Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-17
WEDNESDAY.

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rs there anything l ought to bring
home from the city for our camping out
fit that you cant get here in Mayheld,
Nary" asked Mr. Hooper as he was
leaving for the office.
NO, not thing, Henry, now that you
have bought those rubber boots for your
self and Roger. I couldn't have found
them here at the price you paid for them
in town"
I've brought an old suit down from
the attic and packed 1t in my bag and If
you viii put in some worn underclothes
I can just throw them away when l I'm
1sh with them. With my socks and hand
/ kerchlefs / won't need to carry anything
/ else. will ! {"
| No" replied Mrs Hooper, "and Mrs.
/ Chaplin and l will devote this afternoon
and tomorrow afternoon TO buying your
| supplies and when you get home from
the Office on Saturday you and Roger
I can pack so that everything can be put
| aboard the automobile for an early start
on Monday morning.
at does seem as if we had been getting
ready FOR this trip for ages continued
Mrs Hooper laughing, but assembling
things slowly the way We have done has
made 1t very easy for me Helen and
Roger have their clothes all packed in
their straw suitcases which are small
and not heavy, so that the baggage for
all three OF you won't take up much
space Mrs Chaplin intends to pack
Bny's and Anna things together IN
one suitcase but | believe you and Roger
and Helen win like it better to have
your things separately packed"
Il have some plums started for can
ming Helen" said Mrs Hooper after
breakfast was over. and l want to put
them up while ! am ironing this morn
ing so you VIII have to straighten up the
kitchen so l can begin at once
Mrs. Hooper had already partially pre-
pared plums by putting them in boiling
water untIl the skins came off readily
She had then peeled them and put them
In layers in a large earthen bowl with
granuIated sugar between the layers.
After that she had let them stand all
night. When she went downstairs before
beginning the ironing, she poured off the
Juice that had collected and brought it
to the boiling point in q porcelain kettle.
She skinned it and then added the fruit.
After simmering it for half an hour she
removed the plums with a skinner. The
| fruit was then cooled and the juice boiled
until it was thick. She then put the
plums in the Jars. poured the juice over
them and scaled them.
Il hope you made those plums sweeter
than you usually do, mother" said Helen
as She viewed the long rows of Jars,
when Mrs. Hooper had finished.
Yes, I did," replied her mother. 81
have always used three quarters of
pound of sugar TO a pound of fruit and
that is the proportion that l like best
but as you all like them sweeter, as
many others do, l have put a pound of
sugar to a pound Of plums in what
have Just put up"
There was a small basket of plums left
after the canning for the day was I'm
Ished and as none of the family cared
much for the fruit raw, Mrs. Hooper
sugared them for winter use. She took
large plums, cut them in two, stoned them
and dredged them in powdered sugar
She then put them on shallow dishes in a
moderate oven for half an hour and lay
| them on a sheet of glass to dry. These
packed and kept in q dry place would
| be delicious when stewed in the winter.
It was so late before Mrs. Hooper
and Mrs Chaplin got into town to do
their shopping that only a few of the
things Mrs. Hooper had planned to do
could be accomplished. Mrs. Chaplin had
promised to be ready to leave the house
by o'clock but being one Of those wom-
en- who have no sense of time or its val
ne, she hadn't begun to get ready when
Mrs. Hooper called for her, and more
than an hour was wasted waiting for
her to dress. She then stopped to give q
few orders to the maid, and then to tele-
phone and finally had to return to the
house after she had reached the gate
to sew a button on her glove.
Mrs. Hooper was. too polite to show
her annoyance, but she made up her mind
that she would finish the shopping alone