[Aunt Jane’s Nieces at Work by Edith Van Dyne]@TWC D-Link bookAunt Jane’s Nieces at Work CHAPTER XV 11/12
The orchestra struck up an air and the little girls sang the following ditty: "Teas and soaps, Pills and dopes, We all must advertise. Copper cents, Not common sense. Are the things we prize. We confess Such a dress Isn't quite becoming, But we suppose Hopkins knows This keeps business humming." As the girls ceased singing, Kenneth said: "To the encroaching advertiser these signs of the times are considered legitimate.
There is no respect for personal privacy on the advertiser's part.
Once they used only the newspapers, the legitimate channels for advertising.
Then they began painting their advertising on your fences. When the farmers protested against this the advertisers gave them a few pennies as a sop to quiet them.
After this they gave you small sums to paint the broad sides of your barns, your board fences, and to place signs in your field.
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