“Many a New Yorker living today can recall the Division Street “pullers in” those strident-voiced, hardboiledfemale go-getters of the ‘nineties who dragged customers into illinery shops with, or without, the customers’ consent. These formidable ladies occasionally annoyed assersby to the point where hairpulling, ace-clawing and vocal calisthenics replaced gentle suasion.” – Quelle: The 1938 Almanac for New Yorkers, S. 65.