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know what I think I'll speak right up. I've cooked with gas and I've cooked Kitchen·Klatter with electricity and if I had my kitchen (Res. u. s. Pat. Off.) to do over again I'd settle for gas. It MAGAZINE may not be as clean as electricity but "More Than Just Paper And Ink" it is so much faster that it's worth the EDITORIAL STAFF difference. Someone is going to tell Leanna Field Driftmier, me that they have new burners that are Lucile Driftmier Verness, as fast as gas, but I just know that Margery Driftmier Strom. the electric burners in my Shenandoah Subscription Price $2.00 per year (12 issues) in the U.S.A. Foreign Countries $2.50 per year. kitchen and the electric burners in my Advertising rates made known on application. New Mexico kitchen leave me yearmng Entered as second class matter May 21, 1937, at the post office at Shenandoah, Ia., under the Act of March 3, 1879. for the old days when I had a gas Published Monthly by stove that came to life instantly. THE DRIFTMIER COMPANY Shenandoah, Iowa 51601 Last week I looked at a big section LEANNA FIELD DRIFTMIER Copyright 1968 by The Driftmier Company. devoted to stoves in a women's maga­ zine and I noted one improvement that LETTER FROM LUCILE cause her eyes and hands will not seems extremely important to me. If Dear Good Friends: permit any more of it. I just feel bless­ you're contemplating built-in surface This afternoon when I came down to edly fortunate that she was able to do burners be positive you get the kind the office it felt exactly like a gor­ this outfit. Only our many years of that has a tray or trays underneath to geous spring day. and it set me to friendship spurred her on to the chris­ catch all the mess when things boil thinking about something that is unex­ tening robe and slip, for when Juliana over - and sooner or later they will. plainable to me. was a little girl Mabel made many The surface burners in my kitchen Everyone with whom I've had any beautiful things for her . . . and it haven't this feature and it is virtually conversation at all in recent weeks seemed like winding up a cycle to impossible to get in to that hidden has agreed that never. never have we make these exquisite things for Juli­ area and clean up things. had such an "open" winter. I don't ana's baby. The big gas stove I gave up when we believe that snow shovels were lifted Medical practices have changed remodeled had individual trays under more than once or twice through all of tremendously in the 25 years since each burner and it was a snap to clean the winter months, and certainly we Juliana was born, but one thing hasn't up anything. That was a white enam­ were not snowed in at any point such changed and that's the matter of gain­ eled stove and I took such good care as has happened countless times in ing weight. I had a tremendously busy of it for fifteen years that when it was years gone by. Given this situation doctor in 1943 who laid down the law given to a needy family bad in need of you'd think that we'd be under the im­ with enormous emphasis: if I gained a stove it actually looked as good as pression that we'd had a very short more than 10 pounds I would auto­ it had when it was first delivered from winter. but exactly the opposite is matically be dismissed from his care. the store. true. On such a day as this people My, how fearfully I went to his office Baked enamel is a cinch to keep sigh and say they hope that FINALLY and got on the scales - it was genu­ clean. Stainless steel is a real prob­ the long winter is over. inely scary! I knew he meant exactly lem. You can keep your stainless steel It shouldn't have seemed like a long what he said and that I'd be left high burners clean, of course, but it is a winter, given our weather conditions, and dry if I gained more than 10 time-consuming job - not a snap like and yet for some reason it most cer­ pounds. Well, thanks to starving to dealing with baked enamel. I noticed tainly seemed terribly long. The only death I stayed just under the 10 in this section devoted to stoves that explanation I can think of is that we pounds and didn't have to change various manufacturers offer baked had many, many successive days of doctcrs. enamel in a variety of colors, so if I extremely dark and heavy skies. the Juliana's doctor laid down the same were making a change (which I'm not) kind of days when you drive with car law and at this date she has managed I would surely hold out for a stove in lights on at two in the afternoon, and to gain less than 4 pounds. But Juli­ baked enamel. since it u·as so dark and forbidding we ana is in the same boat I'm in: she can Another thing I want to reply to is might just as well have had snow! At gain weight simply by reading a cook­ this matter of a single sink or a double any rate, everyone here at our plant book! Since she is a very, very good sink. I've said for years that if I had feels that it surely was a very long cook and fixes three meals a day for to give up every feature but just one, winter - and so do I. Jed it has been a quiet little matter of I'd cling to my double tub sink. I Last month I told you about the starvation to keep her weight down so think it is by far the most important christening outfit that Mabel Schoff sharply. It must have been easier to thing in the kitchen. We made a mis­ was making fcr Juliana's and Jed's have a baby in days gone by when no take, you see, when our new kitchen expected baby, so this month I want to one ever said one word about weight was built and installed a single tub report that it arrived and I was abso­ and you could eat exactly what you sink with a garbage disposal in it. lutely overwhelmed. Never have I pleased without feeling nervous and This was a fatal error and one that we seen anything the least bit like it. guilty! didn't realize at all until we moved After keeping it here long enough to This is the time of year when people back into the kitchen and began to show it to everyone, I mailed it on get ideas about remodeling and I've cope with it. Fortunately, there was down to Albuquerque and Juliana was had quite a collection of, letters from just exactly enough room in that area as amazed as I was to see such ex­ women who are on the verge of doing to remove it and to install a double tub quisite handwork. It looks precisely over their kitchens. Most of the ques­ sink, and after this was done I could like a family heirloom, and that is tions are on the same subjects, so work efficiently and easily for the what it is going to be. I'd like to answer them in this letter. first time. Incidentally, Mabel wrote to me and These are only my own personal opin­ If you 're going to be putting in a said that this would be the last fancy ions, of course. and I'm speaking for dishwasher (ten years ago we were sewing that she would ever tackle be- myself alone, but since you want to (Continued on page 22) KITCHEN~KLATTER MAGAZINE, MAY, 1968 PAGE 3 AN INTERESTING LETTER FROM FREDERICK

Dear Friends: Betty and I have just returned from the grand opening of a new and ex­ citing revolving restaurant on the top of a twelve-story building. We found it a most entertaining place to be, and I had the fun of pointing out to Betty some of the landscapes that I have seen so often from the little airplane I use for my aerial photography. As in­ teresting as it was to look out the windows, it was even more interesting to watch the people at the stationary This is the plane that flies Frederick aver the city of Springfield and tables as the revolving section of the nearby countryside as he pursues his new interest of aerial photography. restaurant passed them. We were in the restaurant for two hours and in that five years, and we are anticipating her quires is not easy. The young men time we passed each table twice. But visit with much pleasure. Because it just out of seminary are a bit too radi­ oh! what a big crowd of people trying will be difficult to get her wheelchair cal for me, and the men a few years to get waited on, and oh! how glad I up and down the stairs to the second older are hard to find because there is am that I am not in the restaurant busi­ floor, we are converting our down­ such a demand for them. All over the ness. Believe me, that is hard work. stairs study into a bedroom for her country there is a shortage of well­ Our David seems to be having a convenience. Transportation details educated, experienced clergymen, and great time in Europe, and by the time are not yet worked out, but I shall our seminaries do not give promise of this reaches you he will be home and probably fly back to Shenandoah to be the situation getting any better soon. back in school. His cards from London her escort for the trip. If she should In addition to the absence of an were most enthusiastic, and I wouldn't decide to fly alone, we may plan to associate minister, we also are with­ be s urpr is ed if he wanted to return for meet her in Boston instead of here so out a minister of music. The man who another visit. From all reports the that she won't have to change planes has been in charge of all our music for boys did not sleep one wink on the in Chicago. She will just board a so many years has been quite ill and trip across the Atlantic, and David plane in Omaha and stay right on it is now on a leave of absence. How claims that they didn't sleep much the until she reaches Boston. Mother loves soon he will be back I do not know, first two nights in London. They were Boston anyway and that will give us a and in the meantime we are having the just too excited. They were so excited fine opportunity to show her Mary help of a substitute who has to drive that one of David's friends said to me, Leanna's school. 60 miles each way to and from re­ "Dr. Driftmier, if we don't hurry up This proud father must tell you that hearsals and services. As a matter of and get on this plane and get started I his Mary Leanna has been appointed a fact, she has to drive nearly half way think I'll have a heart attack!" Tomor­ dormitory proctor at Boston University across the state to get to us, but we row we expect to get a card mailed for the next school year, and for that are lucky to have her at all. Good from Berlin, and that should tell us of assignment she will get all of her organists are even harder to find than their trip into East Berlin. I was in board and room without cost. Immedi­ good ministers, and oh! how grateful Berlin just after the notorious Berlin ately upon learning this, I began to we are for her help. Wall was completed in 1956, and I think of all the money I would save, Betty is very pleased with me these shall be interested to get David's but Mary Leanna has other plans about days. So far I have managed to get impression of it. that! She said, "Daddy, it would be through the spring months without buy­ I have all my reservations made on nice if you could put that money into a ing a new dog or a new car! As soon the boat for our two trips to Nova savings account for me so that I'll as the sap starts running in the trees Scotia this coming summer. The last have it when I get out of school." If and the last of the snow is gone, Betty week in June I am going to take a all goes well, that is what I shall do. starts watching me like a hawk. She group of boys from the church and Every now and then something hap­ knows that each spring I get a great three of David's friends from school. pens to remind me that God was in our burning desire to do one of two things Betty will spend that week with a dear church long before I was and that the - buy a car or buy a dog. I admit my family friend in Maine and then come church program runs in spite of me and weakness! I know that where cars and back to Springfield with me on the not because of me. The current event dogs are concerned I am almost like first of July. Two weeks later we'll so to impress me is the absence of an an alcoholic with liquor. She knows return to Nova Scotia, taking with us a associate minister. The man who was when the weakness hits me because I couple of our closest friends. The with me for the past three years has start pouring over the newspaper ad­ last week of July will find us enter­ accepted a call to another church a vertisements looking at the Pet Sec­ taining a dozen women from the church few miles down the river, so now we tion and the Used Car Section. I can't who will stay with us for eight days. are looking for someone to take his drive to the church without going a After they leave we shall have a cou­ place. I am amazed at how well things little bit out of my way to drive slowly ple of weeks to ourselves and then are running without his help. Of past the big car lots. It happens to me return to the work we love so much in course, some things don't get done, every spring, and if I can just get Springfield. and some calls don't get made, but all past the month of May without making Has anyone told you that we are ex­ in all the work goes smoothly. Never­ a purchase of car or dog I am safe for pecting my mother, Leanna Driftmier, theless, I am most anxious to find a another year. to visit us this month of May? She replacement, and finding a man with The children know about this, of hasn't been to Springfield for nearly the kind of experience this job re- (Continued on page 22) PAGE 4 KITCHEN-KLATTER MAGAZINE, MAY, 1968

May she keep her delight in friendly words Received and given; know sometimes there is Nothing dearer than a smile, if it be his! (Anonymous) a /Jook Toastmistress: A look about you, and I'm sure you can readily see that our theme this evening is A CHILD - A anJ a memor'J BOOK - A MEMORY. Wise is the mother who introduces her child to the A Mother-Daughter Banquet by Mabel Nair Brown wonderful world of books right from infancy! In thinking about the ages of For many mothers the glimpse of a And reminisce a lot, womanhood it seems well to begin and well-thumbed book or old photograph And see the ages of a girl end with a book! And while books play album starts a train of memories that Come to the limelight spot. a big part in her life, her own book of would make a wonderful theme for a Toast to Mothers: Life is being written. mother-daughter party. How is this love of which they sing? No matter what else you are doing 'Tis a noble, pure, and tender thing. From cradle days through to the end, DECORATIONS Warm as a dancing, yellow jonquil You are writing your life's secret Use books, from baby books to flame: story - schoolbooks to cookbooks to wedding Steadfast, loyal - like a tulip - for­ Each day another page penned. books. The centerpiece features a ever the same. Each day when you wake the book large memory book with other kinds of Soft as a lily, like touch of an angel's opens, books in their bright, colorful jackets wing; Revealing a page clean and white - standing up down the length of the Sweet as the lilacs that bloom in the What thoughts and what words and table. Invite your librarian to set up a spring; what doings book display table. Valiant, bold as a zinnia, if there's Will cover its pages by night? Dolls, dressed as favorite book need to defend; characters, can be used on the ban­ Patient, trusting as a rose, unto the God leaves that to you - you're the quet tables. How about having the end; writer - waitresses dressed in Mother Goose or The truest love on earth that's given - And never a word shall grow dim, storybook costumes? Reflecting that which comes from Till the day you write the word 'Finis' Program booklets can be decorated heaven. And give Life's book back to Him. variously to indicate such books as We salute you, mothers, on this, your (Author Unknown) first reader, home-decorating book, day Let's take a peek at a typical gal's Girl Scout manual, etc. The program With a heartful of thanks and our Life Book as seen by her mother. The book might use the scrapbook idea, "love" bouquet. story unfolds as Mother looks at the with a snapshot of each guest (baby As this person speaks and mentions bookshelf and some of the books that pictures would be fun) to personalize a particular flower she places it in a have marked an age in the life of her each guest's booklet. vase of greenery. Later it might be girl. presented to the oldest mother present. Nut cups are pillboxes with con­ SKIT: Salute to Daughters:' 'There is some­ struction paper covers glued to the top A CHI LO - A BOOK - AND A MEMORY and bottom and decorated and lettered one very special who's grown dearer to resemble a book. Perhaps you would every day; who knows my deep affec­ Stage Setting: Mother is seated to like to fashion a miniature family tion - the words I cannot say. How far left stage beside a bookcase from Bible with black covers and gold let­ changed would be life's story without which she takes the various books as tering. this someone dear, who shares my indicated in the script. (She can clip Wall cartoons, featuring "Peanuts" hopes, my dreamings, my laughter, and her narration inside these books.) As and other comic strip characters with my tears. Companionship so priceless, each age is presented by Mother, it their witty quips, would be fun-pro­ and understanding, too. Who is this can be pantomimed appropriately, or voking. someone special? My daughter, it is followed by a suitable song, poem, you.'' (Selected) drill, or tableau. Individual table decorations: If you I'm sure every mother here joins me Babyhood: (Family Bible) Today is prefer to use small tables, each table's in this Prayer for a Daughter: Martha's birthday. How proudly we decoration might feature a different Whatever distant road she chooses to wrote her name here to begin our own type of book, such as Fairy Tales follow, family tree. She was the dearest and (fairy princess dolls, mirror lake Let her not turn from loving little best baby always. Well, maybe not al­ scene with peanut pixie elves), School, things ways - she did have colic a lot those Romance, or Songbook. Use your imag­ Like a blue cup within her fingers' first weeks and, after being up night ination and refer to Kitchen-Klatter hollow, after night and trying to keep the regu­ Mother-Daughter Banquet Book or A pool of sunlight where a kitten lar work going in the daytime, there Party Book. sings ... were t.imes when we almost agreed Let her love the soft tattoo of rain with the little neighbor girl who won­ PROGRAM HELPS upon the dered why we didn't send "that squal­ Welcome: Roof, and give her such ly little thing" back for a refund, or at To greet you friends, both old and new, Delight in walking that she may renew least an exchange! But we decided to The pleasure is all mine. Old comradeship with wind, and happi- keep her, and hope for better days - We want you each to feel at home, ness, and nigbts - ahead. And happy times To have a happy time. Remembering childhood, pleasuring did come. We'll chat a little, laugh a bit, with simple things. (Continued on page 21) KITCHEN-KLATTER MAGAZINE, MAY, 1968 PAGE 5

