Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-11-23
This Child's Pitiful Story
Should Bring Everyone to
Early Christmas Shopping

planned that she'd been waiting quite a
while for her change and parcel. TIL
salesWoman called Hurry up there,
cash This hid handed a package
over the counter and fell down in a
little heap"
We'll, ne wonder commented the
cash girl who had previously spoken.
'"fhe kid amt had a thing to eat since
the coffee and roll for breakfast. She's
been cashins il all day long. She gave
UP her lunch time to one of the other
girls who was terribly sick but couldn't
60 home because she was afraid of
losing the money. Christmas? Well,
it's a merry time for Is, all righto.
We don't get time TO take a free
breath from opening time until night
closing. And every shopper wonders
why her packages amt wrapped up
and delivered before she picks EN- out,
Gee, two more weeks, If we're alive
then we can lie in bed and sleep all
Christmas Day. Looks good to me
And ak and write as we may, hun
Greds of thoughtless people will still
make this day of pence ON earth,
goodwill TO men" a time to be dreaded
by the store employees. Don't blame
r
the proprietors or the managers that
ono child expressed her views of
Christmas n rather strong language
last year Qor the words quoted are
her very OWN, but lay all the discredit
for her remark at your own doors,
you late Christmas shoppers.
We have urged you To buy your gifts
early for the sake of the girls behind
the counters. the girls on the floors, the
men and boys on the wagons. We will
nov appeal to the more selfish, or shall
we ut il mildly and say more careless
by indicating the advantage of such
a 'before-handedness will be to your
selves.
You all know how stulfy the stores
are two or three weeks before Christ
Las, how hard ii is to get near the
counters, and how when you ut last
succeed in reaching the goal all the
best articles have been picked out and
how in weary desperation you purchase
the first thing that comes to hand You
take it home and wonder how you
happened to buy it. Change II? Impos-
sIble. You couldn't think of Drawing
that mob "A Second time. You wrap the
gift up, paste "A please do not open
until Christmas on the package, and
give it all over 10 the ender
mercies of the mail, not because
YOU are in a hurry 10 have it
arrive early. but just to get ii out Of
YOU sight and off your mind. You did
that last year. didn't YOU, reader2 And
didn't | hear YOU say something about
"Never again. as you hung on to a
strap in a crowded car after a par
ticularly strenuous day Did you keep
your solution? If you didn't put
aside this paper, take up your purse
and HE you hence to the department
store. You'll really be surprised at the
number of pretty things you can pur-
chase now and at the comfort that viii
attend your shopping. | know, for
I've tried il.
And now. reader, let you, me and
the r. of us form a nice little league
with & whole constitution in one SEN
tence: "Resolved, thai we do all our
Christmas shopping before the tenth of
December" Don't fear that the stores
will have to close after the tenth. The
people who don't read the STAR viii
help the store girls earn their salaries.
You'll join the league, won't you2