New Britain herald., 1916-11-08
CARE YOU EFFICIENT"
In This Day and Generation Every
Man Should Be His Says Eff
cheney Expert
sc our OWH EIHCIcIlCy bApeTt
New York Sum-

New York Sum-
Are you efficient? The awful query
refuses to down. The clocks tick it,
the flat wheels in the subway thump
it, the ungreased curves of the ele-
waited screech it. If you are an old
business fogy, the question burns in
the eye of every plying employee.
You find your wife measuring the dis
lance from the range to the kitchen
cabinet and your son computing the
power necessary to propel a football
in the lowest arch. The telephone
company advises you to give your
name instead OF saying "Hello.'
Blessed be the concrete Of thought
if not Of head Concreteness enables
you to see just what the efficiency
masters mean. One Of them, Will
liam F'retz Kemble, tells in Industrial
Management ''How to Test Your
Employees" - Of course every man
who reads it will first test his most
important enploye, his fathers son.
Watch and pad and pencil are all
that is needed to acQuaint yourself
with your virtues and faults. In
thirty seconds answer as many Of
these questions as you can: Give the
sect, a reptile, g fish, a man, a woman,
an ocean. a lake, town. If at the
end Of the half minutes you have
written only "beet, gold flea, adder
you are pretty poor If you have
also put down trout, Hughes, Pick
ford, Atlantic.' you are up to the
human average of eight answers. If
you feel that you can go beyond ten
answers, you may describe the color
of water, tea, beer, ivory, the sky,
grass, milk, chalk, coal and skin. But
men who go beyond fifteen answers
in thirty seconds are rare; they
should have secretaries limousines
and big black cigars.
Next try TO answer five "difficult
questions in twenty seconds:
81. Who is the greatest living gen.
eral?"
Lucky for you if you are pro-A.ly,
"Joffre'' or "Haig" is written SO much
more quickly than "Hindenburg" or
"the Grand Duke"
go. What is the most powerful
force in the world ?"'
Perhaps love isn't but it's shorter
word than miltarism.
"3. What is the greatest modern
discovery"
Quick, man! Radium will do.
81. What is the greatest necessity
of commerce?'
Secretary Redfield probably would
not answer that in less than 11,S4O
words, You, perhaps, will write
"ships" or railroads. and pass on
to the last:
"5. What is the cheapest food for
the human race?"
Bread, unless you are a fiend for
lentils or employed by the makers of
Fluted Oatcorn. But you ought to
answer three of the questions in
twenty seconds, says Mr.. Kemble. If
you answer fewer it indicates "slow-
ness or elaboration in thought
Even more fascinating is the per-
sonal opinion test. Do you believe
''That war is ever justifiable?
THAT moral laws would be neces-
sary if every one was naturally moral
THAT you are above human average
in ability?
THAT the account of Jonah and
the whale is true?
''That it will ever be possible to
tunnel from Alaska to Asia?'
These quoted dare but five of thirty.
The answers "should be determined
by the vote OF ten very high class
executives So in all humility we
refrain from attempting to coach the
reader But we are curious as to
what is the expert answer to the third
Of the questions.