The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-08
NEW HAVEN MORNING JOURNAL AND COURIER FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9o7
APPEAL FOR COOPERATION
TO CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS
Consumers League Committee Right at Work to Have
 Shopping Done Early

We, the members of the Christmas shoping committee of the Consum- CTS league appeal to. the shoppers for cooperation in our work. This ap- peal is not to those whose daily duties limit their hours for shopping, or who must go only when they have received their wages, We appeal to those who are quite free in their use of time and money, who can shop just as well this month as next month, just as we'll in the morning as in the evening.
 The lovely Christmas spirit is be- ginning to fill the minds of us ali We all long to give, and to make every body happy Is the Christian spirit perfect until it embodies the spirit of the Master, who was full of compass sion? It is time when every ere should be happy, the giving should bring blessedness to all to those who give and to those who receive. Why should the beauty of it be spoiled by .overwork, irritability, the breaking down of body and soul for any one? We feel sure that these evils need not be, if shoppers will only. be con siderate. Will it make you happy to load your children with gifts, if you realize that there are many other chill dren and young girls with throbbing heads and aching backs and tired feet working all day long and late at night because you have not had compassion upon them? We beseech you to think of those other children, and save them from the woes of Christmas time!
 How are you to do this? Let us suggest some simple ways Shop early! Early in the day, and early in the sea- .son. The morning hours are the best for every one shoppers and clerks. The light and air are clear and fresh, the minds alert, eager and hopeful The days are growing shorter and darker and colder, and the best time to shop, is very soon. We shall many of us be ashamed to be found shop ping late in the day, or in December, The shopkeepers will gladly do all in their power to put forth their holiday goods as early as is possible.
 Shop with some method! Strive aft CT quick decisions Do not make the weary girl pull down article after article, then go away undecided, and come back to take what she showed you first! Make careful lists and abide |. Do |, what 1t would be to have your own daughters harassed and worried by useless indeclsion Make 1t pleasant for the clerks to have you enter the store. There are those who bring joy by their entrance,
 Shop before 5 o'clock! Shop before the middle of December! Shop with good sense and good temper! Give your address carefully, that you may not rage over non-delivery. Take your small bundles home, and be proud to carry them. Pay your bills so prompt ly that the shopkeepers as we'll as the clerks may rejoice in your patronage Never insist on delivery after o'clock During the week before Christmas in many large stores boys are working until 12 and o'clock In the morning. Shall your boys be made glad at the expense of these others? The shopkeepers are earnest ly helping us to make the season hap pier for every one. Buy all that you can, but shop thoughtfully, consider ately, speedily
 Mrs Willlston Walker, chairmani Mrs. Artemas Jean Haynes Mrs. Harry c. Bay, Mrs. H. c. Warren, Mrs. Pownlng, Mrs. William Farnam, Mrs. Isham Henderson, Mrs. Theodore Macdonald, Mrs. F, l.. Bigelow, Mrs. F. R. Luckey, Mrs. F. H. sheath, Mrs. Charles DeForest, Mrs. W. A. Gran vile, Mrs Susan M. Day.