Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-01
WEDNESDAY.


In Mayfeld Mrs. Hooper had always
devoted Wednesday to ironing and sort
ing the clothes to be mended as the logi-
caI thing to be done following wash day
/ on tuesday and she intended to continue
! TINS practice on her new schedule as she
found that Thursday was quite as good
as any other in Indianapolis on which
to market or shop. She was very glad
/ TO md herself In possession of her faith
IuI electric iron which Mrs. SeIden had
tod her she might take from the May
neId house, as she had no earthly use for
1t. She would have had to buy a new one,
She figured that in spite of the cost of
electricity which she found cost more
per watt than she had paid in Mayf1eId
she could accomplish so much more and
so much better work with an electric
iron that she wouldn't think of going
back to gas iron or one that was
heated on the range. So having one In
her possession made just one article less
OF equipment that she had to buy out
or her meager funds. She found, how
ever. that in the laundry where hers
ironing table and board was installed
there was no convenient place to attach
the electric iron. 1t had to be screwed
into the fixture in the middle of the
room. This made It necessary to put
the table under 1t which was an awkward
place for It to be, and in a position
which gave her a very poor light. She
decided that her first investment would
be the putting in of several sockets in
different places in the house which
would give her the convenience to which
she had been accustomed in the use Of
her reading lamp and electric iron and
the little toaster on which she had al
ways made her toast at the brea kfast
table. The lamp and the toaster had
been left at Mayheld as part of the fur
nishings for which the Seldens we've nav.
ing rent but Mrs. Hooper intended to re-
place both these necessities as soon as
she could As she did the ironing today
with the table in the wrong place and
the annoyance and waste Of time in hav-
ing to detach the cord each time she used
the iron because It persisted in getting
tangled she figured out Just what she
could do IN this laundry at a minimum
Of expense to make it a duplicate of her
convenient and labor saving one in May
field. She made a number of notatious
in her inspection book and decided to
have Henry and Roger devote their Sat
urday to fixing It up. It would be Just
as well to begin these individual improve
meuts that she would have to add to
nearly every room In the house right in
the laundry and then work toward the
front and upper part OF the house The
expense Of it all appalled, her as she re-
membered how much IN debt they were,
but as Henry had observed they would
probably be a long time in Indianapolis
because Of his job which looked as # It
would be a permanent one, and making
the house q workshop in which she could
be an efficient workman was something
in which she intended to indulge herself
with the firm belief that IN the end they
would be more effectively released from
debt even If # might take a little
longer.
The electrician would have TO be called
IN TO install the new wiring and sockets
and some boards and brackets would have
to be bought for the shelves, but every
thing else she and Roger and Henry
could do easily without any added ex-
pense.
The family wearing apparel was in
pretty good condition, so that a smaller
pile of mending than usual was set aside
for work in the evening, but Mrs. Hoop
er had been calling into service all her
old curtain and drapery material to be
used for the time being, and after wash
ing and pressing everything she had on
hand, there was much mending and 1T
ting and repairing to de done before
they could be put to use IN the new
house.
The menus for the three meals On
Thursday are:
BREAKFAST.
Baked Apples Cereal
Fish Cakes Hot Btsuufta
Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Cold Meats Bread ana Eutte9
Stewed Tomatoes Gingerbread
MIX
DINNER,
Cream OF Pea Soup Tomato Sauce
Stuffed Green Peppers Baked Potatoes
Fruit Salad