Have you tried the department stores ?" She acknowledged that she had not.
"Well, if I were you," he said, looking at her rather genially, "I would try the department stores.

They often need young women as clerks." "Thank you," she said, her whole nature relieved by this spark of friendly interest.
"Thank you," she said, her whole nature relieved by this spark of friendly interest.
"Yes," he said, as she moved toward the door, "you try the department stores," and off he went.
At the time the department store was in its earliest form of successful operation, and there were not many.

The first three in the United States, established about 1884, were in Chicago.

Carrie was familiar with the names of several through the advertisements in the "Daily News," and now proceeded to seek them.

The words of Mr.McManus had somehow managed to restore her courage, which had fallen low, and she dared to hope that this new line would offer her something.