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Really like the start. Clyde's parents are evangelicals. He's put off by the shabbiness of their life. His older sister, unbeknownst to him, is also chafing. At the first opportunity, she runs off with an actor who promises to marry her. Clyde starts as an assistant at a soda shop. He has just been hired as bellboy at 5 star hotel in Kansas City. The money (tips) and the glamor of the hotel thrill him.
Side notes: He looks down on being a plumber, mason, etc. He believes being a clerk in a bank would be much more classy. I'm guessing that this book is before labor unions made plumbing, masonry etc. into trades that paid a living wage.
Really like the start. Clyde's parents are evangelicals. He's put off by the shabbiness of their life. His older sister, unbeknownst to him, is also chafing. At the first opportunity, she runs off with an actor who promises to marry her. Clyde starts as an assistant at a soda shop. He has just been hired as bellboy at 5 star hotel in Kansas City. The money (tips) and the glamor of the hotel thrill him.
Side notes: He looks down on being a plumber, mason, etc. He believes being a clerk in a bank would be much more classy. I'm guessing that this book is before labor unions made plumbing, masonry etc. into trades that paid a living wage.
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