Life — May 15, 1924 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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DIOGENES LEAVES WASHINGTON As to Daylight Saving HIS scheme of saving daylight | set his wateh having everybod, forward and go through life an hour ahead of time is all rig goes; the trouble with it is that anywhere: it talks in- mere so far as it doesn't g child's figures. Nobody as time to bother with saving an insignificant hour; if we can’t save more than an hour, we might as well stay where we are, Of in with it was well to start small, such as an hour, and see how the plan worked out practically; but now that we have ¢ covered what effect it has on a paltry sixty minutes, it is up to us to apply ger things and bring nsequence. the principle to about a saving of some c¢ The plan I have in mind is very sim- ple—much simpler th setting your watch forward. It is based upon the ndamental psychology as the old same fu Daylight Saving scheme, which has p to bed at eleven if he thinks it's twelve, ed that a man doesn't mind going or getting up at seven if he thinks cight, but I carry the idea o far enough to be of some real benefit Here is my scheme, and I call it Season Saving. Instead of setting your watch forward an hour, simply go to your calendar and snatch off three months; thus, what you thought was June turns out to be September, and you have got through the summer with out any hot weather. Wiping out these three months would solve the milk-and ice problem which usually comes in July and August; would relieve business firms from giving summer vacations to their clerks; would prevent—but you can figure out the advantages as well as I I merely suggest these three months, of course, as an example; you may take any three months you wish. Or four months—what's a sheet of paper among psychologists? If the consensus of nm is against winter, there is no reason in the world why the winter months shouldn't be torn out; all that is necessary is that there be some sort of understanding as to what months opini are to be done away with among large industries and Rotary Clubs planning to hold ¢ dates. If you are just an ordinary citizen, you may do what you please, and you will probably find that the most comfortable thing to do is to throw nventions on certain away the whole business except possibly May and October; life is too short to be bothered with summer and winter There is one detail that is likely to give some trouble unless it is handled properly. Say in June we set the cal- endars f rward to September; when the new January comes round (the old October) two courses of action re open: things can be left as they are, thus supplying ideal winter weather and enabling Northerners to have perfect winter golf at home ;*or the calen¢ can be set back to October, allowing the nation to enjoy a kind of Indian autumn. This second-autumn method would probably be found advisable ; without it, we should eventually be having our coldest weather in August. which would be hard on the farmers. By simply pasting back October, No- vember, and December, we have every- thing straightened out again. rs (I do not wish to take any more credit for this scheme than I deserve; the greater share of the credit really belongs to the man who originated the idea of saving an hour by a twist of the fingers, and not to me.) Berry Fleming. Birthright HO does not know the savor Of sloes, and ros OF spice -hips’ flavor, wood bark and cresses In ice-cold springs, confesses His birthright was denied him; That prisoning walls beside him And pavements laid below him Forbid sweet life to know him. May Folwell Hoisington. comicbooks.com