Word: forewoman
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...wall before each girl's eyes is a typewritten list of clients and subjects most difficult to remember. The bulk of the 7,000 names and words for which she must watch is carried in her head. All girls watch for all clients. Twice each day a forewoman clangs a bell, summons the staff for "classwork" to a bulletin board on which are spread proofsheets of new items sent to the press by client publicity men. The forewoman pronounces carefully the names of new clients. Each new name is thus declaimed twice every day for a week. A girl...