Show c LOP A DAY OFF CALENDAR L An Idea Suggested by Proposal to Set Clock Forward To T The Salt Lake li ke Herald Herald Last Monday ronday there appeared in The Herald an article entitled Put the th Clock Back in which an Englishman proposes pro proposes proposes poses to lengthen the daylight work working lug ing hours in the summer by b putting the clock forward eight minutes In April and turning It back in September I compliment the gentleman on his courage in presenting his plans to a body of learned gentlemen and the good prospects there appear for having the tho plan favorably acted upon encourage encourage age alOe me to propose a plan along the same hame H me lines linos but less ess revolutionary I suggest that New Years day be bo eliminated eliminated eliminated from the calendar so that the year shall consist of or weeks of seven days each and a Ne NOV V Years Tears day I hasten to in r that the purpose of or this change is to make any date In each year fall faIl on the same week wk day because New Years Tears day will bear no date nor will wUl it be a Sunday Monday Tuesday or any other weekday week weekday I Iday day The year ear proper would end De December ember cember 30 the next day would be New I Years Tears day and the following day Jannary Jan January uary nary 1 I In case of leap year car a Mid MidYears Midyears Years Tears day would be inserted between I June Junr 30 31 and July 1 i iNow I INow Now for the effect of this As stated above aboe a o every ever date of wen etch year would j fall all on the same sarno day of o the week Ie k This I would moan mean In can that all aU public pu Ua holidays J would fall faU on the same sam day of the week Often caich C h year Meetings and events of all aU kinds political social commercial an and religious could be definitely set for Rood good and always Taking the calendar for 1905 which started on a Sunday and which would therefore be the ono one pre jire prevailing alling under this plat i birthday ay would always come ome on a Wed Ved Wednesday Wednesday Decoration day on a Tuesday Tu t July Jub 4 on a Tuesday Labor day on i Monday September 4 Thanksgiving day lay on Thursday November SO 30 and ind Christmas day on a Sunday Election day would always awas be Tuesday Novem November ber her 7 and congress would convene on onI Monday December 4 It would not be necessary to meddle me wil with Easter Laster jt it could oud remain as noW noV the first Sunday after the first full tull moon after liter spring equinox There may be some objections lons to o some people always having their birthdays on a Sunday while others never and I see a brick coming my In way from the little litte boy who was born on February 23 29 2 because ha he h will never have even cven a quarter of f a birthday any anymore anymore anymore more unless Jie Ie takes it the day before Of course we could not commence our reformed chronology at once we must await an aft opportunity and that opportunity will be here four f ul years will fall on ona ona hence ne December 30 1911 a 1 Saturday the next day would be New Years Tears day 1912 and the following day Sunday January 1 1912 So we have plenty of time in which to think the matter over and see whether the other Christian nations na who now use the I Gregorian calendar will be willing to join It would give Russia an opportunity to fall In Iti line tine Should It be preferred to have New Years Tears day follow December 31 as now this could easily be done by lopping off of I Ione one day from January instead of De December December December cember but if so the change would have to be made one year earlier We live in a progressive age and should oud Mr Ir Willett succeed in interest ing in old conservative England En land imd in his plan of setting the cook clock forward po pos possibly sibly sib the above plan may at least be considered And should it not seem radical enough it could easily be elaborated elaborated elaborated orated upon for or instance by dividing the year into even quarters Instead of months C A F Salt Lake City Nov No 27 2 1907 |