WOMAN AND EFFICIENCY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1273, 31 October 1911, Page 9

WOMAN AND EFFICIENCY.

WHAT IT MEANS TO MR. It is not enough lo havo knowledge, to posses? brains, cleverness, mental agility, to succeed in life to-day, says a writer in an English paper. Tho man who gets on. tho woman who makes hor way anil establishes a place for herself 111 § tho world, must be above all tilings enicient. Efficiency is the ono quality that tells. ilt" the failures of life are duo, not .0 lack of brains, "but to sli;;shod worlc, carelessness, inefficiency. It is the age of specialisation, when wo must 110 things, not as well as other people, but E little bit better, if we wish to get on. Competition is very keen, but there is plenty of room for efficient workers in every sphere of life. What tells' 111 everyi!oiv lifer What counts in the state, l'jtficiencv. It is the efficient housewiie, the woman who is capable and seli-reliant, whose liouso runs smoothly and wlicto children turn out most satisfactory. It ;s eiiioieucy that is needed in our Government, our army and navy, our hcaitn add liTgiene departments, in every section of public life. The e/hciency ideal, whether held by the individual or tlio. St-ato is o tremendous force for good. ;,indent motherhood would_ solve infant mortality question. Efiicieiu won;.is the best preventive of unemployment. Wfieient housewifery, hygiene, and cooking would ensure health in the home. Woman has ben handicapped lor generations by being ineiiicient. Exact knowledge was not required of her; education, efficient training, nnd teaching were piiictically reserved lor men. Even ti-day nio majority of giris havo to bo content wiill a smattering of knowledge, an uiuimshed education which dcc-s not lit them efficient work in any sphere aftenmrus. Fortunately l'or woman, and fortunate!} for the race, a new idea of efficient wo-nu-.nliGod is evolving. Vast lields of usefulness aro nwaiting women on every side, and they have more and more opportunities for success as they become efficient. To succeed to-day, mcu and women liaia to bo efficient in three respects— wurlt, health, nnd will power. Tho best worker is not tho cleverest person, but the man or woman who can be depended upon to do work efficiently. Thero aro so many bad cooks in tho world that no woman who makes herself efficient in this particular domestic art need ever be out of employment, lliindreds of households are suffering lrom tho result of inefficient cooking. Thousands of 111011 are handicaped in health, spirits, and power of work because not one woman in tii ly can boil a potato or cook a chop efficiently. Think of tho misery, the physical and moral degeneracy due to mismanagement in the nursery! Tho problems of the badly-brought-up child aro found in all classes, amongst rich end poor, well born and lowly of degree. Then there is the tragedy of tho inefficient working woman and business girl, the clerk without defiuito training, tho governess whose qualifications come to be insufficient for modern demands. The hall-mark of inefficiency stamps the work of thousands. of women who must earn their daily bread and are yet handicapped by doing work in such' a way that they cannot command lespect and remuneration. If every girl who has to earn her living would make up her mind to get tho very best training she could afford in her own particular line, what a difference it would make! The efficient woman is always sure of recognition, and not one hour spent in honest preparation, in acquiring efficiency and knowledge, is wasted. Tho time -will come when every girl without exception will devoto the years beforo marriage, the waiting period, the time that is frittered and lost by nim out of ten women, to useful work. She ■will make herself efficient in the domestie sphere, in cooking, housewifery, and chile management, so that the servant problen: will solvo itself automatically. She will, if outside work is to be her portion, secure a good training, which is one secret of business and professional success. Weddings—Shower Bouquets for bridi aneL bridesmaids. Only tho Choicest o: Flowers useel. Specially packed, and sent to any part of the Dominion. Misi Murray, 3G Willis Street (Florist to Hi! Excellent Lord Islington). SUPERFLUOUS HAIR. ! destroyed by "Rusma" (Reg.). A guar • antco given with each case undertaken 1 Skilled massage, shampooing, manicur ing, etc. Mrs. Hullen and Miss Holland Lamlton Quay, over "Economic." 'Phone ' 1017 - - As a composite express mado up 0 , Great Northern, Midland, and North' I Eastern carriages, from the Midlands was entering Bridlington Station on ocp t tember 9, tho train parted about til . middle. Tho couplings were smashed am y tho brake connections torn asunder, rc suiting iu the rear portion being brough : to a sudden stop. Passengers were severe 1 ly shaken, and one ladv was throwi I across a compartment and her eye bruised