MARGERY SHARES AN 7. Do we deplore the fact that our children really don't need us much any INTERESTING QUESTIONNAIRE more? Dear Friends: 8. Do we refuse to face the truth that A number of visitors have stopped by young persons are better than us at the Kitchen-Klatter plant to call on us most measurable things? these past few weeks. In most cases 9. Do we frequently "baby-talk" at they were homeward bound after a least two years behind a young person? spring trip through the Ozarks or 10. Do we still feel that we can ac- points farther south. Usually this is complish our ambitions through our the loveliest time of the year to travel offspring? south, for one can enjoy a much longer 11. Do we try to purchase their springtime - spring in the southlands favor? first, and then spring in the midlands. 12. Do we whine about their duties However, this year the season didn't Nicky seldom leoves Oliver's side. to us? run so true to form. Reading the weath­ 13. Do we consider the communica­ er charts around the nation, I noticed ment. As soon as we have more infor­ tion gap between generations a moat that many cities south of us reported mation on these plans, I'll share the over which there is a drawbridge with colder temperatures than we were details with you. only one pulley? experiencing. When Martin was home for a weekend 14. Do we fail to recognize that It was just such a spring five years recently, Mother gave him some books many great men had long hair? ago when Oliver and I drove to Natchez from Dad's library. There were several 15. Do we issue only nickels and to attend the Pilgrimage, after which on art which Martin has always espe­ dimes of responsibility? we drove down to the Gulf of Mexico. cially enjoyed, and she felt that he 16. Do we prefer the comparative to The azaleas, which we expected to should add them to his own growing the superlative degree in commending­ see at their height, were a month be­ collect ion now that his grandfather commenting? hind schedule, according to the reports is gone. "On a 'yes or no' answer basis, a we heard in Mobile, Alabama, and so All of the grandchildren are to select really smart (A-plus) parent could an­ we missed the spectacular display of books which have particular sentimen­ swer 'yes' to only one of the above color for which this area is noted. tal value to them. And each could walk questions. Right? Which one?" Perhaps our timing will be better this blindfolded to the shelves and find his (In case you haven't already guess­ year. We are leaving in a few days for favorites without a moment's hesita­ ed, it is #3!) a trip to Natchez and, if time permits, tion for they all spent many hours in I' 11 confess that we didn't rate A­ we'll again drive down to the Gulf. Grandpa's library enjoying his books. plus, but we didn't do too badly. This Due to the cold weather through the Emily wrote to her grandmother, "The little questionnaire pointed out some of southern section of the country, I have one thing I remember most vividly my shortcomings which I'm trying to an idea that spring came later than about Grandpa was his love of books. correct, such as talk about the depres­ usual, and we might just be lucky When we were little and would ask him sion. (I'm not brave enough to point enough to see some of the dazzling for a book to look at, he always warn­ out any others!) beauty we missed five years ago. ed us to be careful and treat it with Mother and Dorothy are presently We've had Cousin Philip Field and utmost respect, and then he would give visiting Donald and his family in his wife Marie very much on our minds us one with big interesting pictures Wisconsin. According to what I can these days. They are on their first trip that he knew we would enjoy." make out of the forecasts, they are with their new trailer home, and what a While I'm on the subject of child­ having nice weather for their visit. trip! They left last fall for the West, adult relationships, there is something Dorothy will report on this trip next and while there decided to join a I've been wanting to share with you, month, and we'll hope for good snap­ trailer caravan for a tour of Mexico. and perhaps this is the place. shots to share with you. The last letter we received was post­ A few months ago a questionnaire, Before Mother left she gave us a key marked Nogales, where they were written by Dr. Daryl E. Williams, Dean to her house so that Oliver and I could spending a few days for a final check­ of Doane College, arrived in the mail go in to watch any special TV shows out and orientation before heading along with the usual end-of-semester in color. We went down for one on Sun­ across the border. Philip went on to grade reports. I found it very interest­ day night and our dog, Nicky, went explain that the orientation was to ing and I thought you would too, so I along with us. He looked all over the prepare them for "dry camping" (stop­ saved it and have Dr. Williams' per­ house for Mother, as she usually gives ping where there would be no water mission to share it with you. We so him a little tidbit of some sort when connections, etc.) and such other often are more concerned with how our we go down there. He finally gave up emergencies they might encounter. It children rate as students than how we looking for her and settled down be­ sounds like a very exciting trip and rate as parents, so take this little test side Oliver. Incidentally, Nicky much we're hoping they keep a diary so they and see how you score. prefers Oliver to either Martin or me. can share these experiences with you "1. Do we feel that if children fail, When Oliver goes outside, Nicky is in when they return to the States. they have failed us? a fit unless he can be let out to find Our son Martin is hoping their itiner­ 2. Do we feel that if children suc­ him. And he is right beside him from ary takes them to Guadalajara for he ceed, we have succeeded? the moment he comes in the house. has made application to the University 3. Have we read Ezekiel 18 lately? I've never seen such devotion! I have for their summer session, and would 4. Are we competing with our chil­ just the picture to show this, so I'll like a little first-hand information on dren? stop now and see if I can find it. that city. Two other students from 5. Do we resent their opportunities? Until next month, Doane College are planning to study at Envy their openings? Sincerely, the University, but will be in the De­ 6. Do we mention the depression, partment of Languages, whereas Mar­ our allowances, our first wages, more tin's classes will be in the Art Depart- than once every six months? PAGE 6 KITCHEN-KLATTER MAGAZINE, MAY, 1968

(NOT) ACCORDING TO DIOR by To My Mother Evelyn P. Johnson "SPECIAL. One Week Only. All An Acrostic and Candle-lighting Round Tires And Chains Marked Service Down To Half Price!" by Mabel Nair Brown We would expect such an ad to be sponsored by an auto supply store or a hardware store. But in Bible-times. an ad like this would have referred Setting: Arrange ten tall tapers in T "The men of the earth build to items found in a fashion shop for holders in a semicircle with spring houses, great temples and domes; women. "Round tires like the moon, blossoms and greenery concealing the but working in the background the and chains" were the neck ornaments holders. Behind the candles place an women build our homes.'' and earrings worn by Hebrew women 18" x 24" sheet of posterboard, folded -Edna Risk Shaw of that era. (Isa. 3:18, 19 - KJV.) in half crosswise so that it will stand H "Honor thy father and thy mother On the other hand. "crisping pins" upright. On the front of this giant that thy days may be long upon (Isa. 3:22 - KJV) sound like some­ Mother's Day card write in big letters the land which the Lord thy God thing one might find in the fashion TO MY MOTHER. giveth thee.'' -Exodus 20: 12 shop; yet, they were bags or pockets A narrator gives the opening and E "Every child born into the world in which the Hebrew men kept their closing poem. Another person narrates is a new thought of God, an ever­ money. (II Kings 5:23 - KJV). These for the letters, while a third person fresh and radiant possibility." bags were carried in their girdles. lights the candles as the message is -Kate Douglas Wiggin Yes, men wore girdles in those read for each candle and letter. R "Remembering my mother's pray­ days. However, their girdles were more Narrator: ers - they have always followed masculine than those worn by the If all the flowers on Mother's Day me. They have clung to me weaker sex. A man's girdle was made Could speak, the word that they would throughout life." -A. Lincoln of a strip of leather (Matt. 3 :4 - KJV) say Narrator: about six inches wide and fastened Is "Mother". Her love is like an island around the body with clamps. If all the winds of land and sea In life's ocean, vast and wide, Girdles for women were made of Could sing, the song that it would be A peaceful, quiet shelter more delicate materials like flax, Is "Mother". From the wind and rain and tide. cotton, or even silk, and decorated If all the sunshine wrote in light with precious stones. These fancy 'Tis bound on the north by Hope, loin cloths were worn more loosely One name, the name that it would write By Patience on the west, and lower on the body than the heavy Is ''Mother''. By tender Counsel on the south leather garment worn by the men. Yes, all the loveliest things of earth And on the east by Rest. Would say the thing of greatest worth Girdles were used by hath sexes on Is "Mother". Above like a beacon the outside of their other garments Shine Faith and Truth and Prayer, to hold the tent-like cloaks and robes T ''The bearing and training of a And through the changing scenes of closer to their bodies. They were child is woman's wisdom." life, also a symbol of strength and ac­ -Tennyson I find a haven there. -Anonymous tivities, and girdles of sackcloth 0 Only one mother. "Hundreds of This service might be concluded were worn as a symbol of sorrow or dewdrops to greet the dawn, hun­ with the singing of "Faith of Our humiliation. (Isa. 3: 24 - KJV). dreds of bees in the purple clover. Mothers". The He brew people were the first hundreds of butterflies on the (If a longer service is desired, musi­ to wear the barefoot sandal, so popular lawn, but only one mother the cal numbers can be added. If corsages today as an item of sportswear. The wide world over." -George Cooper are to be given to honor certain moth­ early sandals for men were made of M "My mother was my first preacher ers. or all mothers, one or more might leather and fastened with thongs. as well as my first teacher." be presented as each can d 1 e is Custom demanded that they. like - Lyman Abbot lighted.) tcxlay's Chinese, remove their foot­ Y "Youth fades; love droops; the wear on entering a building, especial­ leaves of friendship fall: a moth­ SPRINGTIME BONUS ly a holy place. (Josh. 5: 15 - KJV). er's secret hope out:ives them Slaves carried the shoes for the men He threw in all the witchery of spring, all." -Oliver Wendell Holmes of rank, putting them on and pulling As one who creates magic by his them off their masters. (St. John 1:27 - M "Mother was the making of me. touch. KJV). She was so true, so sure of me, From tiny floret high upon the ledge, and I felt that I had someone to To lily in the shaded valley nook; As in the girdle department, the live for; someone I must not dis­ The morning shadow-play across the female wore the finer and more ex­ appoint." -Thomas Edison lawn, pensive sandals. Hers were made of 0 "Of all the dear essential things The lacy tree in sparkling leaf. seal skin (Ezek. 16:10 - KJV) and of earth ... a home, clean sunlit The waxen flower of long-forgotten decorated with stones and embroidery. rooms, and the good smell of bulb, Today's shoemakers would do well bread; a table spread; a glowing Exotic beauty on the iris path; to employ the gimmick used by the hearth . . . and love beyond the And fragrance as each lilac plume un­ makers of the He brew sandal. History dream of anyone ... I search for furls, does not tell us how it was done, but words for her - and there are This extra measure through the touch of the pressure of milady's feet in the none.'' -Grace Noll Crowell spring. -Gladys Niece Templeton (Continued on page 20) KITCHEN-KLATTER MAGAZINE, MAY, 1968 PAGE 7

