Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-02
FRIDAY.

'Our discussion this afternoon" said
Mrs. Hooper, as she placed comfortable
chairs about the table for the club wom-
en- who had arrived for their meeting,
will be the last one on the Homework
schedule because we will have to give
the remainder of the time this month to
the budget"
81 am very much better satisfied today
then 1 was last week." began Mrs.
Wright, because find that by changing
the time of each task to suit my special
conditions that it will work out
splendidly. I'm not nearly as fast as
Mrs. Hooper is with her upstairs work,
but l feel that by keeping my mind on
each job, l will do it more quickly after
awhile. 1t will be difficult for me to get
0y er the habit of just incoming" around
with my work without any thought that
it should he finished in a definite number
of minutes"
81 timed myself on the morning work
as Mrs Hooper suggested" Mrs. Owen
said In her turn. land l find that il
| takes me thirty minutes to prepare
breakfast; fifteen minutes TO scrape and
lay away the food; forty five minutes to
make the beds and brush up the bed
rooms; fOrty-five minutes to clean up the
living room and dining room and have
an hour to prepare luncheon and do
what is necessary in the kitchen, and then
have an hour to spare before luncheon.
in which I can go to the market, rest
or do anything I choose on the days that
the time is not taken by the special
weekly tasks"
That sounds like very reasonable
schedule said Mrs. Hooper, land is very
10 min -rf,- -,
each thing. And on Tuesday and
Wednesday and Saturday when the wash
ing and ironing and baking have to be
done, l cut down on my cleaning time {;
the period for preparing luncheon is
shortened and I use my extra hour that
would ordinarily be left over for rest.
But" again objected Mrs Wright. Il
still feel certain that none of us will be
able to follow a schedule day in and day
ont even If it is specially arranged ac-
cording to our needs. Here l say that
III go upstairs every morning at quarter
past eight to make the beds. but some
thing may happen at any time to upset
this intention, and then my schedule will
be gone for the day"
"Of course. there will always be emer-
geucies." conceded Mrs Hooper. Even
limited express trains have to stop for
accidents or are thrown off their SEIZED
ules because of mishaps to the trains or
damage TO equipment, but that doesn't
prevent the transportation companies
from working out time tables for use IN
der normal conditions. Because some
one in the family falls suddenly i'll once
in a while. or you have to leave home for
a day, or unexpected guests arrive all
of which are upsetting to a regular work
ing schedule. there is no reason why the
greater number of days when nothing
out of the ordinary happens, should not
he taken care of in some defined way"
well. suppose" said the Bride. that
I am just finishing making my beds at
quarter past eight and some one should
call me on the telephone. and ask me to
come to their home because thee was
an accident or sudden Illness, and
should he away from the house for an
hour When | return do | follow my
schedule and go right on an hour late,
or do | cut out cleaning the bedrooms
ing had | been home as usual all morn
ing "and begin on luncheon"
THE better plan is to take the work
right up where you left it,, said Mrs
Hooper. land then begin cutting down
on the least important things until you
catch up. 1t is really more important
to follow the regular order OF work than
to cut down on the time ordinarily
devoted to each task when an emergency
occurs"
Another thing that Will make each