The Washington herald., 1918-09-26
By DMc

New York. Sept. 25.-Amid a world
of confusion the most systematic man
in Gotham has been discoFcred. He
is Ray D. Lillibridge, a specialist in
technical advertising. He mas reduced
his entire life TO a card index system
and his waking as well rs sleeping
hours are governed by reports. en-
tries, tabulations and records
He is a man without a worry. for
he has nothing about which t. worry.
All of his yexatious problems are
solved by systematic methods. Every
thing is filed away. catalogued and
indexed. Many persons carry a diary
OF things done or left undone, but
Lillibridge goes them one bctter..
In a neat little pocket cardcase he
carries a dozen small slips of paper
which pertain to his daily he. The
cardcase contains a list OF closest
friends and their telephone numbers.
so that the organization Of a dinner
or theater party does not prcsCH. the
problem of whom to invite. Another
slip contains the names of the hest
restaurants and best shows in New
York, so that no time need &c wasted
in discussing where to 80 and what
to see
In his bedroom he keeps a clothes
chart with a record Of every time he
wears one of his forty-seven suits of
clothes. and when 1t is pressed. When
he buys new suit, the date of its
purchase and A small piece of its
material is placed on the chart.
AS each suit is given a number. ne
simply leaves word that he wants
such and such numbers pressed. No
time is wasted in describing the suits.
and a little mark on the chart made
! by the valet shows that the instruc-
tiOns have been carried out.
The same system, only more ola6-
orate. is employed for his automobiles.
Mr.. Lillibridge has two cars. Each
night his chauffeur mails to his office
a little card with the odometer read
ings at the beginning and end Of the
day TO show the mileage; a brief
summary of the places where he has
driven the car, what he spent for
gasoline, etc. All this is entered in
loose-leaf ledger.
He keeps record of each tire. when
II was purchased and the number Of
miles used. Mr.. LillibridEe says very
sensibly: There are a lot of people
who would prefer death to my sys-
tema tized life. And doubtless there
are many others who obtain the same
results without system. wouldn't
urge any one to copy my methods.
All maintain is that they are the
best methods for myself"
like to prattle about diction now
and then in order to create the i'm
preston that mine is above criticism.
There are many offenders in the the
aters Just now. In one play an actor
who wears velvet trousers explained
that fact on the ground that he was
"a nottist." Miss Edith King, in
"Daddies, hailed the approach Ct
some fatherless children with "Oh.
here comes the orfens Bruce Nc
Rae alluded to them more Coolly as
"Chuldren." At the HipnodrOme a
comedian says ''rawr' and 'sawr,
and in a Broadway musical comedy
a prima donna sings a song about
Cuba, but calls ii ''Cuber" New York
diction is a mystery. 1t changes with
the seasons. On a Long Island train
the other day the train stopped at
Thirty-third street in Bensonhurst
ana lne trRln guard Calleu ouN.
''Thoity-tho street. Bensonhoist"
All of which recalls Roy McCar-
delrs immortal song:
Little Goity Moiphy, she soitenly is a
bold,
She lives on Thoity-seCond street,
right next to Thoity- thoid,
She reads the Evening Joinal and she
reads the Evening Woild
And I soitenly do love Goity
When her doity hair is coiled.