Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-06-17
Highways, By-Ways
of Liz OF New York

NEW YORK. June 17.-As a shining
example of aldermanic intelligence ard
perspicuity we offer the following reso-
luton adopted with acclaim by the city
fathers Of New York:
Whereas, a number Of employees Of the
city Of New York are members of the
United Spanish War Veterans and Veter-
ans Of other wars, patriotic organizations
devoted to the support Of the Govern
ment and defense Of national honor; and
Whereas, Sunday, May %, 1922, will
be memorial Sunday, day devoted to
exercises In honor Of the soldier and
sailor dead now, therefore, be it
Resolved, that the heads of depart
ments and bureaus Of the city govern
ment be and are hereby directed to grant
leave of absence with pay to all employees,
including those on a per diem basis, who
are members of the United Spanish War
Veterans, and all veterans of other wars
on memorial Sunday, May %, 1922, to at
tend aforesaid memorial services held
throughout the city of New York"
We are informed that Mayor Hylan
scratched his head, and then beloved to
his secretary: since when did city en-
have to work on Sunday? 1t is an Off
day without need of any aldermanic reso-
luton" What the mayor wrote across
the document sent for his signature was
this: "Inasmuch as the memorial service
is to be held on Sunday, there seems TO
be no need for this resolution"
His honor might have added that the
average alderman was a dumbbell. but
he didn't, for ffty-three Of the sixty
five members Of the New York board of
aldermen are Democrats and Of the
mayors own political party.
Some allowances should be made for
the shortcomings Of the aldermen. for
in many portions Of New York City there
well might be doubt as to what day Is
Sunday. Because of its almost unpar-
alleled polyglot population, every day Is
sunday 10 somebody in the big town.
The Christian Saturday is the Jewish
Sabbath, or Sunday-the scribes enumer-
ating thirty nine kinds Of work forbid
den on the Jewish Sabbath-and while
less than 100000 Jews can be found on
that day in the Hebrew synagogues,
nevertheless a large portion Of the 1850
900 jews Of New York insist upon hav-
ing Saturday for their Sunday, and as
they also celebrate the gentle Sunday.
they really get two rest days out Of
every seven. In addition. Saturday Is
Sunday to q small scattering Of Seventh
Day AdventistS and Seventh-Day Bap-
lists.
Along Washington street and in the
homes of the Syrian colony, Friday is
celebrated for Sunday, Friday being the
Mohammedan Sunday. Every person
who processes Islam Is required to pray
I've times in each day-at dawn or lust
before sunrise, just after noon, before
sunset, just after sunset and Just after
the day has closed The holy day OF
rest for the believers In the Koran is Fri
day. The Rev. II. L. Bowlby, GENERAL
secretary Of the Lords Day Alliance. said
today that for Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday could be found different
religious sects that took them for their
respective Sundays.
Even with the 800 OO0. 900 Christians OF
the world, divided about equally be-
tween the Greek church. the Roman Cath
Ole and the Protestant churches.
minute" The Christian Sunday real
ly is a forty seven hour affair, for, al
lowing for the differences in time, II
starts in the Fiji Islands at a. m. Sat
urday; Manila in the Philippines at II
a. N. Saturday; Bombay, India, at p.
n. Saturday; Petrograd, Russia, at )
?. m. Saturday; The Azores, . p. m. Sat
urday ;SRiO JaneirO. Brazil, 10 p. m. Sat
urday. and Cape Nome, Alaska, G a. IN.
Sunday. 1t is that time In those places
when II Is midnight Saturday In New
York and Philadelphia. I wonder II tho
people who are always knocking the
Japs" know the little brown people are
"ln step with Christians on the sun
day question. They celebrate our sun
day with 4 vengeance, as was recently
discovered by a New Yorker 1 know
who has a japanese butler, and found
himself supperless last Sunday week.