Evening star., 1919-12-01
PLAN To BUY EARLY
IN DAY ENDORSED
/ BY SHOPKEEPERS
Strong Points in Suggestion
of Store Employees Is
EMPHASIZED.

ProprietorS of downtown stores to-
Cay gave their unQua tItied indorse-
rnent 10 the suggestion of their own
employees, printed in yesterdays Star,
that Christmas purchases could be
made with greater comfort to buyers
# shopping were done earlier in the
day instead of between the hours of
$50 and pm, when the greatest
rush occurs.
1t was pointed out by representa-
rive Washing >on shopkeepers tnaI al
most every sore IN the DOWN .own
busIness SectIon allows It's employees
time of in the mornings 10 10 their
shopping. IL WAS sussesLed, there
lUre. that the government depart
mems cooperate IN renewing tne{IaSt-
hour rusn III the Scores by allowing
eCrtain groups of government en-
pIoyes time on-say one hour in the
Ln"rnInS-.o 90 theIr Shopping.
Know Staggered Hour Value.
CioNei oIuclaIS and empIoyes
DO not nave to ne to,u ,ue rruv..,.,
derived from 'StaS Seteu hours. LncE
are peIns Satisfactorily cInpioEcd at
the luuCncvu pei tVuS IN Inc soIIoua
departments. 1t Is IuouenI the. e,ore
that the iSLaS sercu hours system
couId be uscu 10 ueCldeu auranlase III
allowing government workers 10 SnOp
Win CVInIUrI.
Tue sLatisulcian Of one of tho big
stores saru un;tt the maJort,y ul Pun
lhaScS Iutnc :lIICr 1:5v III the aItcr
moon We're by government worK-4 $.
Ihe cooperation OF GrpdI LmeuI uee,us
wcu!u. III hIs opinion. lend 10 rcitcNc
Lthe last -rnInu,C cpueestiuIr. ana i',V-
mote kTeaIcr accuracy ana Servlcc on
he para OF the CmploycS and added
ComIort~tO Inc Snopr-Is.
1t was suggested that the time al
lowed government workers to Snop
IL the morning nourS couId be maue
Up at the emu of the day. If, for CN-
ample, a group of eISnt or ten typIStS
IN the Savings ulvisIun OF tue IreaS-
ury Department were aIIowed Io-uo
their CnrIstniLs besIng one nour u
t!ay anu one uay Il Week untII CnrISt-
!n2s, tney wou4u be permitted to maze
Up the government IIine rc,~ cen
4:3o anu 3.:ou pm. anotner group or
clerks couid he granted Iime on on
tn" uay IoiowIns, ana 50 on until
each person IN the SoverniuenL Serv-
ice wou,u nave receIveu Tue oppor-
tunlty to snop with comfort.
Il the woman OF independent
I.eans-py tnaC L mean the woman
VINO is not compeiIcu TO go out To
WORDSWORTH 90 ner Snoppinss carry
IN the uay, the sIraIn OIL the rusn pc
tween 4.vv ana o'cIock would bo
Inaterlauy icssened.' A. Z. Case, pusi-
ness manager OF the PaIaIs koyal
GoId q Slar reporter To-Day.
Just lnink wnat 4 strain on the
transportation faculties OF the city
Wound be renewed If persons wou,u
BUY IncIr Christmas preseflLs peIor.
y O'Clock noon. THAT aione is an
S%ceIient reason why shopping snouI.
DC done carry in the day.
Every store IN the CITY allows it,
smPIoyeS time on III the mornings to
10 their shopping. The clerks are
ieieascd m groups, ana as the morn
ing hourS are usually sack so far al
patrons are concerned, there arc al
ways sumcient NUMBERS of salcsper-
sons on duty to attend to the wants
OF customers. L think it would be a
5000 Iuea If the government woulo
ttiauSurSte similar pan, SO as to al
low us empioyes to snop III comfort"
j. c. kaufman Praises P,ap.
j. c. KAUFMAN, president Of tho
1ounE Men Snop, is I1iewlse enfnu-
slasdc over the "Shop-eariv" man.
And said he believes If the ero,r, svsI
Lem of Allowing gove! !n.n.u. en-
pIoyes to do their shopping r-er, usau
A. Mocld work TO great ad,auL@L,e.
shopping early III the day is n
capItaI Idea,' he said. II is of great
advantage to the public, Particular.
IN so iar as the delivery OF their pur-
Chases is concerned They would
Undoubtedly get their parcels In,.
same Gay they bought them, and com
plaInLs aoouL the poor delivery scry-
ice would be reduced 10 a minimum
The nerves of employees of down
town stores are overIaXed by the
rush of buyers between 4:Go and 6
pm. TINS woulu De. greatly MINI
Iuized if shopping were done earlier
| IN the day.
Through the influence of The Star
] think the movement 10 equaIize
! shopping throughout the entire da.
| instead of having great congestion at
/ The cloGc of the DAY. y i'll be provoci-
/ tive of good results.
- Corking Good Idea
| Sidney IL Rcizcustcir. proprietor OF
I The Mode shop summed up his in
/ doracmcrt of the shop carly" move
I nI"1t with the expression:
/ "A corkins good idea, I'm for it,
An official of one OF the biggest
stores i'll Washington also expressed
his willingness to cooperate with the
movement. He said early shopping
would mean greater service on the
part of the employees and added COM
fort to shoppers.