April, 1 9 13 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



XXV 



schedules arranged in accordance with our 

 modern knowledge of psychology and 

 physiology, actually turn out more work 

 and better work than underpaid, discon- 

 tented help, working under uncomfortable 

 and insanitary conditions. Therefore, large 

 corporations are spending money liberally 

 in playgrounds, rest rooms, libraries, gym- 

 nasiums, sanitary luncheon-rooms, moving 

 picture shows, safety devices, ventilating 

 systems and similar devices, for the well- 

 being and enjoyment of their employees. 

 If one asks these men why they are doing 

 these things, they will disclaim any charit- 

 able or philanthropic motives. "This isn't 

 charity,'' says one firm, "we want that 

 clearly understood. This is simply good 

 business management and common sense. 

 A well man is of more use to us than a sick 

 man. A happy, contented woman turns out 

 more work and better work than an un- 

 happy one. Therefore anything we can do 

 to make the people who do our work at 

 ease in mind and body we regard as good 

 business management, just as we regard 

 fire insurance, improved machinery and 

 labor-saving devices." The firms that have 

 realized the enormous importance of this 

 discovery are already reaping the benefits. 

 The conservation of the health of em- 

 ployees will be a fundamental principle of 

 good business management in the future. 



BARRELS 



NOBODY knows who invented the 

 barrel. It has been used since time 

 immemorial. Barrels are used for all 

 manner of articles, solid and liquid. There 

 are barrels for holding sugar, salt, apples, 

 potatoes, and so on ; for all sorts of oils, 

 from the heaviest lubricants to the most 

 volatile products of petroleum ; for beers, 

 wines, and all sorts of beverages. It is 

 contended that the barrel is the strongest 

 structure of its size that can be made 

 from an equal amount of wood. Its con- 

 tents are frequently the strongest that 

 can be made from liquids. The barrel 

 has tremendous power of resistance to 

 pressure from within and from without. 

 A barrel set on end will, it is claimed, 

 support half the weight of a railway car 

 while the truck is taken from beneath 

 for repairs. Yet the primitive barrel is 

 put together without nails, screws, bolts, 

 or pins — it is entirely self-fastened. The 

 barrel is smaller at its ends than it is in 

 its middle, so that the wooden hoops, 

 self-locking, may be driven on, tightening 

 the staves and pressing the heads into 

 the chines. Although not calked, barrels 

 are water-tight. A small barrel is a keg, 

 a big barrel is a cask, and a still bigger 

 barrel is a hogshead. 



STRANGE BUTTERFLIES 



MOCK, the well-known entymologist 

 who collects for the private mus- 

 eum of the Hon. Walter Rothschild, re- 

 cently procured a jet-black tmtterfly, 

 valued at five thousand dollars. 



It is almost as large as a robin, its 

 wings measuring eleven and one-half 

 inches from tip to tip. It is almost furry, 

 so thick is its covering, a necessary pro- 

 tection from the intense cold of its habi- 

 tat, the Snow Mountains in New Guinea. 



Aside from the furry butterfly, the dis- 

 coverer found several new varieties of 

 huge butterflies. "The natives shoot 

 them with the four-pronged arrows which 

 they use in killing birds," he says. "The 

 female giant butterflies are black or 

 brown or white, but the males are splen- 

 didly marked in green and gold." 



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