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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1941)
Household Neius GUARANTEED TO GET THE FAMILY UP IN THE MORNING <See Recipei Below.) BREAKFASTS TO GET THE FAMILY UP "The nice thing about breakfasts." said one newlywed, "is that you don’t have to plan them, you just serve them.” Although it is possible to get a breakfast with whatever there is at hand in the line of toast, coffee, and fruit juices, a little plan ning does yield big dividends. For it is planning that makes pos sible the breakfast specialties that get the laggards out of bed in the morning—and down to eat before they go. And that’s important, be cause they miss the Vitamin C in the orange or tomato juice when they skip breakfast, the Vitamin B in the whole grain cereal, the iron In the egg yolk, which aren’t always made up later in the day. A sketchy, hurried breakfast, or none at all, accounts, too, for some of that mid-morning fatigue. It’s a long time to go without food, from six o-clock of one night until noon of the next day. Here, then, are some breakfast menus, and some recipes for new breakfast special ' ties, that are guaranteed to get i the family out of bed in the morn ing. Just let them get one whiff of a platter of shiny brown sausages garnished with orange slices, like that in the picture above, and no coaxing will be need ed to get them down to breakfast. QUICK BREAKFAST Chilled orange Juice Hot cornflakes over banana wedges Oven eggs in cornbread cases Pan-fried bacon Coffee, milk LEISURELY BREAKFAST Grapefruit halves Bran flake cereal with brown sugar | and cream Apricot omelet Buttered toast Coffee, milk Raisin Hally Lunns. (Makes 2 dozen 2-inch Lunns) 1 cup milk 1 cake compressed yeast (H ounce) 3 tablespoons sugar teaspoon salt Y« cup melted shortening 2 eggs 3 cups sifted flour (all-purpose) % cup raisins Scald milk and cool to lukewarm (85 degrees Fahrenheit). Add crum bled yeast, sugar, and salt. Add 2 cups flour, beating thoroughly. Add melted shortening and beaten eggs. Add remaining flour, beating until smooth. Add raisins. Fill greased muffin pans half full. Brush with butter (if desired), cover and set in warm place to rise until doubled in bulk (about 45 minutes). Bake in moderately hot oven (400 degrees Fahrenheit) for 15 minutes. Eggs In Corn Bread Cases. (Serves 6) 6 squares or slices corn bread % cup butter (melted) 6 eggs Salt Pepper Cut off top crusty portion of corn bread. Then remove part of corn bread irom each slice, forming a depression. Brush top of each slice with melted but- ^ ter. Break an egg into each depres sion. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, place on bak ing sheet and bake in hot oven (475 degrees Fahrenheit) for 10 minutes or until white of egg is set. For quick breakfast, corn bread should be prepared the day before. Grated Apple Waffles. (Makes 8 waffles) 1V4 cups flour (all-purpose) Mil teaspoon salt Mi teaspoon cinnamon Vi cup sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 eggs 1 cup milk 1% cups cooking apple (grated or cut fine) 3 tablespoons melted shortening Sift flour once before measuring. Then add salt, cinnamon, sugar, and baking powder and sift again. Sepa ! rate eggs. Combine milk, eggs, and cooled melted shortening. Add dry ingredients to milk and egg and stir lightly until just dampened. Fold in grated apple. Beat egg whites un til stiff and glossy and fold In, using a spatula. Bake on pre-heated waf fle iron and serve with butter and brown sugar. Corn Bread. (1 8-inch square) lhi cups yellow com meal (un cooked) lk cup flour (all-purpose) 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup milk 2 eggs (beaten) 2 tablespoons fat (melted) Sift com meal with flour, baking powder and salt. Combine milk, eggs, and shortening and add to dry ingredients. Bake in a well-greased 8-inch square baking pan, in a mod erately hot oven (400 degrees Fahr enheit) for 40 to 50 minutes. Bran Griddle Cakes. (Makes 15 cakes) 1V« cups milk 1 egg (well-beaten) 2 tablespoons melted fat 1% cups flour (all-purpose) Vi teaspoon salt 2\4 teaspoons baking powder 1 tablespoon sugar V4 cup bran cereal Combine milk, beaten egg and cooled melted tat in mixing bowL Sift flour once before measuring. Then add salt, baking powder, and sugar and sift again. Combine dry ingredients with bran cereal. Add to milk, stirring until just mixed. Bake on a hot griddle and serve with but ter and strained honey or maple syrup. Apricot Omelet. (Serves 4) V6 pound dried apricots 1 cup water Vt cup sugar 2 tablespoons quick-cooking tapioca % teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons butter 4 eggs Prepure apricots ahead of time. Cover them with water and let soak 30 minutes. Then y simmer until ten- S der, about 25 minutes. Add sug ar and cook for 3 minutes more. To make the omelet, drain juice from the apricots and measure. Fill to the % cup mark with water. If necessary. Combine tapioca, salt and apricot juice in top of double boiler over boiling water and cook 10 to 12 minutes. Add 1 tablespoon butter, remove from heat and cool. Separate eggs. Beat whites until they are stiff and will stay in a partially inverted bowl. Without washing beater, beat yolks until thick and lemon-colored. Add egg yolks to tapioca mixture, then lightly fold in egg whites. