The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-23
little - Of 1901

When we get to know 9H a little bet
ter we shall find it remarkable year.
II has number of peeulLarities, some
OF which only occur At long intervals
and those peculiarities have important
results, says writer ln Casseils Jour
As a leap year alone 1904 is notable
inasmuch as the extra day in February
has TO be calculated and allowed for I'm
many ways. III adds largely for in
stance 10 the cost or running LDe
country Soldiers. sailors and others Of
the service OF the state are. of course
PAID Dy the day and not by the week
more money IN olsseELlie than in q
common year. And this tells surpris-
ingly on the country s expenditure the
extra days paw for the army in 1856
amounted to e25l00 and for Che navy
70 &S52A in addition. there were corr
responding disbursements TO other serV-
ICES eoR 45.5 win the Iieet. 70 otilceTs
lh the Royal Marines atloat and ashore.
etc Even the extra paE for retired ma
rlneS amounted To 500. rAltOEethTr. in
faCL. Leap Year Day tFeb. 2O Involves
the country in an additional outlay Of
at least E500o0 for extra paw alone
Whatever the actual amount may be for
Lue "noie or tne clLH service, provision
for 1t IS always made in the civil serV-
ice estimates.
But 1904 IS not an ordinary leap year.
AS 1890 was missed, It is the first we
have bad since 1896. and consequently 30
FeVlVes. after an unusually long period
Of dormancy. the immemOrial privilege Of
ladies, as well as provides for good
many people the first birthday they have
had for eight wears. These folk consist
OF those born on Lean Year Day Now.
since Eeb. % has not been i'm the cal
. endar for the years 1881 to 1858 in
elusive, such unfortunate individuals
period
This is a distinct hardship. particularly
in q certain family which, by a singular
/ coincidence. boasts two members born
on FEB 70 What makes this circum-
stance the more curious is that the chill
/ 0ren are not twins there ls a differ
/ ence OF eight years i'm their age NoW,
the elder has not had a birthday present
from her father since 1886, and the
younger has not had one at all; for
that gentleman insists he cannot upset
the GFegOrian calendar by making every
year q year Of 1855 days
Leap year, however, viii not be missed
again for a little while. The reason 1901
was common year was due to am ar
/ rangement whereby three days are re-
I tTenched IN four centuries. While d5H
! was a leap year 100. 1900 and 1850 were
not. but 200 viii be. Thus three days
are lost In every 400 years with the re-
| suit that the calendar viii be kept right
4 for about 300 years
Before the year closes, moreover, many
/ thousands Of workers viii get am extra
| week g pay. This comes about owing TO
the fact that 81 contains fifty-tnree Sat
Urdays, one more than usual Of course.
But this extra Saturday viii make a
[ great deal more difference in business
I circles than In the homes of the peO-
pie. How it viii swell the premiums
I Of some insurance companies The iu-
/ dustrial offices viii have an additional
week premiums. which amount I'm the
! aggregate to many thousands of pounds,
( AND they represent so much gain be-
cause there We're f5fty-tWo weeks in 1853
and there viii be fifJy-tWO weeks I'm 1905.
] The fifty-third week. I'm fact-it is not
peculiar to leap year. by the Way-Oc-
/ ours at regular intervals. and has a
marked effect on the income Of those In
suranCe offices which do industrial bust
ness.