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RUNNING A GOOD THING INTO GROUND The summers experience with daylight saying proved it to be a good tiling Turning the clocks ahead an hour got a multitude of people out of bed and into the bright warm sunshine and gave them an enjoyable hour in the afternoon afternoonIt It is provided in the law that the clocks shall be turned back an hour on October 1 7 But along comes Senator Cahler witli a bill to nail fast the hands of the clock as they are to leave them where they were set last spring to save daylight It is pertinently asked How are you going to save daylight when there isnt any daylight v vHowever However this early rising bill of Mr Calders has passed the Senate and is now before the House It is notable how many good tilings are run into the ground us Mr Caliler would run the original day ¬ light saving measure by pushing it to extremes Attention is called to the fact that by leaving the summer clock time unchanged through the winter the people would be getting up at the hour when the thermometer and mans vitality are at the lowest lowestThe The effect of darkness and dampness on health is significantly emphasized by eminent physicians and Dr Guilfoy register of records of the Depart ¬ ment of Health yesterday allied himself with these and called attention to the fact that owing to the war the working force of the community has been largely replaced with the young and with females whose health will suffer Attorney General Lewis shows how in the absence of the legislature to make changes state arrangements would be deranged by extension of the summer schedule through the winter months monthsIn In short the Calder bill to change the existing law would run a good thing into the ground It should be killed New York Herald
