The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-22
oklAnonA CITY WILL
SCOOP the COUNTRY
ADVANCING CLOCKS
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10 have shaken hands with all the 246
Western Union clocks in the city by an
a. early hour Saturday evening This is
z how il occurs that Oklahoma City gets
3 the new time first
J All the Western Union clocks arc
! locked and no one but A. C. Shores and
his two assistants could set them for
\ ward. The master clock at the West
erp Unions oentrd office Is so ar
ranged that II a customgs clock de-
I viates three minutes from correct time,
or less, il can be adjusted through the
master clock in the central office But
when you ask the master clock TO whoop
'cr up sixty minutes. the ,maSter clock
throws up its hands in Surrender
d II seems as il there had hardly ever
been new innovation concerning the
habits Of a community that arouses SO
( little grumbling and which has called
y for so philosophical an acceptance of
ia new idea as this Saving daylight"
\ plan seems to have encountered here
Business men interviewed, theater man
ayers, Chamber OF Commerce workers
postofiice men, bankers, police officers
and all others dismiss the subject by
Saying I'VE expect TO follow the clock.
y Theaters Move Up.
y "Follow the Clock" may become a
4slogan Take the case of the amuse
lnent places, Shortly the citys theater
tmanagers will hold a meeting 10 discuss
f.tle new hours II was understood to-
Nday that the Palace and the Oysrholser
Hhousing resident stock and road shows
Sbelieved they would ring up at 7 rs in.
stead Of Sis 1t seems no hardship tC
Them just so folks come to see thcu
shows II is not known Just what tht
Emotion picture shows will do. Nov
Anost OF them darken their houses at /
O'Clock.
\ One theatrical man today pointed OH
Che sentiment OF the community woul
be against anyone conmercializin
4, 1saving daylight" The vaudeville show
Expect to open their doors an hou
, Earlier and close the shows an hou
Earlier II may call for road yaudevill
shows starting for Dallas and FoI
Worth in somewhat more Of scurry.
Hotels, notably the Lee Huckins an
Skirvin, as well as the principal restau
rants intimated today they expected I
follow the clock, and serve meals on
hour earlier than the custom. Most {
The firstclass barber shops said they cer
eainly were glad Of the change becaus
rthat guy who ambles IN now at 10 :
Tor haircut will hereafter have to an
bic in about o.55 or suffer one mor
days growth"
Churches Move Up.
Dean Bates of St Pauls cathedri
n very much interested in the savin
daylight plan and says he believ,
there should be a wide and thoroug
educational propaganda set forth b,
twcen now and Easter Sunday so I'M
- this. holiest Of all the ecclesiastic
ebservances, no churchman shall
asleep when he ought TO be in his pc,
; To this end, therefore the dean fro
this time on, is to advise the membe
q the cathedral parish to- set the
clocks ahead an hour Easter eve al
to 20 to bed an hour earlier than usu
1Rrhaps. IN order that the new order
Vine will find them rested sufficient
b get used TO it The first East
service at the cathedral would norma
be sung at the cathedral at 7 80 70
time). II will be at 7:30 new time
f:J0 new time is Of course $50, Q
lme so that the faithful churchm
MI be bestirrins himself somewt
pory.
Most Of the Episcopalians regard I
ntomary II o'clock service with I
- hsiern sermon, as the principal ser
IN Of Easter. This will be II o'clo
- time. bat 10 o'clock, old time