Chapter 34
Aggie held the door as the former soldiers entered the ritzy shops, where sparkling chandeliers, colorful fabrics, and aromatic perfumes overwhelmed their war-werie senses. The friendly clerks saw dollar signs and were delighted to help Army nurses still in uniform. The friends laughed, teased, encouraged and were brutally honest in criticism if an outfit didn’t do justice for whoever was trying it on. When Aggie spied her comrade in a dull brown dress that was also too long, she commented, “You might as well keep wearing your uniform, Rosie, if you buy that dowdy thing!”
Sometimes, while no clerks were in the dressing rooms, they imitated them. “Oh, Lieutenant Mary, that outfit is just divine on you. It brings out the blue in your eyes and makes your dark hair radiant!” This
