New-York tribune., 1890-06-01

c,;t;cise her. Let it suffice to say that she
never was entirely trustworthy-fair, bnt hckie'
ond is disagreeably associated with such 'll-
nIeosant rites as moving and houSe-cleamng
Iuv is n long lassitude and besides, she has
flies ON her. August is a Synonyme for sun
strokes and dog-days, ever adding insult to
injury by meanly asking melting mortals "ls't
hot 'nuff for yer?" September necessarily sad
dens, because, as an astute critic long ago point
ed out. she is one Of the three embers OF the
wear" October has a flush on her face not OF
health, but of decay--pcrhaps hndlng her
analogue in the dying dolphin. Novembers
advent marks the coming Of the melancholy
days. while December is Noyember-only
worse.
But June. She never comes too soon nor
stays too long. She is perpetual and un-
alloycd delight. If the question OF dispensing
with all the other months so as to give 800
days each year to June could be put TO pop
ular vote the majority in favor OF the change
would be so overwhelming that it would be
idle for the opposition to print any tickets.
That is the way Mr. Lowell feels about it.
4 quarter of century or more ago he deter
mined to find ont il there was any anti-June
sentiment in this country. Accordingly, in his
own blunt way, he put the frec-for-all ques-
tion. "What is so rare as day in Juner 1t
was a bold unreserved challenge. But to this
day not . man on the entire planet has come
forward 10 take it up. BY common consent Of
all persons everywhere there is nothing so rare
as a day in June, and it was public spirited
on Mr. Lowell's part to emphasize the fact.
WHY not therefore, do the handsome thing
by June, readjuSting the calendar, so that
she and not January shall have the honor Of
ushcrng in the year? Any person outside of
an asylum for the feeble minded will conccdc
that it would be plcasantcr to make ncwyear
calls on the 1St Of June than on the lst OF
January. The fact is, that the gracious and
humanizng custom of ncw-year calling has
fallen into dcSuctudc because there is some
thing in bitter Wntry day-and the 1St of
January is often that-which freezes up the
social instinct and. induces 2 man to stay close
by his own frcside. 4 CONCEALED man is not
"A person in whom the social instinct is in
healthy condition. If he is either to give or
receive pleasure in making new-year calls he
must be thawcd out In view of these self
evident considerations it is amazing that June
was not given JanuaIy'S place long ago. The
delay in righting the wrong is bu: another
proof of the proposition 50 often insisted upon
that reform is a plant OF slow growth, mankind
being by nature "A victim - oyer-cOnservatsm.
Perhaps it might be we'll to postpone the
beginning of any general movement looking to
such a revision Of the calendar Is has been
suggested until after the World, Fair has
been held But just aS soon a that under
taking has passed into history. il ought to be
pushed. Let June have her rights. The
rarcSt month Of them all ought to head the
annual procession. Perhaps President liar-
rSon will issue a PROCLAMATION decreeing the
change. Why not? If Julius Caesar felt
authorized to overhaul the calendar and add
two days to January. why may not benjamin
Harrison compel January and June to exchange
places? Obviously there Is no politics in this
suggestion, SO that good men Of all parties can
be counted upon to rally to its support. Pend
ing the success of the movement, we tender to
June the assurances of our distinguished con-
sidcratlon.