemakers From a Homemakers' School" nomics Division. From this first plan resulted "H. Be. Day," when the Home Economics girls were host­ VOL. VI MAY, 1926 NO.1 esses at the first open house. Exhibits, vaudevilles and two thousand cherry pies made by Omicron Nu Published by the Home Economics Students of Iowa Stat~ Col- girls, made this first "H. Ec." Day'' a red letter one. lege, Ames, Iowa. Price $1.50 per year. Ad- vertising rates on application The proceeds were used to establish the Dean McKay Entered as second class matter at the post office, Ames, Iowa. Memorial Scholarship Fund and to contribute to the Ellen H. Rfchards Scholarship Fund. PUBLICATION BOARD-Dean Anna E. Richardson, Miss 0. "H. Be. Day'' has been obsorbed by Veishea, but the Settles, Prof. F. W. Beckman, Mrs. Fred Ferguson, Mrs. Frank cherry pie has become a campus tradition. The Home Kerekes, . Thirza Hull, Alice Gould, Gladys Parker, Beulah Rodgers. Economics open house is always the firs't one visited becaus,e of these luscious products. EDITORIAL STAFF-Thirza Hull, editor; Helen Dahl, Gladys Branson, Betty Barker, Cleo Fitzsimmons, Frances Jones, Cherry pie! From one individual cherry pie has Josephine McMullen, Virginia Alexander, Beulah Rodgers, grown many things. Veishea, with its holidays packed Ruth Youngman, Berenice Millerke, Margaret Ericson. full of exhibits and open houses, its parades and its BUSINESS STAFF-Alice Gould, manager; Dorothy Johnson, big Night Show. Hordes of alumni and incoming stu­ Sara Jane Hess, Gladys Hinson, Mary Sweeny, Bernice dents-renewing of old acquaintances and the making Millerke, Blanche McLaughlin, Lura Beath. of new ones. An object-picture of what strides Iowa CIRCULATION STAFF-Gladys Parker, manager; Eleanor St;;~te College has made during the last year. New Winton, Dorothy Parker, Margaret Davis, Olive Zink, J eanette buildin.g-s to show our progress-the new Library, and, Kuehl, Mildred Gersche, Margaret Hoskins. dearest to the hearts of all homemakers, the new Home Economics building. THE ROOM THAT SINGS From one cherry pie, we might say, has evolved the "Moods are from environment, not from deeper new buliding. It stands ready for dedication at Com­ things- mencement, a fitting and lasting memorial to the per­ Who could nurse a grievance in a living room that sons who have worked so hard to mak,e it possible. sings?'' And the girls of Iowa State College, as in after years they pile whipped cream high on individual cherry -Strickland Gilliland. pies, will be carrying on Cherry Pie Day and the work It is with singing hearts that we, the faculty and of true homemakers. students of the Home Economics Division of Iow;:t State College, will proudly open the doors of the new Home Economics Building in June. No moody people WHY I'M GLAD I CHOSE lOW A STATE COLLEGE will be able to exist in the atmosphere of dignity and Flat on one's back in a hospital room feeling very quiet that the new building will bring to everyone. much cut up is a queer place to have colle!te sugge-;f:erl. We tiptoed quietly up the flight of stairs that led but such was the pla:ce I first heard of Iowa State from the hall to the big, deep stage of the new audi­ College as a good place for Home Economics training. torium and gazed in silence out over the glistening You see, I was not an Iowan in those days. ftoor, the deeply panelled walls and the lofty windows. After discussing possible colleges, my doctor said, The massive dignity of the room spelled majesty and "Why not Ames? That is the best school in the United strength. States for Home Economics.'' And so, following his And then we tiptoed through a high panelled door suggestion, I wrote for catalogues. One look into into the committee room that was closed off from the them fairly fascinated me and almost immediately I auditorium by panelled doors. The beautiful fireplace decided that I would attend Iowa State College for one is made of carefully selected stones. You feel on look­ year at least. Each two or three days br-ought more ing at it that sorrie one spent many hours in designing material about the college and each day I became it and that hands lingered lovingly over each stone. more interested. It was with great anticipation that The tall torchieres on either side were the only ar­ I started for Ames. ticles in the room, yet the place exuded a certain song After four years, am I sorry I chose Iowa State -as if the fireplace itself was singing a happy little College? Decidedly "No!" As I hoped, each day song deep in its heart. brought forth new thoughts, new ideas, new contacts. When it is the treasure house of new furniture and I did not end after the first year, for I came back a deep, soft rugs, the committee room will truly be a second, a third, and a fourth. I have found the field living room. It will be the central meeting place for of Home Economics almost unlimited in its scope and the Division of Home Economics and all wh'> enter it has been exceedingly hard to choose the place I willleav,e with singing hearts. really like 'the best and feel I can be most successful in. Time at Iowa State College isn't all work and no play, for ther,e are many fields of activity, namely, CHERRY PIE DAY dramatics, athletics, journalism and student govern­ Cherry Pie! Cherry Pie! Two thousand cherry ment. Besides activities, there is ample opportunity pies topped with whipped cr-eam disappear like light­ for entertainment of varied sorts. ning every year in the Home Economics open house I am glad I chose Iowa State College for the follow­ during Veishea. And who would think, to see one of ing reasons: The preparation it has given me for a these individual cherry pies that it is really the idea life work; the firiendships made; the associations with from which the all-college festival, Veishea, was peop1e who inspire and help; the philosophy of life I planned. have formulated; and lastly the power to "live best In 1914, largely through the influence of Dean Mac- and serve most.''-Grace Heidbreder. THE IOWA HOMEMAKER Who's There and Where By CLEO FITZSIMMONS