HELP! - GUEST ON A DIET! by Children Should Dagny Tinkey "Have another piece of cake - it won't hurt you." Be (Part of the) Sound familiar? ... But it's a voice from the past. Today's good hostess knows that Scene! too much food or the wrong type of food MAY hurt a guest. Force feeding is no longer the essence of hospitality. by Still, what to do about the dieting Evelyn P. Johnson guest can be a problem. Here are some hints that are designed to help: 1. Relax. Friends and relatives come to see YOU. Food is only a I began writing for market when my to "show-and-tell" and whom they pleasant accompaniment to a visit. three daughters were small, so the emulate by creating their own little 2. If you are entertaining a house­ paraphernalia of the trade posed no rhymes and storiPs. guest and she is on a diet, ask to see problem. Everything was accepted as The association has benefitted my her diet sheet. Place the emphasis on part of the house. Not so with the creativity, rather than hindering it. what she CAN eat. grandchildren who came along some Letters to women's magazines pass 3. You can't be expected to change fifteen to twenty years later. along hints and family incidents your whole menu because there's a Tiny fingers loved to probe the involving things the youngsters have dieter in the house, but it is quite insides of my typewriter. Books re­ said or done. Bright sayings repeating simple to add a few things - skim moved from the bookcase left the their witticisms have sold to other milk for the person who is reducing, shelves gaping like jack-o'· lanterns. publications. They are my main source perhaps celery and carrot sticks for Pencils and paper clips were scat­ of inspiration for many of the stories the one who is unable to eat a rich tered. The children didn't mean to be and articles I sell to both secular salad dressing. Most diets mean sim­ meddlesome. They were simply cu­ and religious papers. They are keep­ plification of eating habits. rious. But their curiosity turned their ing me in touch with the younger 4. Avoid having sweets on conveni­ visits into chaos, and their parents generation - where I need to be if I ent trays where the person who is re­ and I scolded until it must have seem­ am to continue writing for the juvenile ducing can see them and almost auto­ ed that Grandma's entire house was press. matically nibble a bit. a ''no-no!'' Instead of a house of "no," my 5. Don't talk - talk - talk about Then I hit upon the idea of making home has become a house of "Noah." food, the rich creamed chicken you my grandchildren my partners in cri - And the three pairs of collaboators - love, your recipe for chocolate fudge ah, ere ati vity. two teen-aged girls, two pre-teen girls, cake, until your visitor drools and Bookcases were arranged so the and two small boys - are definite wants to rush to a refrigerator or lower shelves held books suitable assests in my business of writing. restaurant. for small fry. Currently a volume of 6. Be sincere Saying, "extra the Audubon Books sits on the very weight is becoming to you," when lowest shelf in easy reach of Rob, LITTLE MR. IN-BETWEEN you don't mean it, may be just what the 18-months-old. He knows that he Dear Mr. Anthony ... I've a problem for will send an overweight person on an you. may get that book any time he wants I get all mixed up, so what shall I do? eating binge. The hungry one will be it and climb upon the couch to turn I try everyday to go to school with my only too eager to believe you. brother the pages from albatross to beetle. Only to hear, "You're too little'' from 7. Plan some activity - golf, sight­ Already he has learned to replace the Mother. seeing, a shopping trip - and don't So I play with our baby . . . sometimes book when he tires of it. The other MOO like a cow, end every outing at the hamburger children are free to select books on But Mom yells, "Don't act silly, you're stand. a BIG boy now.'' 8. Don't laugh at diets. (Your figure their level, as long as they are re­ I know that she loves me, and I'd sure like turned to the shelves. to mind, and health may be perfect - now. But Ron, almost 4, has graduated from But I can't figure out if I'm the ''big" or the right diet can help keep it so.) To "little" kind. -Jacqueline Ritter pictures to writing. His stack of paper your friend it can be doctor's orders (salvaged box-holders) is in a special *********** and may mean life itself. Or reducing place on a desk corner, along with a DISCOVERY can be a way to happiness and self­ plastic container of short pencils. Discovery of her ten pink toes, esteem. A wastebasket is handy for his dis­ Of dimpled fingers, too, 9. Do not serve huge portions of carded ''manuscripts.'' Brings gurgles to her petaled lips; food. Even the non-dieter may be em­ One drawer of the desk holds glue, Her words all sound like "Goo!" barrassed by an unwanted plate-full. rubber bands, clips, tape, and other Small servings, refills available, or Discovery daily of new things odds and ends for the older children. letting those present help themselves To gaze at and to touch, A small rack of old magazines pro­ should be the rule. To taste, to chew in toothless glee, vides material for reading, paper 10. Do not fuss. Nothing makes a And, with soft hands, to clutch. dolls, or scrapbook making. guest more uncomfortable than to feel Being allowed to share a tiny spot With each new exploration, that he or she is a lot of trouble. in Grandma's world has changed the Each change of status quo, Whether a guest eats a lot, a little or children's feeling of curiosity to one Discovery means she's learning, nothing at all, the thoughtful hostess of belonging. I am now their writing­ And soon will tell us so! radiates that "so glad to have you" grandmother, whose work they take -Inez Baker feeling. PAGE 8 KITCHEN-KLATTER MAGAZINE, MAY, 1968

MARY BETH ENTHUSIASTIC church circle is drawing to a close. OVER SUMMER PLANS Last month an acquaintance was kind enough to come and show us a large Dear Friends: selection of her slides and give an ex­ Suddenly this weekend it became ceptionally fine talk about Rhodesia. Spring and all the children popped out Last year they took a six-weel< trip to of their houses in answer to the warm Africa and her pictures were truly sunshine much as the early tulips and magnificent. I believe after having crocuses pop out of the late snow. I seen the beautiful scenery of Africa found myself not recognizing half of and the wonders of nature's unadulter­ the children on our block. They were ated beauty that I would be sorely in many cases slenderer and much tempted to go to Africa instead of taller. There was one lanky boy in Europe - neither of which I'm likely glasses that I didn't know until I to do. Most of Europe is the result of looked at him closely, and lo and be­ man's ingenuity while Africa is still hold! he was Paul's most frequent pal relatively unchanged by man. last year. Many of the little ones were Speaking of vacations, I am so ex­ lacking teeth and still others had cited over the prospects of our summer large, unrelated teeth that appeared to plans that I really don't quite believe change their entire facial structure. them yet. I was especially anxious to We have had considerable tooth work see part of our country west of the going on at our house this winter, too. Missouri, so we decided to make a trip Katharine has a large eye tooth which to Lucile's house in Nambe, New has absolutely no room in a smooth Mexico. We have wanted to see the line with her other teeth. We discussed On rainy days Paul Driftmier is Grand Canyon, too, and one thing led content indoors with his micro· various techniques for correcting this, scope. He is studying shrimp eggs to another. We invited my mother to go and ended up with a program that re­ he grew-quite an accomplishment. with us if she felt she could stand quired grinding the edges off the im­ four weeks of our exuberant children. mediate neighbor teeth and counting ing communion, and during Lent this She thought it would be nice if the on nature to push aside these ground­ meant a busy few weeks. Each Sunday children could see Disneyland so off teeth to gain enough room for this the other women on the Board of Dea­ we're combining the things she wants eye tooth to settle down into its cor­ cons and I had to be at church by 8 to see and the things Don and I want rect position. This has required trips a.m. in order to prepare communion for to see and the things that should inter­ to the dentist every two weeks all both services. Between services all est the children into one perfectly un­ during this school year. This wasn't the Deacons and their wives come to believable trip. I never in my wildest bad, but it's the distances that take the kitchen to wash and refill the com­ dreams hoped for a trip that would be the time in this spread-out metropoli­ munion glasses. Out of a membership so marvelous. tan area. of 2300 people I suppose half come to We're leaving Milwaukee June 17th, Adrienne joined the ranks of the church, so it keeps us humping to get boarding the Burlington Zephyr in troopers to the dentist yesterday. The that many servings prepared. But, and Chicago for the beautiful scenic trip dentist removed the heavy membrane this reaffirms what others have learned across the country and through the which connects the upper lip to the but I am having to learn for myself, Feather River Canyon in California, jaw. In her case and Katharine's it I'm getting to know many congenial ending the first leg of our trip in San also ran between the two upper front people whom, in a church as large as Francisco. We're ending up at Lucile's teeth and caused a severe separation ours, I had never met before. So in for what I expect to be as great an ex­ of these teeth. This necessitated spite of the evening meetings and the perience as seeing the Grand Canyon. quite a lengthy incision in her jaw early Sunday mornings I am gaining far Lucile has talked about this beautiful line and four stitches. Now as the more than I'm giving. It has been said part of our country often and since we permanent teeth continue to come down that it is not possible to give more began to plan our trip we've read up into place they will push these two than one gets. on the Pueblo Indians and that part of teeth together and she'll look like a My year as program chairman for my the country, so rich in historical data. different person. She was brave and So many of the transcontinental didn't fuss over any part of this oper­ trains are being taken off that this ation except the few minutes it took to may well be the last summer these have the Novocain administered. I had COVER PICTURE trains are available - a sad commen­ expected that she would have consid­ Mother (Leanna Driftmier) has often tary on a way of life disappearing for­ erable discomfort during the evening remarked that she could do without al­ ever, but thus it is. The Santa Fe and overnight, but she was plenty most anything in her home except the Super Chiefs are also being discon­ perky. Later this week she will have telephone. It is such a comfort to visit tinued, we are told, so we've had to the stitches removed, which I don't with her children and their families plan our trips around the possible dis­ anticipate as being any problem. and is the most satisfactory solution continuation of trains at the last min­ Right now the children are having an to keeping up with their activities. ute. I'll tell you more about our plans early spring vacation from their aca­ She can count on calls from the four next month. demic endeavors. The weather has "out-of-towners" over the weekends Sincerely, given them a wonderful chance to be when the rates are low and says "The outside and run off their excess ener­ next best thing to having them here is gy. I've had a busy couple of months, hearing their voices once a week." having agreed to take on a three-year And we children who live in Shenan­ P. s. We've just received word from term as a distaff member of the Board doah feel that we are in closer touch Mother Driftmier that she and Dorothy of Deacons of our Congregational with the other members of the family are coming for a visit with us. Excite­ Church. I have been in charge of serv- by way of their phone calls to Mother. ment reigns at our house tonight! KITCHEN-KLATTER MAGAZINE, MAY, 1968 PAGE 9

WHO WOULD BE HAPPY? by Ann Rutan A pursuit common to all mankind, no matter what color, religion, national­ ity, education or background, is our search for happiness. This ambition is the strongest motivation of man's efforts in life. To attain happiness is the most important gaal we hope to reach. It is a fitting and proper end for which to strive since man is meant . to be happy . '/jou Gnlerlain tn Perhaps we have pushed the time to be happy far into the future: When the Fill your May basket with these small flowers into the green. To steady mortgage on the farm is paid off, when ideas, and you'll be all decked out for your pole and add a sparkling note, we can get a new car, when husband spring. If you are planning to entertain take an old golfball and give it a coat is made vice-president of his com­ this month (and who won't be with all of shellac. Then cover with silver pany, when we can afford a trip abroad. the lovely spring flowers in our favor?) metallic and place on top of the pole. And until then do we permit a dull try your hand at these. The metallic may be purchased at most feeling of discontent to cloud our sky If you haven't much time for prepa­ paint stores. of happiness? Ev en when things are ration but want something novel, start This decoration would be suitable going quite well do we suppress a with your large brimmed summer straw for your Mother's Day party, a lunch­ fully happy feeling because our heart's hat. Tie a big ribbon of stiff material eon, dessert party, or for just a note of desire has not been reached? or ribbon reinforced with wire on the spring for your buffet. There is no short cut to happiness side of the hat. Then fill the crown of NAME-THE-MOTHER QUIZES as there is no short cut to most worth­ the hat with your favorite garden while things in life. It is a waste of flowers. Waxed paper laid in before the 1. Who is called the mother of all time to wait anxiously for the hoped­ flowers, will protect your hat from living? Eve. for pay raise, the good crop, before moisture and stain. You'll be surprised 2. Favorite of the storybook crowd. counting ourselves truly candidates how unique this will look in the middle Mother Goose. for happiness. Happiness seems to of your party table or buffet. For a 3. Who was mother of the wisest come to many as a spontaneous gift finishing touch to your party, it would man of the Bible? Bathsheba, mother of destiny but it can be gained by be nice, at its close, to pass your hat of Solomon. everyone willing to pursue it. around and let each guest take some of 4. Most famous mother to be painted. Three steps are needed: Start where the flowers. Whistler's mother. you are. Use what you have. Share the For place cards and favors, make 5. Mother of "Honest Abe". Nancy results. them as one. Cut out various hat Hanks. So the place to start is right where shapes from colored construction pa­ 6. What mother became a pillar of you are this minute! Don't wait for to­ per. Glue a toothpick or half of a salt? Lot's wife. morrow. Don't wait till peace comes white pipe cleaner on the back of the 7. Who is the most famous mother­ to the world or till you can throw your paper hat and stick the other end in a in-law of all the ages? Naomi, mother­ crutches away. Start where you are colored gumdrop. A small white doily in-law of Ruth. right now. placed under each one will add a note 8. What famous mother faced a food In our quest for happiness we must of spring. The name of each guest will shortage? Mother Hubbard. use what we have. Every person is look nice printed on the brim of the 9. Mother of future King Charles. gifted. We have our senses, our dis­ paper hat or on the doily. Yarn or felt Queen Elizabeth II. positions, our talents, our families, added on the hat will, of course, add 10. A mother who hung her wash in our work, our place in society. It is to the color. a famous room in the White House. true most of us do not scratch the sur­ A good stand-by, and always a suc­ Mrs. John ------Adams. face of our talents, leaving untapped cess, is a Maypole. Try this one. It's 1. Who started the celebration of and scarcely recognized a storehouse different! If possible, for your pole, Mother's Da.y? Anna Jarvis. of abilities which are meant to serve obtain colored corrugated cardboard, 2. Was this in 1907, 1909, or 1912? in the cause of happiness. When we do which is quite pliable and fun to work 1907. finally buckle down we are often as­ with. You'll be happy with your re­ 3. Where was it first observed? tonished to find what a prize we have sults. If you do not have access to Grafton, West Virginia. neglected. this type of cardboard, any light­ 4, What flower did the founder use to It is foolhardy to permit the monot­ weight cardboard will do. honor her mother? White carnation. onies of da.y-to-day living to disen­ Cut a piece of cardboard 7xll inches. 5. Which president approved ob­ chant us. That work-weary man who Roll it into a column, shape and staple serving Mother's Day the second Sun­ has been showing up around supper­ or glue together. Next cut 8 streamers, day in Ma.y? Woodrow Wilson in 1914. time lately a little the worse for wear, 1/2 inch wide, out of crepe paper and 6. Which president said he owed is the grand guy you married 17 years fasten with paste or glue inside the everything he was to his mother? ago. Give him the glad treatment when top of the cardboard pole. Then let Lincoln. he enters the door. Encourage the each streamer run out to a plate. Fas­ 7. Who was the famous singer who children to do the same. Try it for a ten each down with a pin and a small made "Mother Machree" famous? John week and see what a difference it flower or spirea caught to the table­ McCormack. makes in the household's happiness. cloth. Put another piece of green 8. Who was the mother of George VI The job is bugging you? Meet it as a around the base of the pole and tuck of England? Queen Mary. (Continued on page 17) PAGE 10 KITCHEN-KLATTER MAGAZINE, MAY, 1968

