The Detroit times., 1908-12-01
There Are Just Il
Shopping Days Now
Before Christmas
Decide a. Once On What You In
tend to Buy, and Get to the
Stores Early - Remember
There Are Others.

glad holiday.
And this have behalf of those readers of this paper
who buyers
In behalf of the whom they buy:
In behalf of the clerks those readers in the stores
of the merchants-men and women;
In behalf of the cash cash girls in those stores
In behalf of the delivery wagon drivers
In behalf of the horses on the delivery wagons
Now o buyers
Your minds up o you going to give
If they they should be-
If they not make them up TO-DAY
And get the your very earliest opportunity
Not earliest
This idea sung convenience the matter of holiday
shopping very thing responsible holiday shopping
and the which the thing preach
ing against
Decide right upon what you and buy at once
We you get the in the
Ing
The early shoppers best bargains
They they find quicker and shop with
the comfort.
the box Office the best
and avoid the crowd the window the hour OF the per-
Torrance.
Early shopping of buyers further than from
she standpoint of their best interests. however.
There others o considered.
You merchant please late shopper
and blame him he doesn't though the fault is not his but your
You expect the same attention in the you help
a shopper though you had the yourself
You expect clerk you with smile and to exercise
socude your behalf and the amount OF
twenty-five other late shoppers
back do when drop in quiet hour OF
day.
You expect the cash boy girl quickly
with purchase wrapped and the pur-
chases of late shoppers ahead of all be wrapped too
You the delivery beat home forgetting
that other late shoppers have ordered 1t sent the you
Year year you been unable what wanted
of the crowd and have compromised something else
you received attention thought should have
you had long for parcel wanted
carry for your change and delivery late and yet
YOU ARE STILL LATE SHOPPER.
Making three days of the Christmas trading
trying period for the merchant and his employees
their feet and climbing and down
ladders made forgo their and deprived OF their
regular datoy tactics shoppers when all
could be much the Christmas buying dis
uted number OF days and shoppers could be SO
much better satisfied
Upon side of this question appoint yourself
Consumers league of Detroit in its most
worthy object of getting buyers the early and in its en-
life worth living for the OF men and
women daily bread back of counters
Become early shopper and advocate early shopping
those about you
Decide fully upon you entering the and
70 classified list of the purchases wish to make
Aim the tired clerk unnecessary steps.
And above all things especially at this time OF the year
going just from morning until night
Don't make the beasts drag their the hard
mile to deliver dozen Miss or Mrs
when them home well inside your muf
the Christmas spirit take hold OF and let
soul fill with charity early that those who help to make
Merry may Merry Christmas also rather than
solely recuperaion the these work
speak the victims of late shopping.
~ There are just Al more days
4 i. written in the spirit Bethlehem you know
Bear another's burden
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