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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1938
Page
2
A clerks readers column explores hosiery sales in Joliet noting 350 pair monthly and prices from 69 cents to 1.95. It highlights color names like Sun Nude Windsor Ecstasy and Verve, plus common mishaps with silk hose and fashion department dynamics.
Mary Lou Wardley surveys a clerk's life in a loop store detailing patience tact and the need to energize a smile. She notes back returns fashion color choices and the gift shop's challenges with keeping sales and gifts after the sale. Workers face eight hour shifts holidays Sundays and salaries around fifteen dollars a week unless specialized or department head.
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