Cheaper by the Dozen The authors of this story, Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, describe the protagonist as a tall man, with a large head, jowls, and a Herbert Hoover collar. So, naturally, he is not small slender type; he passed the two-hundred-pound mark a long ago. Frank Gilbreth, often referred as dad, always practiced what he preached. Some things he did to keep "progress moving" was that he took home videos (called moving pictures back then) of the children washing dishes. He wanted to figure out how his children could reduce their hand motions to spend less time on each chore! Mr. Gilbreth also put out progress and work charts in the bathrooms. These were to