Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-07

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1sain last night when the inqnirins
Seporter betook herself along the
Main Stem for ber daily inter
| tiews: except that she cncountered
IN unusual number Of strangers on
| lie streets. Still mindful OF the
lree day luil in the city 5 affairs
she decided to look into the holiday
rroblem little, SO she choose for
.he evenings query The question:
''Do you think legal holidays are
Of any real bensfits'
Er. F. L. Conway of San Diego
was the first to be interview.
WHY cortainlv,' he said. IAN
work and no play makes Jack a dull
,oy. YOU know. There are inumer-
.ble people who would never take
day off if the law didn' make
t almost impossible for them to dc
.therwise. Or course our legal ho!i-
lays are not conductive to rest, ami
,e0ple usually return to their work
he next day more ar less tired out
beneficial nevertheless. The Amer
c:n people arc prone to attend to
neir businesses su tcYerlshiy that
my Mind of change is "a mental
,racer---even though they get no
.,hysical relaxation. We have = day
# rest every week and IN most
piaces we have a day and a half,
,onething that we don't get irom
,ur Ieguiar weed-vhds. think MAJ!
onal ana state holidays ale a dis
met bcnctit-;ind everyone who
possibly can should observe them
j. =
Deputy District Attorney Vaughn
thompson took Il slightly different
t,ew point.
Il think we al need a holiday |
4nce in "A while, = he said, "but |
think there are too many legal holl- !
lays. They disrupt business sched- |!
Ilcs and every hcuv has to work SO !,
aiu,h harder afterward to make up !
or them that they lose whatever /.
beneficial effect they might other ;
ise have. IN recent years it seems /
% me the business of declaring = ,
:, gal holiday in comnemoration OF !
his and that event is greatly over t
lone. I we could keep soI2e OF our !
I'D favorites like Christmas and ;
rourth Of July and thanksgiving ,
md do away with q lot that have |
iot endeared themselves to the peo-
1ie to any great extend and then !;
uhstitute Il regular two day rest t
ia,s and Sundays tor rest and re-
.rea.Ion | think we would be ber- j
tr off. Legal holidays do give some !
II L; "a chance to cate! up a lot ot /,
work without inter.uption-hut !
Lat is not what they are intended !
,or. | think holidays are like q
good man. other things-.opd .n !
i. l.odeEatiun.
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Mary Galliger, waitress, shrugged
F.. si,n. PAR ot shoulders wnen the re |
porter questioned her.
"Ihey don't mean 4 thing 10 ]
re- she declared. A waitress
.on't get much chance to do amy
if she wants 10 hold htr
,ob-aud 1 notice people are just
Is anxious TO eat ON holidays as
any other time-in fact more 50 be
cause they have more time to do it
IN. guess they re all right for
,,eopl,: who can make any use vi
.hein but they don't mean any
hing in my Young lifc."
= = - x
j. NJ. Jones. E4nncr, was :agia
en- aud didn't mind saving 50.
They are "a pesky nuisauee!' he
declared. Il can't make any of ny
farm hands stay at lome-thayy
5i.'uk | IN Crouch if ] ask 'em 10
and when 4 let them go, and stay
on the place and do the work my
self they usually come home drunk
sl,d | can get anything out of 'em
for tWo or three days more. If the
attic and hogs and chickens would
take Il holiday at the same time they
niight be all right-but somebody
has tu keep pn working and usually