Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1918 — Short Furrows [ARTICLE]

Short Furrows

, “Abe Martin" in Indianapolis News.

•■Th' more daylight law goes int’ effect Sunday (t’morrow mornin’), th’ very day when ever’buddy wants t’ sleep as long as possible.’’ declared Tell Blinkley, yisterday, t’ a little clum o’ fellers in front o’ th’ pust office. “It is th’ most nonsensible law ever’ put int’ effect by th’ American congress. This law is supposed t’ save coal an’ sugar an’ i shoes an’ flour an’ ever’thing else necessary t’ win th’ war. It may save some pancake flour as many a poor feller ’ll have t’ go t’ work without his breakfust. We are told that all we have t’ do is t’ turn our clocks an’ watches forward one hour an’ go about our business as usual. But how kin a feller git up an hotir earlier as usual? How kin you set your neighbor’s rooster an hour ahead o’ his present schedule? Is it a good plan t’ turn ever’buddy in this country loose an hour earlier in th’ afternoons? Is ther enough movie the-aters t’ house th’ countless thousan’s that’ll be turned adrift in th’ middle .o’ th’ afternoons? If we wuz all goin’ t’ go t’ work an hour earlier in th’ mornin’ so as t’ work an hour more each day ther'd be some sense t' th’ law. We are told that we are all goin’ t’ hurry home an’ work in th’ garden. . A garden needs hoein’-four or five times in a season. I’m afraid that about all th’ law amounts t’ is that we’ll all lose a good hour’s sleep in th’ mornin’ an’ loaf an hour longer after workin’ hours. A carpenter now knocks off at 4 p. m. Next week he’ll knock off at 3 p. m., sun time. Wihat’ll he do with his daylight? Play croquet or read? He can't hoe all th’ time. Look at th’ sleepy heads tha,t carry grouches around till 10 o clock in. th’ mornin’. If they’ve got t’ git up an hour earlier ther’ll be no livin’ with ’em. It seems t me that it ’ll hardly pay th’ cases t’ close or th’ girls t’ rub ther complexions off. Th’ night hawk ’ll git a good runnin’ start an’ ought t' be purty well lit 'tup by seventhirty p. m. I suppose th’ feller that’keeps bankin’ hours ’ll come down town lookin’ more like a peeled beet than ever, while th’ feller that’s alius late ’ll be on time. Th country is constantly warned t’ speed up its war preparations. Are th’ great mills an’ factories that are turnin’ out our war materials goin’ t’ grab off this extry hour o’ daylight an’ utilize it t’ increase production, or is th’ law jest inI tended fer commuters with cabbage patches? Blamed if I kin see how any one is t’ benefit by an extry hour o’ daylight but th’ milk- | man. He’ll be through with his rounds in time t’ see a circus pe- , rade if ther is one.”