The Frontier Woman —
Winter Disaster ‘Could Not Have Happened
to a More Courageous People—Detroiter
By BLANCHE SPANN PEASE
Hi there, all you nice people!
Middle of April—tulips and daf
fodils up and maybe getting
ready to bloom by the time you
read this. Hope so.
Got your housecleanmg all
done? You can keep the rest of
— -XT's- the house
more livable
if you house
clean just one
room a t a
time. Or as
nearly that
idea as you
can. Take the
curtains down
first and if
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Blanche Spann they can be
Pease pUt aside for
that or sent to the dry cleaners.
An idea to remember this
Spring if you have some left
over paint is that it can prevent
mattresses picking up rust
marks. Give the springs a coat
of paint when the original paint
shows signs of wearing thin.
Dust hangs downward so
when you clean walls, brush in
an upward motion to prevent
smearing and streaking. If you
have painted walls, after wash
ing walls, apply a thin coat of
laundry starch and the next
time you clean them, the dirt
will wash right off with the
starch.
Keep parchment shades clean
by waxing them, it will make
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soft luster to the finish.
A tiny cork tacked low on
the back ol a picture frame
will present a dark line from
forming on wall paper or a
painted wall.
There are several good pre
parations on the market these
days for washing woodwork and
walls. Be sure to use these
helps when you are houseelean
mg. They are especially made
for this, they do make your
work easier and you will get
better results with less work.
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Subscription Winning Letters—
Helen Troshvnski Wilson, ol
| Detroit, Mich., formerly from
Holt county, wins a three
months’ subscription today. An
other three-months’ subscriptior
goes to Mrs. J. W. Walters, ol
Chambers. A surprise gift has
been sent to Mrs. L. F. Kliment
of Atkinson, for the use of her
letter.
Mrs. Wilson’s letter:
Dear Mrs. Pease and Readers:
Nearly a year has gone since
writing to your column, anc
what a year it has been! We
visited O’Neill twice in tha
time. The first trip was the sac
duty of returning a native Ne
braskan, who had been with ui
here, to his beloved Holt coun
ty for burial. The second trij
was purely pleasure—a stopov
er after spending a short tim<
in California. This was sooi
after the mid-November storn
so we saw lots of snow. Now, foi
| weeks, the blizzard story ha;
been coming through on the ra
1 dio, our own daily paper, anc
even the movie news reels.
The Frontier has given a
good blow-by-blow descrip
tion of the hardship the con
tinued storms have created.
Our sympathy goes out to
each and everyone. There will
be many unsung heroes and
heroines, as there always are,
when folks are faced with dis
aster and difficulty. It could
not have happened to a more
courageous people.
That brings us to hopes foi
Spring, and the chance to again
start digging in the good earth,
After seven years of apartmenl
house living, we bought a home
last Summer. So now we toe
will be able to have a few veg
etables and a flower garden.
Last Fall we put in iris and a
vine which were brought back
from my home near Emmet. We
have a rose bush, lilacs and bri
dal wreath, but my flower beds,
will be getting lots of attention,
too. Have some seeds, and am
not overlooking the offer of a
cereal company—seven packages
of seed for a box top and 15
cents. Who could resist?
Instead of a recipe. I am send
ing you a hint or two.
Protect delicate curtains to
be washed in a washing machine
by first basting them into mus
lin bags.
Dirt will be much easier to
wash out of curtains if half a
cup of salt is added to the soak
ing water.
Sprinkled clothes will dampen
evenly if they are folded rather
than rolled and wrapped in oil
ed silk or a rubber sheet.
If you hang freshly laundered
dresses by the hem they will be
much easier to iron.
HELEN TROSHYNSKI
WILSON.
Mrs. Walter's Letter —
Dear Mrs. Pease:
I have not written to you for
a long time. At one time I sent
in a household hint and receiv
ed a small price. I did enjoy it.
Here is a kitchen hint: When
powdered sugar or brown sugar
has turned hard and lumpy, put
the package into the bread box
with the bread and it will soften.
I am also sending a couple of
recipes.
Left over recipes are always
so practical so I am sending this
. one:
LEFT OVER MEAT
CASSEROLE
Cut in small pieces left over
( meat of any kind that has been
. boiled, roasted or fried, put in
. casserole. Make a white sauce
’ of two cups of milk and two
i level tablespoons of flour sea
soned with salt and pepper to
taste, two tablespoons butter.
Pour over meat, break a slice of
bread in small pieces and put on
top and dot with butter. Bake in
a medium oven of 350 F for 35
or 40 minutes.
CABBAGE ROLLS
fake as many cabbage leaves
as you are going to prepare
rolls. Put in a kettle, cover with
boiling water, cover and steam
five minutes.
Make patties of fresh season
ed sausage, about 3 inches long
and lMs inches in diameter. Roll
in washed rice and wrap in cab
bage leaves, stick a tooth pick
through each one to hold in
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Laugh when your husband
wears a waste basket to show
you how your new Spring hat
looks. Ladies, that’s supposed to
be funny!
