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Show DAYLIGHT SAVING SAVINGPLAN SAVINGPLAN PLAN OUTLINED BY BYOLD BYOLD OLD BEN FRANKLIN FRANKLINBlame FRANKLINBlame Blame Benjamin Franklin Fran1.Jln Fran1Jln . If It your youralarm youralarm youralarm alarm clock coc1 ] . rasps Its gloomy reve1JJe reveille reve1JJebefore reveillebefore reveillebefore before dawn this summer . . For he it itwas itwas Itwas was who originated the daylight 5tH- 5tH 5tHIng sa sav saving ' - ing lag time Idea , which robs the c1t citi citizens ! . zens tens of ot many states of ot their last hour houror hourof hourof or of beauty sleep . On March 20 , 1784 , Franklin Franklln wak wok wakened . ' ened erred at 6 8 a m In to Paris Parts , blinked at atthe atthe atthe the bright sun , decided decJded It was s111y silly s111yfor sillyfor sillytor for people to sleep " "until until "untll untll " noon , " burn burncandles burncandles candles at night nightSo . . So he wrote a letter to a Paris Parisnlwspaper Parisnewspaper Parisnewspaper nlwspaper newspaper , humorously chiding Pa- Pa Parlclans Parlslans Pa Parisians - risians rlclans rlslans : ; tor for their sloth , and oumnlng outlining outlininga oumnlnga a daylight ! saving 1lvlng plan lllan . . "Every Every " morning , . " he wrote , "as as "assoon "assoon "assoon assoon " soon aq 'i i as ' the sun rises , let all the beUs bells bellsin bellsIn In every church be set dnglng"It ringing"If ringing dnglng ringing"If "If If "It It " that Is not sufficient , , let cannon cannonbe cannonbe cannonbe be fired tired In every street to wake the thesluggards thesinggards thesluggards sluggards singgards ettectuaUy-Llterary ettectuaUy Llterary effectuallyLiterary effectually . " -Literary Literary - - Literary D Di Dl Digest ] . gest . . |