WHERE IS OUR HOPE? into its population. Twenty years ago enchanting, beautiful, loving way of people marveled that little Hong Kong life that we know as the way of Jesus by could care for its population of 400,000 Christ. Wherever we saw people, Rev. Frederick Field Driftmier, D.D. persons. Today it has 4, 000 ,000, and whether it was along the banks of the (This sermon U'as delivered in the with only a few exceptions they are all Ganges, or along the canals of Thai­ Immanuel Congregational Church in fed and housed. A few years ago the land, or along the shores of the Japa­ Hartford, Connecticut, when Frederick refugees were living in the streets or nese Inland Sea, or where the hippies u·as a guest speaker there a feu· u·eeks in miserable little shacks in the parks gather in San Francisco's Golden ago.) and along the waterfront, but today Gate Park, we saw a yearning for the Scripture: Romans 8:18:28 they live in massive apartment houses same kind of a world that was the hope Twenty-eight years ago I arrived in with an average of about seven or and the dream of Jesus, a world where Athens, Greece, on a train loaded with eight people to a room. In what ap­ peace and brotherhood, integrity and Polish refugees fleeing from the ad­ peared to be an absolutely hopeless humaneness, love and good will reign. vancing German armies. That was at situation, the government of Hong Only a short time ago someone said the be ginning of World War II, and in Kong provided hope for those who to me: "As you look back on it from the years that have followed, we have managed to escape the Red tyranny to the perspective of New England, waged a constant struggle for world the north. doesn't your trip seem just like a peace. Last summer I arrived in Athens But where is the hope today as the dream? Isn't it hard to believe that the with my wife and two teen-age children giant red terror plays with Hong Kong war and the starvation and the riots to find the city once again filled with like a cat with a mouse? While only are anything more than a nightmare?" refugees - this time refugees from four per cent of the population is com­ I replied: "No; the trouble we saw Israeli-Arab conflict. As I stood there munist, that four per cent is causing does not seem unreal to me now. What in the busy airport surrounded by be­ great havoc. On a beautiful July morn­ seems unreal is the peacefulness of a wildered, frightened, weary people, ing we saw nearly 1,000 persons Sunday morning in New England, the listening to the babies crying, and storming a bank, breaking its win­ hundreds of nice people, well-clothed watching the long queues of desperate dows, crushing its doors, and doing it and well-fed, going into their lovely people vying for space at the ticket all in the name of the Red Guards. churches to thank God for the good­ lines, I thought to myself that little Hong Kong is one of the brightest ness of life." had changed since last I stood in jewels in the whole treasury of democ­ Right now, as I stand here in this in Athens. War-weary people still live racy. but when we observe how the beautiful Immanuel Church where the in a world of war. tyranny of Communism has spread good citizens of Hartford have wor­ Having lived in the Middle East, I across the world, even to our very shipped in comfort for so many years, know what poverty is, and certainly I doorsteps in Cuba, where is our hope I think of the rest of the world with its know what it means to live in densely that the free world can survive the on­ hunger and disease, its hatred and populated areas, but never in all my slaught of the disciples of Lenin? fear, its poverty and despair, and I life have I witnessed the kind of ab­ On the last stretch of our magic car­ look around me and ask myself if this ject poverty, and incredible human pet world tour we were flying from is just a dream. We are educated peo­ crowding as that of India. We arrived Omaha to Bradley Field when over the ple, products of fine schools and col­ at the Bombay airport just after a warm public address system in the plane we leges, frequenters of good public li­ rain, and in a matter of minutes both heard a voice say: "Ladies and gen­ braries and purchasers of books and of our children were nauseated from tlemen, this is your captain speaking. magazines, radios and television. For the smells coming off the wet, slimy I am now going to show you an Ameri­ most of the world this is just a dream. streets of the slums that stretched can city in flames," and with that he When we are sick we have good doc­ from the airport to the heart of the banked the plane so that we could tors, and the best of hospitals, and city. In a city where the population look down into the heart of riot-torn, medicines to ease pain and cure dis­ is increasing by the thousands each burning Detroit. From high in the air it ease. For most of the world this is month, multitudes of people literally looked like a city under enemy bom­ just a dream. We live in a free demo­ live in the streets with no shelter of bardment. Entire blocks of buildings cratic society unafraid of secret po­ any kind. Children are conceived in appeared to be burning, and where the lice, of government censors, or torture the streets, born in the streets, and smoke had cleared. we could see the chambers and concentration camps. live and die in the streets. Twenty empty shells of what had once been For most of the world this is just a million people are being added to the the nice homes and shopping centers dream. When we go to bed we are not population of India each year. of persons caught up in all the insan­ afraid of an overnight attack by a For a few minutes we stood on the ity of a race riot. warring tribe or raiding communists same rampart of the great Red Fort In a few weeks time we had flown from across the border. For most of where twenty years ago Nehru hailed from the war-torn Middle East to the the world this is just a dream. India's independence. He said then: despair and frustration of India rn the I think of the Christ we worship here, ''A new star rises, the star of freedom evil and hatred of communism in Hong of his noble character, his ideal of in the East; a new hope comes into Kong, to the murder and anarchy of brotherhood, his way of forgiveness being." At a time when India is torn race riots in the United States. These and mercy and love, and I cry out: with party strife, weakened by starva­ were the overwhelming impressions of ''Dear God, how can we make this tion, endangered by Red China, and our 'round the world journey, and yet dream come true? Where is our hope?" engulfed in a flood of desperate peo­ with all of the discouragement and When St. Paul wrote his letter to the ple, that star may still shine, but we violence we saw enough of beauty, Romans, he said: ''The whole creation wonder where is the hope? and enough of exquisite human handi­ has been groaning in travail together We spent several exciting days in work, and enough of saintly courage until now; not only the creation, but beleaguered Hong Kong. If ever a na­ and sacrifice to remind us that in the we ourselves, we who have the first tion or territory deserves the plaudits same blood-drenched, tragedy-filled, fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as of the world. it is Hong Kong for the pagan, cruel world of violent happen­ we wait for the redemption of our almost miraculous job it has done to ings there stands something else - bodies." And then Paul added those absorb millions of Chinese refugees there stands the strange. unearthly, (Continued on next page) KITCHEN·KLATTER MAGAZINE, MAY, 1968 PAGE 11

words in which we find our hope today. He said: ·'The Spirit helps us in our weakness ... we know that in every­ thing God works for good with those who love Him." Today we see a world groaning under the burden of almost unsolvable prob­ lems and, like the early Christians in Rome. we need to be reminded that the God who created this world is still in every situation. God is in this world giving strength to those who love him and work with him in the job of build­ ing his kingdom. Believe me, if I were a Hindu pilgrim bathing in the sacred waters of the Ganges. I would see little hope for the world. And if I were one of the Buddhist monks with whom we visited in several educational cen­ ters, I would see little prospect of the world being saved from its human mad­ ness. But I am a Christian, and be­ cause I am a Christian I find my hope in the faith that one day God's king­ Living on the streets of India are a mother and her little family. dom will come on earth as it is in heaven. and that God will work with The communists, the Indians, the God works for good with those who us to that end. Africans, and the black and white love Him.'' While traveling in the foothills of the Americans must believe that people Surely Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Himalaya Mountains up in the north­ can live together in peace and brother­ had this hope in his heart when he eastern part of India not far from the hood, stopping wars, and race riots, wrote: border of Tibet, we had an opportunity and population explosions. There is Tell me not, in mournful numbers, to interview two American scholars no hope for people who think and act Life is but an empty dream! - who for many months have been study­ as though this is a cursed and damned For the soul is dead that slumbers, ing Hinduism in one of the great Indian world spinning wildly through space And things are not what they seem. universities. Under close questioning, on its way to hell. Whatever the Life is real! Life is earnest! both of these scholars admitted that causes of our despair, once we give in And the grave is not its goal; probably much of the defeatism and to it and say there is no possible Dust thou art, to dust returnest, despair of the Indian people is a prod­ hope, then we have no choice but to Was not spoken of the soul. uct of their religion. "In Hinduism hide ourselves in our ghettos, and there is no concept of hope for the bury ourselves in our nuclear bomb Not enjoyment, and not sorrow world, no concept of earthly progress, shelters and wait for the worst. Is our destined end or way; and no idea comparable to the Chris­ In New Delhi the manager of a large But to act, that each tomorrow tian idea of people working to build shop engaged me in conversation over Finds us further than today. heaven on this earth," they said. a cup of tea while the rest of the There is no more optimistic religion family were making some purchases. TO BUILD WITH YOUTH in the world than Christianity. We be­ In the course of our visit the man lieve that one day the earth will be said: "I have some relatives who are Far out beyond the rhythmic bounds of God's kingdom, and that wherever Christians, and I have at times visited time and space God's power is needed, there He will their churches, and I have read some There is a realm of pristine purity and be working together for good with of their religious tracts, but the big hope those who love Him. And it is this question in my mind is still unanswer­ Which youth dreams of and would at­ tain at utmost cost idea that is our hope. The idea that we ed: Is the Bible true? Is Christianity Of plan and effort, but needs willing, are not alone in trying to make the true? Is it true that a God of love eager hands world better, is a great idea for us all. watches over us? I ask these ques­ If you and I are to be defenders of the tions and no one proves to me what is To push the project off the base from faith, then we must not give up this true!" I replied: "My friend, you are where it stands one great hope we have in the power asking the wrong questions. We who Before the inspiration is forever lost: of God working through the lives of follow Jesus do not ask if this way is But sometimes this is far beyond the men and women. true. Instead we ask: Is our Christian inner scope Make no mistake about this! I am not faith something that we can make come Of those who would attempt to win the saying that Christianity is the only true?'' hidden race hope of the world! I am not saying that There lies the hope of the world - And cross the final rope. people must become members of the the people of every race in every land -Alice G. Harvey Christian Church before the Kingdom who have the faith to believe that they can come on earth. What I am saying is can make a better world come true! May the road rise to meet you. May that all the peoples of the world must The most convincing thing in the the wind be always at your back. May in their religions and in their philos­ world is not an argument. It is always the sun shine warm upon your face, the ophies and in their patterns of thought a deed, and the hope of the world is to rains fall soft upon your fields and find a place for the idea that it is be found wherever there are people until we meet again ... may God hold possible to make of this earth a heav­ whose deeds prove true the statement you in the palm of His Hand. enly place of happiness and peace. of Paul: "We know that in everything -An Irish Blessing PAGE 12 KITCHEN-KLATTER MAGAZINE, MAY, 1968

