Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-02-06

that does not produce benefit of som,
kind 10 the individual, but the kind.
OF benefit TO which he is susceptible,
are SO many and the needs of ditferen,
men SO various that there is an almost
infinite variety of ways in which tim,
may be usclully employed, The test
as to whether time is being wasted
must, therefore, be applied in individ.
ual eases, and the only question is
whether II is being benelicially EN-.
ployed.
That time devoted To recreation or
amusement Is not wasted is expressed
IN the old pruverb; "All work and nc
play makes Jack a dull boy." 4
cheerful disposition is such an impor,
tant laclurm energetic work that To- de.
prlvc "A man oi tile enjoymcuts of life
Is 10 curtail his working power. II.
however, a due proportion is not
maintained between work and plav
there Is a waste of time in the opposite
direction. Too much amusement pro.
notes a di>taStc for work.
The hours devoted 10 reading and
study are bcnelicially employed, not
wasted, when the line of study is such
as 10 promote the welfare of the in.
divldual, but time may be wasted in
reading that which is of no benefit or
that which distracts ones thoughts
from necessary occupations. Time
may even be wasted IN productive
work If it should be Of a kind that de-
grades or that Is less beneficial than
other available kinds of work. But
by far the greatest waste of time comes
rom want Of method. Ii is constant
hour by hour. and like the constant
dropping OF water on "A stone. produces
an effect apparently out of all proper
ton 10 the cause.
Every one has noticed hat in a well
ordered household or shop every tool
has It's place and work proceeds sys-
.ematIcally. One thing is no sooner
done than another is ready at hand,
and the tools are always in order and
ready to be taken up. On the other
hand, in a disorderly household or
shop, working without method, there
are frequent interruptions or delays
while thp oupStinn il Laing considered
what to do next or while search Is he.
inc made for tools ,Lo, Wien found
have IA be put in order before tho main
work can Inc beyun A few m;nutos
out Of an hour may be wasted in such
delays, but in the aggregate they
one Of ,Le most common and aImoS,
unno,nd sources of tho was,o ~ ,;mo
In Iarrn aS,aLl;.LnS.n,I anSnIam;no
thousands If men ,bn .mnlornr L. -
look ,ftcr tba noss;hlc waSto Of ,;no
bv os MANI indiviIu.Isas hc cmnIarS
and his pr5snerity or f,iIuro may tnrn
unon tbts simnIa ouas,;nn az a yr,s,oof
time I'm smell +, ra.e the loss Lv the
individual Is so greatly multinIiaJ that
In a s;ngin d,v /, mov amnnnt 70
enoucb t3 Offset the n@roii,s nf closo
business This Is The reason sor tho
attention given in m~annfactnrino as,
tablishments ta motbods az d1;ng
work and for the Strict rules govern.
inc the admission and denarture az
workingmen,
To the individual il sometimes seems
unnecessary 10 close the doors Al 2
O'clock and compsl a man who is one
minute late 10 lose n quarter of n day.
but a little calculation shows the ne.
cessity for such a rule. IL is not only
the individual who would lose time If
such rules did not exist. The whole
establishment would be demoralized If
they were not established and en-
forced. thousands of dollars worth of
machinery would lie idle. along with
the ~worklncn. and il would be impos,i.
Bile to keep the work moving from de
partment 10 department So as to avoid
further waste of time,