Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-05-17
Heckling of Father Time Fails to
Please Editors.

With Washington entering the
daylight saving" contest through
adoption Of the Harding suggestion OF
simply starting work an hour earlier.
thereby gaining sixty minutes for the
afternoon pleasure time, the debate
concerning its "worthwhileness" has
started anew. The great majority OF
the editorial discussion IL voiced In
opposition, although some papers Ia
vor changing the clocks, insisting
that such action is essential If people
are to retire an hour earlier in the
evening. SO that they will be fresh for
work the next morning.
The washington idea," so-called. Is
characterized as impracticable in
communities where industry is not
standardized. The general objection
is voiced by the Baltimore News,
which calls attention to the fact that
washington is largely a One-indus-
try town. with Uncle Sam as the big
gest boss, SO that the other callings
viii find it easy and natural to fan
into line" The merit Of the capital
method, it is argued in many quarters,
is that It will meet the opposition OF
the farmer, who, as the jackson.
Mich, Citizen Patriot carefully points
out, must regulate his daily routine
BY the coming Of daylight and the
coming Of the dew" although the
daylight saving ended. In the course
Of time q way will be found to adjust
the system to the farm. In the mean
time there must be more or less con-
fusion" The dual system, in, the opin-
ion of the Sprin gaeid Siu.l state
t1
adoption "by the large cities upsets
the rest Of the country. The whole
Mississippi valley experiences bad ef-
fects when Chicago starts time saw
ing, but that does not affect the selfish
ness Of Chicago.
poo aDst thine'. the Cleveland Plain
Dealer suggests, at gives people more
time for pleasure at the end of the
day" But the result Of the complies
tions of time of every variety in each
community makes 1T. tor c9n fusion It
with the scythe looks on as If his
sense Of humor might be rudimentary,
but even Father Time Is likely to
smile when he gazes at the confusion
of the mortals who have ventured to
Consider It. the Asheville Times is
Convinced that "this tampering with
time is q benevolent sort of decep-
ton. Daylight-saving to be effective
must come through law. It must be
nationwide, unless there Is to be
serious arrangement to business
usages and awkward indecision."
This being so, the disadvantages Of
the existing mixed conditions are
acute in the opinion Of the Evansville
Journal which believss q shat IKE fiat fiat
has siluring aspects which tend to
obscure it's numerous detrimental
n1isund erstandings and mistakes az to
lime Of arrival or departure, meetings
ar bpointmerits, imposing upon every
one Visiting the city the annoying
necessity Of adjusting himself to it's
altered time system"
In poetry, Il not in experience.
sweetn9ss and light 60 together" the
New Haven Register recalls. but It
sees no sweetness In the added light
secured under this system, adding that
1T being Impossible to dispute the
virtue Of getting an early start In
the morning, the contention has set
tied to the point Of how it shall be
accomplished. The one faction says.
RET uD early. The other says set the
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