The Frontier Woman — ‘Sandhill Billy’ Needs Advice on Her Geraneiums - They Won’t Blooom! Br BLANCHE SPANN PEASE Hi there, you fascinating folks Bet some of you have garden in all ready. I got to pouring ov er the flower and garden book today and in my mind I spent lot of cash. As long as it was i) my mind, and not on paper, guess I oouW afford it. Grin. I’d like to have an old-fash iorted hybrid, perpetual pink ros« that wouldn't turn brown whei it blooms. It seems our season “Cattle gained 2.53 Lb*. per day oa SWBET LASSY” Says John Mile ms hi Rothy Ford. Colo, routs uattm m a nr MATMt 1. CAUil EAT, DRINK MORE Rkfc to melon** lugon, SWEET IASSY iltovlolti Hi* appetite. ***♦' <■»** drink mere I 2. STRETCHES FARM FEEDS SWEET USSY help, cattle etlliie torm Feed* better . . . help* ret feed ce*N. I FAST, PRIME FINISH Packed with protein*, mineral*, vi tamin* and ether nutrient* (hot con cert te beef fatter, SWEET USSY help* predate a finer ftnhh that Man* tap OMrhet price*. SEE US TODAY I Com la and let a* explain haw SWEEI USSY can help yea make topre money with year feeder*. Map to today! SHELHAMER FOODS PRODUCE DEPT. ! are just too s cold and mis erable for the g tea roses, but a yellow and , white hybrid perpetual rose have been mak ing it, also Frau Karl Dru x schki. The old fashioned yel - Blanche Spann . !°w white . d»„. bloom only once, KeaM and Fran Karl Druschki off-and-on, mostly in June. But I would love a good pink old-fashioned rose. Ah well, my climbing rose does well in spite of bad weather, and all else that happens to it, showering us with tmy clusters of red roses. I do love them and they make such pretty bouquets although the blooming season is not very long. Still got some apple sauce left in the cellar? How would you like to make up a batch of apple sauce cookies today? I have made these and we like them -maybe you wi 1 too, al though cookie tastes vary, I know. APPLE SAUCE COOKIES One-fourth cup shortening, I cup sugar, 1 egg, 2 cups flour, hi teaspoon cinnamon, Vi teaspoon cloves, hi teaspoon salt, Vi tea spoon baking powder, 1 cup thick unsweetened apple sauce. Cream shortening, add sugar gradually, stirring continuously. Whip in egg. Mix dry ingredients thor oughly, add alternately with the apple sauce, adding flour first and last. Drop from a spoon on a buttered cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake until nicely browned in a 350 F. oven. Re move the cookies with a spatula before they cool. One-half cup raisins, or nutmeats, or a mix ture of the two may be added. A good refrigerator roll is a good thing to have in the recipe file. This Bran Refrigerator Roll is a bit on the different side and may suit the family fine if they like bran in baked things. BRAN REFRIGERATOR ROLLS One cup shortening, 1 cup wa ter (boiling), V4 cup sugar, 1 cup bran, 6 cups flour or more (sif ted before measuring), iy« tea spoon salt, 2 eggs, (well-beaten), 2 compressed yeast rolls, 1 cup lukewarm water. Mix shorten ing, boiling water, sugar, bran and salt, stirring until shorten ing is melted. Let stand until mixture is lukewarm. Add eggs and yeast cakes dissolved in - lukewarm water. Add flour. Beat thoroughly. Cover bowl and place in refrigerator overnight or until ready to use. Form balls of dough to fill muffins tins a bout half full. Let rise three • hours. Bake at 400 F. about 15 to | 20 minutes. » If the family would prefer a plain refrigerator roll, here is one that I think you will find satisfactory: REFRIGERATOR ROLLS One cup boiling water, y« cup sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 table ? spoons shortening, 2 cups flour l (about 2 cups more) 1 cake com [ pressed yeast, 2 tablespoons luke ; warm water, 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 egg. Mix boiling water, y« cup ’ sugar, salt and shortening and let cool. Soften the yeast in two taiblespoons lukewarm water and 1 teaspoon sugar, then stir into first mixture. Add beaten egg and 2 cups flour. Beat thoroughly then stir in as much flour as possible, about 2 cups but do not knead. Cover and put away in