Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-03-20
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occupations, the real vital issues of
life as u service should have some
way escaped them and age finds them
with nothing Of real use to look back
upon. Yet such women are always
$50 busy" and 60 through life at high
pressure Of nervous energy in tense,
hurried, nervous, breathless way and
worst Of all, except to be taken at
their own valuation and absurd as
it seems, actually believe and expect
that they should be complimented.
For what7 We wonder for simply
being clean. Many animals are more
so.
The first and most important re-
quisite for complete comprehen-
sion Of ones work is to think.
Strange as it may seem, this is the
most difficult thing in the world to
get any one to do, man or woman. To
think about ones work is scientific
Management, nothing more or less. II
has been said by brilliant sociolog-
list that men will give money, time,
and effort to anything but when
asked to think about it, will refuse.
They will do anything but think. Too
mentally self-indulgent are We all.
Let us illustrate. How many women,
say in housekeeping time, that be-
ing about as strenuous as anything
in the domestic machinery, begin a
big days work with well defined
plan for each hour and person?
Does not the average women begin
something like this. "Wcll. Bridget.
you take down the curtains in the
parlor first or no-you'd better take
up the rugs, the curtains are so
dusty---no-take out the upholster-
ed furniture first, and oh, Bridget.
have you plenty of hot waterf Bet
ter see to the kitchen fire, and oh,
dear me, what shall We have for din
neri ! declare l forgot to order
any meat, and oh, yes, you'd better
stop right now and make corn
starch pudding, anything will do,
we're so busy today. They'll be
lucky to get any kind Of dessert"
etc, etc. And so the whole day goes,
hurriedly, nervously and at great loss
Of time and strength.
How many among our most intel
ligent housekeepers take pencil and
paper aud looking the clock full in
the face make out definite schedule
Of work, and the time in which it is
to be accomplished, and then, most
important, possibly, Of all, allow for
Interruptions. OF course to the wo-
man, who has never really thought
enough about her work to really
manage il Tin most cases the work
manages the woman) the thought will
Immediately come "How can | tell
how long it requires to do any given
piece Of work." Why do you not
know, MADAME Have you kept
house for twenty-five years or more
and never thought enough about your
work to observe the time needful to
its accomplishment How many wo-
men know how long it ought to take
to do that most frequent and simpi-
est Of domestic operations, washing
dishesf Not, mind you the time il
does take, but the time il should
takef How many unnecessary move
mcnts do you make passing the dishes
from one hand to another and rub
bling your dish cloth over a perfect
ly clean surface Suppose our hypo-
theatrical woman in our illustration
has carefully observed and noted the
time required to do her work in its
various departments she can put
down, so long for dishes, so long for
beds, busting, baking, ironing, dread
full sense Of hurry which is more
fatiguing, by far, than the work it.
self. The Housekeeping Experiment
Station Of the New Jersey Fedora.
ton Of Woman's Club has organized
and developed a practical plan Of
facing collectively the condition dali,
to be met by every women.
i Mr.. Arnold Bennett, in his brigh