Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-03-20

~ toV 0S8AA1hAn6 that JOa 'taAN ase>ss
J. Of your time as another and since
/ the problem Of wise living is in the
use that one makes Of the hours that
are not necessarily spent in work or
sleep, here lies his suggestion. The
; ordinary man or woman wastes his
. or her time. A person who accom-
. plishes the important things in the
!. world is one who learned the art Of
. utilizing the wasted hours. The
truth is we spend our time doing lit
tie things which are he necessary
by the lack of orderly living. A wo-
man will waste great part Of her
time in putting this or that in place,
usually because the members Of the
household are careless, thoughtless,
and unframed. Why should the
Mother of n family be expected to
spend her time and strength in per-
forming the small duties each mem-
Der should perform for himself. Why
should she pick up hats, shoes, gloves
and mittens, books, newspapers and
magazines. soiled clothes and towels
after the oihersi Why not each one
do these things for himselfl Right
here is one Of the fundamental
causes of woman's lack of leisure
for other and better things and it
is entirely her own fault This at
least, every woman can do-train the
family to care for itself. Then by
elimination learn to slight judicious-
ly. One is sometimes led to sym
pathize with the Frenchman who
killed himself because he has made u
mathematical education rs 10 how
many times he must button aud I'M
button his clothes if he lived. Pot
tering and fussing is the sum total Of
many women's lives, and nothing ac-
complished worth the attention of II
presumably intelligent being at the
end.
The bother of getting ready to do
u thing consumes much of our lives
and mere physical orderness reduced
to an exact science is the rarest of
the minor virtues. The new science
can be applied to all the little things
of living quite AS well as to the con-
Quoting of huge industrial estnb-
lishmcni. II would mean, principally,
as before said, process of elimina-
ton Of thousand and one things so
called duties and needs, which we
have artifcally built into our man.
ner of living. until luxury is n neccs-
sity and to many women badly
ironed napkin or tablecoth is Of far
greater moment than the Turkish
War. aud the system of washing,
ironing, and sweeping of far more
Importance than the commission form
Of her City government or the iu-
venile courts. So her time is fritz
tered and fused away. The trouble
with woman's work is that il is of SO
many kinds. from the moths in the
garnet TO the germs in the garbage
cans. from the parlor curtains to the
laundry tubs, from the three meals
Il day to social work. All this is diff
'i"mliy 10 reduce +" system. but is
il not only possible hut impcraii,rly
necessary il the household is to gel
the best growth and the greatest hap
piness and We women get the leisure
10 sit on the porch like Jeremy Tay-
lor's widow with clean apron and
our hands crossed.
OF course. You will insist that alb
/ slraci statements are all very well
( but how can all this be reduced to its
least common denomination. It's low
est dimensions! Perhaps only by
illustration can this be made concrete
and tangible so to speak. Well then.
watch an ordinary woman comb her
hair for party. How many little
pats and pokes she will give it for
no considerable reason and no per-
cept advantage. Or watch her wash
dishes. II seems to be impossible to
teach women to eliminate unnecrs-
sary motions i'm doing this daik
common ordinary task. The unneccs-
sary motions by doing this daily
work twice over if the energy wasted
were properly directed. And in
making bed How many times do
you walk around the bed steads
Remember that once is all that is
necessary. and the bed be beautiful
ly smooth Now count tomorrow
morning. So we might go on through
the innumerable daily household
tasks, sweeping, busting. cooking.
etc. Then the management of the
work. How many live in haphazard.
come ms you GO, from hand to mouth
sort of wayf How many plan
their meals for n week or even three
days aheadi From meal to meal
with most women or at the very best
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