The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16

re how yog write ont the -four compartments
t nUns si @ht them up Put the ststepenis undsr
out t thss %oisa nssa' l viii put pas IN Sh .Ss, ssss e on ms sss
wall there as an example TO the classes that arc
eSmins up later. We are always having trouble
time is allowed before the entire amount Of
purchase must b paid upf"
Tnirty days" Ia the answer.
20 the lesson goes on. Sometimes there are
only half q dozen SCHOLARS at tho tables, some.
tines az many as a hundred aud nifty. Al Ger.
Ltin INQUIRE there are only ono or two new APP
Rlicants coming over the rules and seeing II
they can get the tally.on.top system through
places behind the s%ouhters al "a. - 3D. SsS or ssaspI a
week. as the case may be. Sometimes ON old
Saadred n'e 81 d SP{ Sn t worth SSsi "a GOODS SSGSs sd wsG hs sSl Is
dded since her Introduction TO tho business.
t%loors.", said the Instructor, but / found It
other, and / could not hold their attention.
wa" "6O many find the system hard to learn =" he
Numbers of them give It up with only a half
s Ssr !. ne W They never could rcmcm.
really to 'G be quite hts"e Confused seSs f TSSSe; ta Sns seH,%
system 10 more complicated than the system In
II saves much time to the customer. With tho
system used In most OF tho department stores
the customer must first wait until a cash girl is
beon wrapped and registered. With the tally.
on-top system each department in tho store Ia
to no more Inconvenience than II ho or she were
buying In n small store that had no need of u
dress goods department OF our store. cnch sales
person has one of these aluminium framed books,
with the long sheet tallies to wind up on top
ana the duplicate checks to be pulled out UNI
dernoath. Tho books furnished the statesmen in
the grocery and market departments are not rs
In the dress goods and upholstery departments,
because there Is not SO much TO DO recorded.
some troabie before the employsees had ali found
things went on iiko elockwork.
1t Is used by shoppers who expect to purchase
goods In a number of departments, and is quite
kept very well written up by the different sales.
people In order to avoid confusion, The sales
FIJI who w 'b Is " beginner hrs to learn all the work
the complaint office, and the special city and
suburban delivery, offices, Very often, appli-
spects arc seemingly incapable OF comprehend
ing, this red tape. The writing, of addresses,
e eiHu"'p and '' a Woman m1pe 'f is nepo Shae " ny IanE
into such cases; IL tho error is proved TO be
Garelcssness on the part Of the clerk he or she is
ing to be done. Two of Miss Aliens wrong
My school is tho sieve through which tho
applicants pass who have been engaged on pro-
ton. the pupil fails 10 take in the Workings OF
the system. why, of course. she is dismissed. As
| said before. many give up of their own accord.
Besides, native incapacity for writing or calcu-
lating, many girls whom the manager engages
downstairs, when they get up here In tho bright
light, won't pass muster
The long instruction room Is empty, ono class
having just boon dismissed and the next not
having gathered, when a fresh, Rttractivc-look
ing girl comes in and hands tho teacher q card.
What department are you going In :" he in
quires, glancing over IL.
The flower department"
Cut flowers or the growing plants T.
II don't know" The applicant looks timid
and hesitating.
We'll, sit down hero and study these rules,
get the gist Of them all, and look over this trans
fer check and tell me II you understand It,"
The girl bent over her task and the teacher
said to the visitor in an aside:
She'll do. She's nervous. but she's q bright
one. I can tell now the minute I set eyes on a
now. hand whether she's apt to stick at the
work or back out because ola little trouble at
the start"