32 THE ESSENTIALS OF AN IDEAL HOME 



Efficiency in the home. Nowadays we frequently hear 

 the word " efficiency." We have efficiency engineers in 



Thomas Edison, one of our greatest inventors. 



great manufacturing plants to see that the most is made of 

 the machinery, and the time of the workmen. Why should 

 not each one of us be an efficiency engineer in our own 

 home? We should all train ourselves to discover where 

 there is wasted energy, and then study how to prevent it. 

 In factories machines have largely replaced hand labor. 

 The machines last only a few years, and are then replaced 

 by others which can do the work better. Why not apply 

 this business principle of efficiency to our homes ? It would 

 mean more time for recreation, reading, and social life. 

 The reduction of house work and the use of sanitary con- 

 veniences would often do much to make the health of the 



