The Frontier Woman —
'Happy Mom’ Scolds Child While
Party Line Audience Listens
By BLANCHE SPANN PEASE
Hi the e, ail you busy peo
ple' Has this been a busy
week for you, too? Fall is
here in earnest and maybe
you are just a little bit dis
couraged with your wa drobe.
But, frankly, it is magic what
can be done for your outfits
if they are well cleaned and
pressed and accessories are
polished.
How about your Winter
coat? Did you send it to
Blanche Spann
Pease
the cleaners
and do you
have any ti
ny rip or
tear mend
ed? Do you
keep it on
a hanger
when not in
use, w e 11
brushed and
prop e r 1 y
buttoned on
the hanger?
How you
take care of
your clothes makes a lot of
difference.
A silk scarf to go with your
coat or brighten up your cos
tume will help to keep pow
der and cream marks from
the neck of your coat, and it’s j
easier to launder the scarf
than clean the coat. Keep a
can of cleansing fluid handy
and clean any spots from the
eoat at once.
Your old suit will look a
lot better if cleaned and
pressed. Maybe you can
brighten it up with a new
scarf to be knotted loosely
at the throat), bright lapel
pin, or a new blouse.
Blouses are lovely this
year and they come in lovely
pastel shades- Also, they can
be purchased in bright ones.
There’s a new green that does
things to a gray suit. Buy a
feather for your hat to match
the blouse or match up a
purse in that color—providing
the old budget can stand the
•train of a new purse. Purses
■re much more reasonably
priced than they used to be
and that’s encouraging.
Other tricks of color: When
not overdone white shoe laces
died to match the blouse and
worn in the walking oxfords
(hat go with your suit go well.
Keep your gloves washed.
Have two pairs so that one
pair will always be fresh and
good looking.
Wash the nylons every time
you wear them, of course.
Keep your shoes looking
clean and up-to-date. That
means no run over heels, re
soling when needed, no knot
ted shoe laces. If suede, keep
‘Jiem brushed. There is a
suede cleaner on the market.
Fo myself, I’m sold on
calfskin shoes and saddle lea
ther finish purse because
they're easy to keep clean
and I think they look better
longer. Also they are in good
taste the year around. I keep
the shoes polished and then
use a paste wax on the polish
and I keep the purse waxed.
Empty your purse often and
if you do not use it all the
time, stuff fit with tissue pa
per when not in use. Cleaning
fluid may be used to sponge
the silk lining in your purse.
Keep shoe trees in your
shoes and they’ll retain their
good shape much longer.
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Subscription Winner—
Mrs- Jim Ziska, of Atkin
son, wins a three - months’
subscription:
Dear Blanche:
Routine! How I dislike the
very word! Having to do the
same thing every day at the
same time irks me no end!
Years ago in an old reader
I saw the story of a little boy
who ran away from his old
schoolmaster, Mr. Toil, be
cause he made him work too
hard. But at every corner he
met up with an old man who
bore a striking resemblance to
his old tormentor. So he fi
nally turned back and made
\he best of things. It seema I,
too, meet my old enemy “Rou
tine” at every turn.
During school days the
daily grind of reading, writ
ing and arithmetic was very
tiresome and I thought
when I grow up and teach
school "things will be dif
ferent." But when the time
came I found routine work
was necessary or the pupils
could not cover the requir
ed courses. Thin I began to
plan fox the day when I’d
have my own home.
I’d really be away from the
grind of routine tasks for
sure. But was I? Goodness
no! Thee meals a day, day
after-day, dishes and separat
or to do, beds to make.
Bread box, cookie jar, butter
crock all got empty and need
ed refilling with amazing reg
ularity!
My five babies were bom
during the era when they
were all raised o n rigid
schedule. Those days we
weren't supposed to rock or
play with the baby for fear
we’d spoil him What a maze
of formula fixings, washings,
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etc., I was in but I kept
thinking if I ever got those
five through their baby days,
surely then I can give old
•‘Routine" the slip!
But it has always been more
or-less the same. There are !
those proficient housekeepers
(how 1 wish I could be like |
them) Whose washings flop on ;
the line every Monday morn
ing without fail.
One lady I know' has a reg
ular schedule for every' meal: ;
Tuesday — pancakes, etc.,
week-after-week. She never
leaves the house unless the
dishes are done while I can
stack them in the sink and j
leave for an outing with the
family without any qualms of
conscience.
Company can catch me
washing any day of the
week, except Saturday and
Sunday, with the beds all
stripped and every towel
wet on the line.
I’ve found that having three
meals a day on time, dishes
and separator washing and all
daily chores aren’t nearly so
tiresome if I give myself a
little reward when finished—
some little thing I really like !
to do. Perhaps a few minutes
doing a little work, mastering
a new piece at the piano, a
chapter of a good book over a
leisurely cup of coffee (mid
morning or afternoon), an
hour’s rest after a tiring job
or a quick onceover of the
daily poper all help to bright
en my days.
Tonight I relax while doing
a little writing. The thrill one
gets out of seeing your letters
in print can give you a feel
ing of accomplishment for
days!
Routine I’ve found isn’t too
bad if you take a breathing
spell now and then and as I
read something: “There’s no
stopping place if you don’t
make one!”
So, if routine tasks get you
down, try my way and see if
it doesn’t help.
Sincerely,
MRS. JIM ZISKA,
Atkinson, Nebr.
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Happy Mom Wins
Subscription—
A three-months’ subscrip
tion also goes to ‘‘A Happy
Mom.”
