The Frontier Woman i
By BLANCHE SPANN PEASE
Hi there, all you nice people!
Don't look now but there's
only 11 days left in May. Do
n’t ask me where it’s gone, be
cause confidentially I don’1
know. It was only yesterday
I was arranging the first purple
doll iris in a bowl along with
the first yellow daffodils and
some sweet potatoes vines that
had broken and were rooting
It made a beautiful combination
and some how the first flowers
are particuarly lovely. Next
day I picked some long sprays
of wild currant and put them
in a tall blue fiesta vase that
the neighbors’ kids gave me
for my birthday several years
ago. After that the wild plums
were in bloom and they made
the whole house fragrant. I like
to bring Spring into the house.
—tfw—
Have you a sweet potato
vine in the kitchen? They're
so easy to start and any time
of the year will provide a
shining green vine that will
grow like sixty and provide
a magazine look to your kit
chen.
—tfw—
I do love color in the kitch
en, and have some here and
there in the bright mixing
| bowls. Bob got me one for
Christmas, in the yellow plate
I ol iiesta that the neighbors gave
i me once with a fruit cake on it
and in the tomato juice set the
pitcher is a lovely bright yel
Jiow and each of the glasses is
a different bright color. When
I chin.i en come I let them drink
at the table from these glasses
in their blue, yellow, cream
purple, and red jackets am.
j they call them “special” glass
es and feel very much privil
eged. (Incidentally, they’re less
apt to break than the tumblers
Bob eot me for Mothers day.
The tumblers are fragile cut
glass beauties.)
—trw—
1 Sub Winners
This week —
We have 2 subscription win
ners today and I know you’re
gonig to enjoy their letters.
The first 3 months’ subscription
goes to Mrs. James Dobias.of
Atkinson.
jDear Mrs. Pease:
As 1 got the O’Neill paper
from my sister the other day
| ana you were calling for more
letters to The Frontier Woman,
1 thought I would jot down a
few lines this morning as I
have to wait until my little
honefol wakes up so I could go
out doors and get some of my
I garden in today. I’m making
J nests to set some of my duck
eggs tonight. My, today is such
a nice spring day to be out of
doors. I just wonder if any of
the ladies raised chickens like
I do.
As we don't have a brood
er house, we got several old
car bodies that have good
windows in them and used
them as brooder houses. I
have used them for several
years already and think they
are just swell.
When it is nice and sunny it
is so nice and warm in them,
and yet they are small enough
that a lantern will keep it warm
enough when it is cooler. I puti
cardboard all around the bottom
and it keeps the draft off too.
1 thought I might help some one
who wants to raise just a few
chicks to eat as they sure taste
good fried anyway.
Well, the young’un is wake
ing up so I guess I better quit
and get him ready to take him
outdoors with me in the
garden. He just loves to be out
side these days. He is 11
months old today and every
thing is new for him, too. He
is starting to walk now, too, s<3
he needs a lot of watching.
Well, I guess this is all for
now, might write more later on
how my garden is coming a
long.
MRS. JAMES DOBIAS,
Atkinson, Nebraska.
Mrs. Dobias, I’m ever so glad
you wrote us, and I hope you’ll
like The Frontier so much that
your family will decide they
can’t be without it and will
rubscribe to it. I know of an
other person who has raised
chickens in the manner you
described.
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I really enjoy The Frontier
Woman. I have been intending
to write for quite some time
but you know how one puts
off doing such things.
I get the Frontier a little
late, but I am always an.x-,
ious to see your column. I'm
not an old hand at keeping
house like some of your
readers, so I find many use
ful hints in your column.
I’ve had some wonderful luck
with some of your recipes. Be
cause of the difference in al
titudes, I have to make a few
changes. I have to cut down
the sugar and shortening in al
most all the cakes and cookies.
I have a little problem. I
thought perhaps some of your
readers could help me. My
husband is one of those who
has to carry lunches 5 days a
week. My problem is having
a large variety of sandwiches.
1 know sandwiches are easy to
make but after awhile one runs
out of ideas of what to use
for filling. I would appreciate
it very much if you could give
some suggestions.
I have a couple of recipes I’d
like to send.
CHOCOLATE COOKIES
One-third cup butter, 1 cup
sugar, 1 egg beaten, 2t& cups
flour, Vi teaspoon soda, % tea
spoon salt, % cup sour mi.K
2 ounces chocolate, melted.
Cream butter, add sugar slowly,
then beaten egg. Sift together
flour, soda, salt and add alter
nately with sotii* milk, to the
tirst mixture. After beating
thoroughly, stir in melted
chocolate. Drop on a buttered
cookie sheet, a level table
spoon for each cookie. Bake
in a moderate oven 375 F. for
iifteen minutes.
MEAT LOAF
Two pounds ground beef, to
lb. ground pork, 1 onion, chop
ped fine, 1 cup bread crumbs,
1 egg, to cup milk, to teaspoon
baking powder, salt and pep
er. Mold into loaf and put in
oven for ten minutes. Pour 1
cup tomato juice over loaf.
Bake 2 hours. Here is one we
like when we go camping. It is
called Hush Puppies.
HUSH PUPPIES
One large cup water, 1 to
cups ground corn meal, to cup
flour, 2 teaspoons baking pow
der, to teaspoon salt, 1 lir.eiy
chopped onion, 1 egg. Mix
corn meal, flour, baking pow
der, salt and egg. Ada water
or milk until a tnick paste
is formed. Add onion. Beat
some more. Drop olf spoon
into hot grease in wxuch usn
have been fried: Cook until
golden brown.
I see my time is running
short, it is almost time to fix
lunch so I must close. I’ll be
waiting for your column.
MRS. GEORGE PIERSON,
819 to West Maple St.
Rawlings, Wyoming
I know all enjoyed and ap
preciated your letter Mrs. Pier-1
son and I’m glad to know that
our department has been of
service to you. Do come and
visit our dept, again some time.
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Send Us a Letter —
Send us a letter, ladies. Be
a pal, gal, write it today. We
need good letters for The Fron
tier Woman to make it better
all the time. We’d appreciate
hearing from you and if your
letter is used you will receive
a 3 months’ subscription to The
Frontier. Send your letter to
Mrs. Blanche Pease, The Fron
tier Woman, Atiknson, Nebr
aska.
BLANCHE SPANN PEASE,
The Frontier Woman
Celia School Closes —
CELIA — Jeanne Scott clos
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, last week and celebrated with
|a picnic on Wednesday, May
12. Conrad Frickel, jr., took
the pupils to the Overton ranch
for a fishing trip. They were
accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
LeRoy Hoffman. The boys
caught some bullheads which
made their picnic a complete
success.
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