Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-23
The HOopers Tell
HOU FIUe Live on
GLInsited Income
Problems of Home S0IUed BIZ
Practical Budget GiUen
Daily in Times.

AC 0pOpNASt average AlNI4Ga2
family Of FIVE. living in a suburban
town, on a 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 them.l
THURSDAY.
Mrs. Hooper intended to inauguate heI
oid-time schedule for work as soon az
possible and TO resume her plan for do
ing tie same things on each dag Of the
week. There had been no opportunity
yet to do this and she felt THAI she was
living in very haphazard fashion; ell
though Roger and Henry had unpacked
the washing machine and installed II in
It's place in the laundry she had as yet
done no regular washing She decided
TO let It go over now until the regular
wash day on Tuesday, in spite Of the
fact that soiled clothes were accumulat-
ing IN larger quantities than she had
remembered ever having around before.
She couldn't help realizing how very
easy 1t was TO get into a thoroughly
demoralized condition and not seem 10
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out OF chaos without the most extraordi-
nary effort. She recalled how impatient
she had been with Mrs. Campbell in her ,
laundering efforts TO run her house on
schedule and her intolerance Of Mrs.
Briggs, who absolutely refused to be
bothered with routine or system in the
matter Of homework. II wasn't so easy
after all, as she was now learning when
she found herself without all her well
organized household equipment and only
the most meager substitutes TO take then
place.
In the old arrangement at MayfeId
Thursday afternoon had been set aside
for shopping and marketing because for
many reasons it had proved most con-
venient. The ironing and putting away
OF the clothes that had been washed on
Tuesday always took the entire after
noon on Wednesday and Friday had been
devoted to the meetings Of the Woman's
Club, so that Thursday was the logical
time for shopping. She decided TO make
1t her marketing day in Indianapolis
unless there should be some peculiar
local reason why Friday would be the
better day for this purpose. There would
be no Woman's Club meeting here so
there would be no reason why it couldn't
be Friday if she should decide.
The problem Of taking Betty with her
when she shopped presented itself to
70 her again. but when she remembered
her experience last week Of coming home
and finding her apparently lost she de-
termined to take the child with her on
every occasion that she went in town and
Keep a watchful eye on her as well. She
never again wanted such a scare as the
one she had lived through last Friday.
Three or four streets away she found
a very good neighbOr5OOd marketing
center where the meat shop. and The
grocery store, he fruit stands and the
creamery were side by side on the same
block. She had no desire TO venture
further down town, and she fe.t that once
she came TO know the butcher and the
grocer and the fruit man that she would
enter into the same friendly relations
that she had always encouraged with the
tradespeople in Mayfeld. She wanted
the butcher TO know her preferences
about meat and to realize that she knew
exactly what she wanted and how
much she would pay for il. The butch
ers interests in her needs would mean
money IN her pocket at the end Of the
month as she recalled from long ex-
perience. So having found that this
marketing center would probably prove
perfectly satisfactory she opened nego-
l4dtlons al once Win these shop keepers
Filling her pantry shelves with the
stock Of supplies that she always kent
in reserve was one Of the first things
to be done but until her pantry ana
kitchen were better arranged she hated
10 NIL the place with groceries so THU
week she bought just what she needed
for the actual preparation OF her meals
for the week letting the list go until a
later date
The menus for the three meals on Fri
day are:
BREAKFAST.
Orange Juice Cereal
Spanish Omelet Pom Overs
Coffee
LUNCHEON
Crisp Pork and Cream Gravy
vegetable salad Bread and Butter
Fruit Cocoa
DINNER.
Cream Of Celery Soup
Stuffed Haddock Mashed Potatoes
Stewed Tomatoes Apple Pie
PUREE OFF SWEET POTATOES
Boil until soft four large sweet pota-
toes, remove the skins and pass through
the ricer. Add four tablespoonfuls OF
butter and hot milk or cream to moisteu.
season with salt and beat until light and
fluffy. Shape with pastry bag and rose
tube into roses. croustades, borders. etc
FASHION HINTS FROM PARIS