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changed disposition? Before she had seen Mr. Thompson, she was all confused and upset and now it seemed that she knew something awfully funny and something which had eliminated all the confusion that his application had caused her. But before he could put two and two together, Mr. Thompson interrupted his thoughts.

"Well, Mr. Booth, your application certainly shows some experience in this line. But I am sure you know our store policy has always been to employ only women in our ladies' coats and dresses depart- ment. "

but

"Yes, sir, your ad said you wanted women only,

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"I know. You are aware that we can't discriminate against you on account of sex. Well, we certainly don't want to do that. As a matter of act, we'll hire you. All you'll have to do is to comply with our store regu- lations. As you might expect, all of our salesgirls in the clothing departments are required to dress con- servatively and smartly and we even prescribe their standards of dress in our store regulations for em- ployees. The employees of the ladies' dresses and coats department, for example, must wear dresses in a smart and conservative style, no slacks, no shorts, no shifts; blouses and skirts, or ladies' suits are permitted; high heels an d stockings will be worn at all times; and there are a few other requirements. They're all in this store regulation which I'll let you read. Now, Mr. Booth, we certainly have no objection to your employment on account of your sex but, of course, we will require your compliance with our re- gulations for our employees. So you see, it would be quite inappropriate for you to work for us."

While the personnel manager had been talking, Jim Booth had been doing some fast thinking. He'd caught on quickly as to what the personnel manager's

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