Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-04
SATURDAY.


SATURDAY.
This whole week has gone and !
{ haven't looked at a single house yet"
said Mrs. Hooper despairingly as she
poured Henry's coffee from a new tangled
percolator that seemed not to he working
very we'll"
"Oh, you will have plenty Of time IL
you get good start on Monday" Henry
consoled her. What in the world is the
matter with that coffee pot?"
Nothing in the world 1 believe but
| that it needs a good cleaning" said Mrs.
Hooper disgustedly. There are no end
of things in this house that are perfectly
usuable if they were cleaned up and put
in order"
For goodness sake, Mary" exclaimed
Mr.. Hooper in alarm, 81 hope you are
not going to feel moved to clean up this
place, and spend all your time doing
that"
of course III clean It up before I
leave" said Mrs. Hooper, but 1 was
thinking seriously of doing a few things
to make that kitchen more workable
right away If l have to cook in it for
the next three weeks"
"Oh, please don't bother, Mary" plead
|, ed Henry, ''let US get out this afternoon
after l come from the office and look at
some places that are for rent in Indi-
anapolis."
"Oh very we'll" sighed Mrs. Hooper,
"of course you can't understand any
more than the woman who lives year in
and year out in an unhandy half or
ganized place like this that life is made
much easier for every one If everything
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work with properly. There isn't a
saucepan in the kitchen that hasn't
something the matter with it that just
a little tinkering would make all right,
and as for the gas range, it is sending
the gas btl's up to twice their size, I
know, just because 1t hasn't been cleaned
in ages"
oh, sell, do let 1t CO." pleaded Henry
again. You have things that are so
much more important to do to get your
own family settled that you can't afford
to spend any time putting this house
in a livable condition for some one else
But it would be for myself and not
for anyone else" insisted Mrs. Hooper.
Il guess YOU can stand 1t for three
weeks, If you shut your eyes and try"
laughed Henry as he squeezed out of the
corner into which he had been wedged
to eat his breakfast.
'All right. III go out this morning and
get a list of vacant houses from the real
estate men, said Mrs. Hooper, "and we
will go out after lunch then and spend
the afternoon looking at them
Mrs. HOoper's visit TO the real estate
agent put her in possession of the adj
dresses Of ten houses which seemed pos
sible as prospects. She was limited as
to the amount Of rent she was willing
to pay, and she felt indispOsed to get
along with less than six rooms. includ-
ing the kitchen and she would like seven.
What do you want an extra bedroom
fort" asked Henry. do you suppose
lve will ever have need of q guestroom
way of here, where we don't know a
soul and with all our relatives miles
away?"
That's So said Mrs. Hooper, "but
I'm so used TO the idea OF having a
spare room that l just naturally sup
posed that I'd always have one"
Besides. we'd lave to furnish an ex-
ira room," added Henry. perhaps that
hasn't occurred to you"
Yes, it has" replied Mrs. Hooper.
land it also occurred to me that Il
might not be a bad idea to have a fur
nished room to rent"
"Oh, Mary" exclaimed Henry, we are
not so poor as all that"
1T isn't a question of being poor,
Henry" said Mrs. Hooper, ''but the idea
that we are starting here very much in
debt and I have to begin to plan at once
to clear that of"
The menu for the three meals on Sun
day are:
BREAKFAST.
Grape Fruit Cereal
Broiled Bacon EggJ Corn Bread
Coffee
DINNER.
Roast Leg of Mutton
Mashed Potatoes Mashed Turnips
Vegetable Salad Banana Layer Cake
Whipped Cream
SUPPER.
Cold Meat Sandwiches
Cake Marmalade Nuts and Raisirs