Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-02
Too Much Efficiency
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presently disappeared from the room
his head wagging pitifuliy.


Constance bit her lips
May I venture to ask your plans7,'
she inquired.
Certainly. They are simple. To
make It brief, my plans are to nut vour
fathers household on an economic ba
sis that will correspond to that on
which his hardware establishment ia
now operated l may say that these
plans are also his, but the accomplish
ment OF them has been turned over
entirely to me. shall. OF course, ex
pect your cooperation"
And IL we should decline to co op-
crate ?"
That is an impossible contingency"
Constance and her brother exchanged
chances, and both of them looked nj
Aiice. Here was fool who had rushed
IN where an angel feared to tread:
"here even John w. Brooke, hardware
mashate. often walked with circum-
spection.
When ! say that expect your CO.
operation" continued Mr.. Hedge in n
less formal tone, Il may say that ! can
easily show you why we should CO.
operate. The science Of eliminating
waste and Installing efficiency is fas-
clhating one. II possesses strong 90
inents OF romance"
Ahce's eyes wore hypnotic stare.
your father, although an unbeliever
recently became interested in It. III
may now say that he is a strong adyo-
cate. His business has been complete-
ly reformed"
was there anything the matter with
itT' demanded Billy.
over TWO hundred thousand dollars
worth OF annual waste" said Mr.. Hedrs
promptly. We do not know. unfortu-
hately, the annual waste of his house,
hoid, FOR understand that no account
ing has been kept. However. that will
DC refnedied. ! should Judge, from a
very casual inspection, that anything
UP 10 "a tifty per cent saving may be
nehieVed. In any event, the work will
be one of great interest"
The son of the household had an
angry exclamation on his lips but Con-
stance checked him with a sign, She
was thinking rapidly. Instinctiyely she
relt That the time was one for caution. !
III there was to be a battle, 1t would |
be necessary to make the customary
"Reminiscences. She had carried with
her the tiny bit Of pasteboard which |
the visitor handed her In the library: |
now she picked 1t up from the table
and glanced at 1t idly. 1t was merely
play for time, but the successor of
John W. Brooke was prompt In turning
the trifling incident to account.
If will
you Will see that 1t lis about one half
the area OF the customary business
card. That saves paper. You will note
.hat there ID no superfluous Mr. and
tna' the christian name Ii represented
ny an initial. That saves ink and type.
A similar saving Is represented by the
iettefs u. e.. which serve adequately
TO designate the nature Of my business.
Ihe entire card is supplied ut a forty
Two per cent reduction over the cost
OF the average business card. The mat
ter may seem trifling; in reality, II is
important. 1t is IA primary step In
scientific management"
But what does L. Il. mean?" asked
Constance. still studying the penurious n
scrap of pasteboard.
Efficiency Engineer"
1t would SEEM" she observed criti-
caily. that vour card reoniras a ya.s.,
explanation.
Possibly--to me uniformed" re-
piled MIR. Hedge "E,va,, .o .n,,
ton ia cheoner tb.n ,a -, -.
You now under.tana III. r.
means. II win peyor ho aoa
YOU Ia inoutre again d,,ri,,,, 49,,
OF vour natural I,fa M, p, ~,
period ~ ~ ,,,ora ,oa- e
Efficie,cy Ero,naor, a. 81, -, I'm
ilar cords tha ovnaa a..
ink would douh,,oss ,'',, IT,. -, .s Gnu
of ,dolIors 10 sa, natht, 49, -,
and cost NJ oan,na.,tin, :. -,
an economic, ,aI,nc,,s "'
There was a., rnr,,st.I..,
onthuaia.,, g., ~ 800 80 NJ.