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The Frontier Woman —
‘Only Trouble with Mrs. Obermire’s Letters
She Doesn’t Write Enough of Them’
Bv BLANCHE SPANN PEASE
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Hi there, all you nice peo
Kle! January’s almost gone and
ere I haven’t accomplished
halt' the things 1 wanted to
get done this month. Life
seems tu
sist largely
of getting up,
cooking three
meals,
washing the
dishes,
sweep i n g
floor and
making beds
and going
back to bed.
It’s down -
oiancne rigni hkiuw
Spann Pease onous how
people will insist on eating
three times a day!
Do you have a knife with a
rusted blade? Well, I’m told
that plunging the blade into
an onion and leaving it there
for an hour or so, will remoye
the rust. Polish the knife in
the usual way. Only one way
4 for you to find out if this r
really true. Yep, try it!
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| If you do lots of sewing, and
! a good many women do these
(days, you might be interested
in knowing that a shoe bag,
pocket style, makes a good
filing place for your patterns.
; Hung in the sewing room by
' the sewing machine you’ll find
it both handy and colorful.
Another handy idea for those
that sew, is to make a short
apron, double the lower part,
and divide it into four pock
ets. An apron like this is con
venient to hold thread, scis
; sors, and so forth, when sew
ing.
You mothers who send
school lunches . . . ever try
baking pies in muffin tins
nutritious filling, they make
for the children? Filled with
a fine addition to the lunch,
they are easy to pack and
the children will like these
novelties.
Going to do some dirty
work? Keep a cake of soap
handy and before you begin
work, scrape your finger nails
over the soap. The soap will
catch under the nails and
make them easier to clean
when the dirty work is done.
Before we know it, it will be
time to stare Spring house
cleaning. In the meantime,
hang the curtains on the line
to blow and air. They'll look
much better when you put
them back up.
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months’ subscription to The
Frontier to M. E. J., of O'
Neill.
Dear Mrs. Pease:
Yes, I have been planning
on writing just like I suppose
so many others have and just
don’t get the urge. I have
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more time on many hands as
some people do as they get old
er and the family is all grown
and gone for themselves. I can
not sav I like that part of it.
It is 'much nicer when they
are small and all at home and
you are so busy you don t
know which way to turn.
Yes, I sent school lunches
for many years before our chil
dren were old enough to go. I
kept a sister and brother dur
ing school terms, there being
no school in their district, or
mother away from home car
ing for_ a sister, who was ill
with cancer. Also kept a neph
ew for six years.
Cooking, washing and caring
for a family is much better
than having time on your
| hands. Sometime ago you ask
ed for school lunch ideas, at
that time I was intending to
help a little, but kept putting
it off, such things are so easy.
In by gone days the lunch box
was a different problem than
now adays with all the fancy
food and different fishes', they
took what we had and ate it.
Now we must wrap and
pack the food so it will look
appetizing to get them to eat
what they should. Well, any
way, the new ways are the
best for all concerned. Use
different colored napkins,
put in a surprise once in
a while, a candy for each
day of their choice.
For a sandwich grind most
any kind of meat with sweet
pickle, moisten with salad
dressing.
Try raw vegetables, carrot
strips, cabbage, lettuce, and
we kids used to like raw tur
nips.
I always put jelly and jams
in a little jar, so they could
spread to suit themselves' and
it didn’t soak in bread which
was mostly home made. We al
ways canned a sandwich spread
for the cold Winter days, the
hot school lunch was super.
I am planning to do a little
fancy work this Winter, such
as crocheting and embroider
ing and I do love to piece quilts
—I have a lot of pieces that the
girls have sent from their
dresses. I am anxious to get at
them, it h&s been quite a while
since there has been such nice
prints on the market.
JUST A READER, M.E J.,'
O’Neill.
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Another Subscription Winner —
Mrs. Natchel Rzeszotarski, of
Atkinson, wins a three months’
subscription to The Frontier,
also.