Mrs. C. F. Curtiss again, I think it would be hard for me to Omicron Nu Initiates choose my course. Ruth graduated in Mrs. Olive Wilson Curtiss, H. Ec. '87, Omicron Nu initiation was held one of the graduates of Iowa State Col­ Home Economics, you see·, Edith in Ani­ year in the committee room in the lege who has been a successful home­ mal Husbandry and Helen in Landscape part of Home Economics Hall on maker, believes that every woman should Architecture." 31. This was the first time that be prepared to fill her place in the eco­ Mrs. Curtiss has accompanied her hus­ building had been used for a nomic world. band over most of the United States, sometimes on business trips and often on tivity. The fireplace, with its •She proved her own ability to care· for vacations. and graceful torchieres, made a herself by paying for the greater part "Since I have always believed that setting for the initiation ceremony of her college expenses from · money travel is good for children, we took them the sixteen girls had been "1\ohich· she earned as a teacher in a with us from the time they were old banquet was held in the tea country school in the south western part eno•ugh. Their first trip was to the St. ern Ayres, president, acted as of Iowa. "In those days our winter vaca­ Louis Exposition in 1903. Helen, I tress. Dean Richardson spoke tion was three months long and I spent felt was too young to go, but Ruth was Value of Scholai'ship," and Miss it teaching school," Mrs. Curtiss said. nine and Edith seven and the two of of the Extension Department After her graduation she taught school them and I enjoyed the triP immensely. "Leadership in the Field." Miss for a year, following which she took ad­ I remember that each child carried our told of the conclave which was ditional work at Northwestern University, St. Louis address and 50 cents in the 10 at Manhattan, Kansas. The Evanston, Ill. She was married Feb. pocket of her dress in case she should were initiated into Omicron Nu 15, 1893 to Charles F. Curtiss who was get lost, but we had no trouble of any Adelia Bigler, Margaret Proctor, also an Ames graduate of the class of kind. Ruggles, Helen Elliott, Elsie '87 and who is now Dean of Agricult'Ure "My principle in bringing up a family," Florence Bayliss, Catherine at the college. At that time, Dean Cur­ Mrs. Curtiss concluded, "is to be an ad­ Katherine Holden, Mary tiss was an associate professor in agricul-. dition to a company and not a space­ Josephine McMullen, Marion ture under James Wilson who later be­ filler. We have many, many happy Margaret Liston, Estella Sill, came Secretary of Agriculture in Presi­ times together." Swiney and Jessie Manship. dent McKinley's cabinet. Hilda Faris, '24, has changed her In 1897, Dean and Mrs. Curtiss moved F . Helen Beels, H. Ec. '23, is a dietitian to the home which they now occupy. in the Portsmouth General Hospital, to Mrs. Oscar H. Mabee. Her new "The Farmhouse," which Is located near Portsmouth, Ohio. is at Mitchell, South Dakota. Her the new Agricultural Hall on the Iowa band is a doctor. ·S tate College camPus. "There was no new 'Ag. Hall' then," Mrs. Curtiss said. Miss Emma Thomwald is taking her "Where that now stands, an old cord•uroy student dietitian training at Michael road cut thru the campus to join what is Reese· Hospital in New York City. now the Lincoln Highway. The north­ east corner of the building covers the Elizabeth Fogg is head dietitian at the spot where- our 'Picnic Tree' ·stood. It California Lutheran Hospital, located at was a huge old willow. On fine summer Los Angeles, California. days, the children and I would take our Betty Gildersleeve, '25, has been lunches out under the tree and there they Nell Taylor, who has recently finished ing during the last year at played while I read. Often we read to- her student dietitian training at Michael On February 20, 1926, she was gether." · Reese Hospital, has been retained as su­ Joseph R. Philips of Library, Pa. Mrs. Curtiss' children, three daughters, pervisor of the milk station for infants Philips is employed by the People's Ruth, Edith and Helen, all graduates of at the same· hospital. ural Gas Company and is head Iowa State College, have, like their at the station on the edge of mothe-r, demonstrated their ability to care Eda Murphy Demarest, H. Ec. '22, and for themselves. her husband, Benjamin Garrison Demar­ Bernice Brady, H . Ec. '22, is R'tlth, who is now Mrs. Neil J. Murray est, are enjoying a honeymoon trip around Hedrick, Iowa, where she has of New York City, and the mother of a the· world. They plan to return early ing for five consecutive years. small daughter, Joan Curtiss, was very this spring. They will make their home taught home economics during the successful as a designer of women's at One, Lloyd Road, Montclair, N. J. time and has been principal of the clothing for a New York house before he-r school for the last three years. marriage last June. Phoebe Menser, H. Ec. '23, is in the Edith, now Mrs. John L. Shugart, who department of bacteriology, physics and Genevieve A. Callahan, H. Ec. '20, · lives on a large farm just out of Council hygiene i·n the State College for Women home department editor of Bluffs on the White Pole road, was a at Col•umbus, Miss. The college has about Farming. Her address is 821 19th member of the meat producing section of 1,250 students. Des Moines, Iowa. the Department of Agriculture in Wash­ ington, D. C. Thelma