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The Ithaca Journal from Ithaca, New York • Page 12

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ITHACA JOURNAL-NEWS, FRIDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 29, 1926 TWELVE an how her how. by careful THe housekeepers' program has a a few minutes later Aunt Sammy answerlne a. Question about 'Aunt Sammy's" Radio nrunes. which, as she said, "used planning of meals and saving steps and labor, she may have more leisure for what are broadly termed "cultural ri aft dual purpose, according to Aunt Sammy.

It aims to help the housewife In the intricate and vastly important task of managing a home, to be considered quite low-brow, till some one discovered there was a mine of health buried beneath their homely, wrinkled skins." Next Talks Popular With Farm Listeriers-in she was discussing living-room curtains, and then she topped off her busy quarter of an hour wltn menu of broiled lamb chops. ftttlng hat of black velvet, circled with silver lace that shone brilliantly in the sunshine. I have a blue velvet hat, trimmed in silver If I get a chance to visit the queen, I'll wear by velvet hat, and take her a nice new copy, of the Radio Cook Book. "By the way, some of you have begun to listen-In quite recently. You may not have copies of the loose-leaf Radio Cook Book Uncle Sam Is sending to homemakers.

I want to give Uncle Sam all the credit due him, but the cook book was not his idea, at all. After he saw how neat It was. and how easily extra pages could be added, he waxed enthusiastic he really did. His only regret was that he didn't originate the idea himself. Isn't that just like a man?" And with that auspicious Alteration This Week While We Are Decorating Our Store SPECIAL OFFERS ON PIANOS PLAYERS and GRANDS Easy Payments baked potatoes in the, half shell, sauerkraut, celery and apple salad, and gingerbread with whipped Ak.

JIM cream, and told how to prepare it all. Speaking of food, how many people know how many different ways there are of cooking pota THIS PLAYER PIA0 ONLY $295.00 THIS WEEK Bench, 12 Rolls Free toes? Aunt Sammy pays there are more than 100. but that only four Mr. Manufacturer- With the coming of cold weather, there is always the danger that your sprinkler pipes will freeze, causing them to burst and flood your merchandise and equipment. To be safe, take out a Sprinkler Leakage Insurance Policy.

Just phone 2348. are generally used boiling, mash ing, baking and frying. The New Bishop of Salt Lake 5 CLAUDE BUCKPITT 115 East State Street, Ithaca, N. Y. FINE PIANOS and PHONOGRAPHS P.

W. Wood Son 317-18 Savings Bank Bldg. includes In her programs attractive color schemes for Interior decorating, and becoming lines and colors for exteriorly decorating the stout and the thin. Dr. Louise Stanley, the head of the bureau, vises and approves all the programs.

Housekeepers Chat has three divisions of five minutes each "Backyard Gossip," "Questions Women are Asking," and "What Shall We Have for Dinner?" The first includes informal discussions of such subject as the home, food and nutrition, health, clothing, gardening, and social diversions. The second is made up of answers to actual questions received by Aunt Sammy, although only questions and answers of general Interest are broadcast, others being put In the malls. The third division takes up the problem that the average housekeeper must solve 365 times a year. Only seasonable, well-balanced, easily prepared, and Inexpensive menus are broadcast. Talks Are Full of Pep Aunt Sammy's 'talks are spicy and full of pep.

with frequent light or humorous touches that engage and hold the interest of her auditors. For example, a few days ago she opened up with the following: "Queen Marie of Rumania is visiting in my town this week. She didn't come to America especially to see me, but I thought; she might drop in to discuss household problems. I have a new recipe, called Peach Dainty, that I've been saving for her. I am sure the king would like it, and the prince and princess, too.

"The queen has bobbed hair. That much we have in common. When she was in Paris the newspapers said the queen wore a close- 13 By FREDERIC J. JIASKIN Washington, T. Oct.

