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J4orn?makcnz4 (PaaeA . 4-H Girls Keep House By MRS. JOHN LAND This is the second year twenty former 4-H Club girls have done cooperative housekeeping at Shelby House, Univer sity oi Kentucky, Lexington. In this way a college course is within the reach of a number who could not otherwise meet the expenses. The idea was so success ful the first year that there was a wait ing list this year. The girls do all the work, dividing the tasks into eight divisions and the girls into teams so as to avoid monotony and broaden the training in home-mak ing. Credit is given at current prices for any supplies that may be brought from home. The total com per girl the first year of the experiment was $153, the food averaging twenty-five cents per day per girl. Shelby House was named for the first W11 riMTf ?? ? ' governor of Kentucky, having Wen built tor his daughter as a present from him. It has been modernized by up-to-date electrical equipment so the girls have the benefit of time- and labor-savers. The ages of the girls occupying th? house run from 16 to 30. Miss Anita Burnani, Field Agent in Club Work, and a house mother have supervision of the project. Among the girls occupying the house are a national champion in canning judging, state and county champions in canning, sewing, cooking, and livestock projects. These girls are courageous and am bitious enough to undertake cooperative housekeeping in order to attend college. They do all the housekeeping and use many of their home products at current prices. Food costs during the first yeai of the undertaking averaged twenty-five cents per day per person. Home Industries Revived REVIVAL of home industries has received considerable attention of rural educational sources during the past year, and many county and state fairs hold striking displays of a wide variety of home handicraft reflecting a high degree of artistry and skill both in design and in craftsmanship. Hooked rugs, quilts, fag rugs, carpets and many other time accomplishments are coming back into their own. Many articles of furniture such as stools, chairs, tables, book-shelves and other thing! are being turned out in mountain homes and are finding ready sale. Sweaters are made from native wool dyed with vegetable colors obtainable in this immediate vicinity have been a recent addition to the handicraft activity. It has been predicted that this revival of home industries may lead to a wide spread interest in homespun jeans, a fabric once widely used for men's clothing. The restoration of homecrafts is important not only because of the monetary return it brings to rural sections, but also because it marks a determination to fol low the live-at-home program, advocated by the educational agencies. Of deeper significance is the cultural implication. Farm W omen Meet A program of interest to farm won in of the nation was presented at the first annual convention of the Associated Wo men of the American Farm Bureau Fed eration in Chicago, December 6 and 7. The convention dealt broadly with subjects of primary importance to farm homes and farm home -makers. M iss Mary Sue Wigley, of Alabama, lecturer on economic problems of the home and citizenship; Miss Ella (>ard ner, Washington, D. C., formerly of the Children's Bureau, Department of La bor, and now in charge of applied rec reation. United States Department of Agriculture; Airs. Emily Newell Blair, Washington, D. C., Chairman, Con sumers' Advisory Board, were among the featured speakers on the two-day pro gram. Associated Farm Women is an organ ization formed under the auspiies of the American Farm Bureau, a year ago. Mrs. /tbbie C. Sargent. Bedford, N. H.. served as first president, Mrs. Ellsworth Richardson, Iowa, vice-president, Mr>. Florence B. Bovette, Nevada, secretary, and Mrs. Charles W Sewell, Indiana, administrative director. .The organization is set up in 33 states. Among the state leaders were, Kentucky, Mrs. W. M. Oliver, Padu cah; Maryland, Mrs. Harry Williams, Worton; Tennessee, Mrs I). W. Bon, I. Jackson; Virginia, Mrs. (Juy Roup, Snowville; West Virginia, Mrs. John (>. Lang. Bridgeport. In this December meeting, rural hous ing, homestead beautification, recreation for the farm family, preservation of na tive home industries, and legislation af fecting women and children were sub jects given careful consideration. By proper cooking, savory and rela tively cheap dishes can be prepared from the shoulder, breast. Hank and neck of lamb. . The flavor of lamb combines es pecially well with certain relishes and. vegetables. Salads and flavorful dress ings also may be used. Above: Two women frequently work together on one rug. Left: Basket weaving instruction ie frequently included in the program of farm women's camps. Below: A Home Demonstration group at Forest Grove School. Rappahannock County, Virginia, making hooked rugs. Cold Weather ?V ftenuA Cold winter days throw a double burden on the planning of the daily menu, not only due to the more ro bust appetites of the entire family but to fortify bodies against colds, flu, grippe and the rigors of the weather. Roasts provide especially nourish ing, sustaining dishes for the main meal of the day. Baked ham, roast fresh ham, crown roast of lamb, roast chuck, stuffed shoulder of Veal and baked stuffed spareribs provide a sc ries of meals that will win the family applause. From the housekeepers* standpoint roasts are satisfying since leftovers can be used to provide a number of attractive dishes. Sliced beef in mus tard sauce from the remains of a roast makes a second appetizing dinner; then there is veal ramekins, meat pie, American chop suev, and any number of other ideas that clever cooks em ploy. (iriddle cakes give a little heavier breakfast, very satisfactory for Janu ary mornings. Happily there are an endless variety, all the way from plain griddle cakes through sour milk cakes, blueberry cakes, rice cakes, meat cakes, bread cakes and on and on. Soups, too, meet the requirements of a winter diet. Both chowder and cream soups satisfy huiigry January appetites. Chowder, by the way, is properly a stew rather than a soup. Originally made with clams, although any kind of fish can be used. The story goes that a party of French voy agers shipwrecked on our eastern shore, saved some potatoes, onions, bacon and a few tins of sea biscuits and one big pot of "chaudiere." Thcy\? dug jome clams and put them in the Dainty and! ?)emune IN a striking contrast with styles of I0j6, this charming costume, the height of fashion on south land plantations in the 19th Cen tury, was designed by Travis Ban ton, to be worn by Margaret Sul lavan (pictured on page 13) in the Paramount picture, "So Red the Rose." With a grey crepe foun dation, an over-dress is made ot grey organdy folds. The tucked organdy collar and cuffs are trimmed with neat little bows ot black velvet ribbon.
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