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'WmSm A MERRY CHRISTMAS ll
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I' • . : A time of mirth ami merriment; a pause iu tho ceaseless whirl of commercial * t||| j :|; ' .•. F " ■" jwfj
; ".'•J'; * ■•"i*W- i 1% • i life. A season of gift giving, when we all give freelv of our worldlv store, and
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••-•>'>?: <•'&* % !f%" ! find pleasure in evorv kiiullv art: a soul recreation. A dav of rest —RKBT. r. v^s§fi
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Ji : "'"] #•■ 1' -§••'•' '|H • i In Harmony With the True Christmas f. 'if '^H|[
1= ? fe; i Spirit We Inaugurated Early Closing j « ?
I | The idea of closing at 6P.M. on Christmas Kve was introduced by this stbl*e ■ . 1. : :
it '" "s '. last year, mainly because we "felt that everybody wanted to be home on this great- j |?|| ' 1 *
J: - ... ;! j est of all nights, and because, to thoroughly eniov Christmas day, one could not be ! *- * jtl|f)j|
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f! wearied with the hustle and bustle of shopping, the night previous.
This seemed to l»o the onlv policv that would be advantageous to all, and it ! "■ * , .
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proved to be the RIGHT policy, for six o'clock, on December iMth. found our 1 4 v-, * ' J
• patrons homeward bound —their shopping completed, and several hundred faith- ■
| nil More workers, preparing to spend the evening at home, with prospects of a | , v ..
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We Adopted the Same
Policy This Season -j : e M
• Beraiise public-opinion ha».iniprhj(»ii upon it the Btamp of appnmili Bn> , '■& '•'
rlorsetl by the Civie ("lull and heralded into every nook and corner of the city and jf : 4
, 4> - ' j surrounding country, it has gained reeognition as a direct step in the progress of |f- '' : f^K
|<: better working conditions. And to stand still in this world-wide progressive • i&famt. *s*«*kL~
. ?./ movement. U to retreat!
We shall welcome the day when all Harrisburg stores, large and small, will jj|
join hands in dispensing with all night w<u-k. tiot only during tho Christmas season, I
~"1 but the year'round. . ■
• """ Will VOl encourage the early closing movement by completing your Christ- .1 <>. *>""" T.
|V. •' '"V ; \ nias shopping before (» P. M. 011 Christinas Eve? (Open Moudav, Tuesday and , 1 { . & »}■ "*
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SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10. 1011.
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