Foreign News: Suit and Sprouts

Favorite subject of many jokes which circulate surreptitiously in Germany are ersatz (substitute) materials which Nazis have developed to take the place of imported raw materials. Last week many a German enjoyed a quiet chuckle when he found in his mailbox a fake bill from an industrious gagster who "demanded" payment for a suit of clothes made of wood fabric instead of wool.

The bill read: From: Woodman & Co., 205 Forest Avenue

To: Theophilus Bleat

Suit material chopped down 50 marks

Branches trimmed off 10 marks

Jacket sawed and nailed 35 marks

Lapels screwed on and hinged 25 marks

Buttonholes...

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