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in large frying pan (10 inch). Turn in egg mixture. Cook over low heat for 5 minutes, then place in a moderate oven (350 degrees Fahrenheit) to finish cooking for 15 minutes or un til golden brown on top and firm to the touch. Make a shallow cut across the omelet at right angles to the pan. Cover half the surface with finely cut cpoked dried apri cots. Fold over omelet, turn out onto hot platter and serve at once Codfish Toasts. (Serves 4) 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 1 cup milk 2 eggs (hard-cooked) 1 tablespoon*green pepper (minced fine) 1 cup shredded codfish (freshened) Few grains white pepper Few grains onion salt 4 slices bread ^4 cup grated cheese Melt butter and add flour. Stir to make a smooth paste. Add milk. Dice eggs and add to milk mixture together with green pepper and shredded codfish. Season with white pepper and onion salt. Toast bread on one side, cut in half diagonally and place codfish mixture on un toasted side of bread. Sprinkle with grated cheese and brown lightly in a hot oven (450 degrees Fahrenheit. * (Released by Western Newspaper Un or • NATIONAL AFFAIRS Reviewtd by CARTER FIELD Federal contract-seekers have a new hurdle to clear—the Defense Com mission . . . Political effect of opposition to Lease-Lertd bill doubtful. (Bell Syndicate— WNU Service ! WASHINGTON.—National defense covers a multitude of sins, being spread out thin enough even to cover the old rivers and harbors pork barrel situation. Back in the years just before World War No. 1 those bills were a scandal. Then came the famous filibusters, led by Sen. Theodore E. Burton of Ohio, which gradually built up so much popular opposition to the pork barrel system that it was changed. The system gradually evolved for outwitting the pork hunters, and yet leaving some bacon for the boys in congress to take home to their con stituents, and thus get re-elected, is something like this: First, congress passes a bill di recting the army engineers to sur vey a certain project. Then the en gineers, with a weather eye cocked on future promotions, appropriations for their own service, and friendships on Capitol Hill, study the project In due time, the engineers report. Generally the report, strangely enough, is favorable, or at least can be so translated by its advocates. AUTHORIZATION NEEDED Now comes the second hurdle. The project must be authorized. That is, eongress must specifically approve of the project being put on a list from which those actually to be done are to be selected. Then congress votes a sum, usually under $100,000,000 a year, to finance those projects which may be selected. Note that congress no longer—as in the old pork-barrel days—actual ly makes the final decision as to which projects shall be done tills year, and which shall wait, perhaps forever. That decision as to which projects pass this third hurdle is made by the engineers, always hav ing in mind the elements previously mentioned. Lots of projects on the author ized” list will NEVER reach the pick and shovel stage. Everybody knows it, including its congressional backer. But at least he is able to boast about it—tell his constituents he is fighting to get federal money spent right there. To these three hurdles the Presi dent has now added a fourth. Even if the engineers like a project on the authorized list, it must be sanctioned by the defense commission. Because the pork barrel is still there, the smart pork grabbers on Capitol Hill have adapted them selves to the new rules. They have to do their trading with the White House, now, instead of with their col leagues. So don’t let the shock affect your heart when your senator votes for something the President wants that you know personally the senator thinks is cockeyed. He’s just straightening out the national de fense situation back in his state. Making the engineers, AND the de fense commission, AND the Presi dent, see how important that dam on Podunk creek is to help Britain * * * SPECULATE ON EFFECT OF LEASE-LEND BILL While there is no desire on the part of most observers here to charge that opponents of the lend-lease bill to aid Britain are playing poli tics with national defense, there is a good deal of speculation as to what the effect will be when the political wheel does turn, as it has a way of doing. At the present moment, as re vealed in all sorts of ways, includ ing the polls, the public is in favor of going to any necessary length to aid Britain by something approach ing a three to one majority Hence it might seem poor politics, regard less of other motives, for men who are ambitious for their own political futures to side with the minority. This would be more important, so far as the senators are concerned, if that facing of the constituents had to be done SOON. As it is, even the next congressional election, when only one-third of the senators are up, is almost two years away, and two years in the present inter national situation is a mighty long time indeed. RECALL 1920 ELECTION In