LABOR: Five & Ten Girls

When millions of U. S. citizens enter thousands of 5 & 10 cent stores throughout the land, they find a girl behind the counter to wait on them. Facts about that girl:

She is 20. She is U. S.-born. She is unmarried. She lives with her family. She makes $12 per week. She works nine hours five days a week, longer on Saturdays. She has held her job less than a year.

Such a composite picture of salesgirls in limited-price chain stores could be drawn from facts and figures...

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