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Show AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC .J. 4. .j. $ In vlow of tho fact that recent legislation In tho stato of Utah -l demands of all omployers of female help that they limit the tlmo of 4 J dally employment to nine hours and that weekly time cards do not J $ exceed fifty-four hours, local merchants aro adjusting tho work In J their various establishments, and In many Instances are Instituting $ a relay system which results in carrying them over the long per. 4 J lods, but at tho same time decreases tho working forco In numbers of J $ salesladies. ! $ This Idoa of tho stato, In tho Interest of tho fatrer sex, Is un- 4. $ questionably a good ono, and as readjustments aro mado It will un. . f doubtedly moot the hpproval of the general public, but only by a f j. 4. sympathetic movement, on tho part of patrons of stores affocted, J ; -W 4. does It seem possible thnt tho plan can bo worked out without ma- " J terlally adding oxpenso to emptoyers. '1 j. It Is a well known, fact that tho averago merchant today co" j. properly servo all patrons and shoppers with a third fewer sales- 4- J. ladles provided purchases wero ovonly distributed throughout tho 4. tho hours of tho day. To caro for tho evening rush, however, Is 4. J. tho merchants greatest problem and until tho public, In a sym- J. 4. pathetic appreciation of what this meanB, readjusts Its methods and ! 4. moro evenly distributes shopping hours tho man behind tho bust- : A nesa will continue to Buffer. 4. And not only must tho management bo considered in ttils matter 4. but a really greater feeling should bo had for tho salesladies them- 4. selves. Fow stores aro able or will deem It advisable to employ 4. additional help on account of tho shortening of hours of labor, con- 4. sequently the burden of a rushing business will be moro heavily 4. placed upon tho very persons whom tho law alms to shield. Morn- J. Ing hours In the larger stores are often spent In partial Idleness A by lady employees. From throe thirty In tho afternoon until tho 4. closing hour nevertheless, few establishments are prepared to prop- 4. erly serve the public. Tho result Is that an unjust dissatisfaction 4. 4. 1b often expressed toward the management and even the burdened 4. clerk, when Ml could have been avoided had tho complainor been 4. thoughtful enough to visit tho store before tho "eleventh hour. 1 And right hero tho trouble lies. A habit of crowding stores at 4! the closing hour prevails. The holiday slogan "Do your shopping 4! early" should bo ever applicable. And tho thought therein expressed 1 Is not to purchase today instead of tomorrow, but rather to pur- 4. chase on any day you wish but not on any night. 4. It matters but little to tho housewife whether she visits tho 4 4. business section early or late; It means much, however, to all prop- 4. rletors and their employees. Fortunately tho stato has now mado 4. It compulsory to limit the hours of labor, and In turn managers of 4. X all well regulated businesses have determined to check out every 4. I employee nt a given hour, so if the best service all around Is de- 4. sired let tho purchasing public take hood, let the holiday slosan, 4- I with Its new Interrelation, bo adopted, let .ate hour rushes bo I avoided when possible that tho stato law In Its fullness may bo 4. properly abided by to tho ultimate benefit of the public, tho bus - ness man and those whom it aims to assist. 4. 4- |