The Frontier Woman —
‘Twould Be a Better World If Busy Bodies
Would Let Us L i v e Our Own Lives
By BLANCHE SPANN PEASE
Hs there, all you nice people!
How’s every little thing at your
house? Today sort of slipped
away from me without any
thing too much accomplished.
Does that ever happen to you—
a busy day — yet you seem to
have nothing to show for it.
It was Monday and although
the big laundry wasn’t schedu
led for today, there was a hand
wash to be gotten out of the
way. It does seem as though
Blanche Spann
Pease
there are,
quite a few
garments that
have to be
hand washed,
wool boot'
sox, nylon
undies, ny- |
Ion hose for
pa, ma. and !
jounior. It’s
one of the
trivial,
time consum
ing small
tasks that
everlastingly has to be done.
I did a cotton blouse, too, that
I wear with my blue jeans. It’s
so pretty and has such fragile
looking buttons that I hate to
trust it to the washing machine.
I bought it in a weak moment
and forgot to notice that the
buttons might not last as long
as the shirt. It’s always the
smart thing to do — to notice
those things if you want to get
the most for your money.
Lunch came out of the re
frigerator — mostly leftovers
from Sunday dining. There were
some baked potatoes to be skin
ned and warmed in hot bacon
grease, slices of pork roast,
kraut, gelatin salad. And for
dessert there was pineapple tapi
oca cream The dessert was a
{ready mix affair and I made
I a double portion to save time.
I I used two boxes of vanilla
1 tapioca mix made up the usual
way Then fold in one small
-an drained crushed pinapple.
Good!
Pineapple does do such de
luxe things for so many dishes,
makes them sort of super. 1
do like to use some of lhe
ready mixes to save time and
work when I'm awfully busy.
White cake mix with pine
apple makes an awful good
pineapple upside down cake,
or use pineapple rings with
a ginger mix to make an up
side down cake, too.
Ever try baking a white cake
from white cake mix and using
lemon filling made from a lem
on pudding mix as a filling?
fit’s really very good — and the
family will tell you the same
thing.
—tfw—
Subscriptions Winners—
We have two winners of three
months’ subscriptions today.
They are Mrs- G. L. Obcrmire,
of Stuart, and the pen name
signed to the other letter is
"Oh Yeah.” The latter house
wife is from O’Neill and she
preferred not to have her name
mentioned.
Dear Blanche:
How many times have you
read in the paper that Mrs.
Blank was pleasantly surprised
on her birthday and you read
on to the names of who were
there? But what goes on? Here’s
a highlight from mine which
occured long about Hallow’en
time.
After a bountiful covered
dish dinner for 30 was over
and the dishes done, the S to
12 year group wanted to make
jack-o-lanierns. I was told
with all sincereity, ''We'U
each take a paper and keep
the seeds on it — then wo
won't mess up the floor."
Yes, each started out this
way, but I would challenge any
one to find the papers when
they had finished. There were
seeds inches deep all over the
floor, which I swept up, then
larefully scattered out-of-doors
so I could pick up the knives
and spoons which were with
these But the struling faces of
a dozen happy kids more than
repaid me for my trouble.
Needless to say, some of the
jack-o-lanterns wore worried
faces as well as toothy and
toothless grins.
Every time Billy, age 2Vfe,
tried to go through the room
he would slip and fall Did you
ever try to walk on pumpkin
seeds?
It was interesting to watch
them working so busily, each
complimenting the other- Some
working independently, others
waited for suggestions, some
copied, while one little girl just
sat and let some one else do the
work for her.
Have you made any resolu
tions for 1950? I think we should
all resolve to write The Fron
tier Woman more and better
letters. This brings up a pet
peeve of mine: Whenever 1 have
a letter printed ladies look at
me as if 1 neglected my family
and home. But letter - writing
and contests take the place of
bridge and clubs for me.
1 don’t think I neglect my
family any more than club
goers. Give me an hour with a
stub of a pencil and some scrap
paper, and I can relax and am
ready to tackle a big ironing.
I say stub pencil, because that’s
all that is left after my school
goers are off.
Everytime I get a pen, some
one says: “Mam I lost my pen,
may I use yours?” Of course,
I say, “Yes” and hope to replace
it soon.
Best wishes to you and yours
and all the readers.
MRS. G. L. OBERMIRE
Mrs Obermire, bless your
heart, I have had people look at
me that way, too. Grin. Now.
I am of the opinion that while
I aim definitely not the best
housekeeper in the world — I
am about average—-and I man
age to do a wee mite of writ
ing each week — about 10
thousand- words — and I think
my family is as well fed as
most.
I even snitch some time now
and then to read, too. I am al
ways one to think — and say
so, too — that each of us should
be allowed to have our own hob
bies. If some women want to
cut up cloth and make quilts,
okey, I used to love it. If some
w'ant to sit and embroider, fine,
I’ve seen some beauttrul pieces
of work. If some folks want to
spend all their moments clean
ing, scrubbing and polishing,
well, that’s their life and more
power to them.
