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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  October, 
  1907 
  

  

  Economy 
  in 
  Cooking 
  Space 
  

  

  paid. 
  A 
  system 
  of 
  saving 
  for 
  this 
  event 
  

   has 
  been 
  established 
  by 
  a 
  small 
  weekly 
  de- 
  

   duction 
  being 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  wages, 
  for 
  

   which 
  the 
  company 
  allows 
  interest. 
  The 
  

   whole 
  of 
  this 
  sum 
  thus 
  saved, 
  with 
  interest, 
  

   together 
  with 
  the 
  week's 
  wages, 
  is 
  paid 
  

   to 
  each 
  person 
  when 
  starting 
  on 
  their 
  

   holiday. 
  

  

  At 
  Port 
  Sunlight 
  the 
  workers 
  have 
  a 
  cer- 
  

   tain 
  number 
  of 
  leisure 
  hours, 
  as 
  the 
  men 
  

   work 
  only 
  forty-eight 
  hours 
  per 
  week, 
  

   while 
  the 
  women 
  and 
  girls 
  work 
  forty-five 
  

   hours. 
  They 
  always 
  have 
  a 
  holiday 
  on 
  Sat- 
  

   urday 
  afternoon. 
  As 
  they 
  leave 
  the 
  works 
  

   at 
  5.30 
  the 
  other 
  days 
  they 
  have 
  ample 
  time 
  

   for 
  healthy 
  games 
  in 
  the 
  long 
  twilight 
  

   evenings 
  and 
  to 
  visit 
  the 
  various 
  clubs 
  and 
  

   classes 
  at 
  their 
  disposal. 
  

  

  The 
  consideration 
  for 
  the 
  well 
  being 
  of 
  

   the 
  employees 
  has 
  proved 
  an 
  undoubted 
  

   success, 
  not 
  only 
  commercially, 
  but 
  so- 
  

   cially, 
  and 
  has 
  not 
  only 
  improved 
  the 
  

   efficiency 
  of 
  the 
  workers, 
  but 
  has 
  added 
  a 
  

   zest 
  to 
  life 
  generally. 
  In 
  this 
  small 
  colony 
  

  

  vided 
  by 
  the 
  works 
  by 
  fireproof 
  doors 
  and 
  

   an 
  automatic 
  sprinkling 
  installation. 
  

  

  The 
  employers 
  are 
  kept 
  in 
  touch 
  with 
  

   their 
  employees 
  through 
  the 
  Suggestion 
  Bu- 
  

   reaus, 
  which 
  are 
  placed 
  in 
  prominent 
  posi- 
  

   tions 
  in 
  each 
  department 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  and 
  

   offices. 
  They 
  are 
  invited 
  to 
  write 
  any 
  sug- 
  

   gestion 
  that 
  may 
  occur 
  to 
  them 
  for 
  the 
  in- 
  

   creased 
  comfort 
  or 
  well 
  being 
  of 
  the 
  

   workpeople, 
  or 
  for 
  any 
  improvements 
  in 
  the 
  

   existing 
  methods 
  of 
  dealing 
  with 
  the 
  work, 
  

   with 
  a 
  view 
  of 
  preventing 
  waste, 
  curtailing 
  

   unnecessary 
  expenditure 
  or 
  improving 
  the 
  

   facilities 
  for 
  labor. 
  Prizes 
  are 
  awarded 
  for 
  

   the 
  suggestions 
  that 
  are 
  considered 
  most 
  

   worthy 
  of 
  reward. 
  Over 
  three 
  thousand 
  

   dollars 
  has 
  been 
  given 
  away 
  in 
  prizes. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  many 
  benefits 
  to 
  employees 
  

   the 
  valuable 
  aid 
  given 
  through 
  the 
  Em- 
  

   ployees' 
  Benefit 
  Fund 
  must 
  not 
  be 
  over- 
  

   looked. 
  It 
  benefits 
  all 
  the 
  employees 
  of 
  

   the 
  company 
  and 
  the 
  widows 
  and 
  children 
  

   of 
  deceased 
  employees. 
  The 
  fund 
  is 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  solely 
  by 
  the 
  company, 
  no 
  contribu- 
  

   tions 
  being 
  required 
  from 
  the 
  employees. 
  

  

  The 
  Employees' 
  Holiday 
  Club 
  is 
  another 
  very 
  popular 
  everything 
  contributes 
  to 
  the 
  betterment 
  of 
  life, 
  and 
  the 
  

   institution. 
  It 
  enables 
  all 
  the 
  employees 
  who 
  have 
  been 
  in 
  younger 
  generation 
  have 
  all 
  they 
  need 
  to 
  develop 
  them 
  into 
  

   the 
  company's 
  service 
  for 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  six 
  months 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  good 
  citizens. 
  In 
  the 
  home, 
  in 
  the 
  community, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  

   yearly 
  holiday 
  of 
  a 
  week, 
  during 
  which 
  time 
  the 
  wages 
  are 
  works, 
  each 
  man 
  preserves 
  his 
  dignity 
  as 
  a 
  man. 
  

  

  A 
  Port 
  Sunlight 
  Interior 
  

  

  