The Peeping Toe
Dear Aunt Daisy, Just a little hint for " toepeepers." I had a pair of these shoes last summer, and my big toe would persist in coming through my stocking. They were good stockings and I was at a loss what to do, as I couldn’t wear them with those shoes when mended; so I took out of the inside of the top of the stocking a piece enough for a decent patch, and sewed it on neatly over the hole. I found it to be O.K. as it is the same colour, and no one could see the patch, unless I took off my shoe. I gave the tip to quite a number of girls; and they found it very useful, for you can’t throw good stockings away, nor can you wear them mended when peeping through the hole. — Lancashire Lass." Thank you-what a good idea. Your sketch was very clear and good and I wish I could reproduce it here. The material from the inside top part of the stocking is very strong, and would make a good patch. Very ingenious. Silk stockings have been so much in the news lately that this hint is particularly timely,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 79, 27 December 1940, Page 46
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201The Peeping Toe New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 79, 27 December 1940, Page 46
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