New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-06
FAvORING A HALF HOLIDAY.
STRONG WORDS FROM MANY CLERGYMEY.
MANY BENEFITS 1T WOULD BRING TO TIE BODIES,
MINDS AID HEARTs or MORKING PEOrLE.


MANY BENEFITS 1T WOULD BRING TO TIE BODIES,
MINDS AID HEARTS OF WORKING PEOPLE.
The movement toward making Saturday after
noon LEGAL half-holiday throuphOut the year Is
ceivng hearty approval and assistance from all
classes Thousands of employees IN TINS ana Otner
cities who enjoyed the advantages OF the reform
last summer are eagerly watching the Efforts That
are now being made - establish IT. permanently
and are doing all they can to ana IT'S progress ny
persuading their friends to refrain from shopping on
SATURDAYS after u o'clock. These personal efforts
cannot fail TO have decided elect. mere is
already marked decadenro III the amount oil buSi-
ness done on Saturday afternoon. Encouragement
comes from many employers, although the commit
tee has 40 vet made direct appeal TO anyOf them,
believing that its main endeayOr should be hrst d.
rected toward securing the consent OF the purchas-
ing ublic in the matter. Some o. the large houses
which led the movement last summer declare them
selves perfectly satisfied with thcr experiment Ol
closing on the last afternoon OF the week aud say
that they are willing to do so the year round as
soon as practicable. The womens societies IN the
behalf of the project. Many Oi these ORGANIZATIONS
have taken lively interest in the subject anu by
she influence and example OF Their members have
kept hundreds OF ladies' nom buying on saturday
afternoons. Seldom has public movement Ie-
Ccived such unanimous approval nom the cnurch'S
OF all denominations as has TINS Every mali hrlhgs
II the committee letter. from the most prominent
clergymen of the country heartily commenting the
scheme and promising to aid II IA every way posi-
bic The following extracts are taken from the
numerous RESPONSES that have been received:
Bisaop Henry c. Potter-rne SATURDAY half
holiday movement is not chcitlng sympathy thah
II deserves. IL based upon something stronger taan
sentiment and ought 10 commend itself to all tho1 .hif
a. Of weapons and snail better WORK IRON t-Oso
shO are employc, o! NLatr'er class II we ieNu 7"
drn1gery. Sunday Will have ne~ meaning when
Leopls come to IL cnel and refreshed by saturday
Tue Rev. Robert CollyerTnc good and kindly hearts
people to confess at once what me Mines,
there III plea tue saturday half holiday, and
cat and st"rcEeepers nrst and mon In time tho ret
vii fail uW
was ngand 10 notice what JOY lay III ihs nail h"
day Tor the vast working force 'hcrc
moi I'm tie stores alone In tho factories and
FORCES and what eagerness they crowded INT" the
parks on the bright afternoons. We shall come 10 this or
better here IN time, and trust In ~ long time. and
NOS, heartily for indorse every fair endeavor to
tighten shift the burden on those VINO have TO Dear H.
because know how heavy II may grow. -,
Bishop -larkey Of New Jersc}II approve fnlly OF
making saturday afternoon haf holiday ior Hi p3'le
engaged either In business or manual labor We have
too few holidays Ia rs country bGt ~ Auntoh 70 tns
have an impression u II q h.It h1,ut} OH 1a,Il.
will make men more inclined TO attend DIVINE service AT
Bis6op Doane OF Albany I RIM glad t, add whatever
weight and influence my name may nay 10 thG VI
half holiday movement IL Is III the interest 0I I'm
ployers and employees d buyers ana sellers WISH
yOu God speed IN your good work.
Bishop Scarborough, Ut Trenton AN ia thorough
sympathy with the movement 1t has Already thHrh
sch nrm mold of the public mind that IN Few y""rs
n wa Isd can remember how tie storc- or ali
kinds kept open til late hour at night and now
more business done In these stores IN fewer
hours Bankers aud brokers accomplish lurt as much III
five hous D the day they could Ia ten II all INTEREST
manufacturers may not grant the hail holiday wltont
diminishing the amount or pfontaoirncs' OF u,,ar
hours Of their daily tds rs they luhrrj hd Wheh from
sun to sun was days work Ihns far the movement movement
threats, strikes III feeling VI any hnd-tAat pedIct
The Rev r. Hebrr Newton I have followed the
with roAt interest feeling grateful that earnest
people had taken 10 Ia hand ~ viii BE boon ~ ho' ~
toilerA-s help make life worth living FOR Thousands
OF weary and 1Omen. The moral object Of u upon
the s.raaod rel atoms OF employers employee will bo
IN 4
efforts for your fellows.
The Rev Dr. r. y Macarthur. Of the Calvary Baptist
Church-Ou people generally are Oyerworked. what
ever may be said against azness - certainly not
about II Christian PEOPLE OF all classes viii work
gether. will he closed on saturday afternoons If
no customers come 10 bny' Iho pan on paying on
another day than Saturday was successfully triei In
building Calvary Church
o. business saturday afternoons To give half holiday
to employees has made me thtiul ana hopeial Suo1
consideration Tor thousands OF oVrr"oik"u mon Alio
women pioneers high toned humanity ana Il not
Inconsistent wi hnsness laws ana habits OF Ia uSty
The Rev d. Parker Morgan ChUrch OF me ll,avcnly
Rest 1 believe IT 10 be movement OF great Importance
and benefit 20 class whose lives arc not without heavy
DR. Bird ymGn, OF the Madison Avenue Baptist Church
IL stops 10 think how long the day Is for those who
arc employed in stOres how constantly they kept
their feet how reted by qucsons. how worried ny
air their work must be DONE he cannot but feel HAT their
lot Is by no means an easy one The movement Is;
therefore, the expression OF most merciful and
II Is ouragng that me proprt0rs OF 80 many Of cur
difficulty the OF IT. success ia the prevalent hsnit
of making Saturday the great buying day Of The week
We shonld remember this while IL may AZ first require
some little Inconvenience 10 Ourse yea to refrain from
making purchases mat day the sense OF discomfort
will DO relieved by the thought that large benefit viii
come out OF 10 10 "a multitude OF our bard pressed
brethren and sisters.
Among the prominent Roman Catholic clcrgymcn
who have gwen tho movement their earnest support
are the Rev. Dr. Edward McGlynn, Monslgnor Far
lev the Row. Drs. j. |. Murphy, and Hugh +. Lilly,
and the Rev. Messrs Thomas Ducey' George NJ
The Rev. DR.. Courtney, of Boston, formerly Of
this city, who has had opportunity to study the
workings OF the reform IN TIC OLD country thu'
speaks of i'll
As regards the Saturday half-holiday movement IN
England, think say that II Is generally fcEafei
by both employers and employees "a great boOn' ahu
neither would willingly relinquish IT, nave never
heard of its having IN any way Increased dsS aOn OF
any while II has tended keep the sunday from
being used solely for purI Of recreation. know
many business men. and never heard any OF them
complain OF IT. orcasonng any pecunary loss IL In III
London universally observed. In the City PROF.
changes banks, merchants aud all other offices and
shops are all closed al O'Clock every San rday Some
few at resisted the change but fell into tho
practice they found there was gooc In keeping
their offices open when came TO do any lnsness
believe that In this country II the Saturday halt holt
day could be every where Introduced IL would DO
unini red bepent to the entire community.