The Frontier Woman—
Note Telling Where Key Is Left Ranks
As One of Her Most Embarrassing Moments
By BLANCHE SPANN PEASE
Hello there, all you Irishmen!
Sure and begorra, ’twill be St.
_ ... Patrick’s day
cornin’ up Sat
urday. Top o’
the morning to
you, and may
it be a good
day . . . for my
fair has run
out on me and
my dialect fall
en apart! Grin.
Here’s an
Emerald Isle
salad you’ll
maybe like to
serve for St.
Blanche Spann
Pease
Patrick’s day. You’ll believe you
have the traditional luck of the
Irish when you discover this tart,
tangy salad.
EMERALD ISLE SALAD
One tablespoon unflavored gel
atine, Vz cup cold water, Vz cup
hot water, V* cup mild vinegar,
Vz cup sugar, Vz cup blanched
almonds (or other nuts), Vz cup
stuffed olives, sliced, Vz cup
sliced pineaple, canned Vz cup
small sweet cucumber pickles,
Vi teaspoon salt, green coloring.
Soften gelatine in cold water.
Add sugar, salt and hot water
and stir unt;l dissolved. Add vin
egar, green coloring and cool.
When it begins to stiffen, add re
nt a i n i n g ingredients. Pickles
should be sliced thin. Almonds
should be chopped and pineapple
cut in small pieces. Turn into in
dividual molds that have been
rinsed in cold water. Chill and
when firm, unmold on lettuce
and serve with mayonnaise.
And while Tm at it, I’ll give
you a salmon salad that you may
be wanting to serve between
now and Easter. Or any time, for
that matter, it doesn’t particu
larly need to be served during
i Lent. It’s a fine hot weather sal
i ad, too.
SALMON SALAD MOLD
One tablespoon plain unflavor
ed gelatine, Va cup cold water, 1
cup salmon, Vi cup celery, chop
ped, % green pepper, finely chop
ped, 2 tablespoons olives, chop
ped, % cup cooked salad dress
ing or mayonnaise, Vi teaspoon
ful salt, Va teaspoon paprika, 1
tablespoon mild vinegar, few
grains cayenne, if desired.
Soften gelatine in cold water.
Place bowl over boiling water,
stir until gelatine is dissolved.
Cool, add salad dressing, fish
separated into flakes, celery, pep
per, olives, salt, vinegar, pepri
ka and caynenne. Turn into mold
that has been rinsed in cold wa
ter, chill. Remove to bed of let- |
tuce leaves and garnish. Tuna fish
or crabmeat may be used in place
of the salmon.
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Oakdale Reader
Hankie Collector—
Miss Mabel Guild, of Oakdale,
wins one of our 3-months’ sub
scriptions today. Another goes
to Mrs. Elmer Hammerlun, 713
Logan, Norfolk. Still another
goes to “A Weekly Reader.”
Miss Guild tells us of her hob
by.
Dear Frontier Woman:
It was was about 14 years ago
when I became interested in col
lecting hankies. At that time I
did not know that there was such
a fascination in handkerchiefs.
My health was poor and I had
heard it said that a hobby is as
essential to your mental health as
vitamins are to your physical
well being.
While being unable to work,
following an operation, I went to
riding my hobby horse at a mad
pace. First thing, I subscribed to
a hobby magazine. My name was
listed as wanting hankies. In a
short time people began to write
me asking exchanges for all sorts
of hobby trade.
I swapped shaker sets, toy
dogs, view cards, rocks, bottles
of sand, newspaper clippings,
post marks, dishes, vases, quilt
scraps, esjen one request was
for the imprint of my hand.
For all I got hankies. Little
ones, big ones, three cornered,
round, and oblong. All were
either pretty, odd, old, unusual
or with a historical value. I
have over two thousand today.
The smallest is 2% inches
square, the largest 40 inches.
They represent many important
places. One from Palestine shows
a native with a camel. An Eng
lish flag is one from England.
One of Jap silk came from occu
pied Japan. Another from France
during World War I, shows the
flags of the allied countries.
From Central America one shows
a pineapple, autumn leaves from
Canada, flying fish from Hawaii,
lovely drawn work from Mexico.
From Miami, Fla., 1 have one
wuh a palm tree and from Cal
ifornia, a map of that state.
There is one or more handker
chiefs from every state in the
union. Texas furnishes one cov
ered with cattle brands of that
vast ranching country. Covered
wagon irom Wyoming.
A bit of interesting history and
geography is the map of our
state, showing all the state parks,
recreation grounds, rivers and
towns in Nebraska.
From Yellowstone park came
one that had been sunk in the
handkerchief pool—and it arose
again—to find its way to my col
lection. Also, Great Salt Lake,
Utah, is represented by a hankie
which my friend dipped in that
lake. It is just stiff and shiny
with salt. One box of hankies has
been dipped in waters of our
land.
From the home river Elk
horn to the Pacific and Atlantic
oceans and another from the Gulf
of Mexico.
There are souvenirs of a big
fire which occurred in Neligh in
1944, when I got my hankies
which had chemical and smoke
stains in them.
The oldest one I have is a Civil
war relic of 1864. Another of 1874
—when the lady who sent it had
gone to town a great distance
with horses and wagon to do her
shopping. It is faded but highly
prized. Another with a huge Y in
the center represents Yale college
60 years ago, sent by a doctor’s
daughter. It is in very good con
dition, the silk in it is not show
ing a crack, in spite of its age.
From Cheyenne is a typical rodeo
view.
There are many wedding
missives, and a baptismal
hanky. Another is a souvenir ot
Niagara Falls, also Estes Park,
Colo. The famous painting
"Blue Boy" is another. Hand
work on one was made by a
World War I veteran who is
still in the hospital.
