The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-22
TaE $50 O'CLOCK Go ING.
What the saleslsdlss Save to Say
About Il.


The early closing movement sgi,ated by
the dry goods salesman appears to be meet
ing with the encouragement OF the ladies
who do the shopping, and the more so as so
many Of their own sex are employed in the
dry goods stores.
One of the chief lady clerks in the en-.
broidery department Of one OF the principal
dry goods stores stopped MORNING News
reporter yesterday % express her thanks
70 the MORNING NEWS for the interest
which the paper had taken to advance the
ear closing moveme II.
The lady clerk said: why is it you do
not lnts view some OF the lady clerks
and get their views l. it because it is pro-
verbal that when woman begins to talk
shs don't know whea TO SD y
Miss Embroidery was told that the MORN
ING NEWS would be glad 10 hear from the
lady clerks, and she light co slider herself
as being interviewed then ana there.
well, that's too nice for anything, and
now that nave got 10 talk, what shall
sayi Oh, yeSl / know just what wants to
be said. We are deeply Interested in
toe early closing movement during
the coming hot NJ nths The saleslad os
who serve the public from behind the coun-
ter, are undoubtedly helpless class when
II comes TO matters Of this kind. OF course
IL would be impossible for US to 60 from
store to store and request the tnercua ITS to
sign an agreement 0 cloS5 their stores, and
equally as impossible for US TO form any
kind OF al organization whicn would in
sure uniform action in sue mat ers; hence
we are in measure goiceless, We. the move.
msnt has our hearty cooperation.
"A woman's CONSTITUTE N IS never so
good that she does not suffer when COM
PEELED TO stand behind a counter from 7:45
O'Clock in the morning until o. lock at
uIght, and yet sucl g condition Of affairs is
imposed upon US by our own sex who heed
leSsly put of their shopping until the last
moment, aud crowd into the dry goods
stores at O'Clock in tie event &, when
every clerk should be arranging the dis
ordered stock p. eparatory 10 closing tue
store.
rs it the fault OF the merchant you
ask. IL is not. He is not to blame for the
late hours, for he is perfectly satisfied that
the ladies enoul1 be waited upon ca lier in
the day and the clerks dismissed at 6 o'clock,
but tue public havi g been so long INDUCED,
has come 10 take it + granted that the
little army Of Gle ks should melt and worry
for the special convenience of tie late
comer&
Now, what wanted more particularly
TO say Is that the la lies Of Savannah can do
phi anthropic act f they viii stop to con-
siuoi w sAsiy tueJ cOdIu aIl Iue early
closing moyem 4nt by interesting themselves
and tneir neig bors in trying to shorten our
hours OF servica during the summer mo tbs
by coming down town an hour or two ga
lier IN the eve ing to do their shopping,
and they w0uli earn and receive the thanks
OF the salssGdies who study so hard TO
please them"
Referring to the early closing movement,
it has bean sug estsd by me uber of ons
Of the leading dry z DDS firms to the sale =
mems asSociaton that a movement to open
the stores at o'clock in the N rning would
be apt 10 meet wi popular favor, as there
is really no occasion to oDeu earle. This,
with the closing at $50 O'Clock IN the even
ing, would shorten the worSing day TO
1913 hours, ample time il which to accom-
mo4ate the shopping public.