Phoebe Mitchell Day Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield
Phoebe Mitchell Day Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield
Phoebe Mitchell Day Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield
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<strong>Phoebe</strong> <strong>Mitchell</strong> <strong>Day</strong> 4<br />
Q. Is that right.<br />
2<br />
A. And I was pressing at that time, d curling on top <strong>of</strong> that pressing<br />
was much harder. It kept me-it was pretty good pay-, you know,<br />
business, but not like it is now.<br />
Q. Did your custmrs cane by appointment or they just came?<br />
A. Oh, they always made an appointment, most always made an appointment,<br />
yes.<br />
Q. Did you have any helper?<br />
A. No helper. I was just too paYlticuLw; I just never had no helper.<br />
I just tiid rqy work myself.<br />
Q. Now, about how many custmers on an average d.ay could you do?<br />
A. Oh, I could do. . . . Well, some <strong>of</strong> them would wash their own<br />
hair, you how, and I coUd do around three, or four sometimes. That<br />
was kind <strong>of</strong> strenuous.<br />
Q.<br />
What time did your day stast?<br />
A, Sanetimes I'd have to-the girls would probably have to get out<br />
and go to their work or sanething, and I st&ed sometimes 7:30 or<br />
8: 00 a.m., and then I'd just work right on and on. Sometimes it would<br />
-z<br />
Pressing is straightening hair; heated combs are pulled through<br />
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