Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-18
The Hoopers Tell
HOW FIUe LiUe on
admitted Income

that MIS-. Hooper has evolved and
found practical. Follow them daily
In an interesting review of their homo
life and learn to meet the conditions
OF the high cost of living with them.J
SATURDAY,
I'm interested as possible in that file
you are making" said Mr.. Hooper as he
pulled his chair up to where she was
working after they had come in from the
dining room, leaving Helen to wash the
dishes and Roger TO help her and put
things in order for the night. He and
his father had worked all the afternoon
making the stand for preparing vegeta-
bles which Mrs. Hooper had wanted very
much in the kitchen, and now she was
anxious to get all her records and files
in place so that she could say that the
kitchen was really finished for all prac-
teal purposes.
I'm quite convinced" answered Mrs.
Hooper as she finished her addresses on
her cards and then threw the old address
DOCK IN the waste basket, that Just tax
Ing each room at a time now and getting
1t into just as good shape as I can be-
Tore leave 1t is a better plan than to
continue settling the whole house at the
same time, the way l began"
IlInRS
had to do all over the house to sort of
lay a foundation for all the details you
are fitting in now" replied Henry look
ing curiously at the tab card on which
she had just written Medical Record"
What in the world are you going to put
on thatf" he asked as she headed a
plain white card with his name with
physician" written in the left-hand cor
ner
Wen not much Just now" she laughed
III really have to look you up to find
out Just what your medical record Is, be-
cause l haven't kept it very carefully, but
IT'S different with the children" She
took up another card and wrote Rogers
name at the top. On the next line shN
put born July IL, 1905, then on each
succeeding line she wrote the date of
his vaccination, the date that he broke
his arm and when he had the chicken
pox. She filled out a card for Roger
also headed "Oculist" on which she re-
corded the date he had his eyes examined
last and the length of time he had worn
glasses as result Of the examination.
similar card was made out for the
dentist showing the date that his teeth
mad been gone over and the cost Of the
work. She made a set of these three
cards for each member Of the family con-
tanning all the data relating to their
health and illnesses, and the cost in the
matter Of doctors and dentists and ocu-
lists bills. On her own oculist card she
also wrote the prescription for her glasses
which she had to send Henry upstairs to
find in an envelope in her top dresser
drawer.
You can see Henry how much more
sensible it is to have a thing like that
handy in this box" she said taking the
to do even the little searching for it
that was necessary, and 1t could have
been anywhere when we wanted it,
Not in any house you keep Mary"
said her husband admiringly. But do
approve of its being IN a place like that
because any OF US would now know where
to find it. But how is 1t you have kept
all those records Of everything that has
ever happened to the children7 Even If
you have had them written down in old
note BOOKS instead Of being systematical-
" filed as you have them now you have
nevertheless preserved them
ut Is really essential that a mother
should have all this information because
the schools are always wanting to know
things about children for their records
and you can't furnish any reliable data
unless you have it written down some
where"
Il suppose It would help toward the
accuracy of vital statistics If mothers
could be absolutely depended on to turn
over a correct record OF their child's
previous physical condition when he goes
to school. And besides that, and what
is perhaps more important, IL one of the
children falls i'll 1t Is q great help to the
doctor you call in If you can tell him
quickly and accurately Just what previous
sickness the child has had during its life
and the exact date of each case" added
Mrs Hooper.
Il suppose by the time you have filed
all those other cards the history of the
Hooper family will have been completely
recorded"
Mrs. Hooper laughed as she closed the
box and took up her mending.
The menus for the three meals on Sun
day are:
BREAKFAST.
Grape Fruit
Cereal
Sausage
Waffles
Coffee.
DINNER.
Pot Roast, Brown Gravy
Mashed Potatoes
CaulifOwer Cream Sauce
Vegetable Salad
Tapioca Custard.
SUPPER.
Cold Meat
Bean Sandwiches
A Nuts
Banana Layer Cake
Cocoa.