The daily sentinel., 1909-09-14
PROPOSE NEW
CALENDAR IDEA

VIII a new form calendar make
payday come any oftener? or will II
reduce the frequency of the immuta-
Bile first OF the month" with its
avalanche Of bills with the little note
please remit" or the persistence of
the ubiquitous collector? VIII the
gas and electric meter distribute its
calculations with greater regard for
the consumers pocketbook or the
baby have less croupy and cOlicky
seasons If the calendar is altered?
These are not among the questions
discussed by the Scientific American
regarding mooted change in the
arrangement of days and dates but
the matter 1cc.l5 to be worthy some
consideration. la IyfuIrinE to The
following to say:
we have received from an adver-
tising firm in San Francisco copy
of a proposed calendar. whose aim is
to avoid the acknowledged drawbacks
of the Gregorian calendar by substi-
tuting one that is better suited to the
requirements of our day-by-day life.
Although the Gregorian calendar
dates from the year 1852. long before
that many and various improvements
had been suggested for conveniently
dividing the 3G5 days of the year into
weeks and months Our correspond
dents ask: Are we not again far
enough advanced beyond the times of
! 5S2 to adopt certain other changes? b?
and they offer Il calendar which di-
vides the 80 weeks of the year into
! 3 months, each having exactly 2Sl
days. The first of January and the
first of every one of the twelve
months succeeding falls on a Sunday.
aud the 2Sth or last day of each
month. therefore, falls on Saturday
The obvious advantage of this ar
rangement is that since each day of
the week must be one of four num-
bers out of the Is (Sunday for any
month of the year being either LIST,
| Sth. 18th or 22nd. Tuesday either the
3rd. 10Th, 18th or cath, etc.) if one
knows the day of the week, it is pos
sible to find the day of the month
quickly and without reference TO a
calendar.
The additional month necessary
under this system is named by its
sponsors Vincent and il is placed In
the calendar between June and July.
Thirteen months of 2S days, how
ever. give a total of only 364 days
for the year, and to accommodate the
odd day, 1t is proposed that between
Saturday, the last day of December,
and Sunday the first day of January
there should be a day known as Ammo
Day. II is not recognized as calen-
dar day, and beyond its name, has no
other distinction to separate 1t from
the last day of December. Any labor
| done on Ammo Day would have to be
! a matter of special contract or agree
ment. No interest or rental will ac-
crue upon that day, and for all such
purposes 1t would be considered
, part of Saturday, December 2Sth.
Leap Year is provided for by an extra
day between Saturday. Vincent 14th,
and Sunday. Vincent | 9TH. This would
be known as Md-anno Day and it
would be treated in all respects sim
ilarly to Ammo Day.
Although there can be no question
fof the simplicity and convenience of
the proposed calendar. in respect of
any prospect of its immediate and
worldwide adoption, we fear it must
be classed with those two other great
desirables. the metric system aud
the longer daylight day. We are
not more firmly convinced of the ad-
vantages of this and those PROPOSE
tions for simplifying and rendering
easier and more pleasant the round
of daily life and it's duties, than we
are that to bring about these sug-
gested improvements will take many
years of arduous and persistent agi-
tation.'