Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-25
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Probably few people realize that
the daylight saving system where
by the clocks will be turned forward
one hour some time next Sunday,
has been given a thorough and very
satisfactory try-out in Harrisburg for
seven or eight years, and only be-
cause of lack of popular support
failed to be adopted generally in our
establishments. The iate Commis4
sioner of Health, Samuel G. Dixon,
was the man to give the idea its first
official test. DR.. Dixon was an early
riser. He was the last person at
night about the offices of the great
department he created, and he used
to appear at the Capitol as early as
o'clock in the morning. The COM
missioner always said that the early
part of summer day in Harrisburg
was certainly most delightful to work
in and one summer he changed the
working hours from s to instead
of to D. 1t was something which
has been done years.gone by in many
establishments, but it jolted prece-
dents on Capitol Hill. when it came
under the name of daylight saving"
The commissioner said he did not
care whether 1t was n summer
schedule" or daylight saving" and
made 1t effective. 1t has worked
! ever since and n number of depart
ments at the Capitol have n shifting
schedule when warm weather comes.
Others maintain the same schedule
the whole year around. When DIR.
Dixon made his change. some estab-
! lishments in Harrisburg were doing
the same thing. Although summer
hours" are nothing unusual. people
seem to balk and talk, when the plan
is called daylight saving" and the
clock is turned forward. However,
| in the opinion of an observer of the
currents Harrisburg life, there will
be little trouble about it here. "All
| that need be borne in mind is that
there is national schedule of sum
mer hours and that the hands OF
the clock have been put forward at
the same time, as the new time for
starting work. It's as simple as A,
| B, C, and IL the phrase makers would
only quit dressing up something that
we have all known about, with
terms that are apt to mystify, we
would all be better off, was his COM
ment And he was pretty near right.
The tenseness with which Harris
burg and its neighbors. awaited news
from the battlefront in France, yes
terday, brought to mind some of the
| Sundays in the days when the crisis
impended between the United States
and Mexico, and the early days of
the great war. People coming from
church gathered about bulletin
boards and telephones rang all day
long. And 1t is to be noted that
many of the calls came from bor-
oughs in this section, some even be-
| ing from rural lines. The import
ance of the hour seemed to be very
widely realized.
There were moments of the ad-
! dress delivered by Archbishop Lang
| in the hall of the House of Repre-
sentatives, on Saturday afternoon,
when the distinguished Englishman
made his audience feel as must all
| England, at the time. During the
early part of his remarks, he de-
parted somewhat abruptly from the
course of his acknowledgment of
| greetings, to call to mind what was
| happening on the Western front.
and several times later on, reverted
to the terrible hours in France and
once showed emotion which was
shared by his hearers. Just before
ne lett the Capltol, the arcnDlSnop
said that members of his own family
were in the front line. "
It is of interest to note that the
rostrum from which the archbishop
spoke, has been occupied by quite u
number of noted Americans, but by
very few foreign visitors. Perhaps
the most distinguished was the Ar
gentine Ambassador. Romulo Naon,
who addressed the Legislature here
three years ago.
The men in charge of guarding the
site of the big army depots to be con-
lstructed between Highspire and
Middletown. had their hands full
yesterday, with Sunday visitors. 1t
was a fine day. and many people
went out in automobiles from Dau-
phin, Lebanon and Lancaster coun-
ties, to see what Uncle Sam pro-
poses to do. The depot will be a
place of interest for Sunday sight
seers for a long time to come, and it
will be difficult to make them under
stand that everyone can not roam
over the place.