The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, May 18, 1916, Page 13

Anty 7 ST S . great interest. . the advantage of HOM OLLOWING is a letter from a Dickey county teacher who serves a hot lunch: “When I started school last fall, I had among my list of. things that I wanted to try before the end of the term, the hot lunch at noon. “After the first week of school, as school work was well started, I sug- gested to the pupils that we have something warm, to eat at noon. I asked each one to bring a potato, cup and spoon the following day and I brought salt and butter. I lived at home so mother gladly helped along, and I think if each mother had had the lunch explained to her she would have helped, too. “We put the potatoes in the stove, which had not much fire. We used a piece of tin fitted dish-like over the fire to put the potatoes on. They were put in about ten o’clock and turned several times. At noon we " took them out and each one peeled a potato and put it in his cup with butter and salt and they were just ne. “The pupils did not think much of . the idea at first, but after those po- tatoes they said they would bring some the next day too. -‘We had baked potatoes till the weather got so cold that we needed a big fire all day and we could not bake them in the stove. Then we borrowed a small kettle from mother till we could get DEPARTMENT FOR E MANAGERS EDITED BY MRS. M. M. HOLLIS . .'The' Hot Lunch in Pracfice some money to get one for school use. - Then we each brought five cents and bought cocoa and I brought milk and sugar and we had cocoa. “On Thanksgiving day we had a program and basket social at which we made enough money to buy some utensils ‘for our kitchen. The boys and I fixed some shelves in a box and put a curtain on it for a cupboard. “After that we had oatmeal, rice, cornmeal, and boiled potatoes. Each family took turns sending salt, sugar, pepper, lard and milk and each family was glad when it could help. . “When we first started the boys did not help as much as the girls, and so the girls washed the dishes and the boys carried coal and emptied slops, but a few days ago the boys asked if they could also take turns in washing dishes and I let them do it. “We drive to school so we get a five gallon can of water on the way and ‘take it with us. “When you once get the will of the parents and children the problem is solved. The pupils in my. school would. not give up the lunch for any- thing. “It is a very good plan to have the parents come to school on a set day when you can explain the hot lunch to them and the school work in general. - The girls may serve some- thing simple, as cocoa or postum, while the teacher explains.” ‘A Farm Visit A visit to a North Dakota farm this .winter gave me a very pleasant ex- perience which may be helpful to some of our readers. : This farmstead had a beautiful loca- tion as it was built in a natural grove in the bend of a river. The buildings were good, and the grounds looked attractive and orderly even in winter, but this was not the most striking thing about the farmstead. ; The home was a large, roomy farm- house, plain® but comfortable. The kitchen was the place that gave me t was Iarge, even larger than necessary, I believe, but it had many little helps that saved the home keeper much work, fatigue and worry. The simple matter of a water supply in the kitchen—how many steps it saves and how muich exposure to cold and wet. This kit- chen had a large zinc covered table l RECIPE EXCHANGE | (We wish to conduct a recipe ex- change section, and for this depart- ment we wish all our readers to send us accurate copies of their best recipes, that they may be printed for others. ; Every woman - has some recipe which she is sure is pleasing and which gives her- -self, her family and her friends pleasure. Send that one in and let all the women use it so that the circle of gpleasure will be greater, The Lemfei' will print the two best recipes received each -week and will éJay -50 cents each to those who send themr in.) BOILED RICE AND TbMATb S.cup rice 2 tbs. butter O ‘1 tsp salt "1 quart boiling water ‘4~ cups stewed tomatoes 1 tsp sugar = Pinch of pepper Slice of onion Pick over the rice and:}w;ash thor- oughly. Boil®in the quart of salted - water till soft, about 30 minutes,— - drain. Melt the butter, add the onions and cook till brown, add the tomatoes and seasoning, cook ten minites, com- - bine the rice with the tomato and let simmer a few minutes. (I would be very thankful if any o woman, when sending in her recipe, finds it convenient to add any helpful ‘device she has used in. her home.— shaped like a sink, but without a let- out or sewage connection. The pump was in one end of this and a large jar stood under the pump, which was kept full or partially full. It pleased me very much to see the different men’ of the family, three in number, two brothers and a father, do - little helpful services for the young woman who kept the house, a sister to the boys. They seemed to antici- pate her needs, she had no occasion to ask for their services, each one noticed the jar when he came in to see _if water was on hand and pumped enough to fill it. One brought the vegetables from the cellar, one the i _ralzes 2 to 12 years, paid to your door, each. 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Costuming is always such fun and always gives such an effect of itself, then appropriate songs-can always be introduced, if not already present, to give scope tc musical talent. There is no prejudice against local talent plays as there often is ent and in my experience of over 20 hing so all around effective and jolly as the selecting, practicing, managing and staging a prettily costumed colonial, Indian, or civil war time play. FRANCES KRUEGER, Makoti, N. D. 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 against some forms of entertainm years of school teaching there is not d The “kitchen” of a North Dakota rural school meat fromr the “meat house, one «+ emptied the slop pails as often as they were filled. There was a general feel- ing of good will and fun among them - which was good to see. .Some may say, “oh that isn’t worth writing about,” but I find it is just - such little things that lighten the bur- den of housework, remove the drudg- ery, and keep the spirits high and the heart light. It is not a woman’s work to carry water, be it ever so near or so far. There is no farm so poor that water in ample supply can not be put in the kitchen or very close to it, either through jars, pails, barrels, or through offered. < v ™ “Piano Pieces THIS KITCHEN SET - Delivered to Your - Door for Only . .. . This wonder set consisting of eight excellent Dpieces of kitchen cutlery as per illustration. All are strong materials and have heavy black polished' handles. One of the best values we have ever Oc | MAIL YOUR ORDER TODAY Music for Your Home lasp, Just what you have been looking for. The C world’s popular music in book form at a little price. 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