Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-04
The Hoopers Tell
HOW FiUe Live on
aLinlIted Income

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 nome 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.I
SATURDAY.
We'll here we are now ready for
work." said Mr.. Hooper as the family
trooped down to the basement after
luncheon. While Mrs. Hooper had been
setting BETTY for her nap, Henry and
Roger had assembled their boards and
tools from the corner of the basement
that they called their work shop and
"hen she came down stairs they were
ready to carry out her plan to turn the
odFe roo mthat was called a laundry into
What was Mrs. Hooper's idea of a prac-
tlcal place for doing the family wash.
In the planning of the house the
laundry had been well placed in as much
as 1t was as far away as possible from
the furnace and the coal and ash bins
There was entry directly from the
laundry to the yard so that no I'm.
necessary steps needed to be taken. 1t
mad cement floor with a drain with the
floor slanting toward it. 1t was we'll
nghted too and there were two high
slIIed windows and a transom over the
uoor winch made ventilation without a
graft possible and the Kidding the room
OF steam also an easy problem. There
was also small built in closet for keen
ing supplies that dalipbtad AFre
1t was fitted with shelves for the
laundry supplies, irons and other utensils
ana on the side was q narrow space for
the ironing board to stand. There were
Two SCI tubs and the Hooper's washing
ndchlhe mad been put in place at right
angle to the window SO that the light
would not strike the eyes Of the person
WORKING at the machine, and in the
middle OF the room so that It was nos
hDle to walk all around it. Another
thlng That the house contained which
the Mayheld place boosted was
laundry chute in which the soiled clothes
could be placed upstairs and be shot
down to the laundry. Forsnearly twenty
years Mrs. Hooper had been carrying a
Dundle OF clothes from the top of the
uouse 10 the basement every Monday and
she welcomed this new labor saver.
Ihere was no stove In the laundry. and
MRS. Hooper's first laundry requisition
written written IN her note book had been a two
burner gas plate"
Roger you put up this clothes recI
the very first thing you do" said Mrs.
hooper as she handed him the little in
door clothes line which was always part
OF her Iaundry equipment. When not in
use II rolled up into a tin reel and was
puued out and fastened on to a hook at
the other end of the room when needed.
ehe mad bought a hard maple table as
a necessary piece Of furniture for IRON
ing things that were too large for the
ironing board, and while Roger was
putting up tho clothes line she fitted tha
TOP OF 1t with an ironing quilt which she
tackled on smoothly. The fable was
tnrty-rour inches high which was what
Mrs. Hooper had found right for her. She
was five feet six inches tail. Her ironine
board was covered with table padding
and piece of unbleached muslin with a
simple fastening device which she had
bought in the hardware store that per-
United 1t to be removed and laid away
very quickly. Even with the washing
machine Mrs. Hooper found a boiler
necessary and her purchases for the
laundry and included a boiler with a
copper bottom, because it would last
longer and conduct heat more quickly.
She planned on Monday to have a tin
smith put small faucet in the bottom
OF the boiler so that the water could be
drawn of more easily and with less dam
ger. She found that the whole cast of
this improvement to the boiler would be
a dollar. She filled the boiler with q
small hose pipe attached to the faucet,
Il want a shelf put up at the side of
those wash tubs, Henry said Mrs.
hooper, $50 you can go get busy about
that and Helen can tack those cards over
the wash tubs on which Roger has type
written neatly my recipes for taking out
different kinds Of stains and which
never bother to memorize because l he
heve in having them hung up in plain
sight for anyone to use If he has an acct
dent and spills something on his clothes
Before Mrs. Hooper went upstairs to
prepare dinner she surveyed the finished
laundry with some pride and her inven-
tory made out TO put later in her card
file showed the following:
Washing machine (paid for at May
neld $Iio.Vu) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 49,.
1 Doigr ';.'':....: ..''''.s..s......S3.50
I ruttInS IN 1aucet' ''.....s......s.... LOO
Small scrubbing brush. .......,., tx
Agate saucepan for starch making, 80
Long handled agate spoon. ........ rs
AkdCe tunnel 10
Wire strainer. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10
IRON ran :'...'s'.. ...............nss. 10
Siotnes pms. Observation-Disclosures. 20
Clothes line. Observation-Disclosures. 10
Electric iron paid for at Maydeid
= SO'OV 800. ..s.......s. 81.
lronging board and stand. .......... ESQ
TIeSse DoAro; '...;.,....'..''.. 10