The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
"SHOP EARLY" IS
SLOGAN OF CITY
Heads of Big Store, Representa-
tives of Clubwomen and En-
ployes Urge Early Buying
Many Reasons Given Why
Christmas Shopping Should
Be Done Now

From the heads of the great depart
ment stores, from the employees and
their representatives and from the club
women of this city comes the appeal,
addressed to every man and woman in
San Francisco, particularly the women
Shop Early.
In support of early Christmas shop
ping number of arguments are adj
vanced showing that the change would
be highly beneficial to all concerned
the public, the employers and the en-
ployes.
Probably the best argument advanced
in favor of early shopping is the better
service obtainable when the work of
the clerks is distributed throughout
four or five weeks instead of being
jammed into the four or five days pre-
cediag Christmas.
Il am heartily in favor of early
Christmas shopping said Marshall
Hale of Hale Bros. I'VE can give bet
shopping early instead of waiting until
the last minute. We can present fuller
and more complete lines of goods for
customers to select from if they come
early, as at the last moment there is no
time to replace depleted stocks.
EXPERIENCED CLERKS
The public will also have the benefit
of being waited upon by experienced
clerks.
Our store has a rule, and 1 believe
the rule applies in the other stores of
the city, whereby purchaser may have
the goods carefully wrapped and held
in the store until the last few days be-
fore Christmas, when it will be deliv-
cred where desired. In this way people
can shop early and still avoid having
their Christmas presents delivered pre-
maturely.'
Although we are willing to accom-
modate people at any time,'' said Raphael
WE'LL OF the White House. 'it will great
ly benefit the public to shop early
Max Morris, international secretary
of the retail clerks union, in an address
before the members of the local branch
of that organization urged the clerks to
have their wives and daughters shop
early and thus set a good example for
the rest OF the public.
IF the public will do its shopping
early said Max LIGHT, president of the
California branch of the retail clerks
union. the clerks will not have to work
through the long night hours during
the week before Christmas. They will
not be worried, harassed,- rushed, both
day and night. The advantages to the
public are too evident to necessitate
enumeration"
Henry, Duhrnan of the Emporium de-
clared himself strongly in favor of
early Christmas shopping.
Early Christmas shopping means
better service for the public, less work
for the clerks and less worry for the
employer" said Robert Roos of Roos
Bros. "All three factors would be much
better satisfied if Christmas shopping
were done early and not postponed until
Christmas is but few days away"
WOMEN AID PLAN
Declaring that early Christmas shop
ping would be great civic benefit, the
civic department of the California club
has conducted a vigorous campaign
principally through placards urging
early buying
These placards have been hung on
every available space, including the
street cars. and urge the women to
shop early.
DO this to assist the employer: do
this to tighten the labor of the en-
ploye," the placards read
The club women have also been Civ
ing every possible moral support to
the movement and many injunctions
to shop early have been included in
recent addresses to gatherings of
women. Among the enthusiastic sup
porters of early shopping are Mrs f. L..
Baldwin, president of the California
club, and Mrs. Louis Hertz, chairman
of the civic department of the same
organization.