Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-09

| 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 them.l
THURSDAY
With the idea in mind that she would
concentrate Oh getting the kitchen prop
erly equipped for working On Saturday,
Mrs. Hooper had made out her shopping
/ list for today, with particular attention
/ TO the things that she had not yet pur-
chased Tor that room, and which she
coPsldered very necessary equipment.
win the furniture she had bought, the
gas range, an enameled kitchen table,
q small pine table, a high stool, one
kitchen chair and linoleum for the floor
( She had bought only the cooking uten-
sils that she absolutely needed, and these
last few weeks had been particularly
trying, because she was managing with
out many things that she had always
had to use in preparing her meals and
in doing heF kitchen work. In order to
avoid the confusing appearance that some
kitchens have when you come into them,
because all the sauce pans and dishes
had decided to have all her pots and
pans Of gray agate, all her common cook
ing china Of blue and her mixing bowls
| OF yellow. This gave a bright, cheerful
look in the kitchen without confusion.
One of the first acts Of settling the
; kitchen would be to putting the various
cooking utensils in groups In places
about the kitchen where they would al
ways be under her hand The old plan
Of putting all the pots and pans in a
closet and all the kitchen knives and
forks and spoons and other small tools
, used for preparing food in a drawer and
all the mixing bowls on a high pantry
shelf, Mrs. Hooper has long abandoned.
and had learned 10 put the utensils used
for the same purpose together in groups
and in proper relation to the stove or
sink or table. In order to get these In
place on Saturday while she had Roger
and Henry 20 put up shelves and hooks.
she was anxious to assemble as many
things as possible In spite Of the fact
that she hated to spend so much money
all at once. She had already put over
q hundred dollars into the kitchen and
| there was still a long list of little things.
costing but a small sum alone. but
amounting up when SO many of them
had to be Thought. She still needed and
must buy today q clock, a bread box.
a knife sharDeneC, an ice pick and
shaver, glass butter Jar, cheap dishes
for putting food away in the ice box
large tray, q dish drainer, dish mons
and pot brush. a plate shaper. sink
/ strainer, soap shaker, a " ire' faucet sooo
dish, sink brush and SCOOP. mesh not
| rags a pancake turner skewers. a lemon
squeezer, Kitchen scissors. half q dozen
I custard cups. a large kitchen knife. a
small kitchen knife, an egg beaten and
cream whip combined, two mixing bowls
/. tshe had one) -four dredger, an enamel
funnel and a meat chopper With the
cooking utensials she had already bought
and the few things she had brought
from Mayfeld, this would equip her
kitchen very completely. On her list
she did not forget to put the several aizes
or tin pans and handles out Of which
she and Helen were to make dish covers
that when finished would look like and
serve the purpose of the silver plated
ones they had seen in use in the Pull
man dining cars Gu their trip from
Mayfield to indianapolis.
The marketing for the week was about
os usual, though with the beginning Of
Lent, Mrs. Hooper planned to have more
ush dishes and cut down on her meat
allowance. With the MayfeId canned
vegetables and fruits unpacked and in
place on their shelves she had used moro
Of them than Of the fresh fruit and
vegetables that were in the market and
were very tempting. There were plenty
Of good looking apples at the little
peighborhood market and she bought
quite supply.
The menus for the three meals Of
Friday are:
BREAKFAST
Baked Apples and Cereal
Poached Eggs On Toast
POpovers
Coffee
LUNCHEON
Cream OF Tomato Soup
Toasted Crackers
Peanut Butter Sandwiches
Banana Short Cake
Cocoa
DINNER
Dreamed Goldfish
Boiled Potatoes
Boiled Onions Butter Sauce
Picked Beets
Fruit Salad
Cake