The Baker County news. (Newton, Baker County, Ga.) 1912-????, December 22, 1939, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextHousehold News '' ■■■' - -•■ ■ =^ ■H. SHHFWnMSWEI MB 7 WSKSw luß w-^wKW/ »L^ lK!^ 1-w . w • * [V \ ’^■MME ^^—-^B^' x* * 1 nlllß^Tr^ lb v WBBIIBrBSSI^ X>- wlnlgW $ . ^W^WwKZ | Sy|»^g|^SMHga»^g» „ x .3 ™»u.. - ..fIRHMhBk. xySoBI FESTIVE TRIUMPH FOR CHILDREN’S PARTY (See Recipes Below) Children Need Parties Too With all the holiday festivities for frown folks and for older sisters and brothers, it’s not strange that the youngest members of the family beg for a party, too! Children’s parties must be color ful, the entertainment simple, and the refreshments very light. If the party is to be a success (and why give one if it isn’t?) the activi ties of the young sters must be wisely directed from the moment they arrive, un til they leave. Choose, to direct the entertainment, the wisest, jolliest, child-loving adult you know. Plan games that are simple, and make sure that all the children are included. Remember, too, that children weary quickly of any one activity, so plan a variety of games and get the new one under way before interest in the old one vanishes. Party refreshments, of course, must be geared to the age of the guests. If they are very young, it’s a good idea to serve the feast at the end of the party, so that it takes the place of the regular evening meal. Decorate the table with snapping crackers, colored balloons, and pep permint canes to give a really fes tive setting for the occasion. When Five and Six-Year Olds Get Together Special Peanut Butter Sandwiches Raw Carrot Strips Peppermint Stick Tapioca Cream Cocoa Peppermint Stick Tapioca Cream. (Serves 8) 2 egg yolks 4 cups milk % cup quick-cooking tapioca % red cinnamon candies, crushed peppermint sticks, or crushed clear fruit-flavored candies % teaspoon salt 2 egg whites Mix egg yolk with small amount of milk in top of double boiler. Add quick-cook ing tapioca, can dies, salt and re maining milk. Place over rapid ly boiling water and cook 10 to 12 minutes after wa ter boils again, stirring frequent ly. Remove from fire. (Tapioca will be well distribut- ** ed throughout, but mixture will be thin. Do not overcook.) Beat egg white until just stiff enough to hold shape. Fold hot tapioca mixture gradually into egg white. Cool mixture thickens as it cools. Chill. Serve in sherbet glasses. Garnish with whipped cream and colored candies. Special Peanut Butter Sandwiches. (Makes 1 cup filling) 1 ripe banana 1 cup peanut butter % cup dates (cut fine) 1 teaspoon lemon juice Mash banana with a fork and thor oughly blend in remaining ingredi ents. Use between slices of whole wheat bread. Orange Ice. 1 cup granulated sugar 2 cups water 1 teaspoon gelatin 1 tablespoon cold water 2 cups orange juice 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 teaspoon lemon extract 1 teaspoon orange extract Make a syrup of the sugar and water and boil for five minutes. Re move from fire and add gelatin, which has been softened in cold wa ter. Stir until the gelatin is en tirely dissolved and then add fruit juices and flavoring extracts, and pour into freezing tray of mechani cal refrigerator. Turn cold control to lowest temperature for rapid freezing. Stir three times at half hour intervals after the ice has be gun to freeze. When almost frozen, place the mixture in a chilled bow) and beat with a rotary egg beater; then return to tray and complete the freezing. Little Silver Cakes. % cup shortening 114 cups granulated sugar 2% cups cake flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 14 teaspoon salt 1 cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 4 egg whites Cream the shortening, add the sugar, and beat well. Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt; add alter nately with the milk and vanilla. Beat the egg whites until stiff and fold into the cake. Bake in greased muffin tins in a moderate oven (350 degrees) for approximately 15 to 20 minutes. Grilled Bacon Sandwiches. Remove crusts from slices of bread and toast bread on one side only. Spread untoasted side with peanut butter and top with slices of bacon. Preheat broiler to 350 de grees. Place sandwiches on broiler rack, 3% inches from flame. Broil until bacon is crisp and brown, ap proximately 7 minutes. Serve very hot. Sugared Doughnuts. 