T. Pearson, H. Ec. '22, is now Agnes M. Crain, H. Ec. '25, Helen, the youngest daughter, is a teaching home economics in the Pres­ student dietitian course at the landscape architect with Tinsley and Mc­ byterian Mission school in Assuit, Hospital, Santa Barbara, Calif., Broom, architects in Des Moines and is Egypt. .Miss Pearson's home is at Ot­ Her present address is Deep River, also connected with the extension service· tumwa. of the Landscape Architecture Depart­ ment of Iowa State· College. Marie Dorothy Young, H. Ec. '16, is su­ A letter from Jessie M. Horne Thru the years of their study, Mrs. pervisor of Home Economics in Muske­ that she has received an Curtiss worked and kept up with her gon, Mich. She received iller M. S. de­ from the calorie kitchen of the daughters. "The work was fascinating," gree in 1923 from Teachers' College, New Hospital, to become effective she said. "If I were beginning in college York City. 1927. THE IOWA HOMEMAKER 9 The Art of Batik By BERNICE MILLERKE

N "Batiks and How to Make Them," coal or pencil, and when this is com­ wheel perforator, the paper placed over I Pieter Mijer says, "Batik is the art pleted the fabric is hung on a wooden the material, and charcoal rubbed through of dyeing fabrics in one piece in dif­ frame and the design is drawn on in wax the holes. The material is then waxed, ferent dyes consecutively, through the with a tjanting, a small copper . cup­ dyed and rinsed according to the color combination of which the pattern of the shaped device with a fine spout through scheme. A knowledge· of the color which design is produced." Batik is not merely which the wax runs by capillary action. results when one color is placed over an­ a crude method of decorating material as When one side has been decorated, the other is necessary in order to plan ef­ many people think it to be; it is not a piece is turned around, and the back is fective color schemes. Gasoline or car­ matter of smearing wax on a piece of very carefully drawn in. When the· sur­ bon tetrachloride is used to remove the material with a brush, and then dipping faces which are not to be blue have been wax. Where only small pieces have been It haphazard into any kind of dye. On covered with a mixture of beeswax and batiked, the wax may be removed by the contrary, it is a craft which requires rosin, the material is ready to go into the pressing the cloth with a hot iron over quite a good deal of skill and knowledge blue dye bath. After the material comes a pad of blotting paper. o! design, as well as a good ideal of color. from the blue dye, wax is removed from Batik is not only a fascinating art, but Investigation shows that the art of the portions which are to be red by also a useful one. Very beautiful and batik has always flourished in Java. sponging them with hot water. The piece striking effects may be obtained by the Therefore, we may safely say that Java is then restarched with rice water, aren exercise of a little· care and patience, and is the home of batik. The robes of idols sugar and pulverized randoe leaves, so a fundamental knowledge of design and worshipped in prehistoric days were dec­ that the remaining wax will not run or color principles. orated in much the same way as those of become soft. The parts that ~re· to re­ today, and apparently the modern, native main blue are rewaxed, and the piece is National Meeting of Omicron Nu Held in method of doing the work differs very ready for the red dye bath. Red dye is Kansas little from that employed so many hun­ made from an infusion of sago bark. The Omicron Nu, honorary organization for dred years ago. dyes are made permanent by dipping the home economics students, held its eighth dyed material into a solution of Java su­ Batiks are chiefly used in Java for biennial conclave at the Kansas Agricul­ gar, whiting and alum. The wax is re­ tural College at Manhattan, Kansas, on wearing apparel, and are· usually made of moved by boiling the cloth. When the calico, which is imported from Holland April 7, 8 and 9. Twenty-two of the water cools, the floating wax is colle·cted twenty-three active chapters, including and England. The main garment consists for further use. The finishe-d batik is o! a piece of material from three to four the newly installed chapter at the Uni­ then dried in the sun. If other colors are versity of Oklahoma, which was only and a half yards in length and about required on the piece, the· same procedure !orty·two inches in width. In 1919 these is repeated. three days old, and two alumni chapters garments could be bought at a cost vary­ were represented. Alumni chapter dele­ ing from one- to twenty-five dollars. How­ Batik in America is still a compara­ gates were from New York State College every, today because of the increased tively recent importation. Brought here· and the University of Nebraska. popularity of batik in Europe and Amer­ about fifteen years ago, it was met with Miss Genevieve Fisher, who was a Ica, they are much higher in price. absolute uncomprehension and lack of in­ member of the teacher training depart­ terest, but its real merit as a means of The batik art in Java is primarily a ment of Iowa State College at one time, ·decorating fabrics has earned it a place is retiring grand president of Omicron home occupation. However, some of the in the industrial art of the nation, and districts have become manufacturing Nu. Miss Cora B. Miller of Iowa State year by year it is gaining a wider recog­ is the newly elected grand secretary. centers of sorts. Here the workers labor nition. Its rapid advancement may be very hard for meager pay. The designing Iowa has but one active chapter of best illustrated by citing as examples the Omicron Nu, Gamma chapter at Iowa 1nd waxing is done by the women, while