29. Uncle Sam has taken unto himself a helpmate. The old boy who worried along in a state of single-blessedness for considerably more than a century, and who was a pronounced woman-hater for so Jong, has finally capitulated completely to the charms of the fair sex, and with the mingled pride and embarrassment of the traditional benedict he Is presenting to his enormous family of nephews and nieces their new "Aunt Sammy." And Aunt Sammy, being a true helpmate, has got busy at once. She has taken over, naturally enough, the job of helping in the household affairs of the people of this broad land, explaining and advising respect to everything from unmentionables for the baby to menus- for dinner, and from how to get rid of red ants in the, pantry to the kind of wallpaper that should be selected for the guest room in the new house. Millions of people already have heard of her and many of them have heard her voice, for being very much up-to-date she has adopted the radio as the medium for disseminating her knowledge and counsel, and she broadcasts daily five days a week from some SO or 60 stations in various parts pf the United States.

However, for all that people have heard of her, and whatever the impressions they may have formed as to whether or not they like her, and as to whether Uncle Sam is a good or poor picker, none of them has any idea as to what he looks like. Her picture has hot been in the papers, nor have the artists and cartoonists undertaken as yet to depict her to an eager public. No one knows whether ehe will be what might be termed a companion piece-for the venerable gent with the flowing locks, grey chin whiskers, high rf J) tfm f- 4. irt i iff Inir mi ir SEIBERLINGS And Your Neighbor's Neighbor and thousands of other women everywhere come to the A Stores For they have always found our quality, oor prices and our service deserving of their patronage. California New Pack Largest Size Can They stand every test made upon them.

A FREE Ash Tray or Tire Cover with every Siberling1 sold. Gorgeous church pageantry marked ceremonies at Salt Lake City Golden Firm Halves Exceptionally Fine Flavor when Patrick Cardinal Hayes of New York Installed the Rt. Rev. John Joseph Slitty (center) as bishop of the Catholic diocese of Talt Lake. This picture shows Bishop Mitty in the triumphal procession, with Mon- A Brano New Pack dgnor Sheehan at the left and Monslgnor Giavannonl at the right.

wmrm 2Sc Brand mmmm IIS. IM JM IM MARSHALL LYME 111 East Green Street Square Can hat. blue dress coat, star-spangled vest, and red and white striped pantaloons buckled under the insteps a buxom, beaming, old-fashioned old dear or of the modern matron type, or possibly one of the fascinating girl-women of today, since men of an uncertain age often seek youth when they go a -wooing. Nor can it be predicted as yet whether she will prove to be a fly-by-night, now here and now gone, or will develop Into a perennial national character such as Uncle Sam himself. Perhaps it Cut at the moment of perfection.

A can of goodneM Blus Peter Imported 011 1b all this uncertainty about her Ml i ff si that has made her such an inter lli II .11 esting personage in the short time A 1 In Pure Olive Oil that has elapsed since her advent. Created by Radio Chief i I Shoes of ash ion Pictured are two smart new. styles Be that as it may. Aunt Sammy was created by the chief of the Farm Radio Service of the United State Department of Agriculture I .4 TV Iona Ketchup Oven Baked Beans Encore Spaghetti Pink Salmon Cider Vinegar Jelly Dessert bottle 10c cans 25c can 11c tall can 15c 24 oz. bot.

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1 1 1 i A Patent Leather "PEPP jTj Black Velvet 2 2S cl 25c 1926-27. It is her duty to assemble material and entertaining monologues or sketches for the Housekeepers' Chat, a five-day a week, 15-minute period devoted exclusively to the latest information on subjects of interest to women. To build up the illusion that a new national character has come into being, persons having questions to ask pertaining to household matters are told to address Aunt Sammy, Department of Agriculture, "Washington, D. C. Also, the announcers of the numerous stations that are broadcasting this feature always say, "And now stand by to hear what Aunt Sammy has to say today," or something to that, effect, and then in each Instance it is a woman's voice that Is heard on the air.

The Aunt Sammy in the department in Washington is a clever young woman who, has had special training in home economics and In writing. She spends a great deal of her time in the Bureau of Home Economics where she gathers the latest facts concerning food and nutrition, textiles and clothing, household economics and equipment. Her subject matter is not iimlted to cooking, sewing, and aouseclaning. however, and she An Extraordinary Value 8 O'CIock HOSIERY SPECIAL Full Fashioned Pure Silk Hosiery $1.35 a Pair The Liberty Shoe Co. ITHACA'S LEADING SHOE STORE 104 East State Street Ithaca, N.

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