beetlemania
you see this little idiot? he mends your stockings for you. according to the accompanying captions from the photostory, you can compensate him in brown sugar and lodge him in your compact case.
do you know how many stockings that i paid my neighbour beaucoup bucks to repair for me because stockings are really expensive and what else am i supposed to wear to the many luncheons in which i am [the guest of] the guest of honour? answer: at least 1 pair. peta be damned! this is the business opportunity that i have been waiting for.
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source: life magazine (1937)
the fine print: it would be delinquent of me not to mention that the topic of the broader article regarded german newspaper april fools gags. the other ones: a ten-stack oceanliner, a lake which changes your gender in its reflection of you, and a headless dog are also worthy of your brief attention span.

