Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-07-12
Work of Publicity Is Being
Directed BY a SeIf-con-
Stituted Committee of so
Prominent Men.

DAYS any particular IHOlltH mas We
recite the little rhyme, Thirty days
hath September, April, June ana
November" etc. We must consult
our present calendar to know on
what day Of the week any month
begins or ends. We must consult 1t
to know where any particular day
of the month falls in the week, as
the Fourth of July, Armisttce day
Thanksgiving day, what day OF the
week your note comes due, etc,
The proposed Liberty calendar
standardizcs and simplifies the
whole proposition.
For many years scientists nave
been considering some sort OF I'M
provement in our irregular time
calendar. Now a definite campaign
is on with a definite plan for
simple, plain, easy calendar The
work of publicity Is being directed
nv a lf-constituted committee OF
fifty prominent professional ana
business men. No salaries are PAID
anv of them, and all funds coming
from membership in the american
Eoua. Month Calendar Association
(4OO oneida building, Minneapolis
Minn.) will go to publicity WORK
the sole purpose being to secure
a convenient calendar for everyday
use of everybody. A bill has al
ready been introduced in congress
proposing "The Liberty CALENDAR
and the conditions under which II
can be put into effect
In the first place the new ca'en-
dar would give us five months OF
exactly the same length-four
weeks each. Let the committee tell
how this is done;
First: New Year day becomes
an independent legal holiday. 1t Is
not included in any week OF
month.
Second. Another independent le-
gal holiday, called Leap Year day
is proposed for leap years. 1t
stands between June and July ana
is not included in any week or uay'
Third. The remaining 364 days
are divided into thirteen months Oh
exactly four week, every month
commencing with Monday.
In order to retain one-seventh OF
the time for Sundays, each seventh
New Year day becomes New year
sunday" and each seventh Leap
Year day becomes Leap Year sun
day"
Our calendar has been changed
at different times in the past. Au-
gustus Caesar took day OH Oh
February, which originally hao
twenty-nine days, and put 1t on 10
August. making that month th'r.
tv-one days in length, instead Oh
thirty. and named the month lor
himself to have the same honor as
had been given julius Caesar by
naming, July for him. we celebrate ~
George Washington's birthday on
ebruary %, but he was born ac-
cording to the "old style Junah
calendar, on February IL.
Since there has been no hesitan-
CIV about changing the calendar III
the past and since it is not con
troIled by any natural law, why
not now make change that VIII
no for the actual convenience of the
people? su
The Liberty calendar calls FOR
thirteen equal months in the year
the new month to be placed pe-
tween February and March ana 70
he called Liberty. Then it Will pc
January, February, Liberty. March'
etc.
By this plan each day of the
month would always fall on a Ger
tain dav of the week. The ISL
Sth, 18th, 22nd always on MONDAY
The End. 9th, 18th, 2Srd always
on Tuesday. The Srd, l0th, lItn'
oath always on Wednesday The
4th. nth, 18th, 25th always on
Thursday. The 5th, 12th. lstn
26th always on Friday. The eth'
18th, goth, 27th always on sa'or-
day. The 7th, 14th, 2lst, 2Sth al
ways on Sunday.
Good Friday and Easter sun
days are set on certain dates anu
the Fourth of July, Armistice DAY
THANKSGIVING day, and Christmas
would all fall on Thursday.
The year would have fifty-two
vaars each ouarter would be thir-
teen weeks, month would nave
always exactly four weeks ana
twenty-four working days, all cas-
i,v diyisible. This would be great
advantage to business since 1t Is
said that 80 per cent OF all settle
ments involving time are by the
hour, days, week, or month, ana no'
by the year.
The proposed change in the cal
endar would be convenient in com
putting interest "All pay days
saws the committee, whethei
weekly, semi monthly, monthly oi
quarterly will always come on ths
same day of the week. All notes
and contracts will be so drawn tha'
none will ever mature on sunday
The Liberty calendar will thus
appear, (twenty eight days in eacf
month:
Mon. Tues. Wed Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun
1 . 8 4 6 I
s 9 10 II II 13 IA
Is 16 II Is 10 20 2l
% % "a 25r 26 27 rs