Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-30

various factories which clamor there
for; to the writing of a book or SO on
industrial efficiency, and to the con-
centrated study of motions in the lab
oratory that forms one corner OF her
house-motions by which employees
have time enough or, waste it.
In her leisure moments she makes a
serge dress for Lillian. Knits a
sweater for Bill. things like that.
Time" she asks in surprise. "Wny,
you've no idea how many hours there
are in a day."
System does it. Sunday morning
Mrs. Gailbreth put up seven lunches
for the maid had a day off-served
tea, jotted down items for an article
on efficiency and gave an interview,
all as nearly simultaneously as things
are humanity possible. The big house
was calm and quiet. Mrs. Gilbreth
was charming, hospitable, unhurried.
Seven of the children had elected to
go on a picnic; Anne being at college,
this left 'onIy three to be looked
after in the house. Jane played with
her toes in the nursery. Bob took
a nap. Jack amused himself beneath
the room in the basement. Their
mother talked OF the University Of
California, where she took two de-
grees; of Brown university, where,
with a sizeable family already in ex-
istence, she took a Phi. D. degree; of
the need for system-"there's no time
saving device like a gooo habit"
Make Tasks Habits
Reduce your daily tasks to auto
matte habits and you save hours"
The instant Bob aweke and called
she heard him and she had to serve
his luncheon. System. Reducing to
an automatically toothsome word, be-
loved of efficiency engineers-the in
cidents of daily routine which are
only routine and not vital enough to
require decisions.
For to run a family of eleven chill
dren successfully and at the same time
achieve the topmost pinnacle in ones
profession is, if you let Mrs. Gllbreth
tell it, a lot easier than it sounds.
The Gilbreths arise at Z. From Z
TO 7.3O. while faces are being washed,
there is an entire half hour which
might go to waste had not father
thought of the monograph. The first
child up is privileged to put on the
French conversation or the German
verbs record. For half an hour "Avez
Vousle chat?'' Non, lie chat est dams
lie iardin," is tremendously mingled
with the sound Of brushed hair n
buttoned shoes. No child is COM
PEELED to listen If he does not want
to. Consequently he wants to-.
Meanwhile. father is shaving with
two brushes-two. For father likes
to sleep-"Often it is from the lazy
worker that we get the most efficient
method of saving time and effort"
Mrs. Gilbreth points out, and IT ne
uses two brushes he can shave twice
as fast. Moreover, why should n
hand remain idle!
Children Catch Spirit
The children accept the idea with
enthusiasm and enlarge on 1t from
time to time. Lillian, for instance,
discovered that it was lost motion to
put knives and forks on the breakfast
table when none Of the breakfast need
ed to be carved. Each child has a
household task to perform, which Is
reason why the house runs so
smoothly. Lillian. in her capacity as
table supervisor, spoke to her mother
the other day about butter, plat
ters. Lost motion vas considered, but
overruled the decision.
Jack, inspired by the two shaving
~propounded the theory that
It is more efficient to eat soup with q
spoon in each hand. "HoW beautiful"
his mother, who admits that
she is conservative about such things.
But-dreadful? Not at ALL" said
1T is a lovely scientific ex-
pertinent"
Even father, however, turned con-
sentative when Frank, Jr., announced
that hereafter he would greet people
with "hullo" instead Of good morning"
"Why not?" demanded Frank, Jr.
when they protested. Its shorter"
They continued to protest. Man
said Frank. Jr. "Maybe it
isn't manners, but"-with triumph
it's q motion study, isn't it,"
The Dinner Hour
Dinner time at night is another hour
Or so that might be wasted except for
the phonograph. With such a large
it is about the only hour when
all the members are together. Some
,ody turns on a French record. They
ligest the grammar with the chicken
who wish to listen. In a cor
Of French and Greek and Latin
full of encyclopedias and
,ooks Of reference. 1.-THE only eff
lent thing to do was to keep them
acre. Mrs. Gilbreth explained. so
nany disputes arose at meal time and
10 much time was wasted in running
o the library"
It is the GiIbreth idea that children
ought to get accustomed to different
anguages while ynung-even if no great
strides in grammar or idiom are taken.
should get accustomed to math-
too, so that those things will
re an %enjoymet rather than n %bugbear.
md they should become accustomed to
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