industry. Not bad for a little business started by two sisters and their mother on $516. A CHANGE OF HEART In the early days of the business my mother, Pearl, and I would close shop in the summer and go to New York to buy dresses for the fall season. In 1952 I met Stan Dubman, who owned a men’s clothing store in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was visiting friends in Phil- adelphia. We went out a few times and he seemed to like me a lot. Stan planned a week long vacation for us in the mountains at the Concord Hotel. He called me for six months about the plan and was really looking forward to it. We were to meet in New York City when we would both be there buying merchandise. After seeing Stan a few days in New York, and just as I was putting my foot into his car to head to the moun- tains, I had a change of heart. I knew I was not serious about him and that I would not marry him. I couldn’t let him pay for a vacation when I didn’t really want to be his wife. I also just wasn’t ready to be out of circulation. So I disappointed Stan and went back to Philadelphia with Pearl and my mother. Pearl was looking forward to going home. She had a date with a boy she was crazy about named Marty Shul- man. Since it was summer, and most young people were vacationing in Atlantic City or the mountains, Phila- delphia was empty and I was bored. I asked Pearl to see if Marty could arrange a date for me with one of his friends. But even though there weren’t many choices left in town I made sure she told Marty not to be scraping the bottom of the barrel. Marty said he would try. I had no idea how well Marty would do.
Dorothy Schluger (26) And Stan Dubman
Dorothy in Atlantic City
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