teaching of the art not only in art schools, the men do the dyeing. The designs are State College. This chapter was installed but also in universities and colleges. In in 1913 and since that time 319 home eco­ usually patterned after the standard ones fact, at present it stands in some danger which have been used for generations. nomics students have been elected to of being destroyed as far as quality is membership. Gamma chapter was rep­ Occasionally a bit of original design is concerned, because too many people have added. Certain designs are an indication resented at. the conclave by Kathern tried to commercialize it; and when true Ayres, Margaret Liston and Helen Swin­ of social rank and prestige. Certain defi­ art is commercialized, it ceases to be art nite colors in a batik indicate that it was ney. and becomes mere flamboyant and garish Alumni members of Omicron Nu living made in a particular section of the coun­ reproduction. try. For instance, those from Djocdja in Ames are completing an alumni or­ and Solo are made in rich tans, beauti­ Batiks in this country are used for the ganization this spring, and recently an­ ful golden browns and deep indigo blue. most part as features of interior decora­ nounced the officers to be: President, Pekalongan batiks are usually white or tion-table covers, pillow tops, screens, Vivian Jordan Brashear, '17; vice-presi­ cream and different shades of blue. A wall hangings and lamp shades. Recently dent, Florence Browne Quist, '18, and greater variety of color in a batik means, batik has. become decidedly popular as a treasurer, Mary Montgomery Pride, '15. as a rule, that the piece had its origin decoration for scarfs, handkerchiefs, in the district of Samarang. dress trimmings and ne·gligees. Mary Maste-rs Daubert, H. Ec. '20, and As has been mentioned before, the ma­ American batik is made in just the op­ her husband, F. K. Daubert, make their terial ordinarily used for batiks in Java posite manner from Javanese batik; that home at Laurens, Iowa. Mrs. Daubert is cotton, but occasionally silk is used. is, in dyeing the material we progress writes that her 4-H Clothing Club girls The cotton as it comes from market is not from the lighter to the darker colors, and won first place on their record and exhibi­ ready to be batiked. If it is bleached, it wax each color which we desire to save. tion work on Achieveme-nt Day. has to be washed several times in cold The wax is removed only after the final water to remove the starch, chalk and dye bath. And we are not limited to cot­ Beth E. Thorne, H. Ec. '22, is teaching other artificial stiffening. It is then ton material; in fact, American batik is Foods in a new $400,000 school in Los An­ soaked for several days in cocoanut oil. much more successfully carried out on !'eles, Calif. Her address is Apt. 101 5171 Next it is boiled in water containing silk, velvet, wool or leather. Marathon. ' ashes of burnt rice stalks until the mate­ The preparation of the material con­ rial is entirely free from oil. After the sists simply in a thorough washing for piece is dried in the sun, the cut edges the· purpose of removing all artificial Jean Hollingsworth Williams. H. Ec. are hemmed. Then the material is loading, and shrinking the cloth. The '24. has a daughter, Betty Catherine, who starched by soaking it in rice water. When design is first carried out on paper, and is one month old. Her husband is James It has dried, it is rolled, laid on a board the color scheme planned and executed H. Williams, and their home is in Willis­ and pounded to make it soft and pliable. on a similar sheet. If the material to be­ burg, Ky. It is then ready to be batiked. batiked is thin, it may be placed over the First, the main outline of the· design design and traced; if this is not satisfac­ Alma Boyce, H. Ec. '25, is teacP,ing Is eketched on the material with char· tory-, the design may be outlined with a homemaking a.t Jesup, Iowa, 10 THE IOWA HOMEMAKb'H

QU~~IION

How to Bone a Chicken Destroying Cabbage Odor I am anxious to have boned chicken for The disagreeable cabbage odor fills my What is the most simple and my family. Could you tell me just how house every time I cook it. Could you method for clean·ing fowls after they to go about preparing the chicken for the please tell me how to avoid this? come from cold storage? · oven? The odor of cabbage may very easily The good fairy, Ivory soap, The easiest way to tell you is to put be avoided if the lid of the container in with a goodly amount of water dowri the information in the steps as they which the cabbage is cooked is taken off. the most effective method. come. Follow closely every step. This allows the steam to escape, thus unlike us, takes a dust bath 1. Prepare the chicken as usual, remov­ carrying into the air gradually every ves­ water bath, which makes it all the ing head and feathers. tige of the disagreeable odor. The air necessary that he take his final bath 2. With a sharp knife, begin at the neck then absorbs the steam and moisture soap and water. A good scrub brush and cut straight down the back for from the cabbage as it comes from the aid in removing the oil, dust and about five inches. container and thereby prevents it from feathers, while there is nothing like 3. Disjoint the wing at the shoulder. filling the house. bing a bit of soda on the skin to 4. With a paring knife, cut meat away chicken look nice and white. from the bone and follow to the first Canning Vegetables with a sharp pointed knife and joint, turning wing inside out as you rubbing with a scrub brush will do go. Disjoint. In canning, how may liquid be kept from going down on canned vegetables toward removing the tightly wedged 5. Free second bone from meat and dis­ such as green peas