STORY OF CONFETTI.
FOUND IN A POCKET.
A noted London store received the other j dav from a customer a fur coat which had been sent out on approval, and in one of the pockets was a copy of a. wedding service with a good sprinkling of confetti! " The problem of goods on approval is one of the most delicate with which we have to deal," said the manager of a London store recently. We 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 customer's attention to this, and the inevitable reply-is, ' Oh, it happened when I slipped it on to show my husband.' " A favourite habit among some women is to send for dance frocks and return 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 of .ono prominent firm said he had actually seen his customers wearing rings- approval*
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20538, 12 April 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)
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211STORY OF CONFETTI. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20538, 12 April 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)
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