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Page six THE -EVENING HERALD irclav. November 23. 191 C I A jx "sJy i frilinfrw nil.. i. ., ,M . , . , ,mrrm i , ,'in r- i SJ f .... . w j tC .4' AC fe M UTTING off Christmas shop ping until tomorrow when it might better be done today is the most unpatriotic thing any American can do. 51 The Government wants Christmas shopping to proceed in an orderly manner it cannot countenance the eleventh hour mob scene of the past. ' If you delay your Christmas shopping it will require extra help to serve you, and Uncle Sam can't spare his men and women to wait upon the shopper who could have shopped earlier. C3 Neither can he spare the coal required to produce the current for night work. In short the government has requested every retail merchant to confine his Christmas selling to regular hours and handle it without extra help. You'll help your government of course You can't conscientiously afford to delay shopping when you realize how necessary it is to shop at once. hopping 1 Today MUflEMI CAS ft H7P TO GQHPAHY Give Something Useful - Make This an Electrical Christmas