Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-24
SATURDAY.

How is Betty. this morning." asked
Helen as her grandmother returned
from speaking with the doctor as he
was going out of the front door"
"she had a bad might, he says-and
he is coming again right after luncheon"
was the frightened answer.
Helen was busting tho furniture in the
living room after having helped her
grandmother clean the kitchen and din
ing room, while Roger busted himself
with the front and back porch and in
shaking the rugs.
ITS good we have lot Of work to
do she said philosophically, cor we'd
be awfully worried"
Il am very worried as it is" answered
her grandmother, sitting down in the big
chair and tanning herself with her
apron Il wish your father was at
home"
81 wonder Why mother doesn't tell him
to Gomez" inquired Helen as she care
fully wiped the base of the reading lamps
upon which film of dust had collected
Well she doesn't want to worry him,
| suppose" her grandmother replied,
but l didn't like the way that doctor
looked when he went out and his coming
pack right after luncheon sort of scares
me-"
Perhaps we'd better ring up father
ana tell him to come home because Betty
is worse suggested Helen, getting down
on her knees and rubbing the leg Of the
old piano industriously
on, | wouldn't dream Of doing such
thing exclaimed her grandmother fear.
fully. Your mother knows what IS best
to be done in case like this and we'd
only be interfering"
We'll, l think mother Is pretty wor-
ried, too" volunteered Helen, 80 she
may tell father herself"
What makes you think she Is more
worried than usual DEAR" asked her
grandmother-
Well, she didn't send down any or
ders for us today. and don't believe she
rang up the market or ANYTHING this
morning, and there's MI those peaches
downstairs that the Bride ordered FOR
us, and she hasn't told us what to do
with them" replied Helen soberly
II here g something wrong when mother
forgets to look out for things like that
Well, she told me Yesterday to make
some JAM her grandmother reminded
her
Yes, but not ont OF all those perfectly
good peaches, grandma" said Helen
Wen just have to 90 right downstairs
and put them up as soon as I finish dust
ing this room"
Hair an hour later Helen and her
grandmother were following Mrs HooD-
er's recipe for putting up peaches. which
they found on her Ole. and as tho Bride
had made mistake, and ordered busbel
OF peaches instead OF half a bushel as
Mrs. Hooper had asked her to do. there
was plenty Of the best Of the fruit for
eight quarts, with some OF the second
grade peaches left for jam They used
one pound aud six ounces Of sugar 10
each quart Of water which made a heavy
syrup and boiled the sugar and water
together until the sugar was ell dis
solved. Then they blauched the peacbes
and removed the skins. After that they
gave them R cold dip and then with
Dig spoon to prevent crushing the fruit
packed them into hot sterillzed lars
The hot syrup was them poured over tbe
fruit until the jars were OVERLOOKING. the
tops we're adjusted and the jars covered
with boiling water and "processed" for
sixteen minutes after the boiling had
commenced.
As Helen Surveyed their handlwork.
after the Jars had been frightened and
set up inverted to test leakage. she ex-
claimedi
Don't they look lovely. grandma? I'm
going TO stick little marker on them
so that we can tell them from mothers
when we eat them next winter know
they'll he fine"
They'll probably spoil. that's what
they'll DO" said Roger gloomilv
Wen see II they Will" said Helen
And now we will get lunch. grandma.