and beans? feathers of a cold storage chicken. joint from small bone at the end. good water rinsing will remove all If processing in a hot water bath, keep The small bone is left in the chicken. of soap and the fowl will be as 6. Prepare the other wing the same the water at least an inch and a half anyone might desire, none of the way. above the tops of the jars. If using a extractives will be lost in the water 7. Cut the skin at the joints above the steam pressure cooker, allow it to cool cause- the skin affords a protection. foot and by means of a skewer pull to zero before opening the pet cock and letting the steam escape. Then lift the out the coarse tendons one by one. Cleaning Draperies and Rugs This leaves the meat tender. lid up and down two or three times be­ 8. Going back to the neck. Separate fore completely removing it. This allows I shall appreciate very much some the shoulder bone from the sur­ the air pressure on top of the jars to in­ formation on the topic, "Cleaning of rounding meat, and remove the bone. crease gradually, preventing the escape eries, curtains and rugs." ...... 9. The larger part of the carcass may of liquid from inside the jars. Ans. As to methods of cleaning be taken out of the body of the tains, drapenes and rugs, dry chicken now by peeling the meat Breezes for the Sick Room has many advantages over away, working down all the while Could you tell me a way to keep the in­ spring house cleaning time. It toward the posterior end of the v alid's room cool and pleasant even in quiCker and does not change chicken. the hottest of summer weather? cause wrinkles or shrinking. 10. Remove the bones from the drum­ If there are no cool winds and the very dissolves the grease and sets sticks in the same manner as the air is stifling, try this unique plan. Ob­ free. wings were prepared. tain a rather large, cool looking bowl, To be sure of clean gasoline, the 11. The tail is left in the fowl. (Remove decorated in color if possible, and fill it wife may test by dropping oil sack.) with as much ice as it can hold. Place waxed paper. ti should evaporate 12. Cut carefully around the anus, and it on a table in the corner of. the room out leaving a stain or white ring. the chicken is free. which is most desirable and set an oscil­ ably six to ten gallons should be 13. Recipe for the dressing: lating electric fan directly behind it in depending upon the materials to 1 cup of chopped cooked beef such a way as to cause the fan to sweep cleaned. A good dry cleaning soap 1 cup of bread ·crumbs directly over the ice and send the coolest liquid should be used and if this is Lemon juice to taste of refreshing breezes over the sick-bed. obtainable, any good white soap. Celery salt · ' Flowers may be placed near or about the should never be used with gasoline. Poultry seasoning ice to lend their fragrance to the breeze. Because of the inflammable nature Onion and chopped giblets, if desired gasoline, the work should be done out Butter or chicken fat doors or with windows and doors Moisten dressing with the broth Goldah Tomlin Anderson, H. Ec. '22, is and with no fire or light near. from the chicken bones the mother of a boy, two and one-half The curtains should be dusted 14. Put this dressing into the wings, years of age, and a girl, five months old. placing in the gasoline. They drumsticks and body of the chicken, Her husband is Harper T. Anderson. She washed in gasoline the same as in taking care to fill all places left va­ Jives at 1727 Sixth Ave., Scottsbluff, using a soft brush if they are badly cant by the bones. Sew up all brok­ Neb. She writes that she and her hus­ They should be rinsed twice in clean en. r Pl1wes in the skin and tie up band enjoyed the H. Ec. club radio pro­ oline, hung out in the air to dry qrum!;)~icks with thread. gram and also says, "I always appreciate­ pressed later. The used gasoline 15. P,lflpe in roaster, with wings folded my homemaking training when household not be poured where it wll kill the beneath the bird and with the breast difficulties arise." and it may be allowed to settle and facing outward. Salt slightly and clean liquid used on darker articles. add a small amount of water to the Marie Mortensen, H. Ec. '23, is an in­ pan. structor in home econom·cs in Penn Co ~­ Pauline Brown, H. Ec. '24, is 16. Roast in a moderate oven. lege, Oskaloosa, Iowa. sewing in the high school at Paul, THE IOWA HOMEMAKER 11

Protect Your Figure The woman who looks well in any style is the woman with a good figure. She has a good figure because she takes care of it. She protects it with a properly fitted garment. :JVfPDART •F I G U R. E • 0 R. 0 0 M I N G" GIRDLE are the ideal means of figure protection. They preserve the natural lines of youth, without the slightest sense of restraint. The front lacing provides for day-to-day ad­ justment. They do not stretch nor allow your figure to "str.etch." Ask our corsetierre to show you the new Modarts for Spring in attractive silk figured brocades and batistes at $3.50 up. Shipley-Pedersen Co. OPPOSITE SHELDON-MUNN HOTEL

