Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-07
KEEPING HOUSE WITH THE HooPERs

But / have to study my lessons,
mother, and I have ten sums to do" OBJ
Jected Helen at her mothers suggestion.
Mrs! Hooper hated to put off any longer
the serious talk she knew she must have
with Helen, not only because discipline
and punishment would be necessary to
impress on her the enormity of begin
ming to be untruthfuI but also because
she was extremely curious as to what
had prompted the child to make UP such
yarn, and rather anxious as to where
she had been spending the afternoons
that she had spent away from home after
which she had reported that she had
been visiting Edna Jackson.
But she also hesitated about breaking
up the child's evening, and putting her
in a state of mind that would affect
the preparation of her lessons for next
day and cause her to have a bad record
in school, in order to punish her at once
for her behavior.
Very well, then, we viii put it off
until tomorrow right~after you come in
from school," she said as Helen waited
for her to reply. 81 have several things
want to talk to you about, so don't
be Late
VERY well, mother" replied the child,
az SIG 4dGtu luLO TIE room TO meet
her father who had just come in from
work
The washing machine had continued
its satisfactory service, and Mrs. Hooper
really felt that she would soon begin to
enjoy Tuesday mornings in the laundry
nearly as well as she did her afternoons
sewing on the porch. With an electric
washing machine, it was a no more dis
agreeable task to keep ones clothes clean
than to mend and make them.
The dining room rug had been sent to
the cleaners and would be returned on
Friday in time to be put down on the
freshly waxed floor, but as she had I'M
deratood that her trusty washing ma
chine would take care of the rugs on
the bedroom floors-she had tested It
out with the one in Helen's room. which
was Of washable variety but too large
to be handled ordinarily in the home
laundry. The last time It had been
washed, Mrs. Hooper tried putting it out
On the grass and scrubbing it thoroughly
with warm water and soapsuds. but it
had been long tedious Job and when it
was finished, although it looked bright
and clean on the surface, she felt certain
that much Of the dirt remained in the
fiber Of the rug. But after putting it
through the washing machine and hang
ing 1t on the line, she was convinced
that every bit of dirt had been squeezed
out Of it. And there had been no more
exertion on her part than had been
necessary for the tubful Of white clothes
that had formed the first load.
Mrs. Hooper had discovered an mex
pensive and delicious filing for an april
cot layer cake which she knew Mrs.
Campbell would like, so she copied it for
her neighbours recipe file.
APRICOT FILLING
FOR CAKE.
Soak dried apricots In water over night.
Stew them in their own juice until soft ::
then put them through a vegetable
strainer. To one cupful of apricot pulp
add two cups Of powdered or confection-
er's sugar and one teaspoonful of vanilla
and mix well. Spread filing over the
cake when both it and the cake are cold.
Frost the cake with boiled icing.
The menu for the three meals on
Wednesday is:
BREAKFAST.
Stewed RhHbarb Cereal
Dreamed Salt Cod. Toast
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Baked Potatoes and Scrambled Eggs.
Cookies Milk.
DINNER.
Cream Chowder
Fish a Ia King
New Potatoes Beet and Cabbage SALAD
Apricot Layer Cake
Copyright, 1921.