Work is efficient when it is done with the least waste of energy in the
shortest possible time.
1 U. S. Department of Agriculture, Miscellaneous Publication 183, pages 14, 15.
Budgeting Time and Money
201
To work efficiently in the home :
1. Collect all materials and tools needed for work.
2. Use the right tool.
3. If possible, finish one kind of motion before changing to another.
4. Study the motions made in doing work (a) to reduce the number
of motions, and (6) to make easier motions.
A budget is a plan for spending the income.
Household expenditures and percentage of income are commonly
divided as follows :
1. Food — 25% 4. Clothing — 15%
2. Shelter — 20 to 25% 5. Advancement — 15 to 20%
3. Operating expenses — 10% 6. Savings — 10 to 15%
The advantages of following a budget are :
1. Getting out of the income that which you need and desire most.
2. Discovering wasteful spending and checking it.
3. Knowing what one can and cannot afford.
4. Freedom from worry regarding necessary and emergency
expenses.
In order to follow a budget, it is necessary to keep accounts.
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
1. How many days are there in your school year? If your time in
school is worth $10 a day after you graduate from high school, how much
can you credit to your educational account in a year? in 3 years?
2. State at least five reasons other than gain in money why it pays
to complete high school.
3. What advantages has making a time budget, and following it,
brought you in school work, home work, and recreation?
4. An authority on budgets 1 gives for the division of the income for a
family of five, the following suggestions :
Income each month
Savings ....
Food ....
Shelter ....
Clothing . . .
Operating . . .
Advancement .
. $150 •
. . $250
• 5 •
• • 35
• 55 •
• • 55
• 38.
60
. 30 .
. . 40
• i5 •
. . 25
7 •
• • 35
Sarah J. MacLeod, Director of Rome Economics, Society for Savings, Cleveland.
202
Modern Housewifery
Compare the amounts for food. How do you account for their being
the same when all other items differ? What percentage of each income is
allotted to food? Why is there a lower percentage spent for food in the
higher income ? Compare these percentages with the percentage for food
given on page 198. What percentage of each income is allotted to shelter ?
Compare these percentages with the percentage for shelter given on
page 198.
HOME WORK
1. Time yourself when you dress for school in the morning. At
school record your name, date, and number of minutes taken to dress.
2. Think out ways of saving steps and saving motions so you can
dress with less effort in a shorter time.
3. When you dress, carry out your plans for saving effort and time.
Of course neither your appearance nor the appearance of your room
must suffer. Time yourself again. Directly underneath your first
report, record the date and number of minutes taken to dress. Is there
improvement?
4. Clean the refrigerator, stove, or sink at home. Time yourself.
At school record your name and number of minutes required to do the
cleaning.
5. Think out ways of saving steps and saving motions or making
easier motions. It may be possible to put your cleaning tools in a more
convenient place.
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Work is efficient when it is done with the least waste of energy in the
shortest possible time.
1 U. S. Department of Agriculture, Miscellaneous Publication 183, pages 14, 15.
Budgeting Time and Money
201
To work efficiently in the home :
1. Collect all materials and tools needed for work.
2. Use the right tool.
3. If possible, finish one kind of motion before changing to another.
4. Study the motions made in doing work (a) to reduce the number
of motions, and (6) to make easier motions.
A budget is a plan for spending the income.
Household expenditures and percentage of income are commonly
divided as follows :
1. Food — 25% 4. Clothing — 15%
2. Shelter — 20 to 25% 5. Advancement — 15 to 20%
3. Operating expenses — 10% 6. Savings — 10 to 15%
The advantages of following a budget are :
1. Getting out of the income that which you need and desire most.
2. Discovering wasteful spending and checking it.
3. Knowing what one can and cannot afford.
4. Freedom from worry regarding necessary and emergency
expenses.
In order to follow a budget, it is necessary to keep accounts.
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
1. How many days are there in your school year? If your time in
school is worth $10 a day after you graduate from high school, how much
can you credit to your educational account in a year? in 3 years?
2. State at least five reasons other than gain in money why it pays
to complete high school.
3. What advantages has making a time budget, and following it,
brought you in school work, home work, and recreation?
4. An authority on budgets 1 gives for the division of the income for a
family of five, the following suggestions :
Income each month
Savings ....
Food ....
Shelter ....
Clothing . . .
Operating . . .
Advancement .
. $150 •
. . $250
• 5 •
• • 35
• 55 •
• • 55
• 38.
60
. 30 .
. . 40
• i5 •
. . 25
7 •
• • 35
Sarah J. MacLeod, Director of Rome Economics, Society for Savings, Cleveland.
202
Modern Housewifery
Compare the amounts for food. How do you account for their being
the same when all other items differ? What percentage of each income is
allotted to food? Why is there a lower percentage spent for food in the
higher income ? Compare these percentages with the percentage for food
given on page 198. What percentage of each income is allotted to shelter ?
Compare these percentages with the percentage for shelter given on
page 198.
HOME WORK
1. Time yourself when you dress for school in the morning. At
school record your name, date, and number of minutes taken to dress.
2. Think out ways of saving steps and saving motions so you can
dress with less effort in a shorter time.
3. When you dress, carry out your plans for saving effort and time.
Of course neither your appearance nor the appearance of your room
must suffer. Time yourself again. Directly underneath your first
report, record the date and number of minutes taken to dress. Is there
improvement?
4. Clean the refrigerator, stove, or sink at home. Time yourself.
At school record your name and number of minutes required to do the
cleaning.
5. Think out ways of saving steps and saving motions or making
easier motions. It may be possible to put your cleaning tools in a more
convenient place.