New-York tribune., 1917-06-17

the wear as it passes around the sun within
the compass of time. Outside the circle OF
time is infinite space. The six wheels may
also represent the six working days, and the
seventh the day of rest.
In commenting upon his new calendar,
which he has named "Calabuy." Mr.. Parker
said:
"There is one point to which | would par
ticularly like to call attention in the dia-
gram. The working days are axlsd to the
points of a star, representing our ideals. The
belts, which turn the working wheels, form
a star surrounding the centre wheel. This
can be considered as the prime mover and
governor.
Like the early railway strap-iron tracks,
the track of progress has been elongating and
curling up in waves from hammering OF the
wheels which make friction and war. The
world needs an invention like the modern
| T rail that will not curl and can be Sc
curely spiked down to the graded course Of
progress There have been six waves OF
frictional disorder in the Christian era.
1--WE are on the crest OF the seventh wave,
with good prospects that a league of nations
will follow. With the track we'll fastened
down to the circle of time, progress. obvi-
ously will be steady and more rapid than
ever before.
| "Our present method Of dividing time, ex-
pressed by the existing calendars, is not at
all simple. 1t is quite cumbersome. Their ori-
gin and growth are most interesting The
Egyptians were the first to institute a sacred
calendar in which every day-almost every
hour-hsd it's special religious ceremony.
Then there are the Hebrew calendar and the
Mahometan, Republican, Chinese, Julian and
Gregorian calendars, the latter being the one
used by us at the present time. 1t is the re-
formed Julian calendar, introduced by the
bull of Pope Gregory XIII, in 1882, but was
not adopted in England until ITO years later.
when we consider that the world suffered
for 1900 years to crafty the vanity of the
Emperor Augustus, who had the then present
calendar altered so as to give August as many
DAYS as July, one would have thought that
the Gregorian calendar would have been
| adopted at once, as it was SO far an advance
! in the right direction. Even to this day the
Julian calendar is used by both Russia and
Greece, whose dates consequently are now
thirteen days behind those of other Christian
countries.
at is not my purpose TO change the num-
Der of months. but to add another
month. making thirteen, each containing
twenty-eight days. That would give a total
of 364 days, with Christmas not coming in
any week or month. The old Gregorian cal
endar ends on December %, 1917. Christmas
/ is advanced two days TO December %. The
new calendar begins on December "a. Each
year ends on the shortest day, which is De-
cember 2l or % in the old calendar. Every
month and every year begins on Monday in
the new calendar, and the same date Of the
same week has the same date in every month.
This is simplicity personihed, and to my mind
is a sensible and logical way TO overcome 4
complicated problem.
"We must not forget that time is the meas
ure Of motion-not the motion itself IL is
the snveloping circle Of our sphere OF life.
thought, knowledge and action. II is the
horizon Of life beyond which is space without
measure. II is an elastic circle which per
nits eternal growth indefinitely without q
break"