Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-03

A"H1J VI AFe, lApIuB III SuDurDdu
Town, on limited income, will tell
the readers of the Daily Times how
the many present day problems of
the home are solved by working on
the budget that Mrs. Hooper has
evolved and found practical. Follow
them daily in an interesting review
OF their home life and learn to meet
the conditions of the high cost of
living with them.l
FRIDAY.
Mrs. Hooper had written the bank In
Mayfield that she had found that il would
serve her purpose very much better if she
had a checking account in the bank at
indianapolis instead of trying to do
business with a bank as far away as
Mayheld and the cashier WHO had been a
neighbor Of theirs fora great many years
had attended to the balancing Of her
account and the forwarding of a check
Tor what remained Of the thousand dol
lars which she had deposited when the
Mayfeld property was mortga ged.- He
also sent her a note Of introduction TO
the cashier of the bank in Indianapolis
so that when she went down tosopen her
account she found friendly person who
explained to her the special requirements
of his bank as to how large balance she
would be expected to keep, and, as Mrs.
Heoper's knowledge of writing checks
and OF how to keep her bank book prop
erly checked up was extremely limited he
showed her a number of necessary things
destined to keep her straight in this new
field Of domestic 1panceering. She added
to the check sent on Dy the Mayfeld
bank the cash left over from several
departments of her household budget
which represented what remained qnspent
for several weeks for clothing, operating
expenses, shelter, savings, etc, and when
her sbank book was handed over to her
1t showed a deposit of $499.
You will find your housekeeping ac-
counts very much simplifed by the use
Of checks in paying your bills I'm sure"
said the affable cashier as he handed Mrs.
Hooper her bright new check book, "but
I hope you are not one of those women
who make out checks so carelessIy that
It makes all sorts Of complications for
every one
LAS you explain IT," remarked Mrs.
Hooper, at all seems so simple that I
can't see how it would be possible to
make mistakes about writing check"
"Well. you'd be surprised at what alb
surd things women do in the matter Of
making out checks" continued the cash
Ter, ''in spite of the fact that we think
we have reduced the process to the very
simplest form"
Don't men ever make, the same blum
ders?" asked Mrs. Hooper, ready to de-
fend her sex.
Not the same ones and not so many
laughed the cashier, "they seem to take
the writing of a check more seriously
than a woman does, and they seldom
fail to date it and sign 1t and number
1t. Scarcely a day goes by that we
don't have a pile of checks written by
women that there is something wrong
about the way they have been written.
Even ~~hen there isn't enough wrong to
hold up the cashing Of checks 1t IS the
rare woman who has a perfectly kept
check book, we have learned from ex-
perience"
We'll. I shall certainly train myself
to be careful" said Mrs. Hooper, smil-
ing. because shouldn't like to lose
the privilege of a checking account after
I had once acquired it."
Zone thing you want to remember
particularly, for your own convenience
rs well as ours continued the cashier,
sis to number your checks and make a
record Of each one on the page provided
for it, Then keep it added correctly
up to date and you won't be in danger
of overdrawing your account or OF think
Ing you have more money to your credit
thaR you really possess"
MY deposits will be very modes" ex-
planned Mrs. Hooper. my plan is to
use my weekly income which consists
Of my husbands weekly salary for our
living expenses for which l pay cash, and
then deposit the small sum l have left
from that amount every week which sell
dom amounts to more than twenty dol
lars and 1t is sometimes less
the cashier informed her. "These small
deposits amount up at the end of the
year: and 1t is the only way to really
save money If you have it around the
house there is the temptation to spend
It,"
well, that's a temptation I've never
INDUCED myself in, though I've had that
weekly surplus around the house for
nearly twenty years. laughed Mrs.
Hooper. =
Besides" continued the cashier, "you
never know when you might have money
Unexpectedly to add to your account as
well as these weekly cash deposits
1.-The first of each month III deposit
a check for $125 as we'll" said Mrs.
Hooper Suddenly remembering the rent
Of the Mayfeld house.
Don't you plan to pay any Of your
cashier, puzzled~as to why she should
want a checking account if she were
going\tO pay her bills in cash.
Certainly, l am" replied Mrs. Hooper.
81 shall pay my rent and the gas and
telephone and water and electric light
and insurance premium and things like
that, but I shall keep house on a cash
basis the way I always have"
The menus for the three meals on Sat-
arday are:
BREAKFAST
Apple Sauce
Cereal
Poached Eggs on Toast, Popovers
Coffee
LUNCHEON
Baked Beans
Brown Bread and Butter
Canned Fruit
Cup Cakes
Cocoa
DINNER
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