Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-08
FRIDAY.

How is your China Famine Fund com
ing on?" asked Auntie Belle joining the
children and Mrs. Hooper at luncheon.
at hear you are saving your pennies for
that"
I'VE girls are to make a report at our
meeting this afternoon" said Helen, and
we hope to have all Of the So very soon.
We plan to give only that much, but
they say Sc will save the life of one
starving Chinese. There are six OF us
and we have each promised to earn 81
toward 1t" -
How near are you to your donar?"
asked Auntie Belle.
81 have stlu 20 cents to earn" an
swered Helen. I've made mine princi-
pally by doing errands and addressing
some envelopes. Eleanor Jones earned
hers in a week taking Mrs. Smiths baby
out every afternoon after school, and
Lottie Brown took care Of Miss Ralston's
cat the week she went TO the city. The
rest Of US have been slower about collect
ing ours"
well, III give you the 20 cents for
doing these errands for me on your way
home from school, said Auntie Belle.
81 have made out list of things | want
at the drug store. If you leave 1t when
YOU go by, the clerk will have the parcel
ready for you after school, so you won't
have to walt"
Thank you, Auntie Belle" said Helen
delightedly. "If the other three girls
have each made up their dollar. we Will
have the whole Sc this afternoon for the
meeting"
We'll. I expect to have my Sc by to-
morrow night" said Roger proudly.
ar
ing up all those old papers and receipts.
THAT seems a good deal for that kind
of work" remarked Auntle Belle prac-
tically.
You wouldn't have thought so II you
had seen it when I first tackled those
trunks full Of old papers" objected
Roger. AZ just said l wanted to earn
Sc right away for the China Famine Fund
and Mr.. Brown said: II guess there Is
Sc worth of work there all right young
man, go to It,"
"Well, as long as your employer thinks
you earned it I suppose 1t is all right
but why he didn't keep his papers in
order himself is what l can't see,' was
Aunt Bellies final comment.
There was much jolllication among the
group of girls that met every Friday
afternoon with Helen in the Hooper liv-
ing room, when 1t was discovered that
each one Of them had assembled her dol
lar and their contribution was ready to
be sent to the famine fund committee In
the city, that was taking care of the
starving millions in China.
In the afternoon at the club the moth
ers of the girls decided that If their chill
dren had undertaken the responsibility
of helping In this special need that they
should also do something, and after dis
cussing it they voted $50 from the club
treasury as a donation to the fund
Mrs. Hooper and her sister-in-l lazy
stopped at the market on the way home
from the club and did the shopping for
Saturday and Sunday, which made her
purchases for the week include a half 81.
pound of bacon, at As cents a pound %
cents worth Of stewing veal and two veal
kidneys at "a cents a pound Of chopped
beef for 40 cents: sausage meat. 40 cents {;
lamb for braising, 60 cents, and neck Of
beef for soup, 10 cents. Her fish for the
week included a pint of clans for 30
cents, twelve smells for 60 cents, 70 cents
worth Of haddock and a package or
shredded Goldfish for % cents. Her dairy
supplies and fruit and vegetables showed
very little fuctuation for the week, but
the fact that butter and eggs were grad