Pish-Tush. Unser großer, tugendhafter Mikado beschloss, als er anfing, unser Land zu regieren, einen Plan auszuprobieren, bei dem jede Frau zufrieden sein sollte. So lautete sein Dekret: "Meine Untertanen müssen alle den Faden der Mäntel benutzen, denn es ist", lautete das Dekret - das Beste, was erfunden wurde ".

Trade cards were one of the most prevalent forms of advertising in the U.S. from around 1875 to 1900. They had their origin in England in the 1700s with tradesmen advertising their wares. The advent of lithography in the 1870s made it possible to mass-produce them in color. The Philadelphia 1876 Centennial Exhibition sparked the beginning, as many were passed out at that event.