Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-11-30
week END HOLIDAY
MOVEMENT INAucuRATEp 5Y
NEW JERSEY BANKER.
Would Also Have All Days Of celebra.
ton, Except Christmas and New
Years, Observed on Weeks
Last Working Day.

A holiday that would be celebrated
over the entire North American cont.
merit north Of the Rio Grande Ia one
OF ne possibilities Of the Saturday
fun holiday national movement that
has been started here bg Alfred n.
Chandler d banker, says Montclnir
On. - dispatch to the New York
Sun. The movement Is 10 be Of wide
scope and headquarters, In charge Of
A5r. Chandler, are 20 DO opened IN
Newark, The object Of the movement
u 20 have the present fixed date"
holidays except Christmas and New
Years days, shifted to specified aatur-
days nearest the dates OF their pres
eat Observance. and as an equivalent
Offset Ia annual holiday hours thus
gained. tho adoption 81 eight siuiur-
day fpil holidays III the summer tims,
Including Independence aud Labor
days.
Whether Washington was horu on
the twenty .aeennd calcndar day II feb
Fuary o. on iie third Saturday Of Feb
ruary. whether Lincoln Was born on
The twelfth calendar day Of February
or on tho second Saturday 81 Tcbru-
Hryi whether ihe Declaration of IN.
dependence was adopted on the fourth
calendar day Of July or on the first
Saturday pf July; whether Columbus
discovered the western hemisphere on
the twelfth calendar day of October
or on The second Saturday Of 0cto.
befu none af these precise dates 0f
the calendar b 81 paramount import
ance when compared with the spirit
o. the eyeat conlaenonted la the
minds 81 those who are behind The Sat.
urslay fuli holiday national movement
'The husinea and professional man
Ia these days begins the weeks work
on Monday mornings keyed up Is
shirt f0r Use ~ i've aud half days
Of continued nnd uninterrupted eflori. .
said ~, Chandler IN speaking Of the
maycmcnt shut on the average N
every sixth week there rumea with q
bang a lcgfl holiday IN the middle 0f
the week AT such times II becomes
difficult 10 throw % thC pressure.
- Felex. "a get thr halliday upint. We
seem rather, 0geg have sturted, To-
prefer the continuous weeks work and
bestHdge the iimc ldst. feeding TINT we
ore not doing our Diary 10 ourselves.
cur families or our business
~flis interruption Eonfd be NATE
flnlly lesetneA II me different stnlef
wiaala adopt fhe plan u observing their
various legal holidats 90 sprcifimt sat-
uniaye inglaad ~ % fixed cairndar
datsb. continued Mr Chandler. "po.
mlnlon day Is observed throughout
Caaada oa the 1rst day 81 July.
should we decide 10 observe eur hide.
penflence duy annually on the FIRST sat
prtlRy In iuiy Il " NOT untkely Tint
The Canadians would eoncludo to OH
serve their Dominion day "a the sumo
Aay, such harmGBy woRsi Sc IL sengl.
mental benefit aud sulu usually of
lne business day each ycgr Ia busl.
arsa Intercourse between the two poo.
plea
A. showing thc tendency upon the
part ~ mercantile business toward y
SATURDAY fmi holiday. SIR. Chandler
pointed oat thut lending department
store Ia New York cis haa for the last
10 years made every saturday Ia July
aud August fuH holiday for ils en-
ployees, aud during the last two sum.
mera The number uf stores thut have
been closed all day Saturday hss SO
rapidly Increased that hast year there
were "A prominent retail stores Ia
New York clty which were closed al
jas every Saturday in July aud Au-
gust,
Nj umudicr also points out that
an aycrage ~ four and n half days
would be added 10 the school term
~ having Saturday holidays.