Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-08-15
"Chirps"@
from the
Democrats Pen

1 wasn't feeling as "toppy" as usua
may be due to the crabs ! ate las
night down at Winter Quarters.
didn't feel very much like writing
specially trying to write in humor
Gus vein,
So, whether I am baby, or wheth
er I'm drunk, here comes Providenc
along in the shape of John Borum'
good newspaper he published down il
Accomac, and Pm taken care OF
whether or no. I'm going to let hin
pinch hit for me and, I'll leave it t.
the public if he hasn't made a three
Dagger, where the best could hav
done would probably have been
Texas-Leaguer.
Seems as if the Old Dominion ha
adopted daylight saving time. TIL
people down in Accomac appear to b
all "het up" about it, and this is tn
way "The News" tackles the situa
ton:
With Daylight Saving Time Il
hour earlier) being proclaimed by
Governor Price and half the bust
nesses adopting it and the other
half wondering whether they should
or not, the Eastern Shore citizen
will probably soon find himself in
a quandary.
"While part of the folks are go
ing to bed the other half will be get
ting up" said one observer this
week:
"Now suppose you are on E. S.
T. Monday" he continued, land
you get off work at 600; you eat
and dress between 600 and 1880,
but the movies start at $500 D. S.
T. and already you're half an hour
late.
"0r on the other hand if you quit
at 600 D. S. T. and the movies
start at 500 E. S. T.; in three hours
you'd probably get Disguised wait
ing and wouldn't want to go any
way.
"Then just imagine going to
church at 900 o'clock, when we
have trouble enough getting there
at 1000 as it is. But if the preach
er will go on D. S. T. and let US
out at 11:00 E. S. T. that would
make our Sunday afternoons an
hour longer.
"And the softball games starting
an hour earlier would have to play
in the twilight, so they'll probably
split the difference and mess every
body up.
"And just think if you were on E..
S. T. and decided to call Joe jerks
who was on d. S. T. and it was HOO
E. S. T.; Joe would probably reach
for the phone and cuss something
like this, !!*&@6w so and so, what
the Blankety blank do you mean
calling me up at midnight.
Consider the plight of a poor
citizen who might transact business
at 11.3O p. m. Couldn't the lawyers
go to town on that; arguing wheth-
er or not the business took place
the day it was dated, the day before
it was dated, or the day after il
was dated. They'd probably wind
up proving that there wasn't any
day anyway.
"And there's the barnyard Cock
How are the farmers going to sci
him so he'll be able to tell Junior
when to get up and dash into towr
to be there on time to go to work
And the Farmer himself will have
to milk the cows an hour earlier il
he wants to be down to Accoma,
when Court convenes at 900 in
stead of 1000 E. S. T.
Cant you imagine receiving 1
pretty engraved invitation to 1
wedding and right down in the cor
ner "All time referred to during
ceremony will be computed as d. S
T.; following ceremony details will
revert to old time"
"Or aunt Mamie inviting us on
to Sunday dinner and saying, "Nov
children you'd better come at 1.0'
d. S. T. as l like to have my meals
sharp at 1900"
"And then you might plan fish
ing trip and just casually state wei
meet down at the dock at 1000 an'
then half the party would arrive a
900 +. s. T. while the other hal
might arrive at 1000 d, S, 7.
"Those fellows who are sparkin,
better be on their p's and as to b
(Cnntinued IN Pare 12l