Dear Blanche:
We just received a copy of
The Frontier and as we don’t
take the paper I hurriedly sat
down with it to see what was
going on in The Frontier Wo
man. I usually don’t have a
chance to read it. This issue
contained Mrs. G. L. Obermire’s
letter concerning the “Route of
the Rural Mail Carrier.”
May I say that I enjoyed
every word of it. The only
trouble with Mrs. Obermire's
letters is the fact that she
doesn't write enough of them!
I can almost see the goose
with his gay Christmas seal
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Know what the first thing a
human does after slipping on an
icy sidewalk. Well, first they
look to see if anyone was look
ing when they fell—-and then
they look to see if anything’s
broken.
You’ll pardon us if we say
we can’t help but wonder if
Chambers and Hiss like pump
kin pie. , I
Emily Post says people should
n’t droop over soup.
The average human says the
postoffice pen is no good. Not
even worth stealing!
If we Republicans are good
losers, it must be because we’ve
had so much practice these past
16 years!
and also the surprise and the
pleasure on the mail carrier's
face as he opened the box.
This morning I hunted up our
favorite stew recipe and fixed
it for dinner. It not only tasted
good but it used up those left
over fried hamburger patties
from Sunday dinner that are
usually so unappetizing when
rewarmed. You can use any
kind of meat you like but we
prefer it with the hamburgers.
This is a good dish for a busy
day dinner as it cooks bv itself
and needs little watching. The
amount of potatoes and veget
ables I use depends upon how
much hamburger I have left.
IRISH STEW
One and a half pints of cub
ed uncooked potatoes (three
cups), two cups cooked cubed
carrots or any other vegetable
you prefer. Dice about three or
four cooked hamburger patties.
More or less (doesn’t matter),
one medium onion, chopped
fine, two or three tablespoons
hamburgers drippings, Vi cup
water, one quart whole toma
toes, lVi teaspoons salt,, one
teaspon pepper, one teaspoon
cinnamon. Vi teaspoon nutmeg,
% teaspon allspice, one tea
spoon celery salt or like amount
of dried celery leaves, two to
three tablespoons sugar.
Mix all ingredients togeth
er and cook until potatoes and
onion are done. It is best if
simmered for about an hour,
simmer not hard boil. If it
gets too thick, add a little wa
ter, if you prefer more sea
soning by all means add it.
I like to serve this stew for a
Sunday night supper when a
few friends stay. Serve with
crackers, fresh rolls, dessert and
coffee and you have a satisfy
ing meal that will have them all
coming back for seconds, I know
’cause I’ve tried it.
Mrs. Natchel Rzeszotarski,
Atkinson, Nebr.
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FOODEAS
Do you think longingly of
Spring these days? Then bring
it right into the kitchen by mak
ing up a box of lime flavored
gelatin and adding grape fruit
sections. It’s lovely to look at
and luscious to eat.
Sprice up that chocolate pud
ding that the family likes by
quartering marshmallows with
your kitchen scissors. Dip the
scissors into hot water often so
the marshmallows won’t stick
to them. Fold into the pudding
while its still warm. Chill and
serve. M-m-m!
Select a shiny red apple and
don’t peel it. Dice it and fold it
into slightly thickened lemon
flavored gelatin, and when set,
serve with cream.
Bake a plain white cake, and
serve it topped with warm,
spiced apple sauce, for desesert.
Different—delectable.
You make tapioca cream often
—that I know, but do you fold
chocolate sauce into half of it?
Serve in sherbet glasses, half
chocolate and half vanilla pud- j
ding. Good.
O’Neil! Locals
Mrs. V. R. Bell left Friday
for Loup City where she wiil
visit indefinitely with her sons.
Robert and Franklin, and her
new grandson, Victor Ray.
Allen Martin spent the
weekend with his grandmoth
er, Mrs. Addic Wrede. Allen
attends Wayne State college at
Wavne.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Karr, of
Spencer, spent last Thursday
visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Worth
Mr. and Mrs. L C. Walling
spent the weekend visiting the
former’s brother, C. A. Walling,
of Fremont
Mr. and Mrs. .lames Coven
try, Kav and Bill, of Inman
were Monday callers at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. H. W,
romlinson.
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