The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-16
From, Other Pens
CHEATING THE CLOCK.


Cleveland. Ohio's busting city ON
Lake Erie. has hit upon an ingenious
way OF gaining an hour of daylight
at the close of the days work Be
ing IN something less than 80 degroa
west longitude. Central time has here
to1ore marked the hours there-the
tfme that prevails between the 18th
and the 9Oth meridian. Cleveland haa
now decided to set her clocks in ac-
cordance with Eastern time Bv thu
simple method the working day be.
gins an hour earlier and ends an hour
earlier. with the result Of giving the
worker in tho spring and summer
months an extra hour Of daylight ii,
which to enjoy relaxation or recrea.
ton. A few years ago another scheme
g cneat the clock WA0 proposed In
1ngland and widely discussed. Thf(
suggestion was to move the hands Of
the clock back arbitrarily in the lon6
summer days Of that high ATTITUDE.
without any regard for suns time q
all. But that was too radical a prop.
osition for the tradition-respecting
6Fttisher. and IT. was never adopted.
Cleveland IL less conservative, and also
more scientific. Easten time as we'll a
Central time II determined by the sun.
Cleveland has simply decided to ie-
more the arbitrary distance Of fifteen
degrees of longitude and set her clocka
by the 18th instead Of the Goth merit
dian. Cleveland will not gain as much
as ENGLAND would gain by a similar
method. for the days are never 20
long in summer in her latitude a. n
the latitude Of the British Isles. but An
| hour of sunlight at the close of busi-
ness hours Il not to be scoffed at. II
will be boon to thousands who
know and value the pleasure ana tho
profit to be gained out Of doors. Nor
Will the getting to work an hour ear.
ner to gain the added hour at the end
OF the days. work be any hardship on
a. bright summer morning.-Philadel.
phia Press. -
COST OF SOUL SAVING.
What IL the most curious in .th>
Monday fneeting syllabus Of antd-0un-
oayism IL tho economic side of the
Pittsburgh manifestation: 1T cost
Pittsburg $4,000 to hear Sunday, and
3.1o7 converts were made, or about ~
per convert. The preachers aerse6
that not more than twelve of those
converts would remain faithful. and
tnat $SO,00O was q pretty high price to
pay for them. The preachers said thew
could do much better themselves AZ
much less cost" It may be said thaf
soul il priceless. even a Pitteburrh
soul; but without irreverence. Il mi1hf
be argued that IL the figures given are
correct. the cost Of the Sunday Con
versions is excessive. Outside Of the
knot of ''revivals," whether in fk~
backwoods or the cities. The overstfrn-
ulatfon Of the religious instinct. tina
communicative ardor or frenxy. the az
feet OF suggestion" tho separation Of
religion from morality, the intoxicafiom
of crowds. the substitution of swift e.
element for hard. painful, genuine
growth in the knowledge Of the LORD.
the easy "conversons." the easier back
slidtnes-an this il ancient ground
Billy Sunday IL merely an extreme
case OF familiar type. Az to his con-
verts. as to those Of less rude revival
ists the question always remains Of
the permanency Of conversions: INT
surely twelve souls-suppoeine 4ho
anti-Sunday record to be correcf. u
twelve souls for ~. 900 L. = I,irh 49,.
only in the eyes Of the children Of III.
woro: and P1ttsburgh Il only too wen