The Frontier Woman
By BLANCHE SPANN PEASE
Hi there, all you nice people!
What's new with you? Did
the baby klunk papa over the
head with the hammer while
papa was taking a snooze? Or
did you accidentally use salt
in the shortcake the night you
entertained the husband’s boss?
Such things happen, you
know, every once in awhile.
Maybe you’ve got some stories
like that to tell, if so, hustle
them right in here to The Fron
tier Woman!
—tfw—
About Oilcloth —
I promised to share with you
this week some hints about
oil cloth. Well, first when you
get a new' oilcloth, keep it
w'axed with either paste or
self-polishing wax. If you ac
tually do this, you will be su-1
prised how much longer it will
wear — about twice as long.
Don't wash it with soap
and water. Warm water and j
a cloth is all you are really
supposed to use. Soap is hard j
on oilcloth. Don't set very
hot dishes on it. Use mats.
More than once you've ruin
ed a new oilcloth by having
a hot dish stick to it. and
come away with oilcloth
sticking to the dish, and an
unhappy skinned ring left on
the new oilcloth.
If you take oilcloth from the I
table for any reason, roll it
around a smooth stick, even the
broom stick would do. Don’t;
fold it up, it cracks easily, par
ticularly when cold and don’t
fold the oilcloth onto the oil
cloth face, it may stick.
If you accidentally cut into
the oilcloth, repair it at once
with a piece of adhesive tape
directly under the cut. This
closes it and the tape won’t
show.
tfw—
Most everybody knows that
oilcloth makes a good splasher
behind the stove or sink. But
not every one knows that it
can be freshened when it’s been
washed and scoured so many
times and looks dingy by paint
ing it. If clean, it paints as
readily and satisfactorily as
any other surface.
Oilcloth also makes a satis
factory tiling for your kitchen.
It is easy to hang, and looks
nice. Use a thicker paste than
for wallpaper. The marks of
chair backs won’t hurt it, and
it can be readily washed and
kept clean.
Some folks like aprons made
from oilcloth particularly for
wash day, and some like the
babies bibs made from it.
A slick trick with oilcloth is
that of making new kitchen
curtains (perhaps I should say
blinds) from it. Use the rol
lers from your old blinds, cut
the oilcloth the proper width
and tack on the rollers so that
the ornamental side is that
which will show in the kitchen.
You can have one of those new
notes I've been talking about.
Oilcloth table mats are in
teresting. too. Simply cut
the squares from regular oil
cloth and use them as place
mats at the table. A place
mat sent for the child's desk
at school will serve as a table
cloth and make for a more
sanitary lunch for him.
I have seen designs cut from
oilcloth and used as delcom
manias on such surfaces as they
could be pasted. Quite effec
tive, too, I might add.
—tfw—
Subscription Winning Letter —
And now, before I use up
all our space, may I present to
you the prize-winning subscrip
tion letter for this week. It
was written by Mrs. Clyde
McKenzie, jr., O’Neill, Box 607.
Dear Blanche:
I’ve been going to write you
for so long now, but just kept
putting it off thinking I’ll doi
it soon — but never did. And
I believe that this is the way |
with a very lot of your many
readers. So today I thought I’d
better get busy and write you,
to let you know how very,
very much I enjoy your weekly
column in The Frontier.
Each Thursday morning
when we get our paper I'm
always anxious to turn to
your page and see who wrote
your prize winning letter, and
also to get some new and in
teresting ideas.
I just can't figure out how
you find time and have such
a wide field of ideas and re
cipes, and I don't believe
I've ever read the same ideas
twice.
My mother and I especially
enjoyed your article written a
few weeks ago describing your
kitchen. It sounded so much
like the kitchen in motner’s
new home in the country, but
she has quite a time getting
used to it, having had a small
kitchen in town. But after
reading of your large kitchen,
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My own kitchen is very
smail, just large enough to
cook in, but 1 really enjoy it.
We finally have our own home,
after trying to find one for
nearly 2 years after my hus
band returned from overseas.
We bought a little 5-room
house in the country, moved it
to town after having finished
the basement. Then it took
about 2 months of hard work
to remodel it, put in a bath,
paint, sand floors, plaster and
just a hundred little odd jobs
before the happy day about 5
months ago we moved into
our own home. But it was well
worth the effort as we surley
do enjoy it.
So you see I really do en
joy your many ideas, hints,
slick tricks and recipes and
put so many of them to use in
our new home.
I believe my greatest time
saver is wax. I just wax
everything in the house that
I possibly can and that takes
in over half the things we
have. It saves so much wear
and makes things so easy to
dust and clean.
I really believe I've writ
ten enough for today, but
now that I've finally taken
the time out to write you, I ,
feel that it will be easier to
do next lime, and then I will
send along a couple of my
favorite recipes. Bui my
letter of today is already too
long. So will say bye for
this time. I
I’ll be looking for your col
umn each Thursday in The1
Frontier, and thanks for so
much reading pleasure.
Mrs. Clyde McKenzie, jr.,
O’Neill, Box 607.
Mrs. McKenzie, what a good
and interesting letter you wrote
us. I just know our renders,
enjoyed it a great lot and we
will surely be looking forward
to another letter from you
with those favorite recipes one
of these days.
—tfw—
How do I manage to come
up with so many ideas and so
on? When you have been keep
ing house for 22 years as I
have, you learn a lot. For the
past 16 years I have been ed
iting a household department.
I have also been writing house
hold articles over that period
of years. I now edit 3 house
hold departments and 1 of
them appears twice a week.
The other two are weekly fea
tures
You are bound to soak up
a lot during that time, and
to learn a lot if you are alert.
Grin (you're learning rapidly
yourself, but you aren't a
ware of it.)
As for recipes, well you
ought to have a look at my
files and cook books. Lastly
all my knowledge has come
from experience and I can’t!
think of any better way to
learn it! Can you?
Sincerely Yours
BLANCHE SPANN PEASE
The Frontier Woman
WIND DOES DAMAGE
REDBIRD — The strong
wind storm Saturday, April 3,
blew the entire porch roof
down from the Redbird store.
IMPROVE PLAY GROUND
REDBIRD — School district
3 is having 2 new swings and
2 new teetertoters set up this
week on the school ground.
Miss Rose Maly is the teacher.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted McElhaney
visited Sunday in Orchard.
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Mrs. Thomsen and
Mrs. Held Join Club
EWING — The Women's Sor
ciety of Christian Service of
the Ewing Methodist church
held a regular meeting on Wed
nesday, April 7, at the church.
Devotions were in charge of
Mrs. A. S. Evass, vice-president
of the group. She chose as
her devotional theme: “The
Whole Creation Is Our Lord’s’’, j
The lesson also led by Mrs.
E?an», suited the season. It
was entiled, The Earth and
Her Increase”.
After a short business meet
ing conducted by Mrs. Earl
Billings, president of the group,
a lunch was served by Mrs.
Henry Fleming and Mrs. J. L.
Brown.
Guests of the WSCS were:
Mrs. E. V. Ruby, Mrs. Lyle
Abney, Mrs. H. A. Blake, and
Mrs. A. A. Alden. Mrs. Blake,
who moved to Ewing recently,
became a member.
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Dr. Edw. J. Norwood, O. D
Optometrist from Crawford,
Neb., will be in O’Neill on:
Friday, April 23
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