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...their employers (many uniforms have the company name or symbol on a pin or concealable pocket flap). Says Assistant Cashier Lou Ann Lougher of Los Angeles' First Western Bank: "My uniform is a conversation piece. People stop me on the street to ask about it." Bank Teller Marta Ronchi concurs, "If I work in a place, I'm proud of it. I'm the type for a uniform; I was raised by the nuns." Although some employees find the career apparel boring, one secretary likes her outfit so much that she wears it everywhere, even on dates...
...wonders about the psychology underlying the phenomenon of "Mafia chic" [April 17]. What is it about the gangster Joey Gallo that appeals to people like Actress Joan Hackett and Author Marta Curro? Are they titillated by the company of violent and dangerous men? Would they find such men "absolutely charming" and "fascinating" if they were to witness firsthand a gangland slaying...
...Adds Marta: "I know there was another side to Joey. But I can't comprehend it. He told us he was going straight. 'You don't understand, Momma,' he would say. 'I gotta get off.' It's a junkie term meaning you have to get the right kind of dope, the 'high' you need to make your life right...
...when I met Joey, I was absolutely amazed to find out that maybe he had been a wild kind of nut before he went to prison, but something had happened to him inside. He'd done nothing but read there, and it was startling to talk with him." Marta adds: "When he asked me whether I preferred Camus or Sartre, I almost fell into a plate of spaghetti...
...There's a corner of Italian background in me," Marta continues, "that was ready to be activated. The first day I laid eyes on Joey, it was like being with my father. Joey sensed it, and my family sensed it. After that we were with him almost every day. And if we didn't see him, he'd call up and ask where the hell we were. He called my boy Christopher 'Dynamite.' He called me 'Momma,' or sometimes 'the Big Job.' The people we introduced him to were the best...