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February 2, 1949

Dear Folks,

I hope the tax business is now straight: I have the necessary redemption blank here, as well as the two withholding statements - the T-H sent me duplicates at my request. So when I hear that you know this I will go ahead & fill it out.

I shall try to find out all the cultural possibilities for Juan when he comes. By the way, how is George Spanished? Could you find the pronunciation for me?

Work is so far fine. Only 3 of us beginning -- girls -- one a Vassar girl, married, one Northwestern U, engaged - both to Harvard men: Mrs. Hurd & Betty Lohenstein. Both very nice. Mr. Ansel is our boss again, & the greater part of our time is spent discussing that little man. He is the talk of the store. Our more experienced girls -- Shirley & Mike -- tell that he has a bad home life & takes it out on us. He certainly has a lack of interest in some ways: today we are to hunt down all the books whose authors' names begin with JA -- absurd!, utterly! Since we don't need to know authors, but titles; & just because the card catalogue has them listed by authors as well as by titles...Anyway, today I begin selling, so I'll be saved. Caught on very quickly, feel I know the location of almost every one of the some thousand books; also the old cash register & change bags routine is a snap. Could really be a very efficient clerk! What is best is the two girls -- both very mature & full of fun. The some 29 boys will arrive later in the week, will have to learn, and or, I have my suspicion, we girls will do most of the work. We have definitely better aptitudes than men [[strikethrough]] for [/strikethrough]]; I say that partly to the slightly illogical arrangement of books, which will be more of a mental block to boys than to us. [[strikethrough]] wells at [/strikethrough]] Pay has been upped to 75¢/hr: so will make $66!

Love, Doris