Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-01-11 | Page 2 | Statisticians Find 261 Holidays Will be Feature of 1918

Statisticians Find Holidays V Will WillBe ll Be Feature of 1918 with penchants IP PERSONS for holidays will be happy to learn there will be this year according to information information information tion received here today by J. J Cecil Alter local meteorologist This data represents the work cf of a statistician who looked over the calendars of of the ninety ninety- seven nations an anal l dependencies of the world wold and ascertained just what days were figured thereon in red The compiler lives in New NewYork NewYork NewYork York and he is said to be the first man successfully to undertake undertake undertake under under- take the making of so many dates for holidays in one year of days as according to the fn- fn formation he has gleaned to ob observe observe observe ob- ob serve them all the celebrant would have to lo work less than two days out of three Only four fifty of the holidays will be observed in the United St es however and not all of them in any anyone one state It was not for holiday reasons however that a compilation of th the worlds world's fete days was made It was because of a genuine business need for such knowledge knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge as international trade considers considers considers con con- siders information on what days are arc closed to business m in various countries as a matter of great importance J J