New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-17
Amateur SalesWOmen Are
More than Satisfied with
Counter CO-WOrkerS.
THEY'RE WONDERFUL
VERDICT OF FIFTY
New High Mark of 81 900 Set by
One of Bellevue Social
Service Helpers.

There is 10 such thing a. gum
chewing, ompadour- patting shopgirl.
For this take the word OF any o. the
fifty society salespersons who yester-
day ran up sales slips from s. 70
81 ,000.50 on the third floor Of Gimbels.
From Mrs. Joseph 4. Truesdsle head
floor walker, 70 Mrs. Bourke Cochran,
in the suits; from Miss Margaret
Schieffelin. in the hats, 20 Miss Ruth
Morgan. in the bouses. they have ex-
plored the soul OF the shopgirl at first
hand. And they arc enthusiastic.
"The girls are wonderful" declared
Mrs. Cochran. 81 am glad TO have met
them. This il one Of the most interest
ing things I have ever done, and GER
tainly the most fatiguing. I'm glad 10
have done it for a day. and delighted !
don't have to do it all the time. There's
a customer. I'm going TO follow her
Mrs. Cochran Pleases Herself.
Soon Mrs. Cochran staged the DR..
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde performance Of
selling herself hat. The sslesperson
was polite, the customer courteous, the
hrt becoming and everybody was
pleased.
"The real sslesgirl1 She's 9 starr
said Mrs. Truesdale. "She has a re
narksble temper and an ineIhaust-
ihle patience. No one need ever talk
70 me about the morals Of the shop
girl again"
bora and be a shopgirl for a day,
declared Mrs. Fred VI. Ives. "Ihey
would get excellent lessons in polite
"You can't say too much about the
Uonderful girls here" exclaimed Mrs.
William \. Tew. who had the largest
sales of the day. sl0005o. 81 feel that
7 have real friends here
at has been wonderful agreed
Miss Margaret Schiefelin, daughter O.
Fir. and Mrs. William Jay Schietfelin'
Two customers separated themselves
from the throng. paused near MISS
Aida Chandler. in the hats, and Won
oered excitedly where they could mo
9 certain kind Of brim. Miss Chandier
told them. speaking In French. lhey
stared.
BUYER Hunts Wife.
"Vould YOU like 20 buy something
suggested one OF the society snop-
sirls. speaking 10 a man who had been
blocking traffic. u.;.onho
'" "kbout what size, please almost
roled from the salegirls tongue. BUY
she didn't say 1t. Instead she soId
him A blouse, TO have on hand Tor 'he
wife he didn't find. c.
Id in the little corner OF the GlnDe'
restaurant that has been set ASIDE loi
The use Of the Bellevue Hospital ooeia'
Service workers. Fix OF the soSlet!
ealeswomen. after hard morning
work and late luncheon, were sHoN-
ing cigarettes. In the far corner tWJ
ia neople from the country thought
that they were learning some'h'hs
about shopgi-ls. .,i.u,,,
eeid the old lady. shocked. But he was
inclined TO be tolerant. He III up ms
own nine, with sign OF satisfaction.
An attendant told him II was agsins
TIC lAAFeF IN
"Seems queer" he grumbled: ne
help has more privileges than the pup
lie" -
Shopgirls' Opinion.
Shopgirls we're yesterday consulted
as to what they thought OF the amateur
/ salespersons.
They're great" said Mrs. Teresa
McKernan, Of the store force, who Is
this week acting "a Social Service
secretary. 81 think it's perfectly VOL
derful the way they take hold OF thlne
Do they really work? should say so.
+ They never waste minute.
Tomorrow is expected 10 beihe rec
( ord-breaking day of the week and the
saleswomen hope their 10 per ceh'
for the day will net at least Sl'OOo.,
Among the amateur clerks yesterday
we're:
". ,. VI Scott VIE q JUGS. So, q t.. q.
AsgenH' Di,i'4s W. W, m,s u I'll T. Coldlasoa
~. v'as,ol. Ms Alfred Mao Ma $ u
T,..scr Ms e. Fries Mr.. r Boxer Ms 40
/ Tfe'us Ne Henri Bull. Airs : l. lI'' "a"
/ yruv Is Velf,t NJ. y remington. ar
, Sane M Ei.c Brown. Ml.s r ho)t Ms
I VI. a. A RIpiey. Mrs. Ge0'se G-e-n Nh W
Mean Mis- X Hal. Miss n bsnp. ma ~
&c., MI. 7 q Wendell. Mas 81 fro.i. N-s
: Phelps Mr. " 7 pfaV-. Ms. J. hu,. -.
4 Nss TIfh 4 Webb M.s G. l. bu,,,r"' ~
Tisln A Potter Mn Q r Ea.s,man. NJ, pr N
=, ,'-sor Nh. A'erandrr Lanieff. Me- REGINA
-. s-l N-a X l. rnira|I.