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purposes.
 The system we eventually found most workable had for it's basis a summary sheet divided into thirteen vertical columns one for each month and the last for the annual total-and ruled Horizontally according to the fol- lowing expense headings: ln- surance, taxes. rent, gas, cleo tricity and house telephone, food except milk and ice (which we itemized separately), but includ- ing family meals eaten outside the home. miscellaneous house. hold supplies and expenses, help, chld's school, clothes and miscel- laneous expenses. wife's personal expenses. husbands personal ex- penses. The last two items we subdivided into clothes, carfare, doctor and dentist, club dues. to- bacco and the like, as seemed desirable. and posted on separate sheets.
 For people new to the game of family account keeping it is not a bad idea, for a starter, to buy one of the so-called Family Expense Books" in which the columns and standardized head ings are already laid out be- lieve, too, that some banks and insurance companies offer &C., count books or account sheets without charge.
 For our day-to-day records 1 carried small notebook, and my wife kept a small blank book in her desk. She usually carried . scratch pad or piece of paper in her bag when she started on . complicated shopping tour, 60 that items could be jotted down before she forgot them. Both my book and hers were roughly ruled into columns according to the branches of expenditure in which we were each particularly interested. This saved the time and bother of writing out the destination of each dime CT dol.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-12
The C0lorful Fruit Cocktails
They Sc, Of the Table Well as Add zes, to the M..

Sprinkle lightly with powdered sugar and serve.
 For Cauliflowsr Cocktail- Cook one medum-sized head of cauliflower until tender. Sepa- rate the flowerets and cut them up rather coarsely. Chill well. Add to tomatoes which have been skinned and diced, and one tea spoonful of chopped chives. Mari nate in one-third cupful of well. seasoned French dressing for thirty minutes. Serve in cock tail glasses, allowing one-third cupfu] for each serving. This recipe serves six.
 For Cabbage Cocktail-Finely shred and chop one-third of . medium-sized cabbage. Cover with cold water and chill for one hour. Drain, dry well and add one-third cupful of finely chopped green pepper, and two table spoonfuls of cooked salad dress ing for every cupful of cabbage. Chill well. Serve in cocktail glasses, allowing one-third cupful for each serving. Sprinkle with chopped parsley. Serves six.
 For Green Pepper Coektail- Use equal parts of shredded green pepper, celery and cooked stringbeans. Serve with Russian dressing.
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TOLORFUL combination, of
 fruits, vegetables. or fish - should often appear as the first course of luncheon or din ner, to replace or precede the soup course. AS so-called "cock- tails" these not only serve as re- freshing appetizers. but often add just the needed touch to an otherwise simple meal.
 For Mint Grape cocktaiI.- Arrange in each cocktail glass two tablespoonfuls of diced. canned pineapple and two table spoonfuls of seeded Malaga grapes. Over the top arrange three fleshy sections of orange cut in halves. and two fleshy sec tlons of grapefruit cut in halves. Last. pour two tablespoonfuls of red grape juice over each and serve topped with . sprig of mint.
 Pineapple Cocktail IS attrac- tive arranged on small glass plates. On each plate place a slice of canned pineapple, which has been cut in several places without losing its shape Lay a smaller slice of orange, also cut in several places, on top of each slice of pineapple. and pile halves of seeded grapes in the center.
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either of the following sugges. tions for their preparation:
 Cut the beef into wafer-thn slices. Place one tablespoonful of butter or drippings in frying pan or chafing dish. add one small onion chopped fine and cook until yellow Then add one la blespoonful of flour and one cup, ful of water gradually, stirring constantly. Cook until thickened and season with one teaspoonful of salt. one-quarter teaspoonful of pepper and three tablespoon fuls of tomato catsup. When well mixed, place the beef in 1t. There will be sufficient sauce for eight or ten very thin but large slices. Heat for ten to fifteen minutes and serve with boiled rice. This may be varied by sub. stituting mustard pickle for the catchup.
 Then this: Melt three table spoontuls of butter or rargarln in saucepan and cook in it until yellow two medium sized onions finely chopped. Then add three tablespoonfuls of flour and one tablespoonful of parsley, Stir together until buhbling and add gradually two cupfuls of hot water Stir constantly until thickened and season with one and one-quarter teaspoonfuls of salt. one-auarter teaspoonful of pepper and one teaspoonful of prepared mustard. Then drop in the beef, about l2 slices cut tain, and cook just long enough to heat the meat through. not over ten minutes. To serve, ar range the meat on rounds of bread which have been fried in drippings and pour the sauce over all. Serve with plain boiled potatoes. Serves six.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-12
'. Must Be Cared For.