FUDGE NUT BARS 12-oz. pkg. chocolate chips 15-oz. can sweetened condensed milk 3 Tb ls. butter by the 3/4 cup nuts 2 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter vanilla Kitchen - Klatter flavoring 1 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter burnt sugar flavoring Family 1 cup margarine 1/4 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter butter flavoring 2 cups brown sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter vanilla flavoring MAPLE FLUFF DESSERT WESTERN CASSEROLE 2 1/2 cups flour 2 cups crushed vanilla wafers 1 lb. ground beef, browned 1 tsp. soda 1/4 cup melted butter or margarine 1 1-lb. can whole kernel corn, drained 1 tsp. salt 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar 1 1-lb. can red kidney beans, drained 3 cups rolled oats 1/2 cup butter or margarine 1 can tomato soup 1/4 cup nuts 3 eggs 1/2 tsp. chili powder Melt over hot water the chocolate 3 squares baking chocolate, melted 1 cup grated or diced Cheddar cheese chips, sweetened condensed milk and 1 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter burnt sugar 1 Tbls. instant minced onion the butter. Add the nuts and flavorings flavoring Salt and pepper to taste and set aside. Cream together the Few drops Kitchen-Klatter butter 1 can refrigerated biscuits margarine and brown sugar. Add eggs flavoring Mix all ingredients, except biscuits, and flavorings and beat well. Sift to­ 1 1/2 cups cream, whipped in a large buttered casserole. Bake, gether the flour, soda and salt and 1/2 cup maple syrup uncovered, in a 400-degree oven for 20 add. Add rolled oats and nuts. Press 1 10-oz. pkg. miniature marshmallows minutes. Top with biscuits and bake 2/3 of this cooky mixture into a large 1 cup chopped pecans for 25 minutes, or until biscuits are greased pan, about 10 by 16. Spread Combine the melted butter with the golden brown. -Margery with the fudge mixture. Sprinkle re­ crushed vanilla wafers and line a 9- maining cooky mixture over the fudge by 13-inch pan with them, pressing KENTUCKY SCRAMBLE filling and bake at 350 degrees for down firmly. Cream the powdered 1 cup whole kernel corn, drained about 20 to 23 minutes. Do not over­ sugar with the butter. Add the eggs, 3 Tbls. bacon drippings bake. melted chocolate and the flavorings. 1/ 4 cup chopped green pepper These are very rich and very deli­ Pour over the wafer layer and freeze. 1 pimiento, sliced cious, so don't cut the squares too Whip the cream, beating in the syrup 6 eggs, beaten large! -Margery as you finish beating. Fold in the 1 tsp. salt miniature marshmallows and pecans. Dash of pepper SENSATIONAL SLAW Spread this over the frozen chocolate Add drained corn to the bacon drip­ layer and return to freezer. 3 cups finely shredded cabbage pings and saute for a few minutes. 3/4 cup finely chopped green onions This is a very rich and elegant des­ Add green pepper and pimiento and sert, one you'll be proud to serve for 3/4 cup chopped pimiento cook about 5 minutes longer. Then 1 cup welhlrained pineapple chunks club refreshments or to conclude a add the beaten eggs, salt and pepper company meal. -Margery 3/4 cup sliced stuffed olives and stir until eggs are set but still 1 cup shredded American cheese moist. Serves 4. -Margery 1/4 cup whipping cream CHEESE TOAST WITH BACON 1/2 cup mayonnaise ELEGANT TUNA CASSEROLE This is delicious for company break­ 1 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter lemon fast or brunch. It would make a hearty 2 cans tuna flavoring lunch with a bowl of soup. 3 cups Ritz crackers, crushed Salt and pepper to taste 4 slices of bacon 3 Tbls. flour Combine cabbage, onions, pimiento, 1 egg 3 Tbls. butter or margarine pineapple, olives and cheese. (We 1/4 cup grated or shredded Cheddar 3 cups milk used salad olives for this since the cheese 1/2 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter butter more expensive sliced stuffed olives Butter (at room temperature) flavoring would only come apart when the salad Salt and cayenne pepper Salt to taste was mixed.) Whip the cream and fold 4 slices bread Melt butter or margarine. Stir in flour into the mayonnaise to which you have Cut the bacon strips in half and fry until smooth. Add milk. Cook over added the Kitchen-Klatter lemon fla­ until about half done. Drain on absorb­ medium heat, stirring, until moderately voring. Season to taste. Combine and ent paper. Beat the egg lightly and thick. Remove from heat and stir in refrigerate for two hours. blend in the cheese. Spread softened butter flavoring. Drain tuna and wash This is supposed to serve six gen­ butter on bread, then spread with the if oily. In a greased casserole make erously, but don't count on it, as you'll egg-cheese mixture. Sprinkle with salt layers of tuna and crushed crackers, want "seconds". It's an amazingly and cayenne pepper. Place bacon on reserving a few cracker crumbs for delicious and different tasting slaw. top and broil under medium flame until top. Pour white sauce over layers and so if you want to make something that cheese is bubbly and bacon is crisp. sprinkle crumbs on top. Bake at 350 will prove to be a real hit, be sure you -Margery degrees for 30 minutes. -Evelyn try this very soon. -Lucile KITCHEN-KLATTER MAGAZINE, MAY, 1968 PAGE 13

SPRING GARDEN SALAD ESCALLOPED VEGETABLES ENTICING PORK CHOP CASSEROLE 4 cups diced red rhubarb 1 medium-sized head cauliflower 5 or 6 pork chops 2 cups sugar 4 carrots, cut in strips Salt to taste 1/2 cup water 2 green peppers, cut in chunks 1 Tbls. shortening 2 pkgs. (3-oz. size) strawberry gela- 3 medium-sized onions, sliced 3 cooking apples, diced tin 1/2 small jar diced pimiento 1/4 cup raisins Dash of salt 1/4 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter lemon Sauce 2 cups sliced fresh strawberries flavoring 1 cup whipping cream, whipped 4 Tbls. butter or margarine 1/4 cup molasses Combine the rhubarb, sugar and wa- 4 Tbls. flour 1/ 4 cup water ter and cook until the rhubarb is ten­ Few drops Kitchen-Klatter butter Sprinkle pork chops with salt. Brown der. Add the gelatin and stir until it is flavoring in hot shortening. Combine remaining dissolved. Add the dash of salt. Chill 2 cups milk ingredients. Place pork chops in a until the mixture begins to thicken and 1/2 tsp. salt greased baking dish. Pour fruit mix­ then fold in the strawberries and whip­ 1/4 lb. cheese, cut in pieces ture over pork chops. Bake, covered, ped cream. Pour into a ring mold and Cook the cauliflower and carrots in 350-degree oven for 1 hour. Remove chill until completely set. -Mary Beth separately in salted boiling water cover and bake 1/2 hour longer, or until crisp but not well done. Drain until done and sauce is slightly thick­ CHINESE ALMOND COOKIES and arrange in greased casserole with ened. -Evelyn 2 1/2 cups sifted flour green peppers, onion and pimiento. PINEAPPLE-CHEESE SALAD 3/4 cup sugar Prepare the cheese sauce by blending 1/ 4 tsp. salt the flour into the melted butter. Blend 1 pkg. lime gelatin 1 tsp. baking powder in the milk slowly, then add salt and 18 marshmallows (large) 3/4 cup lard cook until thickened. Add the cheese 1 cup coarsely shredded cheese 1 egg pieces. Stir until cheese is melted. 1 cup crushed drained pineapple 2 Tbls. water Pour this sauce over the vegetables. 1/2 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter pineapple 1 1/2 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter almond Top with buttered bread crumbs and flavoring flavoring bake at 350 degrees for about 45 min­ 1 cup nuts Sift the flour, sugar, salt and baking utes. Serves 6 to 8. -Lucile 1 cup whipping cream powder into a large bowL Blend in the Dissolve the gelatin in 1 cup of lard with a pastry blender. Beat the HENRIETTA'S DESSERT boiling water and melt the marshmal­ egg, water and flavoring together and 2 eggs lows in this liquid. Pour the pineapple add. When thoroughly blended, form 1 cup white sugar juice and flavoring into a measuring into balls the size of a walnut, put 1/2 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter vanilla cup and add enough water to make 1 them on a cooky sheet and flatten flavoring cup of liquid. Chill until the gelatin with the heel of your hand. Press one 1/2 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter burnt sugar begins to congeal and then fold in the whole blanched almond into the center flavoring cheese, nuts and crushed pineapple. of each cooky, then brush cooky with 1/2 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter pineapple Whip the cream and fold in last. Chill slightly beaten egg white. Bake 20 to flavoring until completely set. -Margery 25 minutes in a 350-degree oven. This 3/ 4 cup flour DEVILED GREEN BEANS recipe will make about 36 cookies. 1 tsp. baking powder -Dorothy 1/4 tsp. salt 1 pkg. frozen green beans (or canned) 1 cup crushed pineapple, drained 1 Tbls. butter or margarine SOUR CREAM OATMEAL-DATE 2 tsp. prepared mustard COOKIES 1 cup nuts Cream the eggs, sugar and flavor­ 1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce 1 egg, beaten ings. Sift together the flour, baking 1/4 tsp. celery seed 1/2 cup white sugar powder and salt. Add to the egg mix­ Dash of salt and pepper 1/2 cup brown sugar ture. Add the drained crushed pine­ 2 Tbls. com flake crumbs 1/2 cup margarine apple and nuts. Pour into a greased Cook the beans if frozen, or heat 1/2 cup sour cream and floured 9-inch square pan and beans if canned. Drain. In a small 1 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter vanilla bake at 325 degrees for 20 to 30 min­ saucepan, melt the butter. Stir in re­ flavoring utes - until cake tests done. Serve maining ingredients except the crumbs. 1/4 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter butter with the following sauce and top with Pour over the hot beans and stir gent­ flavoring whipped cream. ly. Sprinkle with the crumbs and 1/2 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter black walnut serve. Makes 4 servings. -Margery flavoring Sauce 1 cup chopped dates 1/4 cup butter CHICKEN OR TURKEY CASSEROLE 1 cup quick oatmeal 1 Tbls. flour 2 cups noodles, cooked 1 1/2 cups flour 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed 1 can cream of mushroom soup 1/2 tsp. soda 1/4 cup pineapple juice 1 cup diced chicken or turkey 1/ 2 tsp. salt 1/4 cup water 1/2 cup Cheddar cheese Cream together the shortening and 1 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter vanilla 1 pimiento, diced sugars. Add the beaten egg, sour flavoring 3 hard-cooked eggs, diced cream and flavorings. Stir in the dates 1/4 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter pineapple Cook the noodles in boiling salte.d and oatmeal. Sift the flour, soda and flavoring water. Drain well. Add soup and stir, salt together and combine with the Melt the butter and blend in the flour then add remaining ingredients. Pour other mixture. Drop onto a greased and brown sugar. Combine juice and into casserole and sprinkle with bread cooky sheet and bake approximately 15 water and add. Boil for 3 minutes, crumbs. Drizzle with a little melted minutes in a 350-degree oven. These stirring constantly. Add flavorings and butter. Bake at 350 degrees for about keep well in a tightly covered con­ cool to room temperature before serv­ 30 minutes, or until bubbling well and tainer, and also freeze well. -Dorothy ing over squares of the cake. -Margery crumbs begin to brown. -Margery PAGE 14 KITCHEN·KLATTER MAGAZINE, MAY, 1968

