The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-31
Much Complaint at Changing of the
Clocks Sunday Mors9tuy +1'eaTa
- in keokuk After 1t is
Made.
WoRKMEN AND WOMEN
Change is Accomplished Here with
the Usual Incidents, and Does
Not Seem to Hit Popu-
lar Chord.

There is a good deal of objection
expressed to the changing OF the
clocks this spring, here in heokuk,
Notwithstanding the change was
made with little talk about the oper-
alton itself.
Industrial workers going to work
this morning, while not unanimous,
were pretty generally objecting to
the change. Only one set agreed to
go to work an hour later, however.
This was the force of collectors
on the Keokuk and Hamilton bridge
who simply changed their working
schedule and relief times to an hour
later than before and this nuliified
any effect of the change of clocks.
"The women just hate it," said a
well informed one this morning.
Beverly B. Hobbs, prominent in the
Keokuk Automobile club, is the only
Keokuk person to openly approve the
change of clocks who has been dis
covered here.
Some Motorists Condemn 1t.
And he is not backed by all the
motorists. One of them was COM
planning this morning along this
Ine:
He is accustomed to get up in the
morning and go out in the garage
and tune up his automobile, doing the
little chores that so many motorists
delight in. Now, he can not do that
after daylight and get down to his
desk on time, so the garage chores
must wait until evening. Then in the
evening he dons overalls and works
at his car while the motorists with
mechanicians and repair shop bills
sail gaily by his home.
The objection of the workmen is,
that the human body can not change
its habits an hour suddenly without
congratulated is the basis of what
they mean, although they do not re-
duce it to its lowest terms exactly
that way.
Women Just Hate 1t.
The women complain chiefly about
the change of sunlight and meals in
chronological relation to each other.
They get up to get breakfast in the
dawn, and it is long time between
the evening meal and dark, they say.
Also it is hard to get children up for
breakfast now, which harks back to
the same human body's habits the
workmen describe.
One reason the bridge collectors
advanced their working schedule an
hour Sunday was that the evening
shift otherwise would compel their
wives to get their breakfast in the
hottest part of the afternoon.
The pleasure riding motorists all
approve the change, as it gives them
more time for riding in the evening
before dark, and after leaving their
offices.
Incidents CT the Change Here.
The change in keokuk was accom-
plished with about the same number
and kind of incidents as year ago.
In at least one family, the wife ad-
yanced the clock Saturday night, and
the husband turned it forward an
other hour Sunday morning. During
the day there was a resulting furry
when an appointment was to be kept.
The postofice clock was advanced
with big crank at 10 O'Clock Sat
urday night, so the custodian could
school next morning.
The Western Union sent its time
subscribers keys TO the clocks and
selves
The weather bureau station here
has it's work doubled. 1t is ordered
to read the instruments at both
o'clock and o'clock now, the one
for the forecaster, and the other to
keep the permanent records in line
with the last forty years
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