Mrs. Chang Serves a Chinese Dinner To Iowa State Friends

Is there anyone who hasn\u27t tried to use chop sticks? Even the resistance of the most indifferent, blase person has been broken by the fascination held by chop sticks. Their uniqueness, and the fact that we rarely see them used makes us doubly interested in them. Most of us Americans have considered the skillful management of chop sticks an art and have had very little chance to have that opinion changed. It was at the home of Mr. and Mrs. K. Chang, where I was fortunate enough to be a dinner guest, that I had a chance to try my hand at that art. This is the most hopeless thing I\u27ve ever tried, went through my mind, at my initial experience. At the same time I was wondering how the Chinese could be satisfied with seemingly such unsatisfactory implements. Then, after a few lessons from an exceptionally patient member of that race, I began to realize that the chop sticks were, yes, almost easy to manipulate

The Iowa Homemaker vol.16, no.6

Cooperation Transforms Work Into Play by Helen Clark and Charlotte Heffner, page 2 Modernize Your Walls by Virginia Berry, page 3 Take a Hint from Sally by Gaynold Carroll, page 4 Should Women Have Careers? by Josephine Betty, page 6 Many Foods Make Their Debut by Jean Reis and Clare Pell, page 7 What’s New in Home Economics, page 8 The Woman’s Place in Politics by Dorothy Fedderson, page 11 Mrs. Chang Serves a Chinese Dinner by Helen Peg Belken, page 12 Graduates in New Positions by Faithe Danielson, page 13 Extend the Holiday Hilarity by Marie Larson, page 14 Shopping for Hose by Rosalie Ralston, page 15 Hints for the Coed, page 1