Evening journal., 1920-04-24
PUSH UP CLOCK
HOUR TONIGHT
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i2tfiiNtte- ildut d touI oi Jlc DuElncSS
houses 10 be-center OF the city. They
found that the majority OF merchants
had made plans TO adopt the daylight
hours So Monday the stores generally
r>Siil open an hour earlier and close an
hour earlier in the afternoon.
Suggestion WAS made by a number
or merchants that they would prefer
opening their stores at 730 and clos
ing al 40 standard time instead Of
advancing the clock one hour. but
they were agreed ihaf inasmurh as
The daylight saving ordinance ap-
peared SO acceptable TO The great ma
jorliY Of residents. that Il was bet
ter TO adopt lis hours than 10 attempt
10 operate in opposition
What in reality settled the entire
question however was the action Of
The Wilmington Clearing House In
adopting the daylight schedule thus
openine an the banks OF the city an
-hour earlier This time comedies. in
cldenlsliy, with that adopted several
weeks ago BY the brokers' Offices OF
the city, who advanced their time
pieces 10 keep pace with those in the
New York Stock Exchange
In most OF The mills and shipNards
and factories Of the city the advance
in time is hailed with frank delight hy
the employees, who last summer found
-ol the days work Of great advantage
either for recreation or for work in
home gardens The saving in gas and
trleclric lighting In homes and shops,
loo. was considerable. as was shown
by charts kept at the Offices Of the
.elcctric and gas companies here.
Down at Harians. Gerald o. Ma
.conachie. head Of the welfare Depart
iment remarked this morning that he
believed the idea most excellent and
-he knew the greater part OF the men
in the shipyard felt the same way.
I'VE can save daylight he added,
iokinRly, III we can save money
under present high cost OF living"
After the clocks are once advanced
and the church services arr concluded
-30m0rr0w, the change scarcely VIII
he noticeable. except those who COM
mute by train. The railroad systems
ANIL continue under the standard
time Thus commuters VIII be obliged
10 allow an hours difference. But
even this difference only seriously af-
fleets commuters coming 10 this city
in the morning. Then they shall have
sfo arrange TO catch trains an hour
later than usual. on returning 70 their
.homes in the afternoon they VIII have
an hours leeway over the time an
nounced on the train schedules.
The traction company schedules
Twill all move up one hour tomor-
Grow 10 meet the change and The
schedules. Most Of the suburban com
munities VIII make the change OF
their own accord for convenience,
land out at Newport the Council two
lweeks ago adopted a daylight ordl-
nance 10 coincide win tnat In VIII
mlngi0n.
Starting Monday, the Wilson Line
win advance lis schedules to Deep
Water Point 10 match the advance
IN Wilmington so employees Of. the big
dnponi Industries across TN river
will experience no Inconvenience
Whatever as The dupont plants viii
.alsO make the change. The boats OF
the Wilson Line between this city
and pennsgrove and Chester and Phil
.adelphla, Will continue under their
present or standard time. schedules
Hence persons using them must al
low an hour the same AZ for trains.
Il Is likely that there will be a lot
OF folks late for church tomorrow
morning unless they take The precau-
ti0n TO set their clocks ahead to-
night. An amusing story in this re-
gard Is told OF certain man, whO
lives beyond Washington street
bridge. He Is something OF the ma
ture OF the Terrible Tempered Mr.
Bangs" Last spring, when daylight
saving went into effect, he advanced
an lhe clocks in his home one hour
before retiring. Somewhere about
midnight his grown children returned
from dance They chatted FOR
time then noilcing the clocks, but not
knowing Of their fathers action, ad-
vanced them another hour. In the
morning patcrfamllias arose at what
he thought was o'clock. new time.
gol his own breakfast read the sun
day papers and promptly, az 40 re-
paired to church No one was there
Then, 10 his chargrin, he found he
was an hour too early, even for the
advanced time Those who heard
hlm say he lived up TO his rep" as
According 10 the peripatetic, peren-
ial sometimes petuleni. paragraphcr
who pokes fun at everYhing. these
young ladies' who sit up fonight win
lose an hour holding hands with their
youthful friends They won't however,
unless they sit up after , o'clock to-
morrow morning They may have the
fun. however, Of performing the
Offices Of clock adyancers al any hour
up 20 o'clock they desire and thus
get ahead OF sun time" and start their
families of right at breakfast tOmor-
row.
According to announcement made
in the public schools Of Wilmington
yesterday. the Board Of Education
proposes TO open all schools on the
new time schedule beginning Mon
day morning.
Postmaster English announced this
morning that as The clock on the
Federal Building at Ninth and Ship
ley streets, is primarily for the bene.
ut OF the public OF Wilmington. h'
Will direct that the time be made {,
correspond with that Of the cit,
under the daylight saving law.