Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-25
SATURDAY,

SATURDAY..
The business Of getting our canned
fruits and vegetables all in place is what
IS ahead Of us today" announced Mrs.
Hooper to Roger as he came into the
kitchen where Mrs. Hooper and Helen
were washing the dishes after breakfast.
The shelves in that preserve closet are
not arranged as well as they might be,
because the top one is so high 1t would
mean climbing up on ladder every time
I wanted to take anything down"
well if you don't need the space,
mother" said Roger. well just arrange
them on the lower ones and leave the
top one without anything on it."
Il was looking at that shelf yesterday"
said his mother, land 1 think it will
come down very easily as it seems to be
only nailed against the wall. If you
could take it down your father could
put it underneath the other two. 1t
would be disable then because what was
on it would always be within reach"
I'll do that now, mother, while you
are finishing your work up stairs" re-
piled Roger. I'm glad we brought most
Of our carpenters tools with us because
.. there is such a lot to be done about
shelves in this house"
II felt certain we would need them
said Mrs. Hooper. THAT is why 1 in
sisted on your father packing them up
and bringing them when Mr.. Selden said
he had Absolutely no need of anything
but a hammer"
tits lucky we don't have to buy them
now" remarked Roger.
ut certainly is" answered his mother
because they are very expensive but
should insist on having them the first
thing, no matter what we had to get
along without in order to have them. 1t
is impossible to do any kind of eficiens
work without proper equipment and the
first thing any house needs is an outfit
Of sensible carpenter tools.
Roger laughed. "Our manual training
teacher at the school in Mayheld said
oLce that women always bought the dink-
lest little hammers and screw drivers
and that most Of the tools in the ordi-
nary house were joke. He claimed that
the reason that SO many things that a
man would naturally fix up were missing
in most kitchens and cellars
81 expect he was right" agreed Mrs.
Hooper. I've always known that the
money put into tools for keeping a house
In repair was a good investment. A man
won't drive a nail or saw a board with
out the proper tool to do it with, and
so things go on and on being neglected
| until an expensive carpenter has to be
called in to fix something that has grown
| gradually worse because Of neglect"
''Wen, father and 1 have fixed up
nice little work room in a corner OF the
basement and all the tools are unpacked
and ready for use,' said Roger as he
started for the cellar stairs. I'VE ex
/ m iah h0
six months fixing things up for you"
81 shouldn't be at all surprised if you
would" said his mother as she finished
| washing her sauce pans.
Right after lunch, with the exception
Of Betty who was sent upstairs to take
her nap, the whole family assembled in
the basement to put the preserve closet
in shape. Scarcely anything had been
broken in transit The jars had all been
carefully packed and coming by express
they seemed to have been carefully han
died. There had been a little breakage
but nothing serious. Helen mourned that
the box in which the ounce Jam that she
and her grandmother had made whileI
Betty was i'll had suffered the most Sc I
verely and that half a dozen jars in thatv
case had been broken.
"Roger never did believe that Jam was
it just looks as If he packed it badly on
purpose. Nothing else got smashed tbs
way"
what a silly idea, Helen" said her
mother, "as If Roger would do fuch a
thing"
"Oh, I don't know" added Helen
skeptically, Roger is funnitr than you
think"
as that so?" exclaimed Roger testify
And the battle was on until Mrs. Hooper
set Helen to work wiping off the outside
of the jars that Mr.. Hooper was putting
in place on the shelves under her direc
ton.
The menus for the three meals on Sun
day are:
BREAKFAST
Grapefruit Cereal
Broiled Bacon Eggs Toast
Coffee
DINNER
Roast Leg Of Mutton Brown Potatoes
Dreamed Caulifower Vegetable Salad
Chocolate Pudding
SUPPER
Cold Meat Hot Biscuits
Canned Fruit Cake Cocoa