the 1918 election, it is recalled, certain popular figures who had op posed going into the war did not fare well. For example, Clarence C. Dill, a member of the house from Wash ington, was defeated chiefly because he had voted against the war dec laration. Bu! in the 1920 election, just two years after the Armistice, the voters turned on the Democratic party very largely because of the war and peace conference aftermath. So it is not enough to be with the majority at the time. If one is to succeed in politics one must be able to guess what the popular reaction will be a couple of years later. If you are just a voter, you can swing and right-about-face with impunity But if you are an elected official you have to be a long-distance po liticai weather forecaster. WHO’S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON iConsolidated Feature*— WNU Service.t NEW YORK.—Everybody who of fered an elixir vitae before Eugen Steinach got much renown and few disputed them. Professor D , c . , Steinach, boil rrot. Steinach ^g with ener Lihely Sampled gy and full of (i• r-#*_• |,•_ plans for a Hit Elixir Vitae jong f^m-g on his eightieth birthday anniversary, met a harsh challenge from both the lay and professional world, when, 21 years ago, he turned from animal to humaji experimentation. He was so embroiled in public controversy, in spite of his scientific aloofness, that the Nobel prize, otherwise his, was withheld from him. But this is all forgotten now as the professor is appraised for his sound contribu tion to endocrine research. The Swiss Paracclus, born the year after Columbus discovered America, was perhaps the first physician to explain life as chem istration, and to set up a process of rejuvenation. His elaborate formula included caustic lime and alcohol, carefully distilled, with a dash of melissa leaves. While he got only 48 years out of this mixture, a stretch which Professor Steinach may easily double, his discovery brought him much more acclaim. The Nazis drove Dr. Steinach out of Vienna in 1938, confiscating his possessions, including his house, li brary and art collection. He is hap pily established again in Zurich, "until better times come back.” He was born and reared in Vienna, was graduated from medicine at the University of Wien In 1886 and, had acquired a world reputation as a physiologist before his sensational experiments of 1920. Many emi nent persons in various parts of the world have testified to the effective ness of his “reactivation” treatment, among them Adolf Lorenz, the great Austrian orthopedic surgeon. WHEN the speech of the children of Shem was confounded and they couldn’t finish their tower of Babel, they didn’t try singing. Such ... -i j artifice was Waving the Good lett to a later Neighbor* Baton day, to meet _ . . a somewhat Over Americas similar situa. tion. North American folk songs, love songs, and jazz are now heavy exports to Latin-America. Redress ing the rhythm balance are the Lat in opposite numbers of romance, adventure and syncopation, gaining favor in the U. S. A. Dr. Andre Kostelanetz, famous or chestra conductor, who was a pio neer of this musical entente, informs this reporter that this cultural ex change is working out beautifully. He says American batoneers, radio program directors and song writers are swinging in handsomely. "This is giving South America s better understanding of North America and they are beginning to like us a lot more," said I)r. Kostelanetz. "Our songs are fil tering in everywhere in the Ar gentine, Chile, Brazil and 17 other Latin-American republics. We are similarly responding, with Latin melodies being listed among our current musical fa vorites. Incidentally, we are learning a lot of hemisphere geography from the songs, and that knowledge is helping us to understand our southern neigh bors." About two years ago Dr. Koste lanetz began marshaling a parade of noted orchestra conductors on tours : of the Western hemisphere. He be u . . mj, • lieves that Heralds Music w^en nations Soothing Tongue 8e* snarled /„ Upset World i^^ch ! other, the international language of music is a great help. His own career tends to bear out that theory. Somewhat of an Infant prod igy. he made his debut as a con cert pianist at the age of eight. He was 19 when he applied for a job as assistant conductor of the Petrograd Grand Opera. He played a dozen operas and got the job in spite of his youth. Russia fell into turmoil which not even music could soothe and Dr. Kostelanetz came to the United States. He was almost immediately on tour as an ac companist with Metropolitan and Chicago Opera stars. Courting Lily Pons for a long spell made him an airplane addict, a cross-country flight to bestow an or chid being just like a stroll down the street for an ordinarily ground ling. After marrying Miss Pons he kept up with both his flying and his music, and twice has won the award presented by the nation’s airlines to America’s most traveled plane j passenger. He thinks music, air i planes, radio and all agencies of | travel and communications are uni fying forces and that they stimulate understanding, against a trend of confusion and disruption. By RUTH WYETH SPEARS SKT-H 