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Show A Lesson From the Kitchen- Kitchen KitchenCaptain KitchenCaptain Kitchen - A Captain of Industry Learns SomeW Some4 SomeAbout Some- Some Somey - W 4 y tiling dung About Household Economy AI AIr AT r T last we have something somethmg to toteach to.L torx .L L . 1 teach the men Captains Captams of ofindustry mdustry industry are invited to take a alesson alesson alesson lesson from the kitchen kltchenl kltchenlThe 1 ! 1The The ordmar ordinary , { houscw housewife e , , so long longW longwithout W 1 i tho t h o u t question overlooked overlookedamong overlookedamong overlookedamong among workers of any real signi sIgm- sIgm sIgmficance signi- signi significance significance - - ficance , has at last come into mto her herown herown herown own . A seer has divined dl\med dl med \ m her hermodest hermodest hermodest modest labors a real contrIbutIon contributionor , or at least avoidance of error errorthat , that holds a lesson for the prmces princes prmcesof princesof princesof of finance 1 ! 1That That seer is the deaf and blInd blIndbut blindbut blindbut but keenly observing observmg Miss Helen HelenKeller HelenKeller HelenKeller Keller , who draws her observatIon observatIonand observationand observationand and its lts conclusion m the form of a astory astory astory story . And it is 1S a story so satisfy satIsfy- satIsfymg satisfying satisfying - ing mg , , with so much food for re- re reJOlcmg reIoicmg re rejoicing - joicing JOlcmg Ioicmg on the part of women , , that thatto thatto thatto to prevent even one of us fro from frommissmg frommissing mlssmg missmg it , we must retell the gIst gIstof gistof gistof of it 1t here . It is a story about the Joneses- Joneses Joneseshe J Joneses Joneseshe oneses- oneses oneseshe - he a cap captain tam of industry mdustry , she just lust a ahousewIfe ahousewife ahousewife housewIfe . When the J Joneses oneses ' re- re resources resources re resources - - sources showed signs of dwmdlmg dwmdlmgsome dwmdlmgsome dwindlingsome some tune time ago , it appeared to toMrs toMrs toMrs Mrs Jones that her household sys sys- system system system - tem was foolproof against agamst waste wasteor wasteor wasteor or loss-that loss that loss - - that the trouble must be beIn bem bein In m the big business busmess of which her herhusband herhusband herhusband husband was a leading leadmg lIght light.Timidly lightTimidly . Tunldly Timidly , as becomes one of her hermodest hermodest hermodest modest position and accomplish accomplIsh- accomplIshments accomplishments accomplishments - ments , Mrs . Jones advanced a afew afew afew few theories . But naturally her herhusband herhusband herhusband husband would not lend a serIOUS serIOUSear seriousear seriousear ear . Whereupon Mrs . Jones sug sug- suggested sug- sug suggested suggested - - gested that he take over for a awhile awhile awhile while the household management managementand , I Iand and see if it gave him any 1deas ideas 1deasI 1deasAnd ideasAnd ideasAnd I And with the thought that there therehe therehe I Ihe he might indeed mdeed find the root of ofthe ofthe : the trouble with his finances , he heeagerly heeagerly heeagerly eagerly agreedAt agreedAt agreed agreedAt At once the captain captam of mdustry mdustrystarted mdustrystarted industrystarted started making makmg changes . . First FITst , , he hefound hefcund hefound found fcund it 1t wasteful to have the theo theoven o 0\ 0 0en \ en gomg for just dust one cake , so sohe sohe sohe he baked ten cakes at one bme time time.Then timeThen . Then he turned his attention to the thelabor thelabor thelabor labor saving savmg devices , which to his lus I astonishment astomshment were idle for a large largepart largepart largepart part of the day . The vacuum vacuumcleaner vacuumcleaner vacuumcleaner cleaner , dish washer , washmg washing washmgmachme washingmachine washingmachine machme machine and others presented presentedqwte presentedquite presentedquite qwte quite a problem in m efficiency efficlCncy . . Mrs Mrs.Jones MrsJones . . J Jones ones asked if he should not buIld buIldmore buildmore buildmore more houses to make more work workfor workfor workfor for them , and Mr . Jones was about aboutto aboutto aboutto to turn his talents to solving solvmg the theproblem theproblem theproblem problem when the ten cakes which whichfamIly whichfamily whichfamily famIly had obligingly oblIgmgly consumed consumedfor consumedfor consumedfor for him began to manifest the theusual theusual theusual usual results . The doctor's doctors ' bill billwas billwas billwas was charged to "Overproductionand "Overproduction Overproduction "OverproductlOn OverproductlOn " " -and and - and to a lesson in m household householdec.onomy householdeconomy householdeconomy ec.onomy economy . which the financier had hadlparned hadlearned hadlearned lparned learned from the kitchen Perhaps Perhapsthe Perhapsthe Perhapsthe the result was that he calledm calledin calledMrs called m in inMrs inMrs Mrs . Jones to find the flaw in m hIS hIScomplIcated hiscomplicated hiscomplicated complIcated system of mdustrIal industrial mdustrIaleconomyas industrialeconomyas industrialeconomy economy-as economy as - as one who has fa failed failedto failedto ed edto to one who has succeeded . But Butthat Butthat Butthat that is as far as the : story goesl goes ! @ Bell Dell SyndicateWNU Syndicate -WNU WNU - WNU Service . , . . |
