WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 28, 1925
Too Much Efficiency
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Experiment! The Brookes looked
interested. What sort of an experi
ment?
But if Mr. Hedge was aware of
the interest he did not at that time
gratify curiosity. Instead, he branch
ed off into things that were quite ir
relevant, things that ordinary folks
talk about. He was a rather good
talker, yet he did not do all the
talking. H e managed to lead the Bro
okes into it, and presently they found
themselves conversing with this
strange person as though he were
actually a familiar member of the
household.
Dinner was proceeding with aston
ishing ease. Billy had thawed to the
point where he took up his favorite
amusement cf teasing his sisters.
“By the way’ Connie,’’ he asked,
“have you dad’s letter there?”
She produced the letter, and her
brother read it with solemn face.
“Down here it says, “Treat him as
you would me’,” quoted Billy.
There was a look of quiet amuse
ment on Hedge’s face.
“Well, why don’t you, Connie?'
demanded her brother.
“I—l don’t quite understand,” she
stammered.
There was a flush on her cheeks,
partly anger, partly confusion. Some
thing was coming, she knew; she
could have annihilated her brother.
“Don’t understand?” echoed the
demon. “Well, you know how you
always treated father when he sat
down at the table.”
Constance was blushing furious
ly. Os course she knew! It was her
invariable custom to kiss John W.
Brooke on top of his expansive bald
head. She blushed at the memory of
this, and she blushed anew at the
memory of her salutation to Hedge,
back in the library, when, before she
had glanced up from her magazine,
she thought he was her father.
For an instance she contemplated
flight. She dared not look across the
table, where sat the person who was
to be treated according to the in
junction of her father. Alice sup
pressed a giggle; Billy was grinning.
If Hedge was laughing, she would
die.
But Hedge was not laughing. He
did not appear to be conscious of the
dire confusion of Constance. Inst
ead. he was regarding the butler
with a cold glare.
“Come here!" he commanded, rais
ing an imperative finger.
The butler approached.
“Your name’s Horace, isn’t it?”
“Why—yes, sir.”
“Then listen, Horace. I’ve been
watching you. Do you realize that
you waste from thirty-five to forty
per cent of energy every time you
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“Horace, do you realize that
you waste too much energy?
,valk from that door to the table?”
The voice of Hedge was rasping.
Horace’s lower jaw sagged slowly.
“In the first place,” continued
Hedge, emphasizing his remarks
with incisive gesture, “you take a
longer route than is necessary. Take
a direct route—so—and you save
three steps. Lengthen your stride
and you sa.e two additional steps.
Let me see you step out. There! You
see it can be done. There are two
equally short routes by which the
table may be approached. Alternate
them. It saves the rugs. Walk faster. 1
It saves time. And turn down those
lights along the wall. They’re un
necessary and it will save electricity.
After this evening, put only one log
on the fire. It saves wood. That will
do.”
If the butler was frozen into an
image of blank amazement, the same
was equally true of the Brookes.
They sat riged in their chairs, staring
at H. Hedge. Vanished was the
agonizing confusion of Constance;
vanished the diabolical glee of her
brother and sister. No emotion
touched them save that of superla
tive astonishment.
It remained for Billy to recover
speech.
“What—what the blazes do you
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call that?” he demanded.
“That,” said Hedge, quietly, “is a
kindergarten leSs in efficiency.”
"You mean that you are going to
try—”
"Young man, you are beginning to
get the frame work of an idea.”
There was a instance of silence
I in the dining-room, while Hedge pla
cidly stirred his coffee. His amazing
outbreak over the inefficiency of
Horace subsided as rapidly at it
arose. He had relapsed into a satis
fied calm.
“Are we to understand,” began |
(Constance, coldly, “that our father
told you—”
“Your father told me nothing. I’
have never seen him.”
“Never saw him! Yet you mean to
say that he sent you here?”
“He made full arrangements with
the company of which I am a repre- !
sentative,” replied Mr. Hedge. “The ■
i Economy and Efficiency Corporation 1
Limited. We have recently effected!
a reorganization of his business. We
nave, in his absence, now been placed
in charge of his household.”
"Anu you actually propose to live*
here?”
“1 am living here,” responded Mr.
Hedge, sipping his coflee. "You
must learn to separate a fact from
a mere intention. My immediate per-I
sonai effects 1 brought with me. My
trunk will be nere in the morning. l
By the way, Horace, did you take my
grip to Mr. Brooke’s room?”
lhe butler shooke his head; speech
nad not yet returned to him.
