The Washington herald., 1922-04-09


Originally am told he was a con-
tractor. The first 1 recall of hear
ing of him was in his early days as
an eniciency engineer when he
studied out how a man laying bricks
could saws much time; rather. how
he could do more work in the same
amount of time. He and his efforts
along that line were very much
written and talked about at the
time. / recall, I think-I'm a BIT
hazy about It as II was a few yfars
ago now-that under his methods a
man could lay IS per cent more
bricks In a given time.
A friend of mine was telling me
the other day that he was in the
Technology Club in New York the
night that we declared war with
Germany-Mr. Gilbreth is an hon.
orary member Of the club. and was
there that evening playing pool. He
asked my friend what was he going
to do in the war. My friend said he
did not know; he had not yet
thought about II; he had scarcely
realized yet that we were at war.
Mr.. Gilbreth said that he was go
ing down to Washington on the
midnight that night to see how he
could get into II and urged my
friend to accompany him. That was
. Nk Az n
mind youi Mr.. GilbTeth's speed
rather took my friends breath
away. but he came with Mr.. GIL
breth and they both got into IL right
away. They found things here in
great confusion in the War and
Navy Department.: many of the ON
GERS loafing about as though they
did not grasp the fact that we were
at war and altogether II was most
difficult to get any information any
place. The naval aviation ONCE
seemed to have some plans. how
eve-. so my friend went into that
branch Of the service
! don't recall just what Mr.. Gil
breth got into, but ultimately he
was assigned to working out plans
and ideas OF employment for the
wounded and sick soldiers: things to
keep them occupied and help 10
make them useful. Finally Mr.. Gill
breth was taken seriously i'll, dis
charged from the service and sent
home to die. He lived in Rhode
Island them forget whether II
was Providence or Newport, but II
was Rhode Island. I'm sure of that
much-and he refused to die, and
the good sea air helped him to keep
his threat. and he is far from dead
today. can tell you. He lives in
Montclaim, n. j., now: Is married
and has a bunch Of children. ZAP
pressed II, when talking to me
about him His wife, I understand
Is a real helpmate, and they write
all Of their books jointly: he has
written quite a number. I under
stand. remember seeing one
which was named Fatigue Study"
He and his wife together wrote
Fatigue study" while he alone has
published q Primer of Scientific
Management" Both together and
each separately, he and his wife
have written many articles for mag
azines and such, on different indus
trial subjects.
Mr.. Gilbreth uses motion pictures
a great deal IN his work, in ex-
planning his efficiency ideas and
schemes to others. He has about
100 different kinds Of cameras He
has just returned from Czecho-
Slovakia where he was lecturing at
Masaryk's Academy of Labor.
Here Is a bit OF a sequel to the
story Of a feminine member of the
arms conference delegation. OF all
the attachees-note the gender-to
the various delegations assembled
In Washington for the international
discussion perhaps Madame Well
ington Koo. the fascinating wife of
the Chinese Minister to Great Bri-
tain and delegate to the conference
Is remembered as the most out
= standing personality. And for many
reasons-her charm OF manner was
extremely pleasing. her education
and knowledge of the world were
broad and varied: her wondrous
clothes made the less fortunate
wish as never before for an Alad-
din's lamp. and last. but apparently
by no means the least. was the lit.
tie Pekinese, which was Madame
Koo's constant companion. Ger.
N0AhAg gO0 Sd" one gOu
saw t'other.
Which reminds me of an instance
that hanrened while Madame Koo
was in Washington II haven't for
gotten the sequel. On this partic-
ular occasion Madame Koo. accom-
panied by several other wives of
members Of the Chinese delegation,
and. OF course. the PelIinese at
tended a matinee at one of the local
theaters- In the midst Of the per-
formance the play began to pail
upon the little Pekinese and IL grew
restless even though cuddled close
TO It's charming owner. So II wrig-
gled discontentedly for several
minutes and finally sprang from its
owners arms and ran out of the
box. All of Madame Koo's COM
panions felt that Vae of them would
have to rescue the little animal. but
none felt that she was the one des-
tined to do the job-there was
an uncomfortable pause - finally
Madame Tyau. Nine. Philip. Tyav.
II was. believe. went reluctantly
after the little creaturs and re-
stored II to the arms of the rank
ing member OF the party. saving
Indignantly but nsiseIessly to her
self that she WAS no dog catcher"
am approaching the sequel. Or
the morning OF the departure of
the Koo family from Washington
about six weeks ago the new baby.
Rsi Yuen. was being carefully car.
ried by the trained nurse who had
been engaged to accompany the
baby to England. but Madame Koo