Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-06
TUESDAY.


Mrs. Hooper and Henry had come as
near to quarrsllng as they had ever done
during the course Of their married life.
Henry was a man of few words and he
hated arguments so It was rather diff
cult for Mrs. Hooper to get him to re-
turn to 1t again when they were sitting
together on the porch after the children
had gone upstairs to bed. He showed no
inclination to take back what he had
said in regard to himself and the chill
dren being rendered rather inadequate
by Mrs. Hooper's superlative efficiency
His complaint had come like bolt out
Of the clear sky, as he had never oerore
voiced the slightest criticism of her
hobby for managing a home on bust
ness basis In fact, he had pralseh
everything she had done for so long that
she could scarcely believe that he was
now pointing out something that ne con
sidered very serious naw IN her per
fectly oiled system.
Ali the morning. while she was oolhS
the washing. which was unusually large
bocause OF the accumulated clothes at
home together with all the soiled ones
from the camping trip, she kept growing
mora and more angry at what she consld-
cred Henry's unwarranted attack on her
methods. He had agreed with ner that
her financing was wonderful, ana thAt
she had always showed the greatest con-
sheraton for him in consulting hlm'
whenever money was to be spent Tor any .
thing out of the ordinary, and that tneIe
was absolutely nothing arbitrary IN her
decisions as to how their income was 10
! h. n rngEPn
70 Whit he had meant when he said that
h. aIso felt inefficient OF occasions, ma
confessed that it was his belief that II
envthInr happened to her that ne Wouiu
boya no more idea Of bow to keep things
yoinq than John Briggs, whom they
we're always plying because he hau sucN
a shiftleSs wife. o,,r
"You do everything so perfectly YOU
SOLE MARY" he had said rather neil
IessIy. land things run so smoothly III
the house that 1 never exert mysen y, a.
discover how it is all done IL Is as
7 we're travelling on a smoothly SAILING
Messenger. II we're suddenly
oaIiad m the bridge to take the Cap
toin'a nlace in mid ocean. l should GER
tainIv sink the ship, because l wouldn I
knov the first thing about handling the
.taar;rv gear But" he had continued
ARMY. 'it really doesn't make such a
Great deal Of difference about me. only
7 do want to make you see Its enect on
the children"
The more she thought about what
Harry had said the more abused she
felt and when she came back INTO the
laundry after hanging out the clothes
she sat down on the low stool beside
the washing machine and had a good
/ crv-somethlng she hadn't done IN years
/ After that she pulled herself together
and went upstairs to prepare the emil
dren's luncheon. Roger and Helen had
returned to school in the morning aud
Baby Betty was still at the scashore
with her grandmother. so that the house
was as quiet and restful as it had been
during the two weeks that the family
I were away. She herself had suggested
/ the vacation that was TO separate Henry
and herself, for the first time in many
/ years, with the Idea that It would do
| both of them good. And after all. II
| bad only resulted in this complication
/ hring ing with Ii the first dissatisfaction
! Henry had ever expressed over anythin :
/ she did
! "Hopeless1y dependent" was what he
1 had said of Roger. She couldn't believe
1t! But it was equally surprising what
/ he had said of Helen. Amazingly alert
and efficient, but timid" had been his re
| port of this little household rebel And
| to blame her when she had been giving
every bit of energy sue possessed, as well
rs every waking hour to planning for the
| chIldren's welfare, WAS too much.
| She was almost on the verge Of tears
again when Roger and Helen came dash
( ing in for lunch and Roger looked at her
| suspiciously several times during the
meal, as If sensing that something was
| wrong with his usually CHEEKY mother.