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YB: And when the time came after twelve years, decided, all of us, we were just so tired we had to quit. We told Mr. Canlis, "Well, what am I gonna' do for girls?" So we tried to recruit as many we could, and train them, and left. And the customers that had been coming followed me down to Frederick's, where I had been, where I had gone in and applied for a position in the cosmetic department. Since I had colored oils, I could work on people's faces. And I learned to cover birth marks, scars, both children, adults, men and women; and so the doctors would send them in with scars or problems. And so I had a very nice job, but it didn't pay that much. But if I could sell a lot, I would make commission from the company. And the customers from Frederick's -- I mean, not from Frederick's, from Canlis, previous customers, "We sure miss you girls. Nobody seems to know what we want and what we like." Like one man always wanted sugar on his tomato. But everyone had some sort of a habit that we had to remember, and this made them very happy. And they'd come by, "Sure miss you girls. Things aren't the same anymore." So the girls that were working, some working in the post office and everybody had a job in different areas, very good jobs after that. And the reason why we couldn't is immediately after the war it was hard to go out and say, "We want this job or that job." You just couldn't get it. It was a little problem there I think, the adjustment on both parts, the residents and the Japanese. But eventually it got so they were able to get most any kind of a job. And things turned out okay, but Mr. Canlis was rather upset that we left, but he managed somehow.

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