Hey, kids, do you want to know...
Sure, we all do! How did Bill make big profits?!?
Wait...what?!?
Exactly how many rackets did you restring, Bill?
Free 10¢?? Hell yeah!
OK, that was pretty good money in 1941...but really?
Yes, because society continued to experience that alleged "rapid growth of badminton."
Seriously, I don't know a single person who has ever need a racket restrung. I guess I just run with the wrong crowd...
But just so you know this wasn't some buncha BS:
Yup, a "check:" worth 10¢ "in trade."
To hell with college, Ma--I've got a career!!
Ad appeared on the back cover of Stars And Stripes #2 (1941)
FWIW, I can remember my grandparents bemoaning the fact that badminton was no longer as popular as it had been when they were young - which would have been the 30s and 40s. The ad's still a scam, but way less implausible than it looks from a 2015 perspective.
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