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Brighten the Garden
With Clay Objects
JUNE BRINGS THOUGHTS of
lovely flower gardens. Flowers in pro
fusion, in blue and pink combinations,
is a thought dear to Americans.
Phlox Drummondii Apricot edged
with Ageratum Little Blue Star is one
such combination; Nigella Miss Jekyll
edged with Bedding Petunia Rosy
Morn is another; Blue Petunia edged
with Bedding Petunia Rosy Morning
still another. And don’t overlook the
charm of a bed of blue petunias sur
rounded with apricot phlox.
For a luxurious flower bed, the
gardener must not only select flowers
with a long blooming period, but he
must also provide them with good rich
soil. Unless your soil is naturally rich
in available plant food, you should
make special preparations prior to
planting.
Strolling ducks, playful kittens,
china frogs and, of course, a bird
bath—gaily colored, will help brighten
your garden.
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BE ULTRA-F'EMININE, be roman
tic—well, it’s hard to be anything else
these spring days with feminine notes
regaining their power in the designing
world.
Regard that soft, gentle creature in
the photo, with her hands demurely
hidden in a muff of yellow cowslips,
which are repeated also in her hair.
The dinner dress is silver in corder
Chantilly, and cut with decollete in
front, short full sleeves and volumin
ous skirt. For what courtly youth can
she be waiting there on the balcony
overlooking the star-lit sea? Romance
is in the air.
And carrots are in the hair. At the
recent International Beauty Shop
Owners’ Convention in New York.
Leon, a likely young man, announced
not only the use of carrots in the
coiffures he creates this spring, but
also cherries, grapes and of course na
tural flowers. Romance, many strange
things are done in thy name!
Try These Recipes If You Want Variety In Your Menus
OUT OF THE THOUSANDS of
recipes sent into the recent Second
Annual Championship Cookery Con
test, sponsored by the Women’s Ex
position of Arts and Industries, we
might gratefully take a few for our
own private cook books. Mrs. Percy
Finks of Arlington, Va., has a fond
ness for spoon bread when made ac
cording to the recipe of her ancestors.
SPOON BREAD: 4 to 6 servings.
One cup milk, 1 teaspoon sugar, Va
teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon bacon drip
pings, 1 tablespoon butter, 2 cups
water-ground Southern cornmeal, 1
cup sour cream, 2 tablespoons baking
soda, 3 eggs.
Place milk in large saucepan. Add
sugar, salt, bacon drippings and butter.
Bring slowly to boil, then add corn
meal. Stir well until it thickens. Re
move from fire, add sour cream, soda
and beaten eggs which have all been
whipped together before being added
to cornmeal mixture. Pour into greased
baking dish and bake in very hot oven
(450 degrees) for about 20 minutes.
Serve at once.
From Phillipsburg. Kas., Mrs. Lloyd
J. Robertson sent this recipe to the
Cookery Contest of the Women’s Ex
position in New York.
PORK CHOPS SURPRISE —1
pork chop for each person, fresh to
matoes, green peppers, onions, salt,
The Nation
Its zDTil\ Supply ...
While the crusade for pure milk was started by the milk industry in the
middle of the 1800’s the big impetus to modern milk sanitation came with the
introduction of pasteurization in 1893.
As knowledge of pasteurization spread, government, state and local health
officials, cooperating with milk distributors and producers, made possible a milk
supply that is a vital factor in safeguarding the nation’s health.
Pasteurization also helped speed de
velopments of the far-reaching Ameri
can system of daily distribution of
milk now unquestionably the finest in
the world.
In 1910, three years before pasteuri
zation of milk became compulsory in
New York, 3.598 children under 5
years of age died of diarrheal disease
during the three summer months,
July, August and September. By 1920
the number of such summer deaths
had been reduced to 1,280; in 1930
they were 302 and in 1935 only 136.
“There is no doubt,” Health Com
missioner John L. Rice said recently,
“that a large part of this splendid
showing should be credited to the pas
teurization of the city’s milk supply.”
Other cities were pasteurization of
milk is required show comparable rec
ords in the reduction of infant mor
tality. While pure water, as well as
pure milk, has also been a factor; to
the milk industry and health officials,
today’s scientifically safeguarded milk
supply is an accomplishment of the
first order.
The value of a dependable milk sup
ply to a community is graphically epi
tomized by Dr. J. H. Collins, Deputy
Health Commissioner of Schenectady,
who says that "1007 babies are alive
in our city today who would have
died if the 1910 rate had prevailed un
til 1936.”
“Still within the memory of the old-
After the milk is bottled and ready for distri
bution it undergoes additional close inspection
before it can leave the plant.
pepper, celery seed, 2 tablespoons fat,
cup water.
Saute chops in fat until browned on
both sides. Sprinkle with salt, pepper
and celery seeds to taste. Arrange for
baking with 1 slice onion, 1 slice to
mato, 1 slice green pepper on each
chop. Pour water around chops,
sprinkle with salt and bake in hot
Don't forgat fruit salads that* spring days. Grapefruit sections with fresh berries, lettuce
mr other greens, combined ia a grapefruit shell with a little French dressing, male an excellent
salad course.
Exacting laboratory tests are constantly made
to safeguard milk. Among many tests are those
for quality, cream content and "solids" content.
er citizens,” Dr. Collins continued,
“the price of a quart of milk was
about one half of what it is today.”
“When the subject is thoroughly
analyzed, however, it can be shown
that the price of milk to the consumer
is not unreasonable,” he added, “in
stead it is the best investment that the
individual or the community as a
whole could make.
“Statistics of large insurance com
panies place a monetary value on hu
man lives. Hence, the number of lives
saved has a money value reaching to
hundreds of thousands of dollars. Hu
man beings are the most valuable as
set that a community possesses and
thus it can be shown that the wealth
of the community has been increased
by many thousands of dollars.
“Milk gives the greatest nutritive
return for the money spent and pays
dividends in health and vigor. Milk
fed children are usually larger and
have stronger bones, clearer eyes,
more vigor, grow faster and resist dis
ease better.
“One reason for the characteristic
vigor of Americans is said to be their
use of this food, Americans being one
of the foremost milk-drinking nations
of the world. From an economic
standpoint milk is much cheaper than
many other foods which the average
householder thinks necessary in the
daily menu.”
oven (400 degrees) one hour.
Mrs. Julia Le Flore of Dallas, Tex.,
sent a delightful “Fruit Surprise”
recipe.
Mash a No. 2 can of pears with
juice, add 3 tablespoons lemon juice
and freeze until mushy. Beat 2 egg
whites well, add. Freeze. Cut in squares
and serve with strawberries.