Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-02
My Trip to the Short Course
at Iowa State College
- BY Nora Logue

! entered the bread baking contest
Iopen to Iowa club girls, and won a free
trip to the short course at Ames.
lett Monday morning, January 29th
and arrived at the college about noon
Immediately after lunch l heard Mrs.
Woolman of Boston talk on textiles.
She suggested that in buying ready
|to-wear dresses. choose the palmer
ones. They give better satisfaction
than the fancier ones. Also, in buy.
ing dress goods, to buy the palmer
colors, for the brighter colors fade so
easily and do not wash well.
Miss Grace Caldwell talked on ar.
ranging pictures. Much Of the effect
of good pictures is often lost in poor
arrangement. After choosing the pic
lture, select the frame that will not
detract attention from the picture
itself.
A frame is merely to hold the. glass
over the picture and separate it from
the background which is the wall
decoration. Wall paper should not be
large figured, as that spoils a good
picture.
Miss Barrows gave a talk on fowls.
She said in picking and dressing a
chicken, lay it on paper, then the
feathers and waste may be burned.
SINCE chickens over a gas burner.
Never soak chicken in water; by
so doing you lose the flavor. Wash
1t quickly.
Remove the neck, lower part of
wings and cook with the giblets for
1.-THE dressing. Have long iron needle
! H., II <1 tn
ing the fowl.
| A chicken weighing three and one
fourth pounds had ten ounces Of
waste Split the skin down the back
and remove the neck and crop. then
fold loose skin back and hold in place
with the tips Of the wings.
Miss Barrows, in talking about con-
venient kitchens, said an easy and
economical way to make a tea wagon
| is to use an old-fashioned. twostory
wash-s stand, with wheels from an old
go-cart It is much easier to work II
you have the sinks and washtubs to
suit your height Have shelves on
each side of sink, one for the clean
dishes, the other for the soiled ones.
| In cooking, it is well to have dishes
you may both cook and serve in. This
saves extra dish Washing.
| We were taught by Miss Wilmer
+ how to make different foods out Of
baking powder biscuit dougt, such as
apple dumplings, small biscuits made
az sandwiches. You may do this by
rolling the dough thin. Put grated
cheese. cold meats. raisins or any
thing you like on the top of one. Put
the other one on this filling then
bake. This makes nice sandwiches
for a lunch or an afternoon tea.
Miss Hanson. in her talk on clean
ing metals and removing stains, said
that in cleaning ordinary spots from
wash fabrics. to begin with cold water.
If that will not do. place the ma
;terial over an empty bowl. then pour
! on boiling water from height. Sun
shine is another method Of taking out
stains. Stains on table linen, such
as coffee and cream, should be soaked
. in cold water before soap Is applied.
! For cocoa stains, moisten sprinkle
with borax and wash In cold water.
Peach stains may be removed by
soaking in glycerine before washing.
! Most ink stains may be removed with
fresh milk. oyalic acid or javelle
water A simple way to clean copper
or aluminium Is to use vinegar and
salt mixed Rub the article with the
| mixture and then rub with whiting
and water
Miss Richardson had charge Of the
girls bread baking at the college
building. I baked there and won a
silver cup. Miss Richardson said in
making bread you should know your
recipe well. Have all materials
needed at hand before beginning.
Work rapidly and neatly. cleaning up
as you Tork.
Bread should not raise till It more
than doubles its bulk, for il will be-
come TOO light, then when 1t is put in
the oven. the heat pierces 1t and it
falls In the middle. Test the oven
with piece of white paper or tea
spoonful Of flour. If either turns
golden brown in five minutes it is
ready for baking.
| While we were at the college we
attended the banquet. which We en-.
ioyed very much. We left Ames early
Saturday morning accompanied by
County Superintendent Gardner, who
had Il special car from Ames to Des
/. Moines for the Wapello county girls
and boys.
| In Des Moines we went to the top
of the capitol building. Then we went
through the historical building and
saw many things of interest We saw
1.-THE old stage coaches people used to
ride in, feathers the Indians wore, the
different flags that were used in the
war. We saw different carvings and
statues. We also saw some pictures
OF Washington. Lincoln and many
other noted people.
Nora Logue, age Ii.