Two that speak of the present
day tragic happenings say “ ’Til
we meet again" and “Remember
Me,’’ “Uncle Sam Needs You,”
and also, “Be Careful, the Enemy
Has Ears.”
One hanky is covered with let
ters, one for each day in the
week from a U.S. marine to his
sweetheart. The lacy, frilly ones,
the colorful prints of flowers and
designs, the plain color, the deli
cate hand work, all have a part
in my hanky collection which is
very precious to me.
To the casual visitor such a
hanky collection is only a passing
curiosity, but to the collector and
owner, their romance is real and
vitally interesting.
I do not go in for hanky chain
letters, so please do not send me
any. I am always glad to show
my hankies to anyone interested
enough to stop and see them.
MABEL GUILD
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Norfolkan Has Had
Embarrassing Moments—
Dear Mrs. Pease:
. I so often intend to write a let
I ter for your column as I do enjoy
| The Frontier and The Frontier
I Woman. But with so many rela
tives to write to I have been
| sorely negligent. 1 cannot hope to
; write as good a letter as many do,
but today 1 was reminiscing and
thought of so many instances in
my childhood and youth. I found
myself laughing all by myself.
Ours being a large family, we
didn't always have a lot of the
pleasures children do now, but I
wouldn’t exchange the beautiful
memory of our wonderful mother
and father and our happy child
! hood for all the riches in the
world. We lived a lor, way from
town so we children didn’t get
there very often, so of course 1
was far from sophisticated. One
day my brother next older than
me and I went along to town. We
went to a restaurant for dinner,
which, I assure you, was a rare
treat. When Peter took off his hat
and hung it up, I did the same.
He was so terribly embarrassed,
I doubt if he has lived it down
yet.
Another time we were all go
ing to be away from home and
I left a note on the door for my
younger brother who was at
school telling him the key was
in the salt barrel. I never will
hear the last of that.
I could go on and on but my
letter is getting long so I will
close with best wishes for your
success in your column.
MRS. ELMER HAMMERLUN
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Dislikes Mention
of Recent Winters—
Dorsey, Nebr.
Dear Mrs. Pease:
As a reader of your column, 1
feel as lots of the rest of the
readers do that I must take pen
in hand to write a few lines so
we can still continue to have our
column in the paper. I enjoy your
department so much, would real
ly feel badly if the women in
this county would not send their
hints and recipes, so we could
enjoy one another’s favorites.
Such a lovely winter so far.
Let’s hope that it continues. I
haven’t forgotten the last two,
have you?
I was visiting with one of my
neighbor ladies and she said,
"Don't mention our last two
winters. I want to forget
them!"
It might be okay to forget
them but not long enough so you
forget to get at least a month's
supply of the necessary articles,
such as flour, beans, cereals, etc.
I have always tried in the fall to
| bring home each time 1 went to
town some extras in the grocery
line to put away, just in ease. 1
have been very thankful more
than once for having been taught
that by my grandoarents.
It is the time now when lots of
the mothers are trying to get
some of that sewing done before
housecleaning and garden time,
i Or maybe she wants to do some
i crocheting, knitting or patching.
| There is always something to do
if one wants to do it.
Here are a few sewing hints
whicn might help some:
Father caught that good shirt
sleeve on twig or barb wire while
out looking around. Well, if the
place is just a small one, sew
the pocket shut on the shirt and
cut the material from under it to
use as a patch.
If a big tear, and the shirt tail
is generous you can cut it off and
then sew another piece of mater- '
lal on the bottom and use the ma
terial that you cut off to patch
with.
When working buttonholes, use
embroidery thread, it makes it
look much softer as the thread
nestles together better. Make a
knot in each thread and the
thread won’t twist together.
A small, long thin bottle, like
olives come in, is an excellent
place to put crochet hooks. Put a
daub of cotton in the bottom.
When that garment is worn out
and you’re going to put it in the
rag bag, cut off the buttons,
snaps, hooks and eyes and what
ever it might have on it. They
come in very handy to sew on
another garment that has lost its
buttons or that snap that got
bent in the wringer.
If you’re afraid of baby get
ting them, just put them into a
jar with a lid on. You'll be sur
prised at your collection in a
short time
When mending anklets, did
you ever try threading a dozen
needles with different colors and
have them stuck in a pin cushion
near at hand?
Good everyday handkerchiefs
may be made for men folks from
id-pound sugar sacks, also salt
sacks. Pull thread to make them
square. The children love them,
too, especially if a bright design
or initial is put in the corner.
When making aprons, make
the strings longer than necessary
and t.un if you need a patch you
can cut off a piece, which will
match perfectly and the strings
will not be tt»o short.
When making a dress, sew a
piece of the material to one of
the seams on the inside. As the
garment is washed, this piece
will keep the same shade of
color, so when a patch is need
ed you will have one that won't
make the -tress look faded.
Make a few handkerchiefs out
of the scraps left when you sew
your small dau^iter’s dress. She
will love them and it’s a saving,
too.
There are two ways one can
keep that embroidery thread
from getting tangled. You can
wind it on empty spools from
sewing thread, to keep track of
color. You can write it on the
end of the spool you wind it on.
The other way is to lay your
thread in an old catalog by keep
ing several pages between each
color.
I see my letter Is getting rather
long and it is getting late, so
will close for this time. If this
gets by the wastepaper basket,
just let the paper come in my
husband’s name as we take The
Frontier and it comes in his
name.
“A WEEKLY READER”
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and to put everything in its place,
do you suppose that they ever
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Bachelor Bill says he can re
member when he made 15 dollars
a week and saved 200 dollars a
year. Well, things are just the
opposite today.
It isn’t really true that most
people try to keep up with the
Joneses. Lots of them try to get
ahead of them.
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