The Penn's Grove record., 1886-05-08
WaeattaEer's.

stop" says he, Fry building,
blacksmithing, drug Cling,
newspaper-making, baking,
housa-work-"Oh, they can't
stop" says he; Its the poor
tired men and especially WON
en- who stand behind counters
and wait on shoppers all day
long from Monday morning
till Saturday night we are try
ingto get the halfholiday for.
1t isn't the work they do So
much as the strain they are IN
der. With nothing to do they
must stand likesomany statues
andnever show WEAKNESS, ncv-
er talk together, never relax
keep up disappearance OF bust
ness though business be never
So dull; thcymustwaito on half-a-
dozenat oncein apress andnev-
er forgot their goods or their
mariners theymustnot take Of
| Tense at offensive treatment hy
upstart women or inconsidcr
ate men they are there to
win and nothing but win, to
smHeandbe Iioht OffaCe though
heavy at heart; they must bend
all their energies, use all their
arts, to win no variety, rest or
let-up; one continuous strain to
see the wants in the shoppers
faces before a word is said, to
serve by anticipation, to show
what is wanted and more, and
yet be unobtrusive, to speak,
and be silent both exactly right
to look wise and unconscious
exactlyright in short to smooth
the way before some hundreds
of different, different-feeling
and acting, susceptible, unsus-
ccptible, wise, unwise, all sorts
of shoppers-to smooth the
way before them one and all
till the money drops. No won
der the man or woman drops!
1t is more than flesh and bloods
can endure. For him and her
VIC ask the Saturday rest and
preparation for Sunday
Now that's a rather taking
speech for an amateur. It's
about the gist Of the talk Oh tie
subject, 1t comes from out
side. Insiders know better.
There isn't any such condi-
ton Of things, SO far as we know
in any respect. This rigor Of
discipline doesn't exist except
in speeches and newspapers.
Statesmen and women, SO far
as weknow, in the larger stores
have a rather easy life of it
eight and three-quarters hours
a day with us; it is more in the
little stores that nobody thinks
Of closing. We should like to
find some agreeable way to
make our statesmen and wom-
en- think enough of their work
to be diligent, and enough Of
themselves 70 be courteous.
Observation-Disclosures there.
What We want is intelligent,
faithful, diligent, well directed,
willing service, We should
lose by tranny.
But that is aside from the
subject. Whatever can be
done to make the hours Of bust
ness as short as they can be
we want to Join with other mer-
chants to do; whatever is prac-
tibIe.
There are other interests.
Many earn their wages by
piecc-work. Shorter time
means shorter money to them
They want the day longer, not
shorter. People who want
the store open have to be
thought of. Exclusive stores
can close all day on Saturday.
So can the wholesale stores
which are leading this move
ment. Nobody wants them
open. They'd skip whole
months in the sumner, if they
could. 1t would save them eX-
pcnse in many ways, and bring
no losso or ELECTROMAGNETIC.
Buthalf the people within half
a hundred miles of us want
this storeopen when they come
and they come every day. We
have no right to make a store
so useful to them and shut it
up. There's a million Of them.
When do they want it open?
when are they willing to let it
be shut? The obvious answer
is They want it open when
they come? and are willing to
let it be shut when they don't
come"
We settle a great many
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