Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-22
MONDAY.


the conditions OF the high cost OK
living with them-)
MONDAY.
Mrs. Hooper had prepared hearty
breakfast several hours before the usual
hour for the morning meal, as the camp
ers were eager to get an early start.
Everything had been packed ship shape
in the automobile and while every crack
and Granny had been filled with some
article necessary for their comfort
While on the trip, Roger and Billy had
plenty 70 room on the front seat and
Henry and the two girls fitted nicely
into the ROONEY one in the back. Mrs.
Hooper and Betty waved good-by 70
them just as the sun was beginning to
peep over the horizon. after Helen and
Roger had promised faithfully to write
alternately every other day, and Henry
had said that be would write himself on
the days that they didn't.
Then II We keep our promises he
won't have to write at ALL laughed
Roger as Billy prepared to start, so
we viii just take turns. Dad can write
the first letter, I'll write the second and
Helen the third and then Wen begin
over again"
Wei. I'm glad we didn't promise to
write any letters. said Billy. our
family win Just have TO wait till we
get home, for the news. Isn't that SO,
Anna -
oh. think you ought to send your
mother a line" exclaimed Mrs. Hooper.
"She will be so anxious to know how
you are faring. 1t isn't much trouble,
for all the pleasure 1t will give her"
NO siree!' exclaimed Billy. This is
a vacation trip and I'm not going TO write
letters to any on.
/ We'll. II yoI'u send a message in Rog-
er's letter IN give It to your mother
answered Mrs Hooper. because / know
she will want to hear from you quite as
much as I do from Roger and Helen
"Oh sIl right" Billy said carelessly. as
I II his mothers anxiety were n matter OF
little moment. but she never expects any
thing like that when we go away from
home
well. I certainly do was Mrs. Hoop
er's last word as they glided away from
the gate with BETTY jumping about and
waving her small hands excitedly, over
( this departure.
The house usually 50 orderly, looked as
Il a cyclone had struck It, and as Mrs
/ Hooper put things In their places she be
/ gan 10 plan what she intended % do dur
I ing the next two weeks when she would
3 have no one to think about but herself
i She hadn't said anything to Henry about
all the canning she proposed 20 do in the
mornings, because he would only have ar
gued against N and insisted that she was
doing extra work instead OF taking a Va
cation But with her housekeeping anC
/ cooking cut down to the needs Of one
I she reasoned that the time devoted To bel
canning would not in the least interiors
with her enjoyment Of the remainder Of
the day. and that she wouldn't be crowd
7 ed as she sometimes was. when othel
/ household tasks demanded attention be
/ fore & particular batch OF fruit or vege
/ tables was quite finished.
/ Her mother was leaving on late after
I noon train for the seashore and after
Betty had her luncheon and had beer
I settled in her bed for her nap. Mrs
Hooper packed a hamper. with he1
Z clothes. so that she would be ready t.
start with her grandmother as soon ~
I she was awake and dressed. While tue
/ greater part Of the assortment OF clothes
were bingham and percale play dresses
/ and rompers. they were all datutily made
/ and each one was trimmed a bit diner
I nelly from the others othat they hat
] an fn0lNlQudt L0ufU ludf fOuAQ ut ~ tAlAtf7'
solely to Mrs. HOoper's taste and def
fingers A number of sheer white dresses
for occasions when her mother woui'
want the child dressed up We're In
I cIuded and these had all the appearance
Of being tremendously expensive becaus'
there was so much handwork on then
and they We're exact copies Of the small
garments one sees in big city shops. A
a matter Of fact the cost OF each lltti'
dress had been less than dollar. in al
most every case and several Of the pref
test had been made from pieces %
Halen's old white dresses hut wher
nrettv little Betty with her dark curis
big brown eyes and pink cheeks. was
Z dressed to 20 with her grandmother II
the outfit her mother had made for be-
and which included everything but hel
{ socks and sandals she looked like th'
small well dressed daughter OF million
I aire instead Of the child Of ffty dollar
a-week bookkeeper-
CT don't know how You do It MARY.
said her mother approvingly as sh'
looked al her little granddaughter whe'
she was ready to accompany her on mel
trip. ,-. l..
well. Henry is always fussing he
cause 7 nut so much time and work OF
Bettv's clothes" answered Mrs. Hooper
"He saws It is all nonsense, but ! love
70 sew and make dainty things an'
when I can take 90 cents worth OF ma
terial and make it look like $40 dress
7 really enjoy the achievement
He may be afraid that bringing VI
Retry dressed as you Keep her will even
tuaIIv lead to her having extravagan
ideas about clothes that later in hf'
she can't crafty" observed Der mother
"Oh. no, it isn't that laughed Mrs
/ Hooper. Henry doesn't think aheat
that far. He just believes il is unneces
sarv work If I were putting in th'
same number of stitches on an embroi
dered sofa pillow. like those we used q
make when I was young girl he1C
I think 7 was just amusing myself
well. you know Helen has 50 many
absurd notions about being stylish tha
seem to worry You very much at times.
continued her mother. that I was Just
wondering II her ideas of grandeur may
not be traced to the rather superior way
you've always dressed your children in
relation to your means
II don't believe So replied Mrs
| Hooper. thoughtfully. Il think Heller
gets her opinions of what is stylish
from her Auntie Belle and has no ideF
that her clothes or Betty's are expensive
looking. They are far too plain and sim
pie In appearance to impress her. She