Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-11
The Hoopers Tell
HOlU Fine LiUe on
o. Limited Income
Problems of Home SoLUed By
Practical Budget GiUen
DAILY in Times.

1.-THE Hoopers an average American
family OF five, living in a suburban
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 theml
SATURDAY.
Right after lunch Mrs. Hooper and
Henry and the children started to look
at the house to which they had been d.
rected by one of the men in the office
who had heard that the Hoopers were
sun trying to find a suitable place to
live.
Il know how hard 1t is, Hooper" the
man had said, If you have come from a
country town where you owned your own
home to ind what you are looking for.
mad the same experience when 1 came
here six years ago. 1. finally took the
best house l could find. which wasn't
at all what l had in mind, and began
fixing 1t up and now I've bought it"
Well / hardly expect to do that"
Henry had replied. because 1 have no
ambition to own another house"
But Mrs. Hooper may hive" laughed
the man, 1T was my wife who brought
my owning the place about, assure
you"
Henry repeated the mans converse
ton TO Mrs. Hooper as they walked
along in the direction of the car which
would take them to the address for which
they were looking"
NO thank Won , safo Mrs uoorar :
, tribe slangily. I'm not goilg to i'm
prove any more property shall al
ways live in hopes Of going back to my
own home in Mayfeld."
ut really doesn't looI, as II we ever
would Nary" replied Henry quietly. las
long as I'm able to work I'll probably
have job here, and there would never
be anything for me to do again in May
field. We might as well face that situa~
ton right now" so why turn your face
against the possibility OF making a per-
manent home here? Don't you like Indi-
anapolis;"
'oh, very much indeed" exclaimed Mrs
Hooper enthusiastically. Every day
that I've been out I've seen new things
that really attract me. and the people
have such a kind, friendly look I know
when we once settle in some neighbOr-
hood and l get acquainted that l shall
be very content"
We'll, then" said Henry, "if the house
is anything like my friend at the Office
says II is, l shall be very much In favor
or taking IL, even II 1t doesn't come up
TO your expectations OF what you think
you must have. As I've been thinking
it over, anyhow" continued Henry, Il
believe all the things you've been looking
for in those houses you have seen are
the very improvements we made our
selves in the Nayfield house during all
these years hat we've been calling IL
hczSc"
i guess you are right, Henry, come
to think Of it," admitted Mrs. Hooper
The old house was really very dilapi-
dated looking affsir when we first
bought it-much worse than any OF these
places I've seen here"
4 thought So" exclaimed Henry, tri-
umphantly. What you have In mind
is largely sentiment and III warrant
you won't be six months in any one OF
these places before it win have dozena
Of touches that will remind us Of the
Mayfeld house"
As they approached the address for
which they were looking Mrs Hooper
said. This looks like a very nice street
indeed, and If it is that house next to
the corner it looks very attractive"
zone Of the fellows like best at school
lives on this street" said Roger turning
back TO meet his mother and father who
with Betty between them We're following
him and Helen.
The house at which they stopped was
two-story one with a little lawn and
garden plot in front. 1t had evidently
just been vacated, as bits Of furniture
packing was still scattered about when
they opened the front door and It had
the feeling of some one having lived in
it recently. There was a square hall that
opened into a living-room on one side and
a dining-rOom on the other with a good
sized kitchen and pantry and laundry
and a maids room with a bathroom in
the back. Upstairs there were four big
bedrooms with a small alcove dressing
room of Of the front bedroom and a bath
room and linen closet, besides a good
sized room in the attic. Everything
looked clesn and sanitary and there
were electric lights as well as gas.
"Oh 1 like this" exclaimed Mrs.
Hooper.
And the rent is Just what we can
pay" said Henry. Fifty dollars"
But it is so huge it win take lot Of
furniture" considered Mrs. Hooper rue
fully.
I'VE will get just what we need first"
advised Henry, "and buy things as we
go along"
Lets take it," said Mrs. Hooper.
And so 1t was settled.
The menu for the three meals Sun
day is:
BREAKFAST
Grape F -uit
Cereal
Broiled Bacon and Eggs
Mullins
Coffee
DINNER
Roast Leg of Mutton
Brown Potatoes
Dreamed Cauliflower
Picked Beet and Lettuce Salad
Apple Whip
SUPPER
Cold Meat Sandwiches
Pickles
Ounce Marmalade
Layer Cake
Cocoa
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