STORY OF CONFETTI
FOUND IN A POCKET. A noted London store received the other day from a customer a. fur coat which had been sent out on approval, and in one of the pockets was a copjiof a wedding service with a good sprinkling ol' confetti! . “The problem of goods on approval is one of the most delicate with which wc have to deal,” said the manager of a London store recently. can easily tell when a garment has been worn, and sometimes fur coats and hats have been returned with the linings damaged. Naturally we draw the customers. attention to this, and the inevitable reply is, ‘Oh. it happened when 1 slipped it on to show my husband.’
“A favourite habit among) some women is to send for dance frocks and rtturn them the next day, but it is known from the aroma of scent and small particles of dust- that, they have been worn. As a rule the customer has two dresses sent. She wears one and returns it and buys the other, so that she has a new one for the next function.” Jewellers are also victims of the evil. The manager cf one prominent firm said be had actually scan hi? customers wearing rings sent on approval.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 17 April 1930, Page 4
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211STORY OF CONFETTI Hawera Star, Volume L, 17 April 1930, Page 4
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