I like reading and writing
and I squeeze in time to con
test when others might waste
it. I have contested under the
dryer, in tte car while I waited
for the men, while the dinner
finished cooking, and after the
family has gone to bed.
If folks want to listen in on
a party line, okey, I say let
’em! But while they listen I
can manage to get a little writ
ing done.
Each of us has her own
life to live and this would be
a better world if the busy bod
ies would just let us live it.
Dear Mrs Pease:
Friday the 13th and you are
asking for letters. With a com
bination like that you’re sure
to be lucky you’ll have a whole
basket full. Some folks believe
this to be a very unlucky day
They’ll watch out for a cat
crossing their path, gasp in
horror if they spill the salt, go
a mile around rather than walk
under a ladder, and not go
within shouting distance of a
mirror for fear it will break.
It’s beyond me how other
wise normal, intelligent people
ever get such ideas so firmly
embedded in their minds. To
me one day is no luckier or un
iuckier than the next. Happen
ings may make them seem so,
but everyone has their joys and
sorrows in life and making the
besf or the worst of what comes
yqur way is enMrely in the
handS of the individual and has
nothing to do with black cats,
broken mirrors, and Friday the
13th.
Enough about superstitions.
I noticed in your column |
you mentioned several prizes
' you have won in contests and
some being electric would
certain y come into their own
with REA due to arrive at
your door- This should make
us a common bond for, like
you, I have been looking for
ward to the arrival of REA
and, definitely, I have been
bitten by the contest bug.
No contest is too great or too
small to send me scurrying for
pen and paper and start rum- |
maging through my collection |
of box tops and wrappers for
the qualification enclosure. My
winnings have been on the min
or scale but never the less they 1
are all thrilling results of my
enjoyable past time.
This being Friday, the 13th,
I just couldn’t resist the urge
to try for one of your three- i
months’ subsciptions. Of course, ;
that won’t make any difference
at all, you see I’m not the least j
bit superstitious.
"OH YEAH”
Well, fummadilly, that makes
three of us in this issua that
like to contest. I’ll bet there are
a lot more who like to enter
contests and who win occas
ionally, too- Maybe some of
them will write and tell us about
it. Contesting is a game of skill
that requires persistence and
while is can also be hard work,
it is fascinating.
“Oh you lucky person you!”
folks say when I win a nice
RAILWAY CAR BURNS . . . The photograph (above) shows
the combination baggage and mail car on the Chicago &
North Western train 21 being consumed by flames. The fire oc
curred about 8:10 p. m. Saturday, January 28, about 3 miles
west of Spencer. The car and much of the mail were destroy
ed. Four persons were hospitalized at Lynch for minor injuries.
A broken rail was blamed for the accident.—Photo by Raymer
Studio (Butte) through courtesy Norfolk Daily News.
prize or “You just happened
to win, that’s all just luck!”
Can you hear Mrs. Pease
.-miffing gals? If those people
knew the hours of work I some
irnes put in to win a pHze they
wouldn’t think it was just luck!
Or would they? Grin
—tfw—
Send Us a Letter—
Now here’s a chance for all
you readers to enter our Fron
tier Woman contest and see if
they can’t win a three-months’
subscription to The Frontier.
Each week, we print two letters
in The Frontier Woman and
award the writers a three
months’ subscription for their
fforts.
We like original letters, but
welcome chatty letters of the
household type, too, that are
full of good recipes and house
hold hints- Don’t write sending
just a recipe, send us a couple
of good ones and include three
or four household hints.
Send your letters to Mrs.
Blanche Pease, The Frontier
Woman, Atkinson, Nebr.
Southfork 4-H
Club Reorganizes—
The 212 Southfork 4-H club
melt at the Roy Backus homne
Friday night, January 27, for
reorganization. Mr. and Mrs.
Le Roy Holcomb are leaders;
Joellyn Backus, pesident; Eu
gene Ermer, vice - president;
Donald Strong, secretary; Jen
nie Vee Halsey, news reporter;
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Kenneth Backus, game leader;
Joe Hoffman and Jeanene Bac
kus, song leaders; Lois Strong
and Marlene Ermer, to help in
the year book; Jeanene Backus,
historian.
Six new' members were tak
en in. Darold Ermer, Joe Hoff
man, Bonnie Peterson, Demaris
Strong, Keith Halsey and Jen
nie Vee Halsey. We decided Ito t
meet the Last Friday of each
month
The next meeting to be held
at the Willie Ermer home.
Gary and Gail Holcomb were
absent as they were having a
siege of ehickenpox. After the
meeting Joe played the quiiar
and sang, then we were served
a nice lunch by Mrs. Backus.—
By Jennie Vee Halsey, news re
porter.
Go To Convention—
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Becker
and daughter, Roberta, attended
a cleaners’ convention at the
Fontenelfe hotel in Omaha over 9
the weekend.
Saimuel Grasmick was on
business in the capital building
in Lincoln Wednesday, Febru
ary 1 and last Thursday.
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much to say when he gets up
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