Show long english holiday london with few exceptions the I 1 wholesale w hole sale houses allowed their em aloyes a holiday of four and one halt balf days for christmas A canvass made by tho the early closing association in the principal trades shows that most 0 of f the firms closed their doors at r on on friday and did not resume business till the following wednesday this 1 I his affects principally the hardware dry goods iron and paper interests many other houses also alo agreed to the project the retail houses bo however kept open ape because of the holiday rush |