Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-07

/ strongly az the June Congress will De
70 fix Easter Sunday absolutely on a
particular date. This can only be- cf-
feoted by establishing at the same
time symmetrical calendar. and
that is what Is proposed To effect
this, the influential Netherlands
chamber Of commerce has adopted the
proposal of Wollknowu authority.
C. 5. de NlCrk, and ordered its dole
gates 20 support IT, This proposal i7
for so-Called Normal Calendar"
which means "a drastic change. but
would abolish at q stroke am the
present anomalies Of the Julian Cdlen-
dar which was reformed from au ace
Economical point OF view by Pope
Gregory XIII, In 1852, but iu no way
improved from the point of view ~
the practical man.
The first proposal Of tho Netherlands
chamber OF commerce is the cQualiZa-
tion of the length OF the months The
normal month is 20 have 30 days
OF the remaining five. one IS 90 be
tackled ON 20 the last month of each
quarter and the odd day is 90 be New
Years day and not To- Doe counted aus
q day of any month but 10 hc sand
wiched between the 31st Of December
and the LIST of January The English
amendment to this rs that the date
less day shall bo Christmas day Gs
Z
this would not break the symmetry of
the system Each quarter of the year
would thus contain 81 days. the first
and second months having 30 days
and the last month 81.
OFFICE BOMBARDED
The German foreign office IS at
pt .seut being bombardcd with rec
quests from trade and scientific corr
H.a.H HH#...
The movement has "a sympathiZCr IN
Herr Won Rheinbabcn, Pru~siau minis
ter Of finance, who is among the cane
didates for the post Of imperial
chancellor Dr. Hautigger Mohr, "a
South German scientist holds that
it would be better TO give an the
months thirty days and arrange the
odd five DAYS outside both weeks and
months. calling four Of them quar-
ter days" and making the hfth an
universal Thanksgiving day for all
ChristondOm At the London congress
the Netherlands chamber of COM
merce will initiate the discussion boy
pressing for dc lllerk's normal calon-
dar. II Is well supported, the French,
Belgian and German press almost
unanimously favoriug the calendar AZ
present vigorous propaganda In its
favor IS being carried on In Germany
hy prlvy Councillor Baron Ernst Won
Hessc- Wartogg, Of Luccrue. who acted
as commissioner at the Chicago and
ST Louis worlds fairs His VITO is
Minnie Hauk. the opera singer
Hes-e- W1rteRg Is DISTINGUISHED
Ecographcr ana explorer, ANA is we'll
known In Europe as the iutroducer
OF 2onc-time. BY this reform, ho Csc
tahllshcd West European, Central
European and East European time In
three zones covering an Europe, but
had 10 overcome fierce opposition
from the old-fashioned meridian
timers. Hosse- Vartcgg is urging the
adoption OF the normal calendar uoNt
year. The reason is that ~ 1914 is
let pass by without the adoption of
the reform "a favorable opportunity
win not recur until 1918.
SOME ADVANTAGES
The New Years day Of 1911 falls On
Sunday. II this day be detached
from January I'm accordance with th.
normal scheme, the new first of Jauu-
airy VIII all ON a Monday March 81
will fan on Sunday and thus the first
Of April the beginning of the second
quarter will fan ON Monday. similarly
the first day Of the remaining two
quarters viii fan on Monday and the
last day on a sunday. Every quarter
OF the year win begin on Monday and
end on sunday The first OF February
VIII always be Wednesday the first
OF March Friday and equally 80 with
the second and third months OF the
other quarters. The greatest advantage
is that 1912 viii begin In exactly the