The Washington times., 1915-07-18
LAYS discomfort
TO |NEFF|C|ENCY
Mrs. Clarence Burns Says Vo-
cationaI Training Will Help
Toward Efficiency.

NEW YORK. July ls.-"Underlying
our Industrial and social discomfort is
inefficiency. An efficient person is
happy. contented. Anything that will
make for a change in our national life
In this direction is to be welcomed"
30 said Mrs. Clarence Burns. we'll
known philanthropist and clubwoman.
now actively interested with other we'll
known women and men in preparing the
| program for the American Educational
Conference. to be held here for a week.
beginning September %. The purpose
OF the conference is to enhance interest
In the work Of vocational training In
the schools Of the country.
Leading educators of the country
training for girls and boys at the con-
ference" said Mrs. Burns at Biltmore
headquarters Of the committee. II be-
lieve that It Is one of the most import
ant pieces Of work New York women
have ever undertaken.
society is really suffering today from
%so %ts sroup Of ssd Mrs sens es
women. labored with the State legis-
lature for years trying to induce 1t
to see the necessity for appropriating
funds to establish a girls trade school
here.
Cites the Servants.
Take the servant class. for instance"
said Mrs. Burns. "A large percentage
OF servants are always disgruntled be-
csrse they are not getting the wages
they are led to believe they can COIN
mehd when they come to this country
seeking employment. The mistress at
tho same time is unhappy because OF
the innumerable petty annoyances that
arise with the employment Of unframed
help.
There should be training schools to
instruct girls in all phases of house
hold work. including cookery. There
should also be schools where girl could
perfect herself In any special branch of
this work.
We have only to consider the French
chefs OF our big hotels here earning
salaries OF from 5000 to $1,000 u year
to see the value of such special train
ing. The cooking of these chefs. which
is at once an art and a science. pleascs
their patrons. and the chef is made
happy by the knowledge that such per-
fection not every ones work can give.
Again" said Mrs. Burns, take the
Paris dressmaker He makes his work
a life study. He builds his foundation
of knowledge at the art school He
studies lines and form, and then takes
a course at the school Of designing. He
ls well equipped to undertake the work
he has chosen. But he Is not Just con-
tent to earn a living. He goes on de-
veloping this art-for art it is-until It
reaches high state of perfection, and
the fact that he has been able to do
something we'll and please others affords
him satisfaction.
The crying need today all over the
world is for greater efficiency in all
things. True efficiency is one Of the
rarest things in the world today
believe the next decade will Sc won
derful change wrought by greater ap-
pltca ton Of this idea. Vocational train
tion in this country.
= Will Prevent Much Discomfort.
with applied vocational training
girls and boys will be given greater
opportunity to learn whether they
are fitted for the thing they wish to
do. I believe an enormous amount OF
the discomfort today is due to the fact
that thousands Of people are trying
to earn a livelihood in some sort Of
work for which they are not fitted and
which they do not like.
There are scores Of persons, OF
course. with adaptability and unusual
energy who will succeed at almost any
work they are put at. but If 1t We're
possible by some other arrangement
girls and boys to find the work for
which they are best fitted and which
they will grow to like with a healthy
interest In their work we shall be going
long way to help solve some Of our
most veXing problems.