oil may bs introduced once in . while to keep the grease soft. In any event, ball bearings require very little attention if they have been properly assembled and grease-packed by the manufac. turers. Plain bearings, however, must be fabricated regularly in order to insure long life.
 The carbon brushes in electro cleaners. which conduct the cur. rent to the moving parts of tho motor. will wear in time; the evi. dence of wear is usually indicated by sparking. If unusual spark. ing occurs where the brushes make contact with the commu. tator. it would be we'll to have your cleaner serviced, for prob. ably the brushes are worn. or the commutator is pitted or scored or there may bs trouble in the motor windings.
 The connecting cord, especially where the wires are fastened to tho attachment plug, may be a source of trouble unless care is taken to handle it carefully. Do not run heavy furniture across the cord or drag it over sharp ob- jects. Remember there are deli cate wires enclosed in the cord; handle it with care. When dis connecting tho plug do co by grasping the plug itself suahe, than by jerking on the cord. When you are through using the cleaner. wind the cord carefully, on the cleats provided for that purpose. Attention to these mi nor things will free you from an- moving delays and the necessity for servicing.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-12

onlons and one clove of garlic very finely chopped. one table spoonful of minced parsley, one half teaspoonful of salt and one quarter teaspoonfui of pepper. Cut the beef in wafer-thin slices, using about one pound, and ar. range in greased baking-dish, alternating layers of beef with layers of the onion mixture. Moisten with one-quarter cupful of hot water or stock, to which one tablespoonful of vinegar has been added. and bake, covered, in d hot oven of 200 degrees F, for fifteen minutes. Serve with creamed potatoes. Serves six.
 Here IS another delicious way of serving leftover boiled beef. Wash and pare potatoes and thin. ly slice enough to make one quart. In a baking-dish place one large slice of bacon cut in tiny dice; over this arrange alter nately layers of the sliced pota, toes and cold beef cut in very thin slices. having layer of po- tatoes on the top. Use about three-quarters of pound of the meat. For seasoning. mix to- gether one finely chopped onion. one .ta belspoonful of minced par sley. one and one-quarter tea. spoonfuls of salt, and one-quar- ter teaspoonfu] of pepper. Sprinkle part of this mixture over each layer. Add one cupful of hot water and one cupful of stock. Spread over all one e-quar- ter cupful of dry crumbs and dot with one tablespoonful of butter or margarin. Bake one-half hour in . hot oven of 400 degrees F. Serve six
 Left-overs of roast beef or steak may be transformed into delicious and attractive dishes by
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French Ways with Meat Left>overs


"Oa a certain degree. 1t is pos
 sible to plan meals so care A fully as to eliminate left overs. However. when roasted meats are served there is bound to be a surplus which must be served at another meal
 Great care must be taken in the cooking and serving of left overs. Make the dishes attrac. tive; little parsley, thinly sliced pickles, sliced lemon. or hard. cooked egg make inexpensive and appetizing decorations. It is most satisfactory, in these days of ex- pensive living, to succeed in mak- ing leftrovers so that they are thoroughly appreciated and it is well worth the little trouble taken.
 In any ot the following recipes calling for sliced meat. it Is difficult to give the exact num- Der of slices required. because the slices are bound to vary in size. But in every case. see that the meat is cut in slices as thin as wafers. This adds greatly to the palatability of a left. over meat dish. In all the recipes des- ignating sliced meat. use enough to weigh from three-quarters of . pound to one pound.
 The following met h ods of serving will make palatable even boiled beef which may have been left from the making of soup stock, etc. These directions may also be used for preparing left overs of roast beef or pot roast:
 Cut the beef into very thin slices. Cream together two table spoonfuls of butter or margarin, one tablespoonful of chopped parsley, one-half teaspoonful of salt and one eighth teaspoonful of pepper. Add slowly one table. spoonful of lemon juice. Spread . little of this mixture over each slices of beef. using about three, quarters of pound of the beef. Arrange the slices of beef thus prepared is . greased baking dish. add five tahlespoonulfs of hot stock or water and sprinkle over all two tablespoonfuls of fine, dried bread or cracker crumbs. Bake in . hot oven 10 minute-no longer. or the meat will dry and toughen. Serve baked potatoe. with this. Thinly sliced corn beef is delicious pre-. pared by this recipe. Omit the salt in this case.
 For another method of prep aration, cut two slices of bacon in small dice and try out in a hot frying pan. Add two small
New Britain herald., 1929-04-12