refrigerator until wanted. < Use only enough flour on board and hands to prevent sticking and make into rolls. Let rise 3 hours. Bake at 400 F. for 20 to ' < I 25 minutes. —tfw— Chicken Goes Good On Cold Days— "Sandhill Billy’" wins one of our 3-months’ subscription prizes today. The other goes to “Just a Reader.” Dear Mrs. Pease: I saw your SOS in The Fron tier so thought I’d take a chance on a prize once again. I really enjoy your column every week. A friend gives me the paper. You have problems, too, don’t you? I have been doing lots of sew ing this winter. I have made two vanity sets and started a third. I can’t crochet so am getting an other lady to do it. These cold days chicken goes good. For dinner today I am having chicken pot pie. We all like it. I put it in a large bread pan, put in the diced chicken, pour the gravy over it and top with baking powder biscuits. Topped off with lemon pie, it makes a very filling meal I wish some of your readers would tell me what's wrong with my geraniums. They grow tall and won't bloom. I have them in small cans. I hope some one can give me some advice. What don't I do and what should I do? I have an unusual carrot grow ing in my kitchen window. I took a large carrot, cut it off till there was about 4 inches of the top left. Then with a potato peeler, I take the center, half down, out and put a string in the bottom of the carrot so it can be hung up and put water in it daily. It will ! ge*t leaves and they grow up around the carrot like a basket. Mine is starting to grow nice. It won’t be long ’till it’s time for baby chicks. What I wouldn’t give to be on a farm or ranch again and raise them, also a gar den. But my husband has a very good job and likes it. So I guess I will stay here. I guess I’d better close for now. Hope this letter solves your SOS problem. Best of luck to all the readers of The Frontier. , ‘SANDHILL BILLY’ This Family Likas Baked Carrots— Dear Mrs. Pease: 1 have been a silent reader for some time, so thought I would send a lew recipes and also a lew hints. A peered raw potato kept in the reirigerator will absorb all ouors. By placing a small square of sandpaper under your food chop per, clamp next to the table, you can prevent the choper from slipping. BAKED CARROTS Two eggs, beaten, 2 cups grat ed carrots, 1 cup cracker crumbs, ite cups cream, pinch of salt, 1 large onion. Mix in order given ana put in shallow baking dish. Bake in moderate oven until done. Hamburger may be added. KRAUT HOT DISH Place a layer of kraut in bot tom casserole. Make a bread dressing such as you would for fowl, bhape this into balls size - if pullet eggs. Wrap slice of ba :on or side pork around the dres sing and fasten with a tooth pick. L^ay on top of kraut and pour laif cup of water and bake in a 150 F. oven for 1 hour or until ione. ‘JUST A READER’ —tfw— Bonus Reader— Since we have some space left ! and an extra letter to use, we are mailing out a small gift to the writer of this letter. In fact, j the gift was mailed some time before publication. Dear Blanche: Have you tried textile paint ing/ It is such fun and goes so fast. Nice for tea towels, lunch ! cloths, hankies and such. Figur ing painting is fun too although not so practical, very lovely and interesting to do. Either kind of painting makes nice original : gifts. I You can’t beat old - fashioned embroidery for beauty and dur ability but some times some thing easier and quicker will do just as well. REA has arrived at our farm and by now we do like and use it! It is such a help and we would be lost without it. Isn’t it funny how we take things for granted once we get them for awhile? Here is: NEVER FAIL PIE CRUST One cup lard, Vz cup boiling waer, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt. Mix above and add flour to make stiff, about 2 cups. Cool and it is ready to use. ‘A READER’ —uw— Recipe of the Week— FROSTED CHOCOLATE MARBLE CAKE Three cups sifted cake flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, Vz tea- j spoon salt, % cup butter or oth- , er shortening, 2 cups sugar, % ' cup milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 6 egg whites, stiffly beaten, 3 ; squares unsweetened chocolate i melted, 4 tablespoons sugar, Vt 1 cup boiling water, Vz teaspoon soda. Sift flour once, measure and add baking powder and salt, and sift together three times. Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually, and cream together until light and fluffy. Add flour, i alternately with milk, beating after each addition until smooth. Add vanilla. Fold in egg whites, to melted chocolate, add sugar and boiling water, stirring until blended. Then add soda and stir , until thickened. Cool slightly. | Add to half of batter. Leave oth er half of batter plain. In a greased cake pan 10 by 10 by 2 inches, put alternate spoonfuls of dark and light mixtures until all is used. Bake in moderate ov en of 350 F. for 55 minutes, or until done. Cover with chocolate 7-minute frosting. f ' I Eisenhower! Ridgway AND YOU!! Patriotic, young Americans are needed — now — to help the U. S. Army and Air Force win the peace. The peoce that means the preserva tion of the American way of life I England-Alaska—Germany—France —Hawaii and the Philippines are all outposts, that need to be staffed by alert, aggressive young men. The Army needs other specialists to back-up those of the front. Engi-! neers — radio and rador — electri cians— mechanics—drive**— commu nications and many other special- j ized jobs are waiting to be filled ! by you young men! 4r& & && Those who are mechanically inclined will work with the finest and most modern mechanized equipment. Tanks, jeeps, half tracks, motorized I artillery and observation planes are only part of the great armada need I ed to keep the Army rolling. Toke advantage of the opportuni ties offered you by the greatest Army in the world — an Army that clothes you, houses you, serves the best food in the world, and provides free medical and dental care os you tram and study for a future career either in, or out of, the Army. JOIN THE ARMY NOW! >GT. T\**v-<; R. LYONS Court House Annex O'Neill, Nebr. Phone 444 or 169J ___— m SANDHILL SAL Some of the most violent ex plosions are caused by a small amount of powder on hubby’s coat Taking a cold bath in the morning is a fine mental stimu lant, some doctor says. Frankly we think anyone who takes a cold bath in the mornings needs a mental stimulant. Those folks who have saved for a rainy day want to be care ful that somebody doesn’t come along and soak them. Jess Culver, of Sunnyside, Wash., accompanied by two pas sengers, landed Sunday at Muni cipal airport to visit his brother, Lowell Culver. The trio departed later in the day for Pennsylvania, rhey will fly two new aircraft back to Sunnyside. O'NEILL LOCALS Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sanders and family, of Williams, Minn., left last Thursday after spending sev eral days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Sanders. Dr. Fisher, dentist. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Verzal and son, Jerry, of Atkinson, visited Sunday at the home of Mrs. Ver zal’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Quinn. Mrs. L. D. Putnam and chil dren spent Sunday in Spencer at the home of Mrs. Putnam’s moth er, Mrs. Ella Nelson. Carnival ... hotdogs ... home made candy . .. fun galore ... at the carnival-dinner at St. Mary's academy on Thursday, April 19. L. D. Putnam and James Cork le spent Monday in Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Perry and family spent the weekend at Bayard visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Maxcy. Mrs. Iva Hopkins, of Sioux City, who has been a guest of the Perrys, went to Bayard with them and remained for a longer visit at the Maxcy home. Make GAMBLES youx fishing supply headquarters for this summer. Complete line in and on display. 48-51c Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Thorton and family, of Ainsworth, were Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Turner. Frontier for printing. | DR. J. L. SHERBAHN ! CHIROPRACTOR i O'Neill. 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