4 light CENTER,** Ip AND ^g|| to&t MJ' DARK £# a CENTER AND gW. i ITO-sH « BORDER FOR 30"RUG ♦ ROWS TAN 3 ROWS GREEN ♦ RED |V/f AKE one rag fug and you will find yourself a member of an enthusiastic clan that gloats over any soft piece of old woolen goods and who count the days until they fall heir to a dress of a particular color that they want. These en thusiasts bleach materials to tone them down; they brighten others with dye; they antique some with tea and they have a wonderful time. The sketch gives all the direc tions you will need to copy this fascinating braided rag rug with a flower medallion in the center. Or you may make two of the me dallions, sew them together and add a braided handle for a knit ting bag. Braid the fabric strips tightly and keep the work flat while you sew the circles for the roses and the loops for leaves; then sew them together. Use car pet thread double for this and for sewing the braided rows around the edge of the rug. • • • NOTE: There are two other fascinat ing braided rug designs in Mrs. Spears' Book 3 and the new Book 6 contains direc tions for a hooked, a braided and a cro cheted rag rug. "The Rug That Grew Up Jisk Me Another £ A General Quiz The Questions 1. What capital letter is used most frequently in English words? 2. What is a Jolly Roger? 3. Of currants, grapes, cranber ries, oranges, tomatoes and ba nanas, how many are classified by botanists as berries? 4. Without stopping to count, give the number of zeros in one billion. 5. In major league baseball, how often are games won by a no-hit, no-run pitching performance? 6. Are glow worms worms? 7. Where in the United States is the longest stretch of railroad track without a curve? 8. Is the train of a peacock its tail? 9. What is the proper way of disposing of an American flag aft er it is worn out and no longer fit for display? The Answers 1. The letter “S,” according to Funk and Wagnalls New Stand ard dictionary. 2. A pirate flag. 3. All of them. 4. Nine—count them—1,000,000, 000. 5. Only one in about 1,400 games. 6. No, glow worms are actually beetles. The males can fly, but the females cannot, so they light up to let their lovers know where they are. 7. North Carolina claims this record. Between Wilmington and Hamlet, a distance of 78.86 miles, there is a stretch of track without a single curve. 8. No. The beautiful, long plumes that the bird raises into a large, fan-shaped shield are in front of the short tail feathers that are used as a support. 9. Custom decrees that it should i be burnt, or destroyed privately in some other way. To cast it among trash is considered a desecration. With the Family'* is in Book 3. Each book has 32 pages of pictures and direc tions. Send order to: MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS Drawer 10 Bedford Hills New York Enclose 20 cents for Books 3 and 8. Name. Address ........y. Arctic Eiderdown A new industry which has sprung up in Arctic Canada should bring prosperity to the 1,500 Eskimos living in that region. The depart ment of mines and research at Ottawa has given permission to the Hudson Bay company to col lect eiderdown on the bird sanc tuaries along the coast of Baffin island. The collecting will be done by Eskimos in the slack period be tween hunting and trapping sea sons, and they are being taught to pick the down without scaring the ducks and causing them to abandon their homes. An old standby in millions of homes Wishes Anger wishes that all mankind had only one neck; love, that it had only one heart; grief, two tear-glands; and pride, two bent knees.—Richter. TRADER You needn't grin and bear a cough due to a cold. Get Smith Broa. Cough Drops! Just 51! Smith Bros. Cough Drops are the only drops containing VITAMIN A Vitamin A (Carotene) raises the resistance of t mucous membranes of nose and throat to A k cold infections, when lack of resist* A f ance is due to Vitamin A deficiency. r mark 150 Years Too Late The eminent composer, Mozart, was buried in a pauper’s grave, in Vienna, 1791, yet recently $600 was given for one of his manuscripts, an unfinished trio of 91 bars. I ~*NIMURIK Whatever you do, drive a CMC before you buy another truck! These modem comfort-built trucks are "»* easy to steer as your car.” They’re powered with the industry’s etrongert-pulling engines, size for size. They’re packed with value. And they are priced right down with the very lowest! Tlmo payments through our own YMAC Plan at lowest a valla bio rates ANDREW MURPHY & SON Jackson at 14th St. - Omaha, Nebr» See Your Nearest General Motors Truck Dealer GASOLINE -DIESEL Sweetest Plum In all the wedding cake, hope is the sweetest of the plums. Wit and Wisdom A proverb is the wit of one and the wisdom of many. THE SMOKE OF SLOWER-BURNING CAMELS GIVES YOU EXTRA MILDNESS, EXTRA COOLNESS, EXTRA FLAVOR LESS NICOTINE than the average of the 4 other largest-selling cigarettes tested—less than any of them—according to independent scientific tests of the smoke itself. S*** LIKE ^ f ANYONE WHO SMOKES ) L A GOOD DEAL, THE / I EXTRA MILDNESS IN \ IS SLOWER-BURNING 1 If CAMELS IS IMPORTANT h TOME. AND THE St FLAVOR IS SO LgA GRAND! ... 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