“Do so at once or cause it to be
done. I shall occupy Mr. Brooke’s
suite.”
Horace glanced at Constance and
hesitated. He received no sign that
would serve as a gide to action, and
presently disappeared from the room
t his head wagging pitifully.
Constance bit her lips.
“May I venture to ask your
plans?” she inquired.
"Certainly. They are simple. To
make it brief, my plans are to pul
I your father’s house hold on an eco
-5 nomic basis that will correspond to
~ that on which his hardware establish
-8 ment is now operated. 1 may say that
e these plans are also his, but the ac
e cmoplishment of them has been turn
. ed over entirely to me. I shall of
j course expect your co-operation.
0 “And if we should decline to co
e operate?”
e “That is an impossible contin
.. | gency.”
e 1 Constance and her brother ex
. changed glances, and both of them
looked at Alice. Here was a fool who
g had rushed in where an angle feared
II to tread; where even John W.
Brooke, hardware magnate, often
n walked with circumspection.
e “When I say that I expect your
s. co-operation,” continued Mr. Hedge
g in a less formal tone, “I may say
e that I can easily show you why we
>• should co-operate. The science of
r eliminating waste and installing effi
! ciency is a fascinating one. It pos
t- sesses strong elements of romance.”
Alice’s eyes were a hypnotic stare.
, r “Your father, although an unbe
liever, recently became interested in
u it. I may now say that he is a
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strong advocate. His business has
been completely reformed.”
“Was there anything the matter
with it?” demanded Billy.
“Over two hundred thousand dol
lars’ worth of annual waste,” saiu i
Mr. Hedge promptly. “We do notl
know, unfortunately, the annual
wast of his household, but 1 under
stand that no accounting has been
kept. However, that will be- reme
died. 1 should judge, from avery 1
casual inspection, that anything up!
to a fifty per cent saving may be |
achieved. In any event, the work will
be on e of great interest.”
The son of the household had an 1
angry exclamation on his lips, but '
Constance checked him with a sign.
She was thinking rapidly. Instinc
tively she felt that the time was one
for caution.
If there was to be a battle, i,
would be necessary to make the cus-1
tomary reconnaissances. She had car-1
ried with her the tiny bit of paste- I
board which the visitor handed her in
the library; now she picked it up I
from the table and glanced at it idly. I
It was merely a play for time, but
the successor of John W. Brooke was
prompt in turning the trifling inci
dent to account.
“If you will note my card,” he
said, "You will see that it is about
one-half the area of the customary
business card. That saves paper.
You will note that there is no super
fluous 'Mi'.’ and that Christian name
is represented by an initial. That
saves ink and type. A similar saving
is represesented by the letters *E. E.,
which serve adequately to designate
the nature of my business card. The
entire card is supplied at a forty
two-per-cent reduction over the cost
of the average business card. The
matter may seem trifling; in reality,
it is important. It is a pricary step in
scientific management.”
“But what does E. E. mean?” ask
ed Constance, studying the pen
urious scrap of pasteboard.
‘Efficiency Engineer.”
“It would seem,” she observed
critically, “that your card requires a
verbal explanation.”
“Possibly—to the uninformed,” re
plied Mr Hedge. “Even so, conversa-
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I fallacy.”
There was an unpiistakable note of
! enthusiasm in the voice of Mr.
Hedge.
(To Be Continued)
Thanksgiving is more than 300
years old. Which is how long peo
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Animosity Forgotten
The former enemies meet when
Aristide Briand, left, of the French
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greets Chancellor Luther of Germany
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held at Locarno, Switzerland.
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PAGE SEVEN
Cu«sing the weather never does
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SALARY INCREASE
COMES WITH
PROMOTION
CHICAGO, Sept. 28.— After a
ea-efbl survev of the entire ’abor
situation extending from office boy
to nresident, indications are that
positions showing increases in sal
aries require experienced help.
Consulting the president of one
of our largest industries, the writ
er inquired regarding the rapid
success of a certain young man who
had become general manager, and
who a few years ago was but office
hoy; his answer was-, Brown start
ed ac office boy, the lowest salaried
position in our office, he was am
bitious and managed to purchase a
typewriter on small monthly pay
ments and after three weeks of
practice at home he was promoted
to bill clerk, which position gave
him knowledge of the selling price
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with all business details and quali
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The same opportunity awaits ev
ery young man and woman. Educa
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operating so simple a machine as
the typo writer. We are informed
that a great piece of benevolent
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and actually teaching thei custom
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You can get other information by
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