Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-04-10
WORLDWIDE CALENDAR
REFORM BEING WA GED
Many Scientists and Other Careful Thinkers Say Ger
tain Physician Is Right When He Describes Pres
ent Date Guide "7erocous Mess"

y calendar is simply measure OF
time. There hay" been many calcn-
darS and several different forms are
stu! in use. Ia oldcn times the cal
cnuar was changed frequently and
on the slightest prctcNt. Tho month
Of February formerly contained
twenty nine days. but on. day was
taken from il and added to August.
simply 10 crafty the vanity OF that
august personag". Augustus Caesar.
Tor whom August was renamed and
who wanted II to contain thiriy-uuc
dhys-ih" same az July. which had
been renamed for julius Caesar
y calendar should bc simply ar
ranged bu, ours IS not In fact. il IL
mat a certain physician claims II is
simply q "fcrociouS mess" Many
scientists and other careful thinkers
sal n,u en-. a"c,9 Or, - .Nac,ly riGht
lhr particular difficulty with the
calendar is that the weeks 10 not 1T
IN" months ana the months ar. Of
several different lengths ON. can
rot tell, without consulting - printed
FORM. on what day OF Ia" week a IN
;ur" day Of the month will fall.
Neither can -" tell on VIVA, day OF
the month future day Of the week
viii faiI one cannot tell how man.
DAYS there ar. between tLVo distant
dates without first saying over It
foolish iittlc rhym" 50 az TO know
no" many days there are in each
month and then carefully figuring /,
out. Thirty days hath S.p,",nbcr."
one never even knows on what day
~ the week his next birthday vii,
come. Nor does h" know IN" day ~
tn. week on which Ia" very next
month "ill commence unless II IS
close at hand
i0O.nuO.nO0 Inconycnirnrcd.
4 hundr"d million people ASK every
year ON what day Of TIA" week Viii
Christmas come. but nobody knows.
business man gives his bank Il four
- L.
II VIII not come due on sunday or on
some dar OF tn" week ON which h.
has an engagement at Il distant point.
m .inpl"y.r hlr"s an employ" at a
ploy" Gui,s AT the cnd of one w"ok.
The amount du" the employ" is often
open 10 much dispute. because a
weak is not an integral part Of u
Millions of us worl; by tho month
and vet We have nn such thing as a
standard month W" NAY" standard.
iA"d everything else except our stand
ara uf ,im.-the very thing ". u.c
TIA. most.
The need for an improvement, in
ne .hi"nd"r has long been r""og
plans FOR AN Improvement have h.en
proposed. only two " jhcs" plans
hay" received serious consideration.
Thc-. are tn" swiss" plan ana M
"Aucrican' or Liberty Calendar plan
The Swiss Plan.
Tn" Swiss plan WAS proposed FIRST.
1t originated ia switzerland ana WAS
tor Tim" 80 well thought ~ that q;
WAS approved h.' several of The lead
ing Chambers az Commerce. oi Eu-
rope. In fact. a bin for tn" adoption
% this plan was introduced IN tn"
British Parliament just before tho
war.
rms plan sets aside onc lnd"pon.
dent day in every year, which is not
included in any wees or month. ana
divides the remaining 3ii ddyS so
that thcr. ar" thirty days III each OF
the FIRST TWO months pt every quarter
ana thirty-ou" days in the last.
The advantages OF this plan II. ia
the fact that the first month Of every
quarter would always Cumm"nc" on
the Same d,y OF the week. IA" second
month o! every quarter would always
commence on "a certain other day Of
the week; ana the third month OF
every quarter would always com
mcuCc on another certain day Of The
week Consequently. under this plan.
one could figure out the location in
tho week OF any fu,ur" date. and h"