Dear Blanche:
Blanche needs letters. She
wants a vacation, too, and
who can blame her?
This is a busy canning sea
son but a few minutes in the
evening is all it would take
to send a letter along to her.
We all enjoy The Frontier
Woman, I know. But without
our letters, it can’t go on.
This letter is going to be a
bout my "Pet Peeves.” And I
believe it’s a good one.
We have had our new dial
telephone about a year and a
half now and it never fails
when I am talking on the tel
ephone, my two little girls
get into mischief. I either
have to hang up, tell the par
ty on the other end to wait,
or else just let them go—and,
believe me, that doesn’t pay!
Several months ago was
the worst example. I was
talking and my oldest girl
got into the cupboard and
got some of my pills.
Well, I told the party at
the other end to wait and,
leaving my receiver off the
hook, I really gave her a
good talking to and picked up
the pills—never once thinking
everyone on __ the line could
hear me talking. My own bro
ther-in-law told me I got too
ioud for him and he hung up.
When I went back to my
telephone and realized every
one could hear me was my
face ever red!
I’ll sign myself:
"A HAPPY MOM”
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Let's Sing—
Altogether now, let’s sing
that chorus again:
Blanche n-e-e-d-s letters!
Blanche needs letters!”
Evei-y week I have to tell
you that and every week I
do. On account of it’s true!
Now you aren’t so busy as
you were a month ago, so
why dont you send us a let
ter, huh? Write about any
thing you like — original let
ters or the chatty household
type. Tell us about what goes
on at your house, what you
send for the children’s school
lunch that might be good,
new or different. Give us the
recipe for that salad or des
sert that you served for the
club ladies and that everyone
said was so good.
Tell us about your pet i
peeve or your most embar
rassing moment. Or send us
some book reviews, or some
| time or labor-saving ideas. If
you have some unusual kitch
en curtains, a new way to
use a pressure cooker or the
deep well, well, lady, get pa- I
per and get it down.
Each week we use two let
ters from readers in The
Frontier Woman and for each
one we give a three-months’
! subscription to The Frontier.
It’s easy to earn and think
how much you enjoy reading
other people’s letters.
Sit down now and send
that letter to Mrs. Blanche
; Pease, The Frontier Woman.
Atkinson, Nebr.
“Voice of The Frontier”
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Sandhill Sal
Don’t discuss the neighbors’
vices; best to stick to rising
prices!
Said a psychologist: "What
I admire most in a woman is
brains.” But the newspaper
article didn’t say how old the
psychologist was. Probably
120.
Too many people who boast
they have an open mind only
have a vacant one.
The only people who think
they have more sense tha*
women are men.
Shame on you, Sandhill
Sal.
ADMINISTRATRIX’S
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OF THE
Dick Robertson Estate
AS I AM unable to operate the farm and will be leaving the place, I will sell the fol
lowing described personal property at public auction at the farm, located 11 miles
North on Highway 281, 1 mile East, Vi mile South, of O’Neill; or 5 miles South of *
Midway Store on Highway 281, 1 mile East and Vi mile South, on: I
FRIDAY, I ICT< I !ER 28 j
Starting at 12 O’Clock Noon Lunch on Grounds i
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130 - CATTLE - 130
1— Holstein Milk Cow
2— Jersey Milk Cows
1—Red Milk Cow
5— Whiteface Milk Cows
6— Hand-fed Calves
19—Two-Year-Old Whiteface Heifers
48—Whiteface Stock Cows
45—Spring Calves
2—Registered HEREFORD BULLS
3- and 4-Years-Old
; 5- HORSES -5
i 1—Team Smooth
Mouth Work Horses
1 —Three-Y ear-Old
Saddle Bred Colt
1—One-Year-Old Colt
1—Saddle Pony
HOUSEHOLD
GOODS, ETC.
1—Servel 8-ft. Gas Re
frigerator, one-year
old last March
1—Dining Table
1—Buffet
1—10-in. Oil Heater
1—Bedstead
Some Chairs
1—32-volt Iron
1—32-volt Sweeper
1—Maytag Washer
1—32-volt Electric
Motor
1— Piano
2— Dressers
1—Davenport
1—Radio
RABBITS
FARM MACHINERY, Etc.
1—1949 WD Allis-Chal
mers Tractor with All
Hydraulic Equipment
1—Hay Sweep to fit
Tractor
1—John Deere Power
Mower, 7-ft.
1—Heavy Duty Cable
Rack
1—Hay Stacker
1—Hay Rake, 12-ft.
1—Single-Row Culti
vator
1—Two-Row Cultivator
1—Two-Row Eli for
Tractor
1—Buick Hays weep
1—Set 38” x 11” Heavy
Duty Tractor Chains
1—Drive Belt
1—Gang Plow
1—Statex Cream Separ
ator
1—Three-Section Har
row
1—Nine-ft. Disc
1—P&O Tractor Lister
1—One-Row Lister
1—Wagon Box
1— Steel Wagon Rack
2— One-Horse Drills
1—11-in. Hammermill,
nearly new, used very
little, with Elevator
1—Good Set of Harness
1—James way Brooder
Stove, 500 Size
Plus Many Other
Articles
32-Volt Electric Light Plant
With Complete Set of Batteries
* Good Condition—Ony One-Year-Old
TERMS: CASH OR SEE YOUR BANKER
La Verne L. Robertson
--ADMINISTRATRIX --
ED THORIN, Chambers FIRST NATIONAL BANK, O’Neill
Auctioneer , Clerk