Evening star., 1922-05-25

of life have supplemented their for
explaining reasons for their attitude.
| Less than half a dozen letters eX-
pressing approval of the plan have
been sent in to The Star.
| Many of the correspondents attempt
to fix "the responsibility" for what is
variously termed IAN atrocity," "a
| fallacious scheme" and trouble
maker and the alleged responsible
parties named range from the golf
| and tennis enthusiasts to business
men. bosses" and several other types
of citizen.
Hundreds of instances are cited in
the letters where the present confu-
| sion of hours is working hardship on
the public generally, and not a few
| instances where daylight saving in
any form would be oppressive. The
general trend of opinion in the let
ters is in favor of sane" daylight
| saving. with clocks changed to agree
| with the hours. and much praise is
| given The Star for advocating edi-
torially this move and for conducting
| d referendum through it's columns of
| public opinion relative to daylight
| saving.
| Sees LOSS of Home.
| A new objection to anything but
, standard time is contained in d let
F., ter written on a government letter
| head. The writer points out that he
| lives eight miles out in the suburbs.
| where he is paying for a home The
| hardship which he says he expert
ences in having to arise early enough
| to make the hour and-a half ride to
| the city has inclined him to dispose
of his home. If daylight saving is
persisted in, he declares. lit may
| cause a great financial loss to a large
number of suburbanites who may
| feel compelled to sell their homes at
a loss because of the great hardship
! and return to the city"
| This same correspondent. referring e
J tG complications of the present day
| ilight-saVing plan, states: Il came by
the West End post office station this
| morning at 1:45 to get a card or
stamp to send word to you with. but
a sign on the door said. 5 am. to
, 6 pm. Poor cooperation of one
part of the government with the
| other"
Another letter asks: why don,
you play up the fact that no referen-
| was made" This is a bigger point
| than the mere inconvenience which
the change entails. or even. than the
fact that the majority does not favor
the change. Apparently the President
| believed that he was merely putting
~
certained to be the desire of the ma
jority. Evidently some one or some
grouD made him believe what was not
true"
c. F. Borden, registrar of the Cath
olic University. writes: LAS regis.
trar of the university, l have yet tc
find one connected with it who is moi
strictly against any such daylight.
saving scheme"
Leaving for Office so as to get there
means more than the rich people
think it does-it means. in many in.
stances, that clerk must get up anC
prepare breakfast before she starts
in many instances look after i'll rela
tives and in other instances. if there
is servant, she will refuse to come
at the early hour without extra pay.
The poor clerk" she AYERS. must SO
home and sit under tin roof. or tr,
to make up the hour 'ost from sleel
! in the early morning.
Much Sleep Lost.
! John P. Wagner. arguing agains
the confused hours of today, says
We all know that a large majorit.
| of the people who live in the city d'
not get the required amount of sleep
even when everything is running il
q normal way. and unless the clocks
iare turned ahead an hour they viii
not retire any earlier. no matter how
soon they have to get up. Any plal
that is not adopted by all is sure t.
cause great confusion and result il
many hardships. The present mod
of daylight saving. if continued. VII
impair the health of many people"
| Presenting what he characterize
as the view of the working class, on
writer states: why not be honest
This 'daylight-saving' is only for tn
rich business man, to enable hin
to have more time for sport. sue
as golf. base ball. automobile rides
etc. and the poor man and his famii
Unjust pay for it
change advocates, in tn
course of a long argument in favor o
| standard time, points out: The wa
lis long since, over and there IS n
stress of public interest that woul
require any such change: besides nor
malcy, if it ever comes again, mus
come by reason of the governmen
before hefore'th the war. w Deep down in ever
ones heart who has been imposed o
by this notwithstanding fallacy ther
lis a feeling of rank injustice per
petrated in the interest of certai
favored elements.
Wants Clock Moved Ahead.
Mamie Belle Maury, 202s Connect
cut avenue. cannot understand VIII
anyone should object to daylight saw
ing with the clocks moved forward.
iyears ago" she explains, wit
perfect success. as far as I coul
discover. When the clocks ar
set ahead one hour there is nothing
to cause any complication or con
fusion. as at present"
! On congressional stationery came
letter. opposing daylight-saving i
any form. on the ground that it i
like cutting ones pants legs off a
the knees and sewing them on at TIL
waistband."
southwest asserts that the char
women, going to work at 3 am. bur-
gas or electric lights for which tn
| government pays.
| A letter from another government
employe. working in the coast an
eeodetic survey. remarks: "Al1 of tn
people in this bureau get small sala
| ries. and most of us are compelled
!! to do several hours of work at home
j in addition to the office work. / hav
not heard a single person in this bu
reau express satisfaction with tn
new schedule of hours, although. o
! course. 7 have not made a canvass o
the bureau to ascertain each one
opinion. A friend in the patent offic
told me that there the opinion range'
solidly according to whether one di'
or did not have to work after and be
fore office hours. Those who ha'
such time for recreation were il
! favor of the new time: those who's
hours were already filled to over
fowins with work objected to tn
additional inconvenience. I under
stand that the vote in the Post Off1c
Department divided itself along siml
lar lines. , c,:
! street. calls attention to the fact tha
Excursion schedules and outdoor 'mov
les are unchanged, and if one desire
evening recreation, earlier bedtime il
impossible" She goes on: Il live II