Esthonia Sends Us a Homemaker

No longer need a woman choose between a husband and children and a career; she can have both. This is being proven by Mrs. Alma Lassman Martin of Europa Esthonia, who is now on the Iowa State campus as a student in home management. In her own country Mrs. Martin has been a teacher in an agricultural school and her husband is an assistant in the University of Esthonia. Her three children, of two, four and six years, respectively, are at present under the care of their grandmother

How Shall We Cook Down on the Farm

Many readers of the Homemaker may be facing the problem of stove selection. It may be your old stove is worn out and must be replaced; perhaps you are moving from a furnished fiat to another location which requires a change· of fuel; you may be a senior looking forward to teaching Home Economics or going into the extension field preaching the gospel of Homemaking; or, best of all, you may be looking forward to selecting a stove for your very own kitchen

The Philippine Housewife in America

When Jacob Rees said that one half the world does not know how the other half Jives, here referred to the different situations and conditions within our own country. We may also. apply this to people geographically, which may explain the reason for the interest shown in the customs and life of people in other lands. In the Lincoln Apartments located on Lincoln ·way resides the Capistrano family consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Severo Capistrano with their two young sons Julio and Edmondo. These people came from Manila of the Philippine Islands, by way of Vancouver and through Canada, arriving at the opening of the college year. Mr. Capistrano is a graduate student in Agricultural Economics, while Jul;o and Edmondo are enrolled in the kindergarten at Welch school. Mrs. Capistrano would like also to attend college classes but so far her home· making does not permit her to do so

Christmas in Russia

Peace on earth, good will to men, are the words known throughout the world, and are yet never too told to become trite. At no other season of the year is there this true feeling of friendship and world nationalism. The old heart softens and old eyes become moist; the young heart quickens, and small feet dance in happiness. ln all nations is the looking for ward to St. Nicholas and the joyous festival season. Each home has its own little gathering by the hearth, and perhaps one of the most lively and pleasing are those celebrations in a Siberian, or rather Vladivostok home

The Iowa Homemaker vol.6 no.6

Table of Contents Christmas in Russia by Elsie Guthrie and Gayle Pugh, page 1 Fascination of Hand Weaving by Barbara Dewell, page 2 Cheese for the Holidays by Margaret Marnette, page 3 Do You Know Your Gas Stove by Grace Harribine, page 4 Southern Cooking and Northern Appetites by Linda Spence Brown, page 5 For that Cold Christmas Evening by Gertrude Brown, page 6 4-H Club, page 7 Iowa State Home Economics Association, page 8 Editorial, page 9 Who’s There and Where by Cleo Fitzsimmons, page 10 Omicron Nu Activities, page 12 The Eternal Question by Emily Jammer, page 14 Bargain Hunting in Persia, page 17 New Reference Books for Teachers, page 1

The Philippine Housewife in America

When Jacob Rees said that one half the world does not know how the other half Jives, here referred to the different situations and conditions within our own country. We may also. apply this to people geographically, which may explain the reason for the interest shown in the customs and life of people in other lands. In the Lincoln Apartments located on Lincoln ·way resides the Capistrano family consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Severo Capistrano with their two young sons Julio and Edmondo. These people came from Manila of the Philippine Islands, by way of Vancouver and through Canada, arriving at the opening of the college year. Mr. Capistrano is a graduate student in Agricultural Economics, while Jul;o and Edmondo are enrolled in the kindergarten at Welch school. Mrs. Capistrano would like also to attend college classes but so far her home· making does not permit her to do so.</p

How Shall We Cook Down on the Farm

Many readers of the Homemaker may be facing the problem of stove selection. It may be your old stove is worn out and must be replaced; perhaps you are moving from a furnished fiat to another location which requires a change· of fuel; you may be a senior looking forward to teaching Home Economics or going into the extension field preaching the gospel of Homemaking; or, best of all, you may be looking forward to selecting a stove for your very own kitchen.</p

Esthonia Sends Us a Homemaker

No longer need a woman choose between a husband and children and a career; she can have both. This is being proven by Mrs. Alma Lassman Martin of Europa Esthonia, who is now on the Iowa State campus as a student in home management. In her own country Mrs. Martin has been a teacher in an agricultural school and her husband is an assistant in the University of Esthonia. Her three children, of two, four and six years, respectively, are at present under the care of their grandmother.</p

Christmas in Russia

Peace on earth, good will to men," are the words known throughout the world, and are yet never too told to become trite. At no other season of the year is there this true feeling of friendship and world nationalism. The old heart softens and old eyes become moist; the young heart quickens, and small feet dance in happiness. ln all nations is the looking for ward to St. Nicholas and the joyous festival season. Each home has its own little gathering by the hearth, and perhaps one of the most lively and pleasing are those celebrations in a Siberian, or rather Vladivostok home.</p

The Iowa Homemaker vol.6 no.9

Table of Contents The Selection of China for the Home by Gayle Pugh, page 1 The Phillipine Housewife in America by Elsie Ann Guthrie, page 2 The American Housewife in the Phillipines by Virginia Alexander, page 3 How Shall We Cook Down on the Farm by Elsie Ann Guthrie, page 4 Uses of the Organ Cuts of Meats by Eva F. Montgomery, page 5 4-H Page, page 6 4-H Page, page 7 Iowa State Home Economics Association Page, page 8 Editorial, page 9 Who’s There and Where, page 10 How to Sharpen Knives by Thirza Hull, page 11 If the Baby Could Talk by Helen Kallenberg, page 11 Eternal Question, page 12 Vitamine Content of Vegetables by Thelma Sprague, page 13</p