SOCKS THAT SPOKE FOR THEMSELVES.
"Four shillings will procure you four pairs of socks which can never lr w.ni J out." So ran the advertisement, whichcaused Jones, bachelor, lo spjnd four shillings on a postal order isavs the "Western Mail"). When the socks arrived. Jones surveyed them horrorstricken. "Socks received." ho write to the advertiser. "The patterns are vile. I wouldn't be seen out with them on.'' No reply reaching .Tones to this, h? sent a further letter threatening proceeding, and then came this answer: "What are you making such a fuss about? Didn't we guarantee that yoa wouldn't wear tie socks out?"
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 303, 20 December 1913, Page 9
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