BLUEHILLS BREAD APPLE FLUFF SALAD DIET TAPIOCA PUDDING (It's Pink!) In large mixing bowl: 2 1/2 cups skimmed milk 2 cups small-sized shredded wheat 1 3-oz. pkg. red gelatin 2 1/2 Tbls. minute tapioca biscuits 1 cup hot water 2 1/2 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter No­ 1/4 cup sugar 1 cup pineapple juice Calorie Sweetener 3 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter pineapple 2 eggs 1/4 cup vegetable shortening flavoring 1/4 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter butter Heat to boiling: 1 cup crushed or diced pineapple flavoring 1 cup milk 1 cup chopped apple 1 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter vanilla 1 1/ 4 cups water 1 pkg. powdered whipped topping flavoring Pour over first ingredients in the A few drops Kitchen-Klatter No- 1/2 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter lemon bowl. Calorie Sweetener flavoring Dissolve 1 pkg. dry yeast in 1/ 4 cup Dissolve gelatin in hot water. Stir in A pinch of salt lukewarm water. When things feel luke­ pineapple juice drained from crushed Combine milk and tapioca. Let stand warm stir in yeast mixture. or diced pineapple. Add flavoring. 5 or 10 minutes. Cook in heavy pan or In large bow 1: Chill until mixture begins to thicken. double boiler until it begins to cook 2 cups sifted whole wheat flour Make whipped topping according to and thicken slightly. Beat eggs and 2 1/2 curs sifted white flour directions on package, stirring in a few put a little of the hot milk mixture into Begin adding 1 cup at a time, beating drops of Kitchen-Klatter Sweetener. eggs; gradually beat eggs into milk well after each addition. You will Beat gelatin mixture with beater until mixture. Stir in sweetener. Continue need to use your hands for mixing at light and fluffy. Fold in pineapple, cooking 2 or 3 more minutes. Remove the last. Turn out to rest on floured chopped apple and whipped topping. from heat. Add flavorings and salt. board for 10 minutes. Knead with hands Spoon into pretty bowl and chill until Refrigerate until time to serve. This floured until elastic. Turn into greased time to serve. may be varied easily with different bowl. Cover with hot damp cloth and Any flavored red gelatin is suitable Kitchen-Klatter flavorings. A very de­ let stand until double. Punch down and ancj makes a lovely pink salad. The licious, low-calorie dessert. -Evelyn turn over and let double in bulk and combination of fruit flavors is deli­ POTATO CHIP COOKIES punch down again. Knead a couple of cious. I like to use red apples and minutes, then divide into 2 parts and leave the peel on for tiny touches of 1 cup butter put into 2 greased bread pans. When red. -Evelyn 1 cup white sugar double in bulk, bake in a 350-degree HOUSECLEANING CASSEROLE 1 cup brown sugar oven for 1 hour. Remove from pan and 2 eggs cool. -Lucile 2 Tbls. shortening 1 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter vanilla 1 lb. ground beef flavoring SIMPLY SCRUMPTIOUS COMPANY 1/2 tsp. sage 2 cups coarsely crushed potato chips PIE 1 /2 tsp. paprika 1 (6 oz.) pkg. butterscotch chips 1 can sweetened condensed milk 1 crushed bay leaf 2 1/2 cups flour (Eagle Brand) 4 large potatoes 1 tsp. soda 1 /2 cup brown sugar 3 medium-sized onions Cream together the butter and sugars. 1 /2 cup pecans, chopped 1 Tbls. salt Add eggs and flavoring and beat well. 1/4 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter burnt sugar 1/4 tsp. pepper Add the crushed potato chips and but­ flavoring No. 2 can tomatoes terscotch chips. Sift together the flour 1 pkg. powdered whipped topping 1/4 cup butter, melted and soda. Stir into the creamed mix­ A few drops Kitchen-Klatter No­ Brown meat in shortening and season ture. Drop by teaspoon on greased Calorie Sweetener with sage, bay leaf and paprika. Cut cooky sheet and bake for 10 to 12 Toasted coconut potatoes and onions in thin slices and minutes at 375 degrees. -Marger:v Combine sweetened condensed milk arrange in alternate layers with meat ZINGY CHICKEN and brown sugar in top of double boil­ in a medium-sized casserole. Combine 2 tsp. rosemary er. Cook over boiling water until thick. remaining ingredients and pour over 1 tsp dill Stir in 1/ 4 cup pecans and burnt sugar layers. Bake for 1 1/2 hours in a 350- 1/2 tsp. cayenne flavoring. Pour into baked pie shell. degree oven. Sprinkle other 1/4 cup pecans over 1 tsp. marjoram WONDERFUL BROWN SUGAR SOUR 1 tsp. thyme top. When cool frost with 1 pkg. whip­ CREAM FROSTING ped topping prepared according to di­ 1 large fryer, cut up rections with a few drops of Kitchen­ 2 cups brown sugar Zucchini squash Klatter Sweetener stirred in. Sprinkle 1 Tbls. corn syrup Bell peppers with toasted coconut. Chill until time 1/2 cup sour cream Tomatoes to serve. 1 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter burnt sugar Put the spices in the roaster and add This is an especially rich, delicious flavoring water so that there is 1 inch in the company dessert. Plca'c do cut the 1/2 tsp. Kitchen-Klatter vanilla roaster. Add chicken and cover with pieces 'mall, even for guests. They'll flavoring sliced zucchini, pepper and tomatoes. appreciate your thoughtfulness! Combine ingredients. Cook until soft Cover and simmer for about 2 1/2 -Evelyn ball is formed in water. Remove from hours with oven temperature at 325 fire and beat immediately until cool degrees. When chicken and vegetables HOMEMADE CULTURED SOUR and the consistency to spread on cake. are removed, add a little flour to the CREAM If it is too thick, add a little cream to broth to serve with the chicken. To make your own cultured sour thin. This is a wonderful combination of cream, add 2 Tbls. of cultured butter­ An extremely simple, rich, tasty spices with the chicken. I served a milk to 1 cup of half-and-half and put frosting. Either commercial or country tossed salad and hot rolls with this in a warm place for about 18 hours to sour cream may be used equally well dish to company and they really en­ thicken. for this. -Evelyn joyed the meal. -JuEana KITCHEN-KLATTER MAGAZINE, MAY, 1968 PAGE 15 SPRING FEVER religious education work for the Grace Methodist Church in Waterloo, Iowa. by With the help of a light-green English Evelyn Birkby bike I went calling on new members. It happens every year: the calendar located teachers and checked on ab­ turns to May, a bright, warm, sunny sent children. Surely it wouldn't be day looms into view, and spring fever difficult to get back into the swing of attacks with concentrated force! No pedaling gaily. especially with the matter how many urgent tasks require companionship of my overly energetic attention, it seems next to impossible offspring. Yes, I really do know what to turn my mind and energies in their I'd be getting myself into, but I don't direction. Instead, I take a stroll out have to start today! into the sunlight and sit under the mul­ Now I've reached the terrace at the berry tree for a spell. The birds are back of the house and find the bench gathering twigs and bits of dried beside the picnic table a fine place to grass, building materials for summer relax. The martins dive bombed as I homes. Insects make swirling specks passed the red apartment house they in the sunshine. Apple blossoms cover call home. They obviously would like our five fruit trees with pink and white me to leave their premises strictly sweet-smelling blooms. alone. From where I sit I can watch Lazily, I note that the grass has them soar down to catch the flying in­ grown long enough to be cut. The sects which make up their diet. We green of each spear is bright and fresh are grateful for their help in getting looking. Best not to dwell on the work rid of mosquitoes and other insect involved in keeping our large yard Jeff Birkby is moving right along pests. groomed. A glance at the bushes and with his Scout work. This picture Guess we'll have supper on the ter­ was taken the day he received his hedge show that they are leafing out in God and Country Award from the race tonight. Our gas grill has not delicate dress. They, too, will soon Sidney Methodist Church. Since been used much this spring, so I'll get need trimming, but not today, not this then he has earned his Star Scout out some ground beef and make fat bright, beautiful spring day. rank. -Photo by Blaine Barton hamburger patties to cook. How nice I push myself to my feet, walk down to be able to eat and watch the deep­ past the "orchard" and into the double clover patch will surely not be enough ening blue of the sky and listen to the row of trees near the road which we for more than this one hive. Many quieting of the birds and the rhythmic call the "timber". I am looking for farmers are happy to have bees on buzzing of the nocturnal insects as violets and finally I find tiny leaves their property to help pollination, so they tune up for a night's concert. and purple-tinged flowers pushing up this may not be a problem. My interest Soon the fireflies will come and light between the roots of the trees. How is in the good honey we could use on the treetops and the bushes, but it is dainty the violet heads look as they the table. too early for them yet. lift above the heart-shaped leaves. Let's see, where should we set up Isn't it too bad we can't build our Spring flowers are delicate and brave. the badminton set this summer? The houses as the Japanese do and have It would be fun to go out into a real poles which hold the net must be re­ walls which can be pushed back during timber and find wild sweet William and placed, the net resurrected from the the spring and summer months? We Dutchman's-breeches and the graceful depth of the storage closet behind the have the next best with glass doors ferns to transplant to our little grove ice skates and the parka hoods. How which slide back and can be opened of trees. When I was a child I always my muscles ache after the first rousing whenever the weather permits. It isn't had a tiny sheltered corner where I game!"A little child shall lead them," as good as moving the entire wall, but grew wild flowers. With permission is a quotation which fits many a situa­ it does help. Windows can be opened, from a farmer friend I would roam the tion in this household, and one place too, and I have them pushed wide woods and return with a few treasures my children lead me is into all kinds whenever possible. A minimum of carefully dug and wrapped against of active, energectic games. But at drapes helps. too. to give the feeling shock. A sturdy jack-in-the-pulpit this moment our three boys are in of bringing the nut-of-doors inside. I thrived in my tiny garden as did a school and no one is going to make me rould never understand why some beautiful golden lady's-slipper. Few do anything more ambitious than walk people build homes with great ex­ of these lovely flowers remain now in slowly around the yard enjoying spring panses of glass and then cover them in this part of the country due to land until I am good and ready! with heavy curtains. clearing and changing farming prac­ The children are nagging me again Even with windows looking out and tices which eliminate hedge rows and (as they do each spring) to get a bi· doors that slide, sometimes, like right moh;t, sheltered areas where wild cycle so I can go riding over the hills now. I need to surround myself with plants once flourished. But the violets with them. I think up all sorts of ex­ green leaves and blossoms, warm sun­ remain. And a few trees. We hope to cuses! I know it would be fun, though, shine and daydreams. Let the badmin­ keep ours and plant more. once I got started again. My mind ton, the bicycling. the grass cutting, I decide to try and find more wild drifts back to the time when I was in the dusting and the scrubbing wait for flowers for our shaded nook as I turn another day. This is May with joy and back up the yard. The bees buzz a beauty enough for the whole world if greeting as I pass Craig's hive. They we would but take the timf' to hear and SURPLUS OF JOBS seem happy to have spring here. Craig to experience its wonder. has great plans for his honey crop and Each Saturday I make a list Well, I must get up from my comfort­ is trying to get his father's permission Of weekly errands to be run, able bench. but I'll take a huge arm­ for more hives. We would need a place And at the end of every week load of apple blossoms into the house in the country to be sure the bees had About a third of them are done. with me; I cannot bear to leave all of a rich source of nectar. Our small -Gladise Kelly spring outside. PAGE 16 KITCHEN-KLATTER MAGAZINE, MAY, 1968

EMILY DRIFTMIER REVIEWS student's English fluency. I went abroad through the San Jose, VALUES GAINED AS Costa Rica, and Lakewood, Colorado, EXCHANGE STUDENT Rotary Clubs. The Rotary exchange is a club-to-club program, and is very Dear Friends: flexible to the clubs and the student. As many of you may remember, sev­ (There is a Rotary Fellowship Program eral months ago I wrote you some of that is designed for college graduates, of my experiences of a year in Costa but I am writing here only about a Rica as an exchange student. Since high-school-age exchange.) then I've received several personal Before Thanks giving of my senior letters from readers asking how I year I sent completed applications to found the program and of what value it one of the members of my father's club was. who wrote to various clubs of Latin I cannot judge my year in Costa Rica America. I had expressed interest in in terms of "And, oh! I saw so many that part of the world because I had places!", as many visitors to Europe This photograph of Emily (left), studied Spanish in high school. Sev­ are often heard to say. Costa Rica, Alison and Clark was taken short­ eral of the clubs then sent invitations ly after Emily's return from Costa being only the size of two New Eng­ Rica. Their parents are Mr. and to me, of which I accepted San Jose's. land states, does not have the tourist Mrs. Wayne Driftmier. It seemed like a place close enough so development that compares to the rest that airplane costs were not too high, of the world. Many visitors could see "Where there is a will, there is a yet so far away that this would prob­ everything worth seeing in the tour­ way" is appropriate for describing the ably be the only opportunity ,I would ists' eyes in a mere week. Obviously, travel and study opportunities avail­ have to ever visit Central America. I value my year as being more than a able to high school and college stu­ The country does not engage in the tourist's view. dents. Latin American custom of revolution, My year cannot be judged in terms of For the college student a simple so its peacefulness was appealing to schooling. I spent a semester in a visit to the language departments can my parents. The uniqueness of the girls' high school where the time was open complete files of brochures on country appealed to me, and the fact mainly spent in listening to Spanish, university exchanges. There are so that very few people are familiar with a skill necessary for taking notes. I many possibilities that it would be it. received no credit for this auditing ridiculous to begin listing them. One I lived with seven different families, since I had already graduated from word of caution - many returned stu­ from six weeks to two months with high school in Denver, and, obviously, dents have complained of unantici­ each. They all had children, though this high school work did not count for pated expenses and incompetent direc­ not al ways of my age. They were college. I value this semester for its tors. The group must be chosen care­ amazingly varied: one was of German day-to-day associations with maturing fully. origin, another from Spain, another women under a different set of stand­ For the high school student the op­ half-American; one imported highway ards. portunities are more limited, yet better equipment from the United States, an­ My second semester was spent in the organized. The best known and most other distributed beverages, another University of Costa Rica. At the time, extensive is, of course, the American managed coffee farms. I had never been to college in the Field Service (AFS). This is common If your local Rotary Club has no United States, so I had no way to com­ in all parts of the United States and in program to send its sons and daughters pare the two college systems. I now a wide variety of foreign countries. to sister foreign clubs, or to host stu­ realize, however, that the University The original program sent American dents, I suggest someone find it as of Costa Rica and the University of students for the summer between the "his thing" and investigates the pos­ Colorado (where I am now attending) junior and senior years. This has now sibilities. have two different attitudes towards been expanded to a yearly program in Having a foreigner in one's home is learning and grading. In Costa Rica addition to the summer one. AFS stu­ extremely rewarding if everyone has there is more emphasis on memoriza­ dents coming to the United States al­ an understanding of the two cultures to tion, and less on concept thinking. I ways stay one year, and are placed in be exchanged. It is an "exchange", only received less than a semester of high schools. not an "adoption". The hosts cannot transfer credit, but was able to com­ AFS is organized in local hometown expect to make their guest into a per­ plete the semester upon returning or high school clubs, with a national fect Costa Rican or American. One home. I value my time in the Univer­ coordinating center. The club raises word of advice to everyone: never take sity of Costa Rica for an extended the money to bring the foreign student anything for granted. Some event that view of the national collegiate educa­ to the United States. Transportation, is very common for the host may com­ tional system. living facilities and a monthly allow­ pletely baffle the foreigner. Hosts My year in Costa Rica can be judged ance are all provided to the student. should al ways describe the situation, worthwhile on the basis of the associ­ At the end of the school year they are appropriate dress and possible con­ ations with the Costa Rican people given a sight-seeing trip through part versation. Too often this is overlooked and their values, and also on an inter­ of the United States. It is their re­ and unnecessary jitters arise. national interest that developed in me. sponsibility to make speeches to their Interest in student exchanges is ex­ I now look further than the U .s. border high school and community. tremely gratifying to me. I see my year for my attitudes. I can better under­ The AFS student lives with one abroad as the most rewarding time of stand the United States in relation to family throughout the year, although if my nineteen years. And, I'll bet you the world. I can better understand an inconvenience arises it is not un­ any student who has had the experi­ democracy, for Costa Rica is a more usual to change families. In some ence of such an opportunity will verify democratic nation than is the United cases, credit for schoolwork is trans­ my statement. States. Those ideas are results of an ferable to the home country; in other Sincerely, exchange program. cases it serves solely to facilitate the Emily Driftmier KITCHEN-KLATTER MAGAZINE, MAY, 1968 PAGE 17 A TASTE OF HISTORY you have it. Add about 1/2 cup milk, or water if milk is scarce, until batter is a little thicker than pancake batter. by Bake on a skillet, lightly greased, D. L. Hammerschmidt turning so that cakes are brown on Flummery, grunt, slump, switchel both sides. and shrub, mock apple pie, vinegar Persimmon Pudding pie - our ancestors, it would seem, 2 cups persimmon pulp were imaginative and inventive, both 3 eggs in naming and in using their harvests, 1 3/4 cups milk or in making do when the crops were 2 cups sifted flour scarce and the pantry nearly bare. 1/2 tsp. soda There is a treasure here. You may 1 tsp. salt have a traditional handed-down menu 1/2 tsp. cinnamon for holiday dinners - but old recipes 1/2 tsp. nutmeg can evoke a taste of the history of our 1 1/2 cups sugar country and heritage from Colonial Kristin Brase, daughter af Dorothy 3 Tbls. melted butter times. & Frank Johnson, teaches in Wyo. Mix persimmon pulp, beaten eggs and Our forefathers, or mothers, used, milk. Stir dry ingredients together. preserved, put-up, or stored in cellar there were wild persimmons, and a Cream butter and sugar. Add liquid or attic, all that they could harvest cook who found she could pick per­ mixture and dry ingredients to the from garden or orchard, or woods and simmons after a frost and make them creamed mixture. Beat well, pour into fields. Their menus then reflected the into delectable pies, cakes, pudding, greased pan and bake at 350 degrees seasons, and the abundance or dearth and marmalade. And pawpaws, too, for about an hour. Serve with cream or of crops. made another feast after frost. And whipped cream. Corn meal was a common and year­ venturesome cooks tried and succeeded Buttermilk Pie round staple in the new young country. with pawpaw jam, custard, and the old 1 cup buttermilk It appeared on tables as sweet Indian favorite, pie. 1 cup sugar pudding - as johnnycake, or journey­ Then there were lean times, and 1 egg cake, eaten cold on a journey, or worst of all, nothing in the house for 1 Tbls. flour served hot at home for breakfast, din­ pie. Our ancestors improvised again, 1 Tbls. butter ner or supper - or as just plain mush, with vinegar pie, mock apple pie made 1/2 tsp. lemon flavoring watched hungrily as the slow bubbles with sugar, water, butter and crackers, Mix sugar, butter, flour, and beaten plopped to the surface during the long and chess pie, with sugar, butter, egg. Beat in buttermilk and lemon cooking, then eaten hot with milk or eggs, a touch of corn meal, and lemon flavoring. Bake in one crust until firm, sweetening, and the leftovers sliced or that old stand-by, cider vinegar, for and fried the next morning. flavoring. top with meringue and brown. Along the coast housewives gathered The recipes have come down to us, sea moss and dried it, then used it for these bits of history, and you too can WHO WOULD BE HAPPY?-Continued thickening a pudding or blanc mange. have your taste of the delicacies of blessing, give it the best you have, And everywhere in spring they gather­ your forefathers. Try - speak well of it and you will soon be thinking better of it. ed the fresh and tasty wild greens - Mock. Apple Pie poke and dandelions, fiddle head ferns, You are weary to death of caring for Boil 11/2 cups sugar, 2 cups water, and the tender shoots of milkweed an invalid member of the family? I 2 tsp. cream of tartar for 10 minutes. which are like delicate asparagus. shall always remember the remark Add 2 Tbls. lemon juice. Drop 30 made by the mother of a severely re­ Then came the season of berries - crackers into the syrup, gently. Boil and flummerys and grunts and slumps. tarded child when a sympathizing ac­ 3 minutes. Put cracker mixture into an Flummery was made from any berry, quaintance referred to the child as a unbaked crust. Dot with 1/ 4 cup butter boiled until tender, simmered a bit burden. The mother hugged her little and 1 tsp. cinnamon, Cover with top longer with cornstarch for thickening, daughter closer and replied, ''She crust. Bake at 425 degrees for 25 to then sugared and eaten cold with isn't a burden. She's a love." 30 minutes. Serve warm. cream or milk. And there you have the way to happi­ Grunts or slumps were made with Chess Pie ness in one word: Love. We can love This recipe is 100 years old, or berries or apples, stewed with sugar those who frustrate us, those who de­ older. and water, and then dumplings or spise us, who humiliate us, who hurt 3/4 cup white sugar squares of biscuit dough dropped into us. 1/4 cup butter the fragrant mixture, and cooked until For love is not merely an emotion. done. 1/2 cup sweet cream 1 Tbls. corn meal Love is an act of the will. The truest Sometimes the very richness of a love of all, though it may not be the harvest added to the problem of how to 1/2 tsp. lemon flavoring or 1 Tbls. lemon juice most romantic, comes from a sense of get variety. Too much buttermilk to justice and charity. Love is quite com­ drink - so cooks concocted buttermilk 2 eggs Beat eggs. Cream sugar and butter patible with a feeling of distaste to­ pie, cake, frosting, griddlecakes. ward our daily duties, with our dislike Piles of yellow pumpkins, rows of and add. Add corn meal, cream and lemon juice or flavoring. Pour into for an in-law, with our dissatisfaction pumpkin pie - then for a change they with present conditions, but love will unbaked pie shell and bake until firm made pudding and preserves. Or no guard against hurting anyone because in medium oven. pumpkin for pie - and some inventive of such feelings. cook tried squash, and found her fam­ Johnnycake Often the source of discontent and ily couldn't tell it from the original. The early recipes were very simple. unhappiness lies in our unwillingness And for the improvident who had Scald 1 cup of corn meal with 1 cup to adapt to reality. To be happy we neither pumpkin or squash - well, of boiling water, adding 1 tsp. salt if (Continued on page 22) PAGE 18 KITCHEN-KLATTER MAGAZINE, MAY, 1968

Enthusiasm Makes the Difference (Prentice-Hall Publishing Co., $4.95) is filled with stories from Dr. Peale's own true experiences that inspire and challenge. He recommends the "As if" principle of noted psychologist, William James, who said, "If you COME, READ WITH ME want a quality, act as if you already had it." For example, Dr. Peale by writes how famous religious leader Armada Swanson John Wesley was terrified during a From the way our eleven-year-old violent storm on the Atlantic as he Ann Elizabeth commented on the book sailed to America in the seventeenth Miss Sampson had been reading at century. Since some people aboard school, I thought perhaps our daughter were calm and confident, John Wesley had read Dr. Norman Vincent Peale's asked their secret. They had a faith latest book Enthusiasm Makes the Mother, Leanna Dr iftmier, is a 1- in God's providential care. When Difference! Island of the Blue Dol­ ways very anxious to see a com­ Wesley confessed he did not have pleted issue of Kitchen-Klatter, phins (Houghton Mifflin Co., $3 .00) so the first one off the press is such faith, one said, "Act as if you by Scott O'Dell made such an impres­ rushed to the house for her to read. do have such faith and in time faith sion on Ann that she decided to pur­ of that character will take hold of chase it with some birthday money. The author's note tells us the girl you." Of course, John Wesley develop­ Published in 1960, it was awarded the actually lived alone upon the island ed a most powerful faith, as we know. John Newbery Medal for the most from 1835 to 1853, and is known to The author recommends if you are distinguished contribution to American history as The Lost Woman of San afraid, act as if you had courage, and literature for children in 1961. Nicholas. After her rescue, she was if you are tense, act as if calm and Island of the Blue Dolphins takes befriended by Father Gonzales of the assured. place on a harsh rock far off the coast Santa Barbara Mission. Dr. Peale explains that the word of California known as the Island of Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, author enthusiasm ''from the Greek entheos San Nicholas, where dolphins and sea of The Power of Positive Thinking, means God in you, or full of God. So otter play in the blue waters around it. writes in the introduction to his new when we claim for enthusiasm the Here, in the early 1800's, according book, Enthusiasm Makes the Dif­ power to work miracles in solving to history, an Indian girl spent eight­ ference: "Enthusiasm - the priceless problems we are actually saying that een years alone. This beautifully quality that makes everything dif­ God himself in you supplies the written nove 1 is her story. The read er ferent! - that is the message of this wisdom, courage, strategy and faith will find drama and sorrow, as Karana book. Life is not all sweetness and necessary to deal successfully with had to contend with wild dogs that light, not by a great deal, certainly all difficulties." He reminds us it is had killed her brother (she later tamed not with its manifold difficulty, pain only necessary for us to discover one for a friend), guard against the and frustration. This book faces life how to apply efficiency, enthusiasm Aleutian sea-otter hunters, and main­ exactly as it is. But, a creative solu and right thinking to our problems. tain a food supply. From what to tion is offered - a solution that works. Enthusiasm Makes the Difference many would have been an ordeal, This is an in-spite-of type of book. will appeal to young and old. Its Karana's quiet courage transformed In spite of all the negatives you can message is powerful. her fate into an uplifting experience. bring forth the positives. Even in the From her loneliness comes a strength midst of trouble and anxiety you can Inscription placed by Benjamin and serenity that is modern man's rise above obstacles and disappoint­ Franklin over the grave of his father goal. ments, for God is with you." and mother in Boston. Josiah Franklin and Abiah his wife lie here interred. They lived lovingly together in wedlock fifty-five years. Without an estate, or any gainful employment, by constant labor and industry, with God's blessing They maintained a large family Remember Mother comfortably, on her Special Day and brought up thirteen children with a gift and seven grandchildren reputably. subscription to the From this instance, reader, Kitchen-Klatter Magazine Be encouraged to diligence in thy calling, and distrust not Providence. He was a pious and prudent man; $2.00 per year - 12 issues $2.50, foreign subscriptions She, a discreet and virtuous woman. Their youngest son, Address your letter to: In filial regard to their memory, Places this stone. KITCHEN-KLATTER, Shenandoah, Iowa, 51601 J. F. born 1655, died 1744, AEtat 89 A. F. born 1667, died 1752, ----- 85 KITCHEN-KLATTER MAGAZINE, MAY, 1968 PAGE 19

provided another prize for the best MOTHER'S WAY creation. It truly was a "fun project" that was interesting and exciting and She smiled while washing dishes contained the members from April With gentle, loving hands; right through October. There are any number of interesting Or hummed the quaint old folk tunes Which came from other lands. plants in catalogues that few of us She cut and patched expertly grow ordinarily, the Unicorn plant On garments past their day; being one of them. If you are on the program committee for your garden The task made little difference, club, perhaps you would like to try a For this was Mother's way. similar idea. Growing the new All­ She wove and stitched each strand of America winners by the members thread could prove to be a good summer Into our treasured clothes; THE JOY OF GARDENING project, especially if a small flower The while she taught us thankfulness show is held at the end of the season Which lightens tasks . . . and grows. by to culminate the plan. -Gladys Niece Templeton Eva M. Schroeder Last year our garden club president had a twinkle in her eye when she named the committee to plan the year's programs. She selected three people who oftentimes appeared a bit zany in their gardening and flower arranging work to come up with something dif­ ferent - something that would add spice to programs that had become a little flat and stale. "Most of us have belonged to the club since it was organized nearly twelve years ago," she pointed out. "We know the basic rules of good gardening - we know how to plant dahlias, how to grow fine roses, how to mulch, and how to control pests. What is there that we don't know about? Surely there is something 'new under the sun' if you will only look for it. Try to come up with program ideas that are exciting, or at least fun to do.'' The girls on that committee came through with some dilly ideas that were both exciting and fun. I'm going to pass along some of them to you from time to time in this space; per­ haps your group will find something helpful for their programs. For the April program each member was given a dozen black flat seeds and told to start them indoors - two LET'S TAKE THE GAMBLE to each soil-filled peat pot that was provided by the program chairman out of club funds. All of us were OUT OF THE GAME! curious as to what kind of a plant we were going to grow. We were told, These days, clothes are much too expensive to be ruined in our "The kind of plant is a secret. The own washers. The new synthetic fabrics are great: colorful, cool, first person who recognizes it as a easy to care for. But harsh liquid bleaches can play havoc with seed, or in any stage of its growth them! For many, chlorine is a deadly enemy. will 6et a prize." We were to plant our peat-potted plants in the garden That's why so many, many homemakers have switched to and report on their progress at each Kitchen-Klatter Safety Bleach. It keeps colored things sparkling meeting. Finally a member discovered and white things white. Yet, because it contains no chlorine, it's we were growing Martynia Probos­ cidea or the Unicorn plant. perfectly safe for everything you can wash. Pick up a big box at In the fall those who had good luck your grocer's, and remember this simple safety rule: with their seedlings shared the ripen­ ed pods with the others. At the Octo­ If it's washable, it's bleachable ... in ber meeting we had a little workshop and used Ol'r imaginations to create birds and animals out of the weird, Kitchen-Klatter Safety Bleach spiny pods. The program chairman PAGE 20 KITCHEN-KLATTER MAGAZINE, MAY, 1968

(NOT) ACCORDING TO DIOR - Concl. dresses made from animal skins, hair, sandals emitted an exquisite perfume. wool, flax and silk. The two earliest Early clothing began with the aprons colors were white and purple, but of fig leaves with which Eve and variations in style came through the Adam girded themselves (Gen. 3:7 - use of ornamentations . It was the KJV), and progressed to elaborate color of the robes and degree of dec­ beauty in cloaks, tunics and head- orations that distinguished between

Mother has spoken of the "picture gallery" in her bedroom and thouglit perhaps you would like to see it. It consists of family pic­ tures which have appeared in the magazine through the years. "When I wake up in the morning I enjoy looking at them and thinking about each person before I start my day." the common people and the lords. (Luke 7:25 - KJV). The outer robes worn by men were cut almost as long and flowing as those worn by their female counter­ parts, but there was no mistaking the gender of the wearer. Source: Unger's Bible Dictionary

