The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-13

adjusting the dol
lar to rising prices is a necessary
factor in family budgeting. She is
well-versed in the field of meat
cookery, and in previous talks has
given new recipes and methods.
easily adaptable to every home
kitchen.
Her lecture Tuesday will be on
adaptabihty Of ham to Easter
menus. and will be given At 2:30.
a fashion show of foods viii be
presented in the Ayres auditorium
at $50 Thursday. when Miss Edna
Sparkman. home economist for
Westinghouse streamline refrigerat-
ors will present new and unusual
ideas in food preparation.
Miss Sparkman believes that willis
the average hOusekeeper is not in
terested in the mechanical features
of a refrigerator she is interested in
how TO use it best-how to save
money. Her food fashion show will
include new menus. new deserts and
also instructions on proper defroSt-
ing of refrigeratOrs. and an ex-
PLANTATION of why this is essential to
their care.
The bureau under Mrs Clark's
direction. has been installed to teach
women how to use to the best adj
vantage the household appliances
which are shown on the seventh
floor at Ayres'. To it indianapolis
women car bring all problems Of
home management, and receive adj
vice.
Each week Mrs Clark SpeCializes
in certain kinds of cookery, and pre-
sentS in addition a table, set for
some individual type of entertaining.
Last week she presented a Sunday
night supper table. set for an in
formal gathering 1t was decorated
with a bright red linen cloth, with
deep border Of stripes Of red and
natural color linen. silver candle
sticks, coffee service, cocktail serV-
ice. and chatting dish.
All appliances and decorations
used in the Home Service Bureau
are to be found in the Ayres store.
Visiting housekeepers. sent
through the women's work division
of the Governors Commission on
Unemployment Relief, are visiting
poorly-equipped, motherless and
fatherless homes in approximately
30 counties in Indiana, and caring
for the families there. according to
an announcement today by Mrs.
Letitia Hall Carter, state director
of wOmen'S work.
The hOusekeeperS are women on
relief, who in giving service to needy
families are providing their own
livelihood. They go into homes
which have been reported by in
vestigatorS in the social service de-
partment to be in need of attention.
Most prevalent are the cases where
the father Of several children is try
ing to keep them all at home under
the care of the oldest child
In such homes the hOusekeeper
goes to the house early in the
morning, cleans the house. does the
washing. ironing and mending, and
prepares the meals. With the help
Of the case work supervisor, she
works out a budget and a proper
diet for the family, so that they may
live economically.
experimenting to some extent the
work of the visiting nurses, the
housekeepers also are called irto
homes where there are new babies.
to look after the mother and other
and manage the home. In
homes where there is sickness, the
hOusekeepers take full charge and
stay until the patient is well enough
to resume management Of the home.
In Lake County. 215 housewives
have been taught to make bread by
visiting houSekeepers. and in Mad
ison county a laundry project has
been set up in a community center
where women also on relief rolls
wash, iron and mend the laundry
gathered from mOtherless homes.
More than 1000 families in Indiana
now are being benefited by this
visiting housekeeper service.