The sun., 1910-06-30
RENODELLING TEE CALENDAR.


Of the calsndaP which have besn suggested
In recent yeaFs that which is attracting
most notice al present In England, Auatriu
and Germany and other pGrts Of Europe ia
the sohems favored by the Baron Ernst
Won Hease-Wartegg. well known TO fams
on the double ground that he vas LEAD
Ing promoter Of the standard time system
and that he is the husband Of Minnie Hauk
the American opera singer who created
the part Of Carmea in London and New
York IN tho later 'IOs. The 6clAt which at
tAohss % the barOn's work in connection
with the Standardization of the hOurs Of
theday for ordinary purposes Of life goaa
far 10 bring the scheme which he b nov
favoring into The realm Of practical dis
c1aaiOn. In fact a considerable number
of commorcial and industrial bodies hAvs
formally indOrssd the idea. and an active
propaganda d being carried on a. have Il
taken up by the legislatures Of EuroPean
countries.
The Hesas-WarteER calendar divides
the year Of 80 days primarily into four
trimeteFs Of 0l days each, or 10 weeks eE-
aotly. The first two months of each tri-
meter are 10 have 20 days each: the third.
81 days. This diaposes Of SsA days.
The remaining day and the Soath In
leap years are 10 he -inteFoalary' days.
days without date and without plaos
In the week. The annual extra day is
10 b placed al the beginning of the year.
II will BE- known a. New Year Day and
will have no other designation. The
other extra day win be interposed between
June 81 (nsW Stylsl and July whenever
Il occurs. and it will be known a. Md
year Day OF Leap Year Day. having no
other designation whatever. By keep
ing these two days thus separated from
the rest all disturbances in the calendar
from year to year are aVerted.
The working Of the system may best
be illustrated by assuming that it has been
adopted In the present year and IL 20 90
into ehect with 1911. an assumption. it
Is neeSl~s 10 say. which IL outside the
range Of possibility. but which simplihes
the outlining of an imaginary almanac.
Now 1910 will come 20 a close on a Satur-
day. Under the present style the next
day will he Sunday. January /. 1911; under
the new system Il would be simply New
Year Day. 1871. The next day. however.
would b. still designated Monday. Janu-
aTy 1. and 90 the month would go on TO
January 90. which would fall on a Tuesday.
and the next day would he Wednesday.
February l. The fret days of January.
April. July and October would fall on sun
days; those Of February. May. August and
November on. Wednesdays. and thoae of
March, June. September and December
on FridayA
By depriving New Year Day ana Leap
Year Day not only of all numerical place
in the mouth but Also Of all name or place
in the week the same arrangement Of the
days and dates would hold good for every
year Every date in the calendar would
forever fall on the same day of the week
Il Is pointed OCT that in practice no neon
vsniencei would arise from the neW ar
rangement. Nes Year Day Ia already
holiday of universal observance. As
Decsmber 81 under the nsw arrangement
would always fall on sunday two holidays
would come together every year. and the
same would hold good of Christmas Day.
which would always fall on Monday. De-
cember Is. II would very likely become
thehAbit 10 make Leap Year Day a summer
holiday too; Il not. no more inconveni-
encs arises from calling Il by a special
name than from making Il February -.
The Hesss-WArtegg programme fur
ther cOntemplates the fixstion Of Easter
Day on Sunday. April (new styleD. This
is just Midway between tho extreme
fluctuations Of the feast under the prea-
ent plan of computation. March p and
April q. II IL a convenient date. being
about three months from the New Year
festival and late enough for the weather
10 have taken on the character of spring.
Besides IL IL said 20 accord remarkably
with the traditional date of the Resurrec-
ton. The proponents of the new system
assert that according 10 the hest histori-
cal computations the death of Christ took
place on Friday the seventeenth day Of
NiaAm. IN the year 20 Of our era. The
Resurrection therefore vas on Sunday.
the 18th. This. they say. corresponds
with the present date Of April 8. and
therefore the proposed Easter Day would
be only one day out. OF course the feasts
depending on Easter, Shrovs Tuesday.
Ash Wednesday and Whitsinday, would
bs adjusted 10 the neW conditions.
More than 600 commercial and indus-
iFial bodies In England. Holland. Belgium.
Germany and Austria are reported 70 have
indorsed this schems. The business world
Of Europe In general is said 70 be unani-
nous In recognizing Ne convsnkencs.
The great opposlsaoa % e is expected 70
come from the churches. and especially
from the Roman Catholic authorities.
The flxation Of Easter 10 not rsgArdsd a.
the most vital difhculty. The violsnt dis
tuTbance of the Sunday. the lmmemorial
day Of rest and worship. which is insvitab bio
in the second year Of the nsW cycle and
which eKaggsntes itself year after year.
10 tho thing that Ia likely 10 prove an in
superable objection In the present state
Of religious feeling. There can hardly be
any prospect that the Vatican would
approve a calendar which on account Of
the intsrcAlAted New Year Day threw the
regular Ssqusnoe oi tho Sundays out Of
gear not one year only bat every year.
Il 10 not AZ all clear that the Protestant
attitude would be any more favorable
just AZ present; but even Il the Protestant
churches should assent the change would
bsfutile % long a. 20 numerous an element
as the Roman Catholic communion r0-
fused 10 ADOPT Il; In fact the condition