The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-16

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 The expenses incurred in presenting the fine thing, but I will bet that they don't put it over.
 Miss Mamie Baker postoffice clerk: "I would certainly like to see the stores open after 6 o'clock on Saturday night but I won't be selfish about it.''
 Miss Bessie Conn, Rialto: 'It is just about six of one and half dozen of the other. We girls would like to have the stores open after o'clock on Saturday. and the clerks would like to have them closed So l gues it is just about the same one way as another"
 s. H. Smith, an employe of the city. looks at it this way: We get off at noon on Saturday, with the exception of a few who knock off at 3 o'clock, and of course we can do our shopping in the afternoon, but l hardly ever do mine before supper
 Maebelle, Simms Kress q wouldn'. mind the store being open if people didn't buy after o'clock. There are cards in the restroom asking for the closing of all stores at 6 o'clock on Saturdays, and a great many of the girls have signeI them.
 Miss Florence Glazner, cousin of the great "Whitey'' Glazner of Baron fame. clerks at the postoffce. She said II think that Atlanta stores close at that time, and I think we oughnt to let At lanta get a bit ahead of us.
 NOT MERE CONVENIENCE | Miss Ella Wells is business girl and would like to have time to shop but l My shopping and the convenience of other girls in offices is not important enough to keeo those girls who are tired from whole week of work at their counters until late Saturday night. They have worked hard all week and ought tc have some pleasure
 "All stores should be closed by o'clock every day at the latest, said | Mrs. c. c. Dill, secretary of the depart ment of relief and correction T worked
 in a store in Kansas City for two months a year or so ago just, for the purpose of 1 finding out about conditions. There the
 stores closed at o'clock and the girls
 were worked just as hard as there was any use in. The Kansas City stores seemed to prosper splendidly on the early closing time pian.
 | Every store in Birmingham should close at o'clock on Saturday evening" said Mrs Eunice Hewes, private secre- tary to Commissioner N. A. Barrett. 1 There is no use in working girls from 0 clock in the morning until after at night one day every week. People can make arrangements for shopping durinh 1 the day in Birmingham just as easily as 1 they do 1t in other cities. Girls should i get home before a late hour In the night | if they are to be safe on the streets 9f any city"
 Although Birmingham is an industrial center, and i: will be hard for many 1 Birmingham people to shop during .he day, I think that the salespeople should be considered and the stores closed at | o'clock on Saturdays" said Miss Isabel 1 Black, Commissioner Ellis Browns sec
 retary.
 "I am heartily in favor of closing the stores at o'clock" said Miss Annie Fuckett. Commissioner H. P. Burrass
 secretary. Fight hours Is long enoash for any person on earth to work durfna one day, and the salespeople should be Iconsidered."
 Mrs. R. 1T. Brown. in Woodwart
 building office. Is divided in her opinor on the subject, While there are many
 who can get in their shopping before Saturday there are undoubtedly those
 who can't. For example there are ths
 men wh, have to do the family shoppl3a
 on Saturday night for wives who are al l ome with little children. l sympathlxe too with the girls who must work latG and long, and think that 1t would be T good idea where the stores stay open tt begin later in the morning on Saturday
 and give tha girls chance to rest up a hit for the hard night work THEY HAVE TIME
 l Most of the girls in the Woodward , building get eff at 1 o'clock every Sat
 urday and have ample opportunity to l, ] their shopping if they want to, before o'clock. I think those who don't coulf manage some way or other. for fee sorry for the girls who have to wori I so late on Saturday, when they wan | to go somewhere and have good time
 said Ida Bullock. in the office of Dr. R LII. Caston.
 1 Elisabeth Yielding, in the office of pr H. C.. Yielding. thinks that where there Is will there Is way People car get in their shopping in time for th' stores to close. have seen It tried ' 1 Los Angeles, where the stores close every
 evening at 5:30. and it works. Peopi'
 who are working can manage to get one
 afternoon off or shop during their lunch I hour or something it can b' managed and has been. think the girls ought to be let out of the stores at
 o'clock on Saturday"
 T am glad to see women becoming In terested in the welfare of other women
 and think 1t is timc.' says EstSll' | Hanna. in the Hanna Brokerage com pany. Personally. am not concerned with the o'clock question. but csr
 tainly do think tho girls should get of
 at 6 o'clock on Saturday. Many of ths girls live far out. and 1t is dangeroun te go home at the late hour on Saturday night Most girls in offices get off at
 o'clock Saturday.
 ONLY THAT TIME
 T syrnpath!xe with the girls whc have ssc stay st work for tho Saturday night . shoppers, hut T know that there really i gre, people who have absolutely no Qther trf s'cl