complexity of living, our stand ards have changed abruptly. We must have a motor cur. radios, tiled bathrooms and . host of other things that earlier genera tions never even imagined. These things are all excellent; they have increased our comfort and well-bsing immeasureably. They have made us broader minded and more interesting, and life more interesting to us. But they all have to be paid for-some- how.
 When my wife and awoke to the fact that our income fell far short of our needs - or, rather, what we thought were our needs-we decided, as the first step in recognizing our affairs, to borrow a few leaves from the books of business. We made up our minds that home finances have to be managed as carefully as corporation finances, if un- lovably squabbles about money are to be avoided.
 Generally speaking. financial management in business rests upon two foundations-accurate cost accounting and the budget. Accounts are financial history. They tell what has happened. The budget is financial prophecy. It attempts to tell what is going to happen.
 We decided, ia talking the matter over, that | reasonably truthful set of accounts and 2 budget were as essential to hap. piness in the home as light pie crust and . cheerful disposition. and these were our reasons:
 Accounts. in the first place. tell in unmistakable language what you are getting for the money you spend. Are you &C., combating a capital that will support you in old age? Are you laying the financial founda. tion for a home of your own? Are you having a good time now going to the theatre. giving parties. joining clubs, enjoying books, . radio, a car? Are you on the other hand, not really get ting your moneys worth-letting your income slip through your fingers in all sorts of little ways that. added together. represent the price of soms greater pleas
New Britain herald., 1929-04-12
Keeping the Cleaner Clean
Vacuum NacMnes. Like Any

VACUUn 10SWNeSs ~s~O nay i" HERE are really but . few
 things to bs kept in mind A in caring for your vacuum cleaner. In the first place the cleaner has moving parts-motor. wheels, perhaps | revolving brush. etc., where metal runs on metal. These parts will require lubrica. ton. The proper quantity and quality of oil or grease applied to the bearings of the cleaner will prevent wear and insure long life.
 Manufacturers of vacuum cleaners always furnish directions as to the places on the cleaner which require fabrication. the kind of lubricant that should be used on their particular cleaner and the quantity. The manufac. turer, of course, knows his own machine best and it is good sense to follow his directions.
 It may be difficult to judge when to lubricate because this is dependent on the frequency of use. However, 1t should be kept in mind that the more the cleaner is used, the more frequently 1t will have to be fabricated. You should know that it is possible to use too much oil. If there is an excess, the oil may drip into the motor and cause serious damage to the windings.
 Some cleaners are now being made with ball bearings, which are packed with grease at the fac tory and should not require addi. tional fabrication for long period. Some manufacturers pro- vide an oil hole above the bear.
 ings 70 that just . few drops o'
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Aeessats Arc the
 Evidsacs of Real
 Partasvship aad Cs.spsvstien Bstvssn Husband cad Wife.
By ALLEN R. DODD.

by ALLEN '. DODO.
 Y CAN remember that period
 of the Gay Nineties when ~ the bicycle built for two" was evident in fact as well as in song. l can remember, too. that the person on the front seat of a tandem bicycle seemed to have the unalterabls conviction that the person behind consistently did less than his fair share of the pedaling.
 In these later years l have found . similar situation often interfering with the smooth run ming of that tandem affair called marriage. I have been talked to by husbands convinced that they could get somewhere financially If their wives would only give them some real cooperation in keeping the family expenditure within . reasonable figure. I have overheard wives complain. ing that while they grew gray hairs in the hopeless attempt to manage . home and save money on insufficient funds, their hus- bands bought seventy-five dollar suits and twenty-five cent cigars and joined clubs or lodges with gay disregard for the limitation of the family income.
 Now, in most of these cases, l do not believe there was any intent to be unfair on the part of either husband or wife. The trouble came from . misunder. standing of present-day living conditions and . profound ignor- ance of where the family money actually went.
 When the generation ] hate to confess that l belong to was young, . few thousand dollars bought . respectable home, serv. ants were cheap, and almost every family had . Cousin Annie or Aunt Maria to help with the homework, and the butcher gave away liver and dog meat as goodwill offering. Then . cer- tain amount of casualness in the management of the family finances made little difference, when there was what might be considered . fair income.
 Today the cost of housing has more than doubled in many places, the price of help is almost prohibitive when it can be had at all, and sn extra mouth at the table is something to be reckoned with in dollars. To add to the
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between husband and wife. They are the wifes certificate of con- potent management-the hus- bands proof of fair dealing.
 Once my wife and had de- cided that accounts and budget were necessary for the salvation of our home, the next question was-How to acquire them? Be- yond such obvious items as rent, insurance, taxes and doctor E
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money matters. Does the hus- band fail to understand why the $40 he gave his wife on Satur- day is totally non-existent by the following Wednesday, The account book shows why. It may even convince the husband that he is asking his wife to perform financial miracles he would not expect of any one else. Ac- counts are the evidence of real partnership and cooperation
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ure or worthwhile investment! The answer is in the account book.
 In the second place, accounts are the only satisfactory basis upon which to plan working budget. How could we, for in- stance. decide in what ways we would probably spend our money next year, until we knew in what ways we had spent it last year?
 Accounts, finally, are a won. derful help in avoiding husband. midwife argum e nts g b ou t
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In the beginning we asked ourselves, frankly, what we wanted to find out about the money we spent. Certain broad channels of outflow insur- ance, rent, etc. - " ere practically set down for us. Certain others food, h 0 U 5 ( hold, help and supplies, clothes appeared almost automatical- ly as divisions of expense to keep track of, It was the more obNcure items that worried l us.
 1 Was my tobacco bill IS small as ] thought it was!
 Were we spend- ing too much in entertaining our- selves and our friends?
 All these W c tried to itemize in detail. We were. parenthetically, ap. palled before the year was half over by the sum total of formerly nickels, di m e s and quar- ters.
 One thing we found out quickly. A too elaborate ac- counting system ia almost worse than none at all. There is no sense, we de- cided, in trying to make house hold accounts balance as accurately as [ checkbook. All we wanted was an in' telligent i'd ea o1 what We were get. ting for our money and even if { W h o 1 e dollar es' caped us now and then, the sul It, were close enough for practical pur'
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These hoaehoJ c,itl.y safc1> sn.oncly e.e 1r Housekeeping sp:cto',~s types o1 honh0'd *.d s's+:nn, f'nnd 5H1e 7..Tfnfa corsnHig being lW tested ril fully oored printed tAis page OtherNiSe specified
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bills, we hadn't the ghost of an idea of where our money was go- ing. We didn't even know where 1t ou>ht to go
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-17
STRIKERS FACE
MARTIAL RULE
Schools Shut, No Water in
Textile City.

