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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1934
Page
5
Left over kitchen fat and drippings can be rendered and stored for later use in biscuits and pastries. The article explains rendering fat into solid shortening and even making homemade soap using a simple lye and fat method. It encourages thrift, notes fat color differences, and provides basic steps for combining fat and lye, boiling, and cooling to form soap.
Guidance from faculty on budget friendly graduation attire. No formal frocks. Street length dresses allowed for the service, white worn for the graduation, hats optional. White or light color shoes advised. some wear linen, suits, or organdie. A few opt bath ensembles. Georgia figures annual poultry and dairy outputs.
A Kansas City paper from June 15 1911 unearthed under a Lawrence porch reveals era styles with peach basket hats ostrich plumes and exaggerated pompadours. It notes lingerie dresses satin fabrics wide brim hats and early portable radios while highlighting social and political shifts including a Socialist speech and local notes from Lawrence.
Berry season stains linens as a stain remover technique suggests stretching fabric over a bowl and pouring boiling water from a kettle two feet above the fabric until the stain vanishes. This home remedy relies on hot water to loosen pigment and lift it away from the weave.
The piece argues freedom for children insults their intelligence and urges practical demonstrations to reveal the fallacy. It warns that permissive parenting without teaching rights of others leads to antisocial behavior, contempt for parents, and difficulty in adjusting to real life, producing lonely, unhappy youths.
Kitchen tips advise soaking baking dishes in hot water with washing soda using one tablespoon per quart. Dumplings stay covered with a glass lid to avoid drafts. Fruit cups gain flavor from candied ginger citrus peels. Hang brooms by handles to keep stiffness. Tomato slices with cream cheese form a spring salad. Paraffin over stuffed tomatoes helps keep them intact for picnics. When slicing bread for fancy sandwiches cut lengthwise to shape.
The country club has been rearranged and redecorated to broaden appeal to women. Improvements include basement dressing and wash facilities for golfers, an enlarged kitchen, new equipment, extended sunroom, and updated dining and parlor areas. Civil details highlight lavender-cream interiors, rose motifs, and plant-embellished spaces.
Otto Barteldes, president of the club, has supervised this year’s improvement plans for the club house. A decoration and refurnishing committee includes Mrs. Harry Green, Mrs. R. M. Fitzpatrick, and Mrs. Fredo Barteldes. The exterior features green lawns, peonies, irises, evergreens, and freshly painted white porches.
A Saturday outline of dances bridge luncheons and teas at Country club Manor and prominent homes. Sunday and Monday hostesses include Mrs Avery Johnson Mrs Gillette Bitzer and Mrs TR Jackman with contract clubs at various clubs. Readers learn about Iota Nu postponed meeting, L D club memorial, Beaucount social luncheon, and upcomings from Mackey Community club to Kanwaka Literary club with upcoming May 31 meeting details.
Miss Mary Spencer daughter of Prof and Mrs D H Spencer and Mr Alfred both KU graduates will marry soon and reside in Lawrence. Tuesday is ladies day at the Country Club with golf matches and bridge and golf in the afternoon Reservations for luncheon by 9 Tuesday morning Free golf lessons Monday at 1 30.
Mrs J E Johntz Kansas Federation of Woman's Clubs state president will speak on KFBI Abilene from 7 43 to 8 o clock Monday evening. She outlines features of the General Federation biennial meeting at Hot Springs Ark May 21 to 26. Mrs C W Hunter of Wellington chairs the program. About fifty Kansas women plan to attend. Kansas headquarters at Park hotel. Mrs Grace Morrison Poole G F president will broadcast May 22 at 11 o'clock. Kansas club women advised to write Poole at Hot Springs.
A vintage recipe outlines making a dried beef sandwich spread using dried beef, cream cheese, and tomato juice. Steps include soaking and grinding the beef, melting cheese with the meat, and heating with tomato juice. A frizzled beef dish is described with fat, flour, and seasonings cooked until browned and thickened.
A recipe note from Mrs K M Wilson Route 4 describes stirring a sauce constantly, serving on toast arranged on a serving platter and garnishing with parsley. The dish serves six.
During March factory employment in New York state rose 3.8 percent over February, surpassing the prior 15 year average. The text notes seating by gender at a dinner where the woman sits to the host's right and the man to the hostess's right, and includes an advertisement for Valspar varnishes and Barber's Drug Store.
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