He used to hold her little
hands, what wistful recollection,
but nowadays when he holds her
hands, it could be for self-pro
tection!
Who ever said no news is
good news, never waited for a
husband to come home. Grin.
If you want to be different
from your neighbors—just dye
your hair plaid.
Put in pan, cover with water
into which has been added two
tablespoons of catsup. You may
cook these on top of the stove
or in the oven, preferrably in
the oven, about one hour or un
til the meat is done.
MRS. J. W. WALTERS,
Chambers.
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Mrs. Kliment's Gift
Winning Letter —
Dear Mrs. Pease:
Thanks a lot for the subscrip
tion which I won sometime ago.
We really enjoy getting the pa
per. We haven’t had our mail
very regularly this Winter.;
Sometimes didn’t get it for two
weeks. Sure missed it, too!
It's really been a bad Win- 1
ter. One we will never forget.
The snow is really piled up
around here. But, yet I think
we are pretty lucky at that.
When one reads the papers it
seems to be worse in different
places, and now they'll have
floods which will be bad, too.
I’m sending a recipe for a
chocolate cake that we like very
much. It’s made out of quick
granulated yeast—the dry type
that comes in the little sealed
packages. It stays nice and
moist for a long time.
CHOCOLATE CAKE
One-half package quick gran
ulated dry yeast, three table
spoons lukewarm water, I4 tea
spoon sugar, »2 cup butter, 1 1-3
cups sugar, two eggs, well beat
en, •% teaspoon vanilla, V4 cup
sifted cocoa. 2-3 cups sweet milk,
two cups sifted flour, 3-4 tea
spoons baking soda, two table
spoons w'arm water. Stir the
yeast into the three tablespoons
of lukewarm water, add V4 tea
spoon sugar and let stand five
minutes. Cream butter, sugar
and salt thoroughly. Add beaten
eggs and vanilla and cocoa. Stir
in milk and flour alternately.
Add softened yeast. Cover the
batter and let stand overnight in
a cool place. In the morning,
dissolve the soda in the two
tablespoons warm water, slir in
to mixture. Pour into two nine
inch layer greased cake pans
lined with waxed paper). Bake
at once in a moderately hot
oven of 350 F. about 25 minutes.
Cover with a fluffy white frost
ing.
MRS. L. F. KLIMENT,
Atkinson.
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Send Us a Letter —
Send us a letter for The Fron
tier Woman. If we have enough
letters, we give two subscrip
tion awards each issue. Some
times there will be a bonus of
an extra letter for which a
small gift will be mailed, if we
have enough letters.
Write about what ever you
like. We will soon be in need
of letters on canning. If you
successfully can peas, greens
and strawberries, and have
some good recipes for these, in
cluding jams for strawberries,
won’t you please send us those
recipes in a letter at once, for
use jn May and June? Don’t wait
to send them because then they
won’t reach us in time for pub
lication.
THE FRONTIER. O'Neill, Ne
Seasonable letters of all kinds
are welcome, too. Don't just send
us a recipe, send us two or
three of your favorite recipes
and include two or three hints
i or time savers—that makes up
a good letter, one that is worth
a subscription.
Send your letters to Mrs.
Blanche Pease, The Frontier
I Woman, Atkinson, Nebr.
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Ideas —
Would you like some ideas for
“Quickie Salads?” Consumer
Public Power shares these with
us.
1. Alternate layers of avocado
and grapefruit. Orange slices
may be used in place of grape
fruit.
2. Cooked asparagus tips on
thick tomato slices.
3. Toss lettuce, tiny spinach
leaves and grapefruit segments
together. Serve with cottage
cheese French dressing (Aad
three tablespoons cottage cheese
and one tablespoon minced on
ion to one cup dressing.)
4. Shredded cabbage, diced
unpeeled apple, sliced green
; pepper. Toss together lightly.
5. Peach half, cut side up on
j salad greens. Fill center with
| cottage cheese, garnish with pe
can half.
6. Place thin slices of orange
on salad greens. Cover with pear
half cut side down. Sprinkle
with grated cheese.
WSCS Holds Sales
ATKINSON — Faith circle of
the WSCS of the Methodist
church held a food sale Tuesday,
April 12 at Cleary’s market.
Miriam circle of the WSCS held
a rummage sale at the Collins
Implement store Friday and Sat
urday.
Go to Omaha —
ATKINSON — Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford Mahin and Mrs. Agnes
I Collamer, mother of Mrs. Mahin,
br.. April 14. 1943—PAGE 3
left for Omaha Sunday where
Mr. Mahin went to consult a
specialist.
Other Atkinson News
Mr. and Mrss. Francis Gilg
and sons, of O’Neill, visited Mrs.
Mary Gilg, mother of Francis, on
Sunday afternoon. Other guests
at Mrs. Mary Gilg’s home were
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gilg, of At
kinson.
Laurence Storjohann, of the
Atkinson Livestock Market, is
building a new home on North
Main, North of the American
Lutheran church. Vincent Os
borne began excavating the
basement on Monday. The Gilg
Construction Co., of O’Neill,
holds the contract.
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