4 eggs , 1 cup sugar 4 tablespoons shortening (melted) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2% to 3 cupa cake flour % teaspoon salt 3 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon cinnamon Beat the eggs until light. Add sugar slowly and continue beating until foamy. Add melted shorten ing and vanilla extract. Mix and sift two cups of flour and all the other dry ingredi ents and fold into the egg mixture. Add just enough more flour to make a soft dough which can be handled. Place on lightly floured board and roll dough out to %-inch thickness. Cut, and fry in deep fat (370 de grees) and drain on unglazed pqper, Hot Spiced Cider. 2 quarts cider 1 cup brown sugar 1 six-inch stick cinnamon 6 whole cloves 1 teaspoon allspice Add spices and sugar to cider, place in kettle and let simmer over heat (not boil) for 15 minutes. Strain and serve hot in small glasses. Add a little grated nutmeg. ‘V’ Stands for Vegetables. To be sure, we all know that vege tables in one form or another are an important part of the diet. But when you’re confronted with the problem of getting Junior to eat his carrots, just how will you get around that? Next week I’ll give you my suggestions for solving that particu lar problem. Be sure and watch for them in this column next week. . Have you sent for your leaflet of “Holiday Recipes,” by Elea nor Howe? Plum puddings, cakes rich with fruit and nuts, cookies for all kinds of parties, and con fections, too—you’ll find recipes for all of these, in this specially compiled leaflet. Send 10 cents in coin to “Holiday Recipes,” care of Eleanor Howe, 919 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illi nois, and get your copy, now. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Electric Outlets Needed For Kitchen Efficiency When electric outlets are being planned in a new house for lamps, clocks, and radios, the kitchen is often neglected. In reality, it has more uses for plugs than any other room. Within reasonable limits, there cannot be too many appliance out lets in the kitchen. In this room electricity is used both for lighting and for motivating power. Consump tion of current varies widely with kitchen appliances, and special at tention should be given to the load the outlet is expected to carry. BAKER COUNT? NEWS T Farm Topics FARM TENANTS BETTER STATUS Written Lease Proves Value As Stabilizer. The Farm Security administra tion’s national survey of the prog ress of farm families it is assisting shows that those renting their farms are making decided headway in their tenure status. In the past, more than 80 per cent of farm renters operated un der oral leases. But 81 per cent of the 161,395 tenants in the FSA rehabilitation program covered by the survey have written leases. These tend to stabilize them on their farms, and make it possible for them to plan ahead. Many of these written leases are based on the Farm Security admin istration’s flexible lease providing for arbitration of disputes between landlord and tenant, reimbursing the tenant for permanent improve ments, and other features of benefit both to landowner and tenant. More than 40,000 of the FSA ten ants have written leases providing for more than one year of tenure, which encourage balanced live stock and cropping programs to conserve the soil instead of “quick cash’’ and soil-depleting crops which tend to go along with short tenure. The survey showed that during the past year 26,800 of the families had made a difficult step up the econom ic ladder by advancing from share croppers to tenants. In addition, under the Bankhead-Jones act, the FSA has made loans to almost 7,000 tenants for the purchase of farms of their own. Misbehaving Streams Take Toll in Lowland Misbehaving streams cause an enormous amount of damage to fer tile bottom-land farms, according to the soil conservation service. Some times these streams wander out of their courses and cut new channels across fields and pastures; or they undercut the banks and eat back into valuable farmland or overtop the banks and leave heavy deposits of sand on unharvested crops. At sharp bends streams are par ticularly likely to kick over the traces. At the outside of the bend where the thrust of the flowing wa ter is greatest they usually gnaw away at the bank. On the inside they often deposit soil matter washed down from farther up stream. In this way, a gravel bar is sometimes built up on the inside of the bend which tends to “shove’’ the stream