It has always been a puzzle to me why the weekly half holiday, so
strongly advocated for store and factory workers, should be Saturday
rather than a mid-week afternoon and why all the stores in any city
should close on the same afternoon.
Half the number closed on Wednesday, the others closed on Thursday
afternoons would necessitate a change in pay day, possibly in positions
where members of the same family work in different stores. Open stores
on Saturday afternoon ought to be a help to the class of people who
never have anything ahead, to keep the Sunday ordinances.