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Show AN HOUR OF DAYLIGHT FOR AN HOUR OF NIGHT. Today President Wilson signed tho daylight-saving bill, which becomes effective ef-fective on Easter Sunday, March 31. From that date until October 27, all clocks in the United States are to be turned forward one hour. The object to be attained is well set forth in a report made by a special committee from the Boston Chamber of Commerce: One hour or more for outdoor recreation. recre-ation. Recreation Is a national assot, an immense force for health and moral well-being. Working mothers and fathers obtain an extra hour for outdoor play with their children, both summer and winter. win-ter. One hour less for bad lights In tenements. tene-ments. Lessened eye-strain for workers and school children due to the use of artificial arti-ficial light. Smaller risk of accident In industrial establishments, because there will be a light hour instead of a dark one at the end of the working day at the time of greatest fatigue and most frequent accidents. Lessened Tlsk of accident due to transportation and traffic conditions, because the afternoon rush will fall In daylight instead of In darkness. Working girls will bo on the way home In daylight instead of in the dark In winter. Our last hour of sleep will be sounder sound-er and more beneficial than it is under present conditions, because there will be less light. General efficiency will, of course, be increased by any improvement in the health, morals and social welfare of the workers and others. In summer a cool hour in the morn ing Is substituted for a hot one in the afternoon. In winter a light hour nt the end of tho day is substituted for a dark one. This is especially valuable, coming as it does at the time of groatost fatigue, and is peculiarly valuable In some industries in-dustries whore accurate eyesight Is essential. Efficiency is lowest in tho later afternoon, aft-ernoon, tho time whon accidents aro most frequent. There will be the greatest of all sav-' ings that of human materials, as pointed out above. Immediate saving In form of reduction reduc-tion of expense for. light and heat. Ultimate saving in the conservation of coal and other sources of light and heat. Possible reduction In the cost of living liv-ing of thoao who like to work In their gardens, utilizing the extra outdoor hour for this purpose. |