Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-05
Keeping House
With the HOOpers

TThe Hoopers, an average American
family Of Eve. living in a suburban
town, on limited income, viii tell
the readers Of the Daily Times how
the many present-day problems OF
the home are solved By working on
the budget that Mrs. Hooper has
evolved and found practical Follow
them daily IN an interesting review
OF their home life and learn to meet
the conditions Of the high cost OF
living with them.i
DO you know. Henry" said Mrs.
Hooper, as she said good-by to him at
the front door while adjusting her dust
cup to begin the mornings hOusework,
that I've suddenly discovered that my
method Of cleaning these rooms has been
entirely wrong"
"You don't say So" exclaimed Mr..
Hooper in surprise. st seems TO me
new about the way TO do things In this
house"
well, after all, that's the only way to
progress" laughed Mrs. Hooper; that's
exactly what you men are always doing
in your business, isn't itf"
yes, that's true" answered Henry.
"But what has been wrong with your
method Of house eleaningI"
aWeu. l realize that I shift too often"
replied Mrs. Hooper. Now in cleaning
this ground floor consisting Of living
room, hall and dining room, and inelud-
ing the kitchen and porches, I've been in
the habit Of doing each room at time
completely, closing it up and proceeding
to the next and doing the same thing"
But 1 should think that was all right"
said Henry, and that they are all
straightened up and clean is the main
thing after all, isn't it,"
'Not at all" began Mrs. Hooper
"Weu, l can't wait to hear about 1t
now, my dear. I'm little late this
morning" Henry interrupted, looking at
his watch. You try out your new plan
today and tell me how it works out to-
night"
Coming back into the house, Mira.
Hooper decided to test the idea that hau
occurred to her that there was an easier
and g quicker way Of cleaning up the
house on Saturday mornings than the
one she had been following for so long
which had been to do everything in one
room before proceeding to the next. The
more she thought of IL the more clearly
she saw that the better way was to do
all the sweeping right through the rooms
on one floor, then do all the busting,
then all the hopping and so on. Shs
decided to time herself in the process
and then compare It with the number Of
minutes It took her in the old way, q
record Of which she had in her card file,
and in this way she could be sure that
It was really an improvement because 1t
saved time. 1t followed quite logically,
she reasoned, that this method would
also cut out so much changing and
handling OF tools. Each cleaning process
sweeping, wiping and polishing
needed entirely different tools and DIFF
ferent motions and II one swept a room,
then changed the tools and motions for
the busting. and so on, it was perfectly
plain that there were a great many IN
necessary shifts that added very material
" 10 the fatigue Of this special kind
OF work
So leaving Helen to wash the breakfast
dishes and clean the fat silver and in
Sailing her mother in Betty's room after
she had bathed the child and settled her
for her morning nap she proceeded to
experiment with her new idea.
She assembled all her tools, consisting
OF her carpet sweeper, a long-handled
dust-pan that saved her from much bend
Ing, a string mop, a buster for furniture
and 4 flannel duster for ornaments. She
opened the windows top and bottom and
pinned back the draneries. She then
went through the rooms and hall picking
up Al the waste on the dust pan; then
! tzea- ths carpet sweeper right through