The Washington times., 1922-05-15
MANY ARE
GALL Ed;
FEW ARISE
Hall City creets Dawn While
Other Half Snoozes De- .
! fiance to Harding.


planning Washington today set
tied down to ''ragtime" saving.
At 8 a. m. today practically every
worker in the city was at his or
her desk. "Ragtime" saving was
ushered in without ceremony by
. groaning community.
When the old alarm clock rang
an hour earlier this morning 1t
wasn't a happy, carefree com
munity that got up with a smile
and turned off the ringing time
piece. The city got up with a
frown, went to breakfast with
complaint, rode downtown groan-
ing and settled down to work
kicking.
Must Accept 1t.
District Commissioners Oyster, Ru-
dolph, and Keller were at their desks
before s a. IN. They let it be known
that pleas to change the clocks would
meet deaf ears. Washington must
get accustomed to getting up one
hour earlier each day, for it. faces
five months of "ragtime" saving.
Street car companies reported to-
day that the vast army of workers
were taken downtown without con-
fusion or traffic jams. In several
sections of the city additional cars
were put in service and traffic con.
ditions were apparently no worse
tKan during the congested period Of
old days.
Reports from the suburbs were
not very encouraging for those who
"a, iV1Nnp GaUinU EaiInTa nf
railroad companies to give proper
notice Of change in trains caused
many a worker to report at the
station earlier in order to be sure
of catching a Washington train. In
many instances commuters waited
from five to twenty minutes for
their trains.
Employees of the District govern
ment were on time this morning,
according to official reports made
to the Commissioners.
Reports from Government depart
ments and business houses indi-
Gated that the tardy records were
no greater than before.
Lack Of Cooperation.
There is still considerable inde-
cision throughout the city today.
Banks, grocery stores and drug
stores have not so far uniformly
followed "ragtime" saving. Some
opened earlier and some didn't.
On the first day of "ragtime"
saving is is almost impossible 10 de-
termine the effect it will have upon
the community. There are many
complaints and here and there one
hears the new time plan praised sky
high.
This afternoon Washingtonians
may take different view of rag
time" saving. When the dismissal
gong strikes an hour earlier, maybe
Washington will be pleased. And
maybe II won't
Street car officials said today that
schedules have been rearranged to
meet the theater crowds. They also
pointed out that the regular extra
service would be provided for Bureau
OF Engraving employees who get off
around II o'clock at night.
Schedules Are o. X.
Walter c. Allen, executive seCre-
tary OF the Public Utilities Commis-
sion, with his corps of experts, was
OF hand early to watch traffic con.
ditions.
Everything seems TO be going
along OK" Mr.. Allen remarked from
the steps of the District building, as
he watched score or more car = pass,
most of them being just comfortably
full"
THE new time plan may distribute
the load Of traffic better than hereto
fore. There seems to be no con-
fusion this morning"
when the gongs struck : this
morning, practically all OF Wash
tngton was working-eEcapt that
struggling line of workers Who help
Increase the tardy records in Gov.
ernment departments and business
houses.
Schools Open At =.
Public schools threw open then
do'"s at 8 o'clock and some $4,000
children tramped through the streets
dUdging the ever-increasing army of
automobiles.
All seemed to work well this morn
ing hut as the lone girl elevator
operator in the Munsey building re-
marked.
IT'S just started You wait. Some
get down at and some at 9. Why
dNns they change the clock?
There's going to be trouble yet over
this. People don't want to get up
an hour earlier. 1t don't mean any.
thing but one hours sleep gone to
waste"
Washington was really a divided
eiry today. A majority of the work
lrs got down an hour earlier, but
there was a good-sized minority
who kept to their regular time.
The District building was,
scene of great activity just before
! o'clock. Headquarters detectives
got down at o'clock and the
>~rning roll call was under way
- o'clock.
Some DO Not Change.
Motion picture and legitimate
heaters are keeping to the old
lime.
The general complaint among the
thousands OF workers in Washing.
ton was that 'rag.time" service
would make employees lose many
hours OF sleep.
Just because employees have to