Department Store Merchandise Manuals The Millinary Department

Author : Eliza Bailey Thompson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332030852
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Department Store Merchandise Manuals written by Eliza Bailey Thompson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-27 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Department Store Merchandise Manuals: The Cotton and Linen Departments As reference books, librarians will find the short, clear statements and full indexes invaluable. As an encyclopaedia of merchandise the series con tains scientific information In a simple, compact form which makes it available for children and others to whom the subjects treated are unfamiliar. As textbooks they are adapted for use in commercial schools, high schools, night schools, settlement classes, and by teachers of household arts and domestic science. AS source books for practical story-telling, kinder gartners, primary and vacation school teachers will find in them an abundance Of interesting material for Short true stories on the various industries and crafts, the manufacture of household articles, such as pins and needles, as well as the making of pottery, glass, and steel. These manuals contain just the material Often hunted for in vain by teachers and librarians; As household helps and Shopping guides the young housekeeper will find the manuals her best friends be cause they not only describe the manufacturing pro cesses but tell her how to distinguish well-made articles of good materials from the inferior and badly made. They also tell her how to care for the clothing or household goods which she has bought. For salespeople and storekeepers they supply the general and Specific information about their merchan dise which is indispensable to efficiency, yet very hard to gather from the scattered sources upon which they now depend. These changes Should enlarge the usefulness Of the manuals without losing any of their Specific value in the field Of salesmanship. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.