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QUALITY IN BATH TOWELS 0 envelope oneself in a luxurious T large bath towel that absorbs every Drugs FULL LINE OF bit of water the minute you are out ~ of the tub is indeed a luxury. Unfortun­ Jewelry . ately, we do not usually have such tow­ ~~ · els; they may · be all-enveloping, but not Candies GOODS all-absorbing. 'i A bath towel is designed to offer a Crepe Paper large surface for the absorption of water. I This surface is obtained by the pile A.L.Cham Sealing Wax threads that are· woven into the skeleton of the fabric. In most towels, under Campustown Rope for Weaving I strain of ordinary usage, the pile threads Tags and soon pull out and give the towel a rough I and unsightly picture. Labels To guard against this unsightliness, se­ ' lect your towels carefully. The back­ I ground of the fabric should be firm and Reynolds & Iversen ., closely woven: An average of thirty threads per inch of fabric has been found Martin's Dress Club Ames News Stand to give a firm background into which pile threads may be bound firmly. Men's Furnishings I Tensile strength of such a towel is 23.4 ' pounds in warp and 36.8 in filling. Though Ladies' and Men's Cleaning a trifle more expensive, it more than and Pressing ,------~------~ makes up the difference in durability. 2414 Lincoln Way I SELECTION OF GLASS CURTAIN Phone 1 !· I Where is the housewife who doe-s not bemoan the fact that the warm spring Ames, Iowa sun fades and breaks her glass curtains? The Last There is no getting aro'und the fact that I we want plenty of sunlight in our homes or that the shades must be up to get the full benefit ow the sun's healthful rays. Word To get the full value of the wearing HERE NOW I. quality of glass curtains, choose a mate~ • rial that will best withstand the rays of The new in shoes. the sun as they come through the win­ Ln dow. In comparing the "breaking" qual­ A new showing has just ity of curtain fabrics it has been deter­ rived that is complete. mined that silk breaks first, then wool, Summer rayon, cotton and linen. Although linen For dress, campus or best resists the sunlight, it is the most you will find the new expensive of the materials. Whatever material you decide to use, here to your liking. They Dresses make the curtains so that they may be new and different. May reversed from time to time to keep the show you? wear and sunlight more evenly distrib­ ' uted over the curtains. While· you are Our prices begin at Tub Silk, ' thus conserving the tensile strength of $5.85 -:' the fabric you are making curtains that are better constructed. BRANNBERG & ALM Rajahs TESTING FOR RAYON Smart Shoes Some of the newest spring fabrics are rayon mixtures. It is sometimes hard to 317 Main St. Shantung tell rayon fabrics from all silk fabrics I with modern methods of weaving. Test for rayon by dipping the fabric Georgette in cold water. If the tearing strength !I while it is still wet is weaker than be­ fore, the fabric is rayon. When dry, rayon regains its strength. This shows Special Agents and clearly how important the laundering of II rayon should be. In Doris M. Pammel, H. Ec. '15, is chief Crepe I dietitian at the United States Veteran Whitman's Candies Hospital, Tacoma, Wash. I Fresh from $10.75 Pearl Apland, H. Ec. '21, is teaching ' Clothing and Costume Design in the Ar­ senal Technical Schools, Indianapolis, Factory Branch I Ind. She writes that two of her advan­ and Up I ced classes are making costumes for the senior class play, "Beau Drummel." Judisch Bros. Alma Scheidemann, H. Ec. '22, is teach­ ing in the Clinton high school, Clinton, Drug Store The Fair Iowa. She has been spending her sum­ mers since graduation working upon her master's degree, with the exception of the I summer of 1924 which she spent touring ··············~~---···· ·~· in Europe. THE IOWA HOMEMAKER 13

Plan thoroughly, buy carefully, keep Care Gives Wear your clothes in good repair and good con­ (Continued from page 3) dition, and yO'U will have, as a reward, clothes that will not only look better, 1 makes the Problem a simple one. but clothes that will wear longer. Real Confidence illustration shows a good simple

the hanging of clothes, too Helen Wilson, H. Ec. '17, took post "But, my dear, you are not be said concerning mend­ graduate work at Columbia University, going to walk home in those airing, pressing and the re- New York, completing her work in April, stains in caring for them. 1925. She is now supervisor of the Butte new shoes?" adds much to the appearance county schools and her address is Oro­ For wool, cover with a ville, Calif. cloth and press with a heavy "Why, certainly; I always until the cloth is almost dry. Be Nellie Whittemore Wallace, H. Ec. '22, do, for I buy my shoes where to iron until the cloth is dry, is the mother of one· small daughter. Her causes the material to shine. husband, L. A. Wallace, is the athletic they take great pains in fitting also caused by wearing off the director at the University of Oklahoma at by grease. A tablespoon of Norman. Mrs. Wallace writes that Nancy them, at the to a quart of tepid water is Elliott, who graduate!f from the Home sponging shiny material before Economics Division of Iowa State last In bad cases, a piece of fine year, is achie-ving success at Norman and Ames Bootery may be used to brush UP the that under her direction the clothing For silk, an iron that is too hot classes presented an excellent style l the fiber. show. shO'Uld be removed before the ------is laundered and as soon as pos­ the- stain is made. ..------water: Javelle water removes color and should not be used on color­ MARGUARETE SHOP materials. Dissolve one-half pound of lime in two quarts of cold $15 Permanent Wave , $15 one pound of washing soda in of boiling wate-r. Let both Flat, marcel-like wave with six weeks free care. All other work in pour off the clear liquid. Mix, mixture settle, strain thru a cloth, beauty culture. Bobbed marcel, either Frenched or curled, $1.00. bottles, cork, and keep in a dark For stain removal, dilute with an Shampoos 50c, 75c, $1.00; Facials, $1, $1.50, $2.00. volume of cold wate-r. Soak the in this until the stain disappears, I Phone 207 rinse· thoroughly in several clear wa­ and finally in diluted ammonia wa­ l__ _ For whitening clothes, use from two ------·····~ tablespoonfuls of the liquid in water in which the clothe·s are boiled. Oxalic acid (mark poison) : Dissolve teasPoon of crystals in three-fourths of hot water. of hydrogen: Add a few drops Photographs and Frames to the hydrogen peroxide· removing grease

