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Newspaper

The Clermont Courier

Location

Batavia, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1940

Page

2

Sheila Faces Hard Choices and a New Life in the Bronx

Sheila, faced with pressure from the McCanns and a move toward marriage by a rich suitor, hides from her family and starts work as a hotel chambermaid in the Bronx. Joe and his mother fear for her safety while she endures grueling labor and mockery at the Pendergast Hotel.

Night Labyrinth at the Pendergast Dining Room

Sheila endures exhausting shifts in the Pendergast dining room as hours stretch from predawn to late night. A foul tempered pantry boy and strict supervisor Mr Benny press her to rewrite orders while guests demand everything.

Pendergast Sheila Benny Stella Mr. Benny

Waitress life in Atlantic City hotel exposes hard labor

Sheila endures long shifts in a crowded dining room at a premier hotel under Mr Benny. she grows pale and tired as she cares for demanding guests while seeking a note of home with her mother. Frank McCann arrives with tension and a fragile alliance, as secrecy and risk shadow their status.

Sheila Pendergast Nelly Pendergast Hotel Miss Watts Mr. Benny O. K Benny Mary New York Mindja Atlantic City Mamma McCanns Philadelphia Frank McCann Mabel Mrs. Kearney Frank Buckley Jay Agency Lexing O’connor

Happy State Description Echoes Locke on Mind and Body

A compact reflection on the ideal of a sound mind in a sound body as the foundation of happiness. The author links two blessings to contentment and suggests that gaining either enriches life, per a quotation attributed to John Locke.

John Locke

Drudgery and Mind Treasures Cited by Fuller

A Margaret Fuller quotation asserts that drudgery is essential to reveal mental treasures and to cultivate earthly harvests. It links labor with intellectual and outdoor work as mutually revealing duties.

Margaret Fuller

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