Let's have a lingerie shower for Jane, instead of the stupid linen and tin kind that people always have for brides," ruled Betty and we all agreed.

I am very glad of this opportunity to send greetings, thru the pages of our fine student publication, the "Iowa Homemaker," to the many friends of Iowa State College, scattered thruout the state, who enjoy contact with the college through our Division publication. I have been at Iowa State College only a little less than two months, but I already feel much at home, for Iowa people have an unusual way of making the newcomer welcome and the college and its people have so much to offer that I am very happy to have been adopted into the family.

As ''the," "an," and "a" are important articles in our language so is the egg an important article in cooking. A simile one has put it, "the egg is a general harmonizer in the kitchen; serves to thicken custard and sauces; to clarify soups and jellies; to make a coating of crumbs adhere to chops or croquettes; it puffs up souffles; it leavens a whole group of cakes; it garnishes salads and mulsifies oil into a sweet, rich dressing for them; and combined with odd bits of fish or meat it makes many a savory dish of what would otherwise be lost."

Table of Contents

A Greeting to Iowa Homemakers by Miss Anna J. Richardson, page 1

Where Are the Birds? by J. E. Guthrie, page 2

Her Summer Lingerie by Lucile Barta, page 3

Planting the Back Yard “Forty” by E. C. Volz, page 4

When April Weeps by Eleanor Murray, page 5

Garden Accessories by Juanita Beard, page 6

A Study in Yellow and White by Helen Reidy, page 6

Kiddies Clothes for Spring by Grace Heidbreger and Grace Bourland, page 7

Who’s There and Where by Eleanor Murray and Jeanette Beyer, page 8

The Economy Game and How the Turners Played It by Helen Lamb, page 11

Mother Turner sat at her desk tapping her forehead with her pencil. She just had had a long serious talk with Father Turner concerning a new gown and wrap for Lucy, the eldest daughter, to wear to the junior-senior prom.