%oz. white castlile soap II oz. alcohol II oz. ether The G. T. Hart Studio l oz. ammonia 1% qts. soft water Cut soap fine and heat in 1 cup of soft until dissolved. Then add 1¥.! of cold water and the other in­ Store in glass jar or bottles. ·------~ black goods, use 3 to 4 , .... to a pint of warm water. removing spots from woolen goods ap­ with a sponge. It may be slightly Try the solution on a piece of before using to be sure that Fashionable Hats not affect the color. colored fabrics often fade in of washing. It is always ad- for Springtime test the color by washing a of the fabric. Some of the used for setting colors by Millinery Materia], Flowers methods are: Salt-1 cup to 1 gallon of water. : Vinegar-% cup to 1 gallon of water. ! !lum-1 tablespoon to 1 gallon of Walsh Hat Shop water. Accessories should be well taken care "We Invite You" In order that one may look her best. 310 Main St. Phone 694-W gloves, and hats are the common Ir . Authorities ·say that women : by their taste in the· selection ;...... i. shoes, hats and gloves. These ----... -______. always be in good condition. 14 THE IOWA HOMEMAKER

A NEW SPRING FABRIC By Ruth Youngman • Watches Diamonds SHOES A Y I help you this morning?" "M said a saleslady in a depart­ New Styles in ment store. "Yes, please, I am looking for material C. W. Dudgeon Ladies' Walkover Pumps for a white sport frock." Jeweler I was, straightway led to another counter where the saleslady gave me this Ames' Leading Jeweler for Over HOSE . interesting information about Rhea. "I have something new and very attrac­ 30 Years tive in a material that resembles linen Rollins and Allen "A's" bout is more than a third cheaper. The Ames Iowa Chiffons-all silk to the top hsitory of this fabric is interesting and I would like to tell you how it came to -$.99 to $2.00 a pair. us. "vVay back in early Egyptian times, Rhea reeds were found growing along ~------TRUEBLOOD'S the banks of rivers just as we see reeds SHOE SHOP and cat-tails growing in our lakes and Don't fail to stop at streams today. The Egyptians accidental­ 2544 Lincoln Way ly found what a strong fiber it was and 1 started using it for rope. I our Soda Fountains. "They did not know how to separate ~------4 the fiber howe-ver, so it was useless to them for spinning purposes. "The Lonsdale manufacturing people of Providence, R. 1., became interested in We have installed a new one at the superior strength of this fiber and one· of their company decided that Rhea the Lincoln Way Pharmacy. fiber could probably be seParated the same as flax fiber. They then allowed some of it to rot, and found that it could be separated and SP'Un. The thread was woven into this material which has made its appearance on our markets this Lowry & Theis spring. "It is an oyster white and I think will Rexall Stores make a stunning little sport frock. It is Shoes of simples lines add lovely, too, for luncheon cloths, table contrasting runners, fancy towels and practically ev­ t_.__ erything for which linen is used. It comes in two convenient widths, 18 and 45 inches. The two most important fac­ Applique tors are that· it launders beautifully and does not shrink." GlizabethArden During this little discourse I had listen­ Venetian Toilet Preparatiolll ed with both eyes and ears because it Trimmings seemed quite unusual for a saleslady to be entertaining me, thus, with a fairy tale. However, when I examined the ma­ and thereby gain much terial before me and saw how good look­ smartness ing it was and realized its possibilities it seemed just the material for which I had been looking. "Just enough and not too "How interesting," I said to the sales­ much'' is the reason that lady, "I would like to have four yards." Bauge & Son's shoes which Then I departed, that much wiser in have appliqued trimming Te-xtile Economics. are so smart. Perfect work­ manship adds still more to their beauty. The Preparations indispensable to Both strap and step-in mod­ a perfect complexion are: els-in high or low heels­ Real Confidence Venetian Cleansing Cream­ for sports or dress wear­ melts on the skin, oeeps into the "But, my dear, you are not 11 depths of the pores and rids them reveal this successful style of all impurities. $1, $2, $3. note. going to walk home in those II Venetian Ardena Skin Tonic-t new shoes ?" mild astringent tonic used after All the new popular shades Cleansing Cream, whitens and of colored kid leather or ap­ refines the skin. $.85, $2, $3.75. I pliqued patent leather. "Why, certainly; always ' Venetian Oranae Skin Food, $4.00 to $10.00 do, for I buy my shoes where patted into the face after cleansing, nourishes and rebuilda worn and they take great pains in fitting flabby tissue& $1, $1.75, $2.75, Bange & Son them, at the $4.25. Ask ot ...,. to

Gather or Scatter Dust •------;emember ------~ (Continued from page 4) The Schedule l ------J_._w_.-L-IN_D_E_~ __!n_~-~-~-~-w_!_E_P_A_I __ R_S_H_O_P ______·-·------i· • 45 ~------~ 15 I I ~------1 of bed- 1 Ames Hemstitching & 1 The ...... 2 30 "Bell Recipe File" cleaning . . . 2 30 1 Pleating Shop 1 for week ...... 7 I I I Reliable and Convenient I Mrs. E. E. Strawn and II fime spent in cleaning the floor of Price $2.50 size 14x16 ft., which is furnished I Celia Peterson using the broom, totals 12 Postpaid U. S. $2.75 spent when using the non- I Hemstitching, Button Cover­ Canada $2.85 is· but 8 minutes. The ! ing, Pleating, Dressmaking. between 12 minutes and 8 min­ VIOLA M. BELL, Publisher minutes, thus one-third of the 'I Over Variety Store Iowa State College time is saved when the non- 214 Main Ames vacuum cleaner is used for sweep- I Ames, Iowa theoretical problem set up on this 1------~ ------~ shows that if five rooms are cleaned a week and the rooms average .;.