Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12
CLERKS GET A REST.
The Saturday Half Holidays Are to
Commence This Week.
MAYOR G0URLEY GIVES ADVICE.
Exercise in the Parks and Seaside Trips
Will Not Be Needed.
GREAT NEED OF MORE LEISURE HOURS

The Saturday half holiday as provided by
the Legislature of 1890 goes into effect in
all State and municipal buildings next Sat-
urday and will continue until September.
The clerks and officials at City Hall and
the Court House are looking forward to
their summer half holidays with pleasure
able expectation. Baseball, tennis and fish
ing clubs are being organized and quiet
little picnic parties at Schenley and High
land parks and other favorite resorts are
being arranged by the younger folks. It
would not be unreasonable to suppose that
some of the older fellows are making dates
for excursions to secluded hooks on Smith
field street or Fourth avenue for an inter-
esting game of penny-ante.-
Tho Controller Dod-ed the Issue.
The impression gained circulation about
City Hall Yesterday that the half holiday
law went into effect on the first Saturday in
June, and number of clerks in the various
offices were making their preparations for
an afternoons outing when one individual
raised the question as to the date provided
by low. There was an earnest discussion all
over the building in less than ten minutes,
but no one could settle the point and the
law could not be found. AS the chiefs of
the departments and the Board OF Assessors
were all out of the city there was no one
left in authority but the Mayor and the
Controller, and it was finally decided to ap-
point committee to wait upon those Off
cials and request them to state the law.
The committee first called ON the Con-
troller, but he declared he knew nothing
about the law, it did not govern him and he
L i
the Mayor was called upon he was equally
ignorant but, upon comforting with City
Clerk Booth, learned that the half holiday
season began on June Is or the first Satur-
day thereafter and continued until Septem-
10, or the first Saturday thereafter In i'm
parting this information to the committee,
the Mayor made neat little speech.
Said he:
No Need Of Seashore Trips.
Gentlemen, I am heartily in favor of
your having brief holiday once each week
during the summer season, but it seems you
must all work this afternoon. Next Satur-
day the law gives you a rest, and 1 know
you will appreciate it. Take my advice, go
out into the parks or into the country, put
in the afternoons vigorously exercising in
the open air, go home then, eat hearty
supper and 60 to bed. If you do this you
will rise Sunday morning early, after re-
freshing sleep, prepared to go to church and
listen to good sermon and to put in full
day of perfect rest. A summer of Satur-
days spent in this way will make you more
valuable to the city, more healthy and Wig
orous in every way, and will render un-
necessary trip to the seashore later in the
season.
81 am sincere in my advice to you. / be-
lieve every man, woman and child living in
the sitting air, among the heated brick
walls and asphalt pavements of great
city like this, should get out into the pure
air of the country as often as possible-at
least once a week. 1t makes a man feel
better, look better, and he is better for it in
every way. If 1 had my way would COM
pei these hurrying, rushing business men
not only to take rest of this kind occa-
sionally, but their employees to do likewise.
No one would lose anything, and all would
be gamers at the end of the year.