ABSTRACT
The New England Butt Company contract was successfully completed, and it was clear that New York was a more advantageous base of operations, given their clients of late. Frank and Lillian went searching again for a home in the suburbs, this time they targeted Montclair, a town with reputedly excellent schools that would put them in close proximity to Lillian's aunt Lizzie. Frank seemed utterly amused watching the reactions on his children's faces each time he stopped the car at some dilapidated shack on the way to Montclair and declared it the new Gilbreth residence. They christened the house in Montclair the "Mostulab," short for Motion Study Laboratory; it was the place where they sought refuge from the outside world but also where they experimented with efficient family living. A journalist for the Montclair Times likened their homestead to a well-run "industrial community," with Frank as the municipal employer, Lillian the manager, and the children their dutiful employees.