--0------<· feet in size, cleaning by broom will ------1 2 hours or 120 minutes; cleaning vacuum will require 80 College Jewelry 1 I time saved by using the non-elec­ Official I. S. C. instead of the broom is 40 for one week, 2 hours and 40 Pins. Graduation for four weeks, and amounts to I I hours and 40 minutes for 52 weeks and Class Pins. a year. seven hours' broom cleaning work be shortened 80 minutes in a week by a non-electric cleaner that will Fraternity a cleaning period of 5 hours and 40 for the week, 22 hours and 40 and Students for the month rather than 28 and for the year 294 hours and Sorority Crests should be equipped with instead of 364 hours. NORMAL vision as well as might be fun to carry our figures a with BOOKS when they en­ furthef: ""Suppose we calculate the wage along with the rest of Watch, Clock ter school. That is our busi­ . Does she dare claim 35 ness exactly: making the vi­ hour a paltry sum) for her very and Jewelry sion normal. and hard to replace services? her cleaner she could release 34 Repairing of time a year. At 35 cents an hour ws an annual value-in time re­ Dr. F. E. Robinson alone-of $12.11- not far from the Parno Jewelry Co. Exclusive Optometrist a cleaner, is it? Over the Gift Shop these figures prove that non­ cleaners are worthy of investiga­ 1st Door East Campus Lunch Ames, Iowa from the standpoint of saving time we have already noted their sanitary L------~ which surely requires due con­ We have just begun to get ~------idea of the actual cost of ill-health lowered vitality as well as of sick· medical care, nursing and death · and these economic losses are 1 e strongest arguments for bet­ AMES LAUNDRY conditions and for more housekeeping. "We use only soft Home Economics Clubs in high schools being studied by the Vocational Edu­ I Section of the Home Economics I water'' Iowa State College. The study organization, initiation cere­ and plans for work for high school We call for and deliver.

Excerpt from Cornell Bulletin •Septem- 1925: "Dormitory boarding halls will Call47 charge of Miss Leila Huebsch, a · and a graduate of l·owa State has been teaching at Sweet­ Virginia. Miss Huebsch Cornell as an undergraduate. 16 THE IOWA HOMIZMAK ER Personality in Children' . ·-~::~~;~::~~~-c:·.-·-1 HART BEAUTY SHOPPE Clothes For all that's good in jewelry. Facials a Specialty (Continued from page 1) 1First door east of Woolworth's Phone 250 Fair Store The course in Children's clothing devoted to the work of finding new _a_a_D_D_I_I_D_I_D_I_I_ -~ ~------~ to solve the old problems found ... - ever one starts to clothe a child. class worked with methods of ~------·------·------1 for some time, striving to find and more efficient way of using ! STUDENTS ings that the children themselves manipulate. The class also worked I Buy a Keyless Padlock for 75c 1 adapting a standard pattern in many ferent ways. In six adaptations every I We sell scissors, tracing wheels, alarm clocks and many other is basically the same· in construction articles you will need during the Spring Quarter. I different in treatment. "Sonny," the who is so interested in the the illustration, has a new brown was made for him by one of the in the Children's Clothing class. A_. matches his big brown eyes and t______-~-~-H-3-~-G-~-~~D~-n~:E. ______] trimmed with a commercially made Machine stitching on the braid can be detected from hand stitchery. stitching is red and is matched by buttons used down the front of the Boys' suits are especially adapted to use of these braids and bindings. On their play clothes small girls have braids and bindings like their brother's suits, but on their dresses the stitchery must be done hand . Lovely color harmonies may worked out in soft yarns on various Fruits, Candies and Ice Cream terials. The peasants of Hungary Roumania did their bright s Bricks and· Sherbets Delivered All Over the Campus. heavy canvas but we take their and embroider them on soft sheer and increase their loveliness a Excellent Line of fold. •S titcheries are the vogue grown-ups as weli as children Apollo Candy ar e especially successf'Ul when children's clothing because the of construction does not take Phone 1128 2504 Lincoln Way the· beauty of the work. Chain very good and easy to use in internreUD motifs and the simple crow s I ways a favorite because it is so easy I execute. Smocking has always been a ------~ vorite· way of interpreting both and fullness in children's ' ... -. secret of these stitches is to do ------1 yarn. A fine, ·soft crewel wool can tained in a variety of colors in . I stores. It is easy to work with great improvement over the old ery thread we have used for so Materials to use in When Planning ren's clothing are easy to obtain II very reasonable· in price. There I range of voiles on the market; your new spnng I sible color can be procured and I range from twenty-nine to Clothes, please remember cents a yard. Prints are lovelier ever this spring; there are small patterns that are that the children and all the fabrics teed not to fade. This is "'u -uuuu, .. Finest Fabrics when it is necessary to wash clothing so much. Every child least three dresses for one day, come from economical to make dresses from inexpensive prints. · The· color range of a child is just important as the color range of an STEPHENSON'S By dressing yO'Ur child in the Opposite Campus and the suitable texture you are him get a foundation for a later Home Journal and Vogue Patterns ciation of color and texture. The est child is vain; why not cater ·vanity by dressing him as he dressed? A fastidiously clothed in later years will be the child clothing conforms to his .. -~------· ...... reading.