Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-05
TALKS ON THRIFT
Mary's Kitchen Sink.

Mary is the wife of IA country store
keeper. She keeps the house, takes
care of the children and helps wait on
the store. She works hard-harder
than her husband, and he works
harder than he should.
Up to the present they have had few
Of the conVeniences of life. Water
came from the nearby spring. and
the houscwork was done under dis
tressing conditions, owing to the greed
of the landlord. He finally agreed
to nut in the improvements so neces-
sary to human comfort, and Mary S
life promised to become easier. The
problem was where to put the Kitchen
sink.
Now Mary had n favoritc rocking
chair that had mortgage. on the
corner. Next came the stove, then
her kitchen cabinet. To put the sink
in the corner would disturb the rock
ing chair. and that would never do.
The stove and the cabinet could not be
moved, therefore IL was resolved,
after much deliberation, to put the
sink in an adjoining room, in dark
corner thirty feet from the stove. This,
of course, meant miles of walking eN-
cry day for Mary. but she could find
no other way. But a kindly inclined
friend, who could study a job sug-
foot and putting the sink between
the stove and the cabinet, where IL
belonged 1t was done, and, behold,
Mary is n happy, rested woman.
Now. what is the moral of 1t all?
Just this: Too many women walk too
much on their Jobs. which job con-
sists in getting the housework done in
the shortest time and with the least
expenditure of energy. why should
Mary-why should any woman-walk
half mile in getting dinner? a pan
I'm one place. a pot in another, flour,
sugar and salt in another Back and
forth, To and fro, and for what? Wear
Ing out shoes, carpets and nerves, just
because the kitchen sink has not been
put i'm its place It's fine art to
have things handy The thrifty work
man studies his work to see how ho
can cut II down, keeping tools In good
condition. but near by.
A certain business man in New
York cannot dictate a letter. He
writes IL out long hand. and has his
stenographer copy 1t. His telephone
is on the wall twenty feet from his
desk, which Is piled high with ole
letters and papers. He has to hunt
to find things. He is wasting time
nerve force and patience, just because
he can't get his kitchen sink adjusted
right.
The problem of all busincss-fron
running u home to running railroad
is to cut out waste of time and ma
terial, to get kitchen sinks where they
belong Lost motion is costly. it racks
tho machine. human as well as in
animate Mary woulo have carried hei
kettle from the stove to the sink ir
the dark corner n dozen times In
| washing the dishes. Now she doesu't
carry 1t at all. She has solved hei
problem.
Your problem is the same in es'
sence. Learn how to use tho tolc-
phone, the typewriter. the carbon
sheet. Learn where TO keep your
tools as well as how to keep them
Study short cuts. Eliminate false
steps. Do things the easiest (but the
besD way. Save your strength 70;
useful purposes. Study your job
whatever II be. for. whether it be big
or little. ii has the problem Of Marys
kitchen sink, and lucky for you II
YOU get It in the right place.