farther toward the out side bank and increase the cutting on that side. As a part of its demonstration program of erosion control, the soil conservation service is helping many farmers make these streams behave. On the outside bend of a stream where a considerable amount of cutting has occurred, service engineers assist in building structures, such as jetties, which divert the flow away^from the dam aged area and give protective vege tation a chance to become estab lished. Such trees as osier, willow, or dogwood are recommended for permanent protection. Urges Safety of Water Supplies in Rural Areas Public health can be bought, espe cially in regard to the safety and purity of rural water supplies, ac cording to Robert Newton Clark, district engineer of the New York state department of health. “It can be bought,” he said, “ei ther by the use of money, time, or intelligence.” He pointed out that the rural situation differs from that in the city; city water, used in great volume, is treated. In the country the use of home water supplies is not so managed. “The clearest, coldest, tastiest glass of water may harbor death. In many instances the risk is un warranted.” He referred to the many chances for contamination of water supplies and how pollution may result. The simplest way to sterilize a well, he said, is to use a chlorine compound, liquid bleaching solutions, or similar laundry bleaches. From one to four ounces are added to a pail of water and introduced into the water sup ply. Then, enough water should be pumped or drawn from the system so that a distinct chlorine odor is noticeable at the tap or pump. After this, no water is drawn for a few hours, which gives the chlorine a chance to kill objectionable organ isms. Grinding Farm Tools Edged tools in the farm workshop can work satisfactorily only when properly ground. The angle at which to grind a cold chisel depends on the hardness of the metal on which it is to be used; the softer the metal, the keener the edge. A templet con sisting of a piece of tin with a guide notch, one-half inch wide and three eighths inch deep, will help in deter mining the correct angle. Chisels ground to fit such a notch will be well suited for general work. AROUND THE HOUSE Read the labels on canned foods. Many tell the number of slices contained in the can. Others give additional useful information about the contents. • • • Making Muffins.—Muffins should be mixed just enough to moisten all ingredients, but should not be stirred. Stirring develops gluten in the flour and makes the muffins elastic and tough. • • • Picking Lemons.— Lemons that have a fine-textured skin and are heavy for their size are usually of a better quality and have more juice than those that are coarse textured and light in weight. • • • Protect House Plants.— Drafts of cold air or night temperatures that approach freezing handicap house plants. It is best to remove them from windows for the night. • • • Attractive Centerpiece.—A wood en salad bowl of the old-fashioned chopping variety makes an attrac tive centerpiece for the holiday party if it is filled with appetizers assorted. Surround the bowl with holly, pine and mistletoe sprigs. • • • Ventilate Kitchen.— The follow ing bad air conditions in a kitchen may cause fatigue: Not enough oxygen or an excess of carbon dioxide, and the presence of car bon monoxide, excessive moisture and excessive heat. The kitchen, more than any other room, re quires frequent ventilation. • • • Clean curtains come under the heading of health, budget and time-savers. Soiled curtains which have lost their crispness or fresh ness contain dust and grime which weaken the fabric and make hard rubbing necessary. Germs are in variably in with this dirt. Frequent washings are invariably easy ones, for surface dirt washes away easily in a rich and foamy suds. Quick uotes Sentinel Features SUCCESSFUL DEMOCRACY **' I 'HE chief problem of democracy, if it is to be successful and continu ing, is the moral education and guidance of the individual, and not the suppres sion of the individual in the supposed interest of some mass or group.”— Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University. ASK ME O ANOTHER ( The Questions 1. What does being sent to Cov entry mean? 2. What is the national language of Brazil? 3. Is there any difference be tween savor and flavor? 4. What is meant by a country’s favorable balance of trade? 