The Colorado statesman., 1922-03-25

be disposed of by creating n Leap
Year day" between the months of
June and July, as legal holiday. The
extra month on the calendar would
be called "Sol."
The proposed calendar would begin
the week with Sunday as now. Thus
1923 was selected for installing it be-
cause it then begins with the week.
The same dates for every month then
would be fixed for each day of the
week until the end Of time. An esti-
mated saving of $25,000,000 year
now expended on calendars would re-
suit from the international adoption
of the calendar bill.
Moses b. Cotsworth of Vancouver,
British Columbia, secretary-treasurer
of the International Fixed Calendar
league, is probably the originator Of
the calendar reform movement. He
attended the recent convention here
of the Liberty Calendar Association
of America and outlined his plan for
thirteen-month year. which was
unanimously adopted.
"Yeara" and "Sol" Suggested.
Mr.. Cotsworth's plan proposes to re-
place the dual names calendar" and
almanac" by the name "yearal.' The
''yearaP is designed to abolish all
calendar-caused inequalities.
1t is pointed out by Mr.. Cotsworth
that every nation now calendars its
days through the year by weeks of
seven days. The days, however, were
not so grouped when the worlds many
different calendars of clumsy months
were crudely imposed upon our re-
mote ancestors about 1000 years ago.
1--WE cannot alter the lengths of days,
weeks or years." he declares. But
all the months can be easily amended
to the twenty-eight days used in Feb
ruary, 1914, when the weeks quartered
February best for business and social
ruary, 1914" he said sis my model for
the new 'yearal' of thirteen months"
SOL" has been selected as the name
for the additional month by Mr.. Cots
worth. SOL" he said, can be in
serted between June and July, as
easily as leap day" was put between
February and March, 1920, as Febru
airy 20.
This proposed month, with the
twelve existing months, will equally
divide and complete the 'yearal," ac-
cording to his plan, which has been
unanimously indorsed by the Royal
Society and the government of Can
ada.
Watching equal Rights" Bills.
Fourteen million women will be
granted or denied equal rights I'M
der the laws of nine states by the leg
islatures now in session and sched-
uled to act soon on the equal
rights" bill drafted by the National
Woman's party.
The women in these nine states form
approximately one-quarter of the num-
ber of women in the entire United
States, or according to the 1920 cen
sus, 1921, ,S79. The states are: New
York, Massachusetts, Maryland. Nir-
ginia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Ken
lucky, New Jersey and Rhode Island.
81 Specific Disabilities.
Among these states are some of the
worst in the country in regard to their
laws concerning women. OF the list
of 81 specific disabilities of women
tabulated by the Woman's party ex-
statutes of at least one of the nine
states in question.
The disabilities suffered by women
in these states are classified by the
legal research department of the Wom-
ans party under three heads: Dis
elimination against women as mothers,
discrimination against women as
wives, and discrimination in general,
which includes property and inherit
ance rights, jury service and office
holding.
Political, legal and civil disabilities
alone are affected by the Woman's
party bill which does not enter upon
the Industrial field, but specifically
provides that this act shall not affect
laws regulating the employment of
women in industry"
Called Vital by Alice Paul.
Alice Paul, vice president of the
Woman's party, made the following
statement in connection with the cam-
paign for the blanket equal-rights bill
in the states:
Nothing so vital to the happiness
and welfare of any great group of the
people in this country will be decided
within the next two weeks as these
state bills affecting the lives of four
teen million women. Upon whether
they are passed or not depends wheth-
er mothers shall be separated from
their children; whether they shall
have any voice in the education or
training of their children; whether
married women shall have control over
the money which they earn; whether
women shall have equal opportunity
r training, and equal freedom in the
choice of their professions"