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Show How Much Is Ha Worth? Of all current questions this is the one most f requently asked. It is, in fact, the , great question'of the day. f.obody to ! fpeakof inquires: "Is he honctS "Is hepatriotic?' Everyljody puts the query: j "What is he worth?" Money xs not merelythe commercial staaJardrr. value, but too often the criterion of serial position posi-tion and tlie touchatoneofchsracteT.-NewYorklaedgw- William Waldorf Astor had employed ' artists at an expense of fkiireething like ! fiO OdJ to illustrate one ccpy of e;h of i his novels. These copies form a private edition de luxe, each one bemir labeled omv personal copy" tnd occapnn? a prominent place in his library, enlr i few can thus indulge u tne erabeUisn- j ment of their ows literature. I |