The Woman Who Waits - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1151048062 ISBN 13: 9781151048066

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1920. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV FEEDING THE "LOOP-HOUNDS" I Did not find it an easy matter to get my second job. I went from place to place only to be told that I was not wanted. At one place I learned that I could have work five hours per day, for which I would receive $5.00 per week, and that I must buy two uniforms consisting of a white skirt at $2.00, a waist at $1.25, and an apron at 75c. These must be purchased through the company and it would be part of my work to keep them laundered. I did not take the job. Finally at East Congress Street, an oldish young man told me I might work from eleven to eight. I suggested eleven to two-thirty. He agreed to give me a trial. He was a nice little man. He showed me where to hang my coat on a nail in the back of the room and gave me a tiny white apron to put on. Then he took me into the kitchen and said, with a wave of his hand, "Over there's where you get your hot stuff, and there are your sandwiches, and desserts and coffee you pick up yourself. You'll find 39 the napkins and glasses in the dining-room." There was almost no one feeding in the restaurant at that hour. Some girls were changing table cloths and setting up the tables, others were sitting in the back of the room washing, wiping, and filling sugar bowls. The sound of dishes and silver sliding in and out of pans came muffled through the doors leading to the kitchen and the smell of roasting meat and boiling vegetables made pungent the whole atmosphere of the little place. Occasionally some one would sniff the air appreciatively and say, "Smells good today, doesn't it?" I helped a girl to fold napkins. "Ever worked before?" she asked. "Yes." "Well, you'll like it here. This is the grandest place and they're the grandest people. That fellow you was with, he's the manager, he's B...

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• ISBN 10: 1151048062
• ISBN 13: 9781151048066
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile