Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-23
FRIDAY.

| the conditions of the high cost of
| living with them.I
| FRIDAY.
! The club women were again meeting
with the Bride because of Betty's ill
ness which prevented them from assem-
! bling al the home Of Mrs. Hooper Each
one Of them reported that they had
carefully considered their incomes in re
lation to the proper outlay for rent which
according to Mrs. HoOper's budget al
I lowed II per cent Of the annual amount
! that they had for their total lyiving ex-
| penses.
1T is certainly a very difficult mat
/ ter to adjust If you don't own your
own home" complained Mrs. Wright. 81
am paying fifty dollars a month now, for
the house we live in, and l don't see how
we could possibly get along with one that
would only cost half that much which is
what my budget would permit just as
Mrs. Hooper's does"
IF your income is only two hundreI
dollars a month said the Bride dubious
Iy, you can readily see that one-fourth
Of 1t is too much for rent"
Il know It" agreed Mrs. Wright, but
what must I dof Shall / move to a new
house? That would be fearfuuy expen-
sive even If ] could find the kind OF
house we would want to live in for
that price,
Il don't believe we shall be able to dis
cuss these questions of readjusting our
living conditions to make them fit our
budgets without Mrs. Hooper's help
said Mrs. Owen. land I think the better
plan for us will he 10 continue mapping
ont all these items that she named with
her budget for 4 pattern. so that we may
have our own budgets based on our in
dividual incomes ready for discussion
when the club .ceets next month. Them
we can find out what is best to be done
to make each one Of the budgets prac-
tical working plan, as Mrs. Hooper has
done with hers"
Il believe that Will be best" agreed the
Bride 1--WE can't accomplish much un-
I'll we have the entire budget outlined
anyhow, and we certainly would need
Mrs .Hooper's advice as to what It would
be best for Mrs Wright to do to recon
cile her expenditures for rent TO her in
come"
well" said Mrs. Wright. the next
item Is food and Mrs. Hooper allows
$50 a week for that out Of her income
Of $50
Il understand from Mrs Hooper" COM
tinued the Bride, that according to
Government statistics a family of five
can be kept in good health on thirty 1--we
cents day for each person, and that IT
IS perfectly possible 10 figure a food bud
get on that basis, and also that the
amount q money spent for food gives no
Indication Of the nutritiye value OF the
food obtained. But II there are no doe
tors bills II Is an indicntion OF right
uourishment. aud n there IS no illness 10
speak Of in tho family. il is sign that
flf 81 hal 90 nd ~ 1Dr
properly"
We'll" observed Mrs Owen. as she
figured 1t out in her note book, If Mrs.
Hooper spends $50 week for food for
her family Of i've, that rs allowing about
80 cents q day for each one, which is
q cents q day more per person than the
Government says is necessary"
But you understand" added the Bride,
'that the Government figure represents
the minimum upon which a person may
live and remain in good health and this
Is all that can be allowed for each per
son when the annual income is around
81 200 a year"
But with an Income Of $50 week"
went on the Bride. Mrs Hooper says
$50 dollars week or 40 per cent Of the
money she has to spend annually gives
family OF FIVE very generous food al
lowance, md makes it possible Of they
have a vegetable garden that viii add
500 or $3.50 a year to their food &C
count. 10 have canned fruit and vege-
tables all through the winter which add
very much TO the variety Of their table,
well. I know l spend very much more
than $50 a week on my table" said Mrs.
Chaplin, "end I suppose 1t is because
trust so much Of the ordering to a maid.
and have no control whatever over what
she wastes IN cooking
II know I have to skimp dreadfully in
my food" added Mrs. Wright because
It takes so much Of the money that comes
in Just 10 pay the rent Between the
food and the rent, It often seems as II we
could never have any proper clothes and
rat may be the reason, although never
thought Of II before, that we are always
having Doctors bills"
ut would seem a simple matter for
each of US to figure out just what our
food budget ought to be before we meet
next week" said the Bride. and then we
can proceed to the item Of clothes"
mo one OF us win have to figure on
an income that Is less than $1,000 a year
except me-" said Mrs. Campbell. $50 that
Mrs Hoopers budget may be followed
rather closely rs to the expenditure for
food. which she has divided into meat,
dairy supplies, fsh, groceries, ice and
her husbands luncheon, which he takes
away from home"
The menu for the three meals on Sat
urday which Mrs. Hooper failed to send
down were planned by Helen and her
grandmother, is:
BREAKFAST.
Stewed Prunes
Fish Hash Cereal
Toast Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Baked Beans
Bread and Butter
Sliced Peaches
MIX
DINNER
Cream of Tomato Soup
Lamb Croquettes
Baked Potato
String Beans
Chocolate Cornstarch Pudding.
Copyright, 1921