5. A procurator, a peregrinator and a promulgator. One is a law yer, one a publisher, and the other a traveler. Which is which? 6. Is a silverfish a member of the finny tribe? 7. Why are macadam roads so called? 8. Can any person in the United States obtain a patent? The Answers 1. To be excluded from the so ciety of the people to which one belongs. 2. Portuguese. THE MIER TOD ARE SLOWER-BURNING Camels proved 25% slower-burning than the average of the 15 other of the largest-selling brands tested... for more mildness, coolness, and flavor By burning 25% slower than the average of the 15 other of the larg est-selling brands tested—slower than any of them —CAMELS give a smoking plus equal to 5 EXTRA SMOKED PER PACK’ HOJb SEW 4^* Ruth Wyeth Spears | b/ XX^XX B”™*" 1 "' ORS? ,X X xx m . w I \ । ^l^^^Mpieceborder oi ■SC^Bthen stitch IT 3® ■ ’N PLACEXS cut%/a | pattern/ r\\ / 7* print > 7 » —m ^SEAM Patchwork border for lunch cloth. 'T'HE new uses for crazy patch A stitches in Sewing Book 3 have aroused so much interest that it set us to thinking of smart new ways to use pieced quilt block designs. This border pieced of small patterned cotton prints of all kinds and colors put together with red and blue strips is the result. It is very striking and decorative for lunch cloth shown here which, by the way, is made of unbleached muslin bags. The seams where the bags are joined to make the cloth the desired size are covered with straight 1-inch bands of the red and blue mate rial as shown at the right. The diagram at the lower left shows you how to make a pattern for the blue, red and print pieces. Cut a triangle of stiff paper 4% inches high and 7 inches wide at the base. Mark the blue strip 1 inch wide along the left edge as shown and then the red strip join ing it on the right edge. Now cut away the top and lower right cor ners as shown. Cut the red, blue and print sections apart and use them for patterns in cutting the fabric pieces adding V4-inch seam at all edges. NOTE: Readers who are now using Sewing Books No. 1, 2 and 3 will be happy to learn that No. 4 i is ready for mailing; as well as the 10-cent editions of No. 1,2" and 3. Mrs. Spears has just made quilt block patterns for three de- A Quiz With Answers Offering Information on Various Subjects 3. Flavor refers more specifical ly to odor and savor to taste. However, the words are generally synonymous. 4. More exported than imported. 5. Lawyer, traveler and publish er, respectively. 6. No. It’s a household insect. 7. For John Macadam, who in vented the process. 8. The only persons in the Unit ed States who cannot obtain a pat ent, or hold a right or interest in a patent, except by inheritance or bequest, are the officers and em ployees of the Patent office. The Spoken Word Far more effective (than books) is the spoken word. There is something in the voice, the coun tenance, the bearing and the ges ture of the speaker, that concur in fixing an impression upon the mind, deeper than can even vigor ous writings.—Pliny the Younger. CAMELS SLOW-BURNING COSTLIER TOBACCOS signs selected from her favorite Early American quilts. You may have these patterns FREE with your order for four books. Price of books—lo cents each postpaid. Set of three quilt block patterns without books—lo cents. Send or ders to Mrs. Spears, Drawer 10, Bedford Hills, New York. 3 simple steps begin amazing relief in a jiffy m, . CK-tx \ I.To relieve headache, W?- body discomfort and r < aches, take 2 Bayer Aspirin Tablets and r drink 8 glass of water. A '-' I Repeat in 2 hours. y/TfXr • •''A 2. For sore throat from X cold, dissolve 3 Bayer J Aspirin Tablets in ¥i 7 e=z glass of water and Bargle ‘ 3. Check temperature. If you have a rever ana / r temperature does not /Z/\J / go down —call your * ZXvs{ doctor. Just be sure you get genuine fast acting BAYER Aspirin. At the first sign of a cold, follow the directions in the pictures above— the simplest and among the most effective methods of relief known to modern science. So quickly does Bayer Aspirin “take hold” of painful cold symp toms, welcome relief you can really feel often starts in a short time. It’s amazing how fast it works. Try this way. You will say it is unequalled. But be sure you get the fast-acting Bayer product you want. • H Ask for Bayer Aspirin by | e ^/j the full name when you XJ?.// buy. GENUINE BAYER ASPIRIN A GREAT BARGAIN VESPER TEA .PURE ORANGE PEKOE 50 Cups for 10 Cents