CHRISTMAS SHOPPING.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —I would like to endorse “ Assistant’s ” idea ou the late shopping, not only at Christmas time, but all times. We find on Saturdays that the 40-hour people seem to bo the worst offenders. There seems to be a lot pf the old sailor’s principle about them: “Never mind you, Jack; I’m all right.” 1 think it is time the public should use a little sympathy with the less fortunate, and I would like' to suggest that the Retailers’ Association make an effort for a general payday in the middle of the week. Then the bulk of the business could be done early in the week; also, I think the wives would get the first handling of the money, and put it to better use than having it thrown away in the hotels on Saturday mornings.—l am, etc., Assistant No. 2. December 17„
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Evening Star, Issue 22524, 17 December 1936, Page 19
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148CHRISTMAS SHOPPING. Evening Star, Issue 22524, 17 December 1936, Page 19
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