Dorothy Schluger (22)
going to make her a very rich woman. Unfortunately when Pearl brought the dresses home we discovered that the price she paid was about what similar dresses were selling for at retail. My mother took Pearl and the dresses back to the jobber who, fortunately, returned our money. Our next purchase, from a dress manufacturer, was at the true wholesale price. I did not go to N.Y. to shop with her because I couldn’t
a similar business. I told Pearl my idea. Pearl always had chutzpah; she got on the train to New York to buy dresses with our $516 windfall. On the train she started a conversation with some businessmen. When she told them that her plan was to start a dress shop and she was going to New York to find merchandise, the men recom- mended a jobber. Now, is that nerve or what? The jobber was so impressed with Pearl that he told her he was
THE DRESS BUSINESS
After the war ended my sister Pearl and I started a dress business. My mother had been in a commuter train accident; she wasn’t hurt but she, and probably all the passengers, was awarded $516.00 to compensate her. I had been shopping at a small dress shop in South Philadelphia run by two women. I was impressed by how competent they were and thought to myself that Pearl and I could easily run
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