Deming graphic., 1914-03-20
while a cook is paid a pitiful sum by
the week.

'ot VSNes
Il il almost inconceivable the
waste involved in doing with great
expenditure of nervous force and
time innumcrnble things much better
lrfl undonc. A quiet calm atmosphere
in which to work is only possible
when one is ahead of ones work. 81
there Is never II sense of haste and
worry. This is fur more fatiguing
Than the work itself. When some one
asked Mrs. John Logan how To avoid
wrinkles, she replied. "Bc calm. b,
calm and ever more be calm" II
one has any sense Of proportion and
sense of values, 10 watch the or
dinary woman work is amazing. ]
have seen enough tipe wasted in
hrmming u towel Ia make whole
garment. II is not the process "i
speeding up" this scientific manage
m-ni il is getting better result, IN
less time with less fatigue by max
ing the brain do the work. il should
de- like the management in n shop
and not leave il entirely To the poor
ignorant unframed hands.
The time Is coming soon. when We
shall not have our work don. by EN-
ployres who live in the house but by
trained workers who come from
homes of their own, like our paint
ers, carpenters and other artisans.
Fatigue is caused by coming to the
work unrcsted, by unnecessary work
or motions or uncomfortable condi.
tions and the necessary fatigue due
to really effective work. To begin
with rest is absolutely essential if
we are to work effectively. Rest does
not necessarily imply doing nothing.
the work may be merely changed.
Also change Of temperature, cooling
the air by opening doors and win
dows. or going into II cooler room
or u few minutes relaxation by lying
down for II wonderful help. Srhc-
dulles made out for day or even
week ahead give a feeling or rcstful
preparedness and help to eliminate
waste Of time and motion. One
simple method is to count the mo-
tons in doing any simple piece of
work like making n bed and then to
plan out the work with the fewest
steps and motions. A little practice
will usually show that il can be done
in one quarter the time and by at
least one third the motions. "Le,
your head save your heels" is a
homely old saying to most Of us as
is the working nil day in a half
bushel." There as no cut and dried
rules to go by. The complete solution
Of these household problems is too
great for any one household or any
one community. 1t is n question to
be taken up by the schools and col.
leges teaching household economics
who in turn should cooperate with
a national bureau for the study of
this problem. The results of the
future home makers through this co.
operation and Standardization can
yet be hardly estimated. Housework
will then become what il really ought
to be, a science and an art. and the
worlds workers will receive power
If efficient labor where il should be-
received, from the home.
This movement started in America.
France is trying it, Germany is ask
ing questions and other nations be.
ginning to read and inquire. But
il is the human side which is so i'm
portant. II scientific management
becomes the rule then labor and capi-
tol laborer and capitalist, socialism
and conservatism must shift front
and reach new adjustments Of new
issues.
The other day | came across n
little prayer for the New Year, by
Katherine Williams Sinclair which
expresses far better than is possible
for this poor member what is meant
by this phase Of the subject.
This is il
Lord, ! ask Thee that Thou grant
me the grace to bring into each life
which touches mine, some little hap
piness, to give Of my best to such
small tasks my life may tender me.
banker after greater worlds to con-
quer. A larger comprehension of my
Fellow Man, that may love him
more and misjudge him less, a phi
losophy which knows no rancor. n
creed that owns no bounds. But more
than all else I ask, that | may be-
able to hold smile in my eyes, warm
and sincere for all the world who
meet them, too deep for tears. To"
light for ridicule. From Thy Boun-
ty, 0 Lord grant me understandings"
The foregoing paper was read be-
fore the Woman's Club by Mrs. J.
II Ro0ore