Evening star., 1922-02-26

ID.
stitution of the present time calendar
by dividing the year into thirteen
months of twenty-eight days each.
X + x x
THE Liberty Calendar Association
of America, which rece ntly held
a convention in Washington, is sup
porting the liberty calendar bill, in
troduced in the House by Representa-
tive Schall of Minnesota. This bill.
which would put the new time sched-
ule into effect in 1928. is advocated
by the association as affording a
standard time schedule every year.
which would definitely fix for all time
the dates of every day of the week by
the uniform 2S-day month division
and thus dispense with the need of
yearly calendars and end the incon-
venience of having to refer to these
to establish the coincidence of days
and dates.
In 3S5-day years the odd day re-
naming would be disposed of as
to be given no other designation and
retained as a legal holiday. In leap
year" the additional one day lap
would be disposed of by creating a
Leap Year day. between the months
of June and July, as legal holiday.
The extra month on the calendar
would be called SOL"
the week with Sunday as now. Thus
1928 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 s25.000.0o0 q year
now expended on calendars would re
suit from the international adoption
of the calendar bill.
There are several other plans for
calendar reform which have been
proposed in European countries. \
bill has been introduced in the Brit
ish parliament providing for the
adoption of the Swiss plan. which
also sets aside New Year day and
divides the remaining S64 days into
four quarters of ninety-one days
each-each quarter to have one
month of thirty-one days and two
months of thirty days.
THE Liberty calendar plan," how
ever, is said to be more popular
in the United States. The Swiss plan
is popular in Europe, due probably
to the fact that it was first proposed
there and is better understood than
the American Liberty" calendar
plan.
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
a thirteen-month year. which was
| unanimously adopted. although the
Liberty Calendar Association had
called the convention.
I'VE earn and pay by the month"
! said Mr. Cotsworth. but have not an
equal monthly measure-except for
| prisoners Jailed to serve equal
months of thirty days. They are the
only class who know what a month
! really is
"AIl calendar periods of earning and
spending should be equal" according
to Mr.. Cotsworth. "to help regular
employment, circulate money. sta
bilize business and prosper home life
for the daily benefit of all persons.
I'VE are forced to, look for call
endars to trace how many weeks
intervene between dates, and To-
cate the weekday names begin
| ming, ending and dated differently
through months. Periodical business
and social meetings held on the Sc
lected week days have to be de-
| scribed as the first and third We'd
| nesday, Friday nearest the twentieth,
| etc. Dates for national holidays. fes-
| tivals, etc. falling on Sundays have
to be postponed by proclamations.