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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1940
Page
8
Fashions stress sunshine and blue seas with pastel suits and dresses. Printed silks, redingotes with velveteen trims, and multicolor jackets dominate. Southern wear features pleated skirts, rayon jersey, and shantung in blues, pinks, beiges, and greens.
A vintage recipe page outlines orange cinnamon doughnuts made from lard, sugar, eggs, zest, flour, baking powder, soda, salt, and orange juice, fried at 350 365 F, then rolled in cinnamon sugar with orange icing option. Also included is stuffed green peppers filled with meat onion potato and cheese mix, baked at 350 F for 45 minutes with cheese and paprika finishing.
Mary Hardin-Baylor voice department head Miss Beltz will sing a solo in the Rich Christmas Oratorio in Raleigh North Carolina on December 14 and 15. Since arriving in Texas this fall she has performed as soloist in Houston Fort Worth and other cities. An NBC radio broadcast is set for Saturday afternoon December 14. Beltz is a University of Kansas and Juilliard graduate with operatic experience including Chau tauqua Opera and Brice Symphony at Carnegie Hall and Worcester Festival. She led roles inJuilliard Opéra School and sang with the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra.
The column outlines multiple date based desserts including Date Bran Bread Date Pudding and Date Bars with ingredients and steps. It notes dates provide vitamins and energy, remain available year round, and can be used in quick tasty dishes.
December is hospitality month and Edith Barber offers practical serving guidance from Speaking of Servants. It covers passing and removing food from the left, beverages from the right, plate handling, napkin use, and service order around the table.
The LWV study group final meeting discusses methods to remove interstate trade barriers. Mrs. John B. Virtue reports on legal action, Mrs. Hilden Gibson on state action, and Mrs. Tracy on federal-state cooperation. Speaker L. L. Waters of K U will address interstate trade barriers at the membership meeting.
Mrs. H. E. Eustace hears from cousins Ted and Mrs. May in Manchester. The card from Llandudno South Wales describes a quiet holiday spot free of warlike activity except for a few uniforms. The May family in Manchester remains unharmed and notes communal living in the cellar as the war continues.
A fruit cake recipe lists apples prunes raisins dates and spices with peanut butter and honey. It instructs combining shortening eggs fruit juice and dredging dried fruit then baking two hours in a tube pan or 1 ½ hours in loaf pans. Mrs Walter Boyd Route 1 Oskaloosa provides the directions.
Salina will host the annual Kansas Federation of Women's Clubs state convention on April 24, announced in Topeka by Mrs. R. H. Turner of Independence. A luncheon honored Mrs. F. A. Gerken of Girard, who chairs the scholarship loan commission. the Kansas fund totals $64,211.56 with 36 new loans last year. Louise McNeal and Henrietta Alexander urged support for a legislature bill to create a state extension worker position. the traveling library began through federation effort.
A year’s mail subscription to the Journal World costs 2.50 or 3.00 depending on distance. Consider giving a gift card to someone you know to share your remembrance at Christmas. Phone 22.
Mr and Mrs Otto Durr and Peggy of Olathe and Mrs Augusta Durr were Sunday evening dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Leon Durr and family. Mrs Gus Bohnsack returned home from Kansas City after visiting the Bohnsacks. Paul Durr of Wichita spent Saturday with cousin Billy Durr. Mr and Mrs Marrion Everlev also noted in the social gathering.
The state board of regents completed its biennial report at Fort Hays college in executive session. The document will be submitted to the 1941 legislature and board members were to reconvene.
A brief note from the Journal- Wea office inviting readers to a gift idea that brings daily memories through the year. Telephone number 22 appears in the dispatch for inquiries and orders.
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