}u United Press
ELIzABETHTON, Tenn, May II.
Martial law apparently faced this
community today as a result Of the
liolent disorders growing out Of the
strikes in the textile mills.
The city was without water,
schools were closed. rioting was
prevalent, and jails were filled with
picketing strikers after repeated
clashes between National guardsmen
and workers.
Sheriff j. M Moreland admitted
the situation was all but out of
control, and appealed to Adjutant-
General w. G. Boyd to Declare mar
tial law.
Three more units of National
guardsmen. one mounted, were to
arrive at noon to assist the five al
ready present.
Disruption Of the water system
was a result of the dynamiting of
a 16-inch water main at Valley
Forge where it crosses Doe river.
three miles east of here.
Among other disturbances in the
last forty-eigbt hours was the block
ing Of Gap creek road with felled
trees; the routing of a group OF
picketeers with tear bombs by
guardsmen at Valley Forge, and the
driving an an automobile through a
crowd of union strikers by nom
union man on his way to one Of the
mills.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-17

but we wonder whether there is not
this factor of having lived so closely
to the father that it is difficult to
identify with any satisfaction
Crowded conditions are also
stunting the child's development as
a self contained. self sufficient indi-
yidual. the psychiatrist has found
Where the youngster lives in
rooms and neighborhoods 50 crowd
ed that he is rarely alone. ne does
not easily develop an attitude Of
looking to himself for the real salts
faction Of life" he said. One sees
this preserved in adult persons who
seem almost afraid to be alone"
The mental strain Of constantly
having to get along with other
people is telling on the children Of
these families, DR.. Plant also point
ed out. Adults often feel the strain
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-17

good many traits that make for
happiness and strength of character,
according to observations of DR.. J.
S Plant, director Of the Essex
county juvenile clinic, in New Jer-
soy. Speaking before specialists in
mental and nervous diseases. at
terding the American Psychatric
Association. this morning. Dr.. Plant
said that children who live in apart
ments and other crowded quarters
are 50 closely tied to people that
they can not escape their foibles.
Hence it is difficult for the coming
generation TO build up any hero
idealism or parent idealism.
we find very few children in
these crowded families who are
planning to follow their fathers
footsteps. This is usually ascribed
to their desire to better themselves.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-17

Of having to adjust to others If they
are persistently in a group for :;
period Of time, and in present cit.
living conditions there are children
who have never known any othel
situation.
Very little is definitely known a
vet as to the effects which crowdinl
is produced in individuals and II
the national life of America, Dr.
Plant said. 1t is a factor which ap
pears to be Of growing significance
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-17
CITY ATHLETICS STUDIED

DR.. Theodore Lewald. German
olympic committee chairman. and
DR.. Carl Diem, general secretary of
the federal council for athletics.
visited the Normal college of the
American Gymnasium Union here
Thursday.
The two Germans are studying
athletics and the training Of ath-
letic instructors throughout the
United States.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-17

There are eighty-two appoint
ments at large to the United State
Military Academy at West Point
two of whom are made upon recon-
mendation of the vice-president
specially conferred by the President
of the United States.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-17

students to exclude the Swedish Ian
guage from all but special part
of HelSingfors university evoked
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-17
CITY CHILDREN
LOSE IDEALS,
SAYS DOCTOR
Crowded Conditions Stunt
Youngsters Growth,
Claims Expert.

ATLANTA May 17-Children Of
the present day who live in crowded
conditions in the cities are losing
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-17

much surprise today. The language
heretofore has been used on a par
with Finnish.