PRAYER OF A WIFE AND MOTHER First of all, dear Lord, teach me the was in which Thou would have me to walk, and to be the kind of person WHEN YOU TAKE Thou would have me to be. Help me alweys to be a good wife to my wonderful husband, to support him at all times with my love and my YOUR WAISTLINE TO HEART prayers. If you really, honestly, truly want to cut some inches off your Give me the wisdom and patience to waistline, you know what you must do. Cut down on calories. be a good mother to the children Thou has given us. For it is up to me to ley You don't have to stop eating. You don't even have to stop eat­ the foundation for their character­ ing things you enjoy. But you do have to count the calories ... building by teaching them to be self­ reliant, to help each other and to as­ and leave them out when you can. sume responsibility. But even more What better, pleasanter way than by substituting Kitchen­ important, help me to teach them Chris­ tian principles, love for God and for Klatter No-Calorie Sweetener for sugar? On cereals, in drinks, in their fellow man. most things you cook, this handy sweetener does the job per­ Help me to make a good home for my fectly, without adding calories. Natural sweet taste, too: no bitter­ family, for the role of the family is a ness or metallic aftertaste. Plenty of sweet taste - never a single vital one. It is the basic and oldest calorie. social institution - as old as the human race, instituted by God himself. Pick up your bottle when you grocery-shop tomorrow. Let me make the lives of all with whom I come in contact a little bright­ er, a little happier. Mey I be of help to all children with KITCHEN - KLATTER words of love, understanding, and guidance, so that all children whose NO-CALORIE SWEETENER lives have touched mine will, when they reach adulthood, be healthy, re­ Ask your grocer first. However, if you can't yet buy it at your sponsible, well-adjusted, God-fearing store, send 50¢ for a 3-oz. bottle of sweetener. Kitchen-Klatter, citizens, confident and ready to take Shenandoah, Iowa 51601. We pay the postage. up their stations in life to contribute to a better world tomorrow. -Frances Decook KITCHEN·KLATTER MAGAZINE, MAY, 1968 PAGE 21

BANQUET - Concluded College Days: (College Yearbook) Mother: ("Memories" is played soft­ Childhood: (Mother Goose Book) Dear College days and the parting of the ly as this closing speech is given.) little blonde head she was. I can see ways - home ways, so to speak. Her They may seem just plain shelves to her leaning against my arm as I rocked letters were read and reread, the week­ you baby brother and read this book until I end visits and vacations all too short With an odd assortment of books, knew it backwards and forwards - so and then - (Scene: daughter brings But to me there's something precious did she! Always she begged, "Weed home the man and shows her new en­ there me 'nother 'tory, Mommie. Weed me gagement ring.) That far belies the looks; some more." Wedding: (Bride's Book) Of course For those dear books set me to think­ Sunday School Days: (Sunday School her daddy and I thought there never ing Paper) Almost before we knew it the had been a more beautiful bride. Of days that were, that are, and baby and toddler were old enough for Marriage: (Home Decorating Book) are yet to be, Sunday school. How proudly she sang Every step in furnishing the new home, Filling my heart with joy and thanks­ with her Sunday school class, and planning the first meals, adjusting to giving lustily, too, I might add! They may not a budget, was a major decision with For a child - a book - and a have been good, but they were loud - Mom a most interested consultant. memory. and they loved it. Motherhood: (Snapshot Book) My fav­ School Days: (First Reader and Book orite book today - my Grandma's Brag FIFTY-FIFTY'S NOT ENOUGH of Fairy Tales) Who can ever forget Book, of course! Step off the halfway point and then daughter's first day at school and how As I proudly push my grandchild Take two more steps. quickly she grew up into a "big girl In her carriage up the street, And if your friend will do the same, now". as she so often informed me. Dressed in dainty dress so fancy, Your steps will overlap. That first day of school is a day of With cute bootees on her feet, You'll need no map! mixed feelings for Mammie! I'm a-struttin' like a peacock The road to understanding will be I miss the sunshine of her smile, And my face lights up with pride found Her tinkling laughter all the while, As folks stop to admire my darling Beneath you feet - Her queries all beginning "why", When I take her for a ride. A plot of middle ground! -Leta Fulmer Her offerings of "dewishus" mud pie, Her dressing up in grown-up frocks Her mincing up and down the walks, Her dollies grouped for "Ladies Aid" Under the maple's leafy shade, Her drawing pictures in a book, Her asking me to come and look, Her playhouse bounded by string and sticks - Now she emphasizes, "I'm goin' on six!" From first reader soon she's reading SHE her favorite fairy tales and going to dancing class where she loves to play the fairy princess role to the hilt. LOVES Growing Up: (Little House Book) The Little House Books - how she loved them! But sometimes, when she curled up with her nose in one of those books, US! I would find myself wondering how soon she'd outgrow this stage when she seemed blind and deaf to the world around her. Club Days: (Campfire or 4-H Manual) The years seemed to go faster now and the days filled with all sorts of "extras", Blue Birds, Brownies, 4-H, and record books, award nights, and fairs. My! oh My!! Talk about busy And why shouldn't she? We showed her how to breeze through days! And of course it meant I took my spring housecleaning, quicker and easier than ever before. We re­ place as a leader. But the rewards minded her that she needn't repaint the hall woodwork and walls were great in friendship and knowl­ edge - and fun. ... just clean them this easy way. We took the froth and foam out Cooking Time: (Cookbook) This of her cleaning solution, so she saved time by skipping tedious smudged cookbook really brings back rinsing and wiping. We made her a detergent that works quickly the memories. You might say Martha's and efficiently all through the house, from laundry to attic, from learning to cook was a "trial, error, windows to dishpan. And we save her money, too! and mess" method, but she learned - so did I! Any wonder she loves us? We make High School: (Teen Fashion Maga­ zine) High school days! Memorable days - whirlwind days and (rueful smile) sometimes frustrating, madden­ KITCHEN-KLATTER KLEANER ing days! PAGE 22 KITCHEN-KLATTER MAGAZINE, MAY, 1968

FREDERICK'S LETTER - Concluded such deeds will warm the heart for course, and they take great delight in maey a day. The :;;ndus have a pro­ kidding their mother about it with such verb that sums it up: Help thy broth­ comments as, "Gee , Mom, I wonder if er's boat across, and lo! thine own Daddy will come home with a new dog has reached the shore. tonight?" Or again one will say, "Guess where I saw Dad today? He LUCILE'S LETTER - Concluded was at the Buick garage looking at a told point blank that you couldn't build new station wagon!" And always their a modern kitchen without a dishwash­ mother takes them seriously and, of er!) be sure that you elevate it. This course, that only adds to the fun. On can be done, I've been in many, many those rare occasions when I do weak­ kitchens where you had to stoop over en and buy one or the other, about all and bend down to operate the dish­ I can say is, "Well, my dear, I don't washer, so I'm grateful for the fact smoke, and I don't drink, and I don't The librory in the porsonage is a warm and friendly room. The paint­ that my own dishwasher was installed gamble, but I do love dogs and cars!!" ing above the fireplace is a scene at eye level. (I don't have a dish­ The month of May always means near the Field ancestral home washer in New Mexico and never want Mothers' Day to me. I know that some in Massachusetts. to have one.) clergy do not make much of it, but we I think that whether or not you want do in our church. Some of my earliest mood to receive happiness. a dishwasher depends entire.y upon memories are of those Mothers' Days In making the world around us a hap­ the size of your family and your way of other years when it meant so much pier place, a prime concern should be of life. Juliana had three years of high to me to be able to wear a flower in to ourselves to become more chari­ school ahead of her when our kitchen my lapel and to sit with my mother in table, more compassionate, more joy­ was built and she had an endless church. If everyone in the world were ous, more loveable. Thus we become stream of friends in and out of the more respectful of mothers, what a dif­ a transformer station in the network of house. We entertained a great deal. I ferent place this old world would be! happiness. cooked constantly. Under these con­ To some it may sound childish, and to If we adopt the attitude of humble ditions the dish was her seemed justi­ some it may sound trite, but I still love in our association with members fied. But my way of life today doesn't maintain that if each of us would, of our family and with others, (but make the dishwasher an asset in aey when faced with a temptation to do who nowadays wants to be humble?) sense of the word and this is why I wrong, say to ourselves "What would we shall have taken to ourselves a wouldn't dream of installing one in mother want me to do?", there would tool of tremendous power. Dostoevski New Mexico. be much less evil in the world. wrote, "Loving humility is marvelous­ Now there is another point I want to Sincerely, ly strong, the strongest of all things. bring up that never has been mentioned There is nothing else like it." before and that is the subject of car­ -1-~ The final stimulus to lasting happi­ pet. I am badly handicapped physically ness lies in sharing it. When at last and because of this it is imperative to WHO WOULD BE HAPPY?-Concluded the new car stands in the driveway, me that floors be carpeted from wall to must face and accept the realities of take that lonely old man who sits on wall. (Bare floors and scatter rugs put life, welcome the problems of our the porch all day, for a Sunday after­ me into a nervous chill - I'm terrified position and resolve them as cheer­ noon ride. When the boss comes of falling.) Well, the carpet we put fully and as joyously as possible. through with that raise send a check down in our house when we remodeled It's our happiness that's at stake, you to some charitable agency. When your has a very, very long loop, and under­ know. daughter lands a good job look around neath it is a foam rubber pad, very Brooding over wrongs, real or ima­ and see if you can help some other thick. ginary, committed against us, over young person to something better. We didn't dream when all of this was dreams that did not come true, over When Mother is back from the hospital laid that it would constitute such a misfortunes that befell our loved ones and is feeling well once more, go out serious problem for me. It is only now, only hampers our happiness. Meeting of your way to do a kindness for so many years later, that it's worn each day with a calm determination to someone. down to the point where I can get be happy puts the mind into the correct The afterglow of satisfaction left by around on it easily. Mother has always found it hard to move about in my house in her wheelchair. Now if you're DO YOU HAVE YOUR COPIES young and vigorous you won't need to give a thought to this subject of car­ of the Kitchen-Klatter Books? pet, but if you 're making a major change in floor covering and are no CHURCH PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS longer as vigorous as you used to be, (Successfully used by thousands) ... $1. 00 keep an eye out for a short loop carpet and a firm pad underneath it. PARTY PLANS FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS Well, I see that I have used all of my (Helpful all through the year) ... $1.00 space and more too, so this must be MOTHER~DAUGHTER BANQUETS all. Spring is a very busy time for (Complete with programs) ... 50¢ people who can get out into their yards to garden or just to clean up, but your SEND YOUR ORDER TODAY TO: letters are the high point of our day and I hope very much you'll keep them Shenandoah, Iowa 516~ coming. Kitchen-Klatter Al ways faithfully, Lucile KITCHEN-KLATTER MAGAZINE, MAY, 1968 PAGE 23

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PRAYER OF A MOTHER My little son will build his house of My little son was kneeling on the floor life Building with blocks. I stood by to With press of other things, a house, adore. A wife. PSALMIST OF THE DAWN He smiled, Please, Lord, Small bird, your voice brings forth the And blue eyes, trusting, loving, raised Help me satisfy his eyes dawn, "You never touch things do you, And keep my hands from touching, Calls up another day; Mother?'' Mother-wise. Melodious notes burst from your throat, Praised. -Author Unknown For that's your small-bird way. You draw night's curtain with joyous song That rings across my lawn, Clear melodies that lift my heart, Wee Psalmist of the dawn! -Inez Baker *********** ~m~~~~ ~~ A WILD FLOWER If I could live again, I would ~ fr.@ ~~~ ~JI. ask that God put my soul into the stem of a wild flower. ~ ~f,~ nm @ml~ ~~~®~ I stop and visit them whenever I come upon them growing in little ----~ gardens: in the hills, or on the desert; in the meadow, or beside the road. I have no favorites among them because each is perfect in itself: a delicate balance arranged by the Great Creator's hand. I wonder, indeed, how He could fashion so many, and give them each a separate color, and how He chose the special places in which to see them grow. Oh, when I see how nobly they fulfill their duty, which is to create beauty, I cannot help but envy them and wish my life was just so nobly dedicated. Yes, when I pass these gardens You probably already know how great Kitchen-Klatter vanilla which are my special friends, flavoring is. Or perhaps it was lemon ... or orange ... or pine­ I pause and give a heartfelt nod, apple that got you acquainted with the wholesome, true-life flavor­ for when I see a flower in bloom ings. I know I'm really seeing God. -Don Beckman But have you investigated the whole line of sixteen? Each one *********** MOTHER has that same quality built right in. Each has the tantalizing aroma, the fresh, full flavor, that never cooks out or bakes out. Let me remember, Lord, My mother's gentle hands And they're all economical, too! That led me safely through You'll enjoy cooking with all 16: A maze called childhood, That touched my feverish brow, so Pineapple Butter Mint Cherry soothingly, Blueberry Raspberry orange Almond That lovingly prepared my food, Maple Banana Black Walnut Burnt Sugar Or pressed my hands in comfort - Coconut Lemon Strawberry Van i Ila Let me remember, Lord. (Vanilla comes in both 3-oz. and Jumbo 8-oz.) Let me recall, dear Lord, Stock up on all 16, then cook up a storm! You'll build a reputa­ Her laughter and her lovely smile, tion as cook, hostess and perfect mother. Her eyes that glistened with a tear of pity' Or sparkled in dear merriment, The thoughtful gestures that only she KITCHEN-KLATTER FLAVORINGS could make, Ask your grocer first. However, if you can't yet buy these at Showing how much she cared. your store, send $1.40 for any three 3-oz. bottles. (Jumbo vanilla, Let me recall - let me remember long, dear Lord. $1.00) Kitchen-Klatter, Shenandoah, Iowa 51601. We pay postage. -Mary Kurtz