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Such a composite picture of salesgirls in limited-price chain stores could be drawn from facts and figures presented last week by Miss Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon of the Women's Bureau of the U. S. Department of Labor. Miss Pidgeon had made a study of women in 5 & 10 cent stores in 18 states, had interviewed over 6,000 clerks to assemble her data...
Chain stores make money by piling up tiny profits. In one year the F. W. Woolworth Co. sold 45 tons of candy, 5,113 miles of curtaining, 54 million handkerchiefs. Miss Pidgeon showed that, though their sales had doubled in a decade, this enormous turnover brought no enormous wages to salesgirls. Labor is a prime item in chain-store operation. Where customers can readily see the entire stock, make their selections unaided, the cheapest, most inexperienced young clerk can perform the simple task of wrapping bundles, ringing up receipts...
Score--Harvard Freshman 19, Andover 0. Touchdowns--Devens, Mays, Crickard, Point after touchdown--awarded Harvard, Andover offside. Referee--Scoles. Umpire--Crawford. Field Judge--Duffy. Head linesman--Pidgeon. Time--10 min. periods...
...miscast half-caste, Dolores del Rio, shaking her sex-appeal in all directions, presses vigorously through the plot and against Walter Pidgeon the leading man. To her able acting in What Price Glory, such a specialized performance is a disappointing sequel. Nonetheless, it is sufficient to give an otherwise almost worthless picture some value beyond the pornographic...
...Pidgeon will conduct the services at 8.45 o'clock in Appleton Chapel...