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Show Hungry Printer Dies an Agonizing Death i. He was a tramp compositor down on his luck, and he had not had a square meal for a fortnight. In desperation he applied for work on a fashion magazine and was taken on as a "sub." The copy with which he was furnished read something like this: "Terrapin-green with garnitures of lemon white lace and champagne-colored velvet constituted .he lovely gown on our cover page. "Brown bread is a fashionable color in crepe, and harmonizes well with butter-colored lace. "A gown of tomato-red was delightfully delight-fully contrasted with lettuce-ereen vel- All shades of trown are popular, including in-cluding chocolate, '. utternut, chestnut and hazel and the biscuit shades are also prominent. "A coffee-colored dinner gown had sleeves of cream mousseline in souffle style. "Prune color promises to have a great run. "Apricot, orange and banana are the newest shades of yellow. "Almond-white galloon appears on a wine-colored broadcloth gown, and motifs mo-tifs of pistache velvet were introduced for contrast. Crushed strawberry has given way to the grape shades and mulberry to bonbon pink. "Tobacco is one of the most becoming becom-ing shades of brown." His fellow printers noticed that he acted strangely and groaned at times, but before they became aware of the seriousness of the case he fell to the floor and expired. The coroner's jurj rendered a verdict of "Acute dyspepsia, dyspep-sia, superinduced by overeating."i vet and oyster-white applique. "Vegetable silk braid is one of the new trimmings. "A charming breakfast gown is shown in beet-re l cashmere. "Egg-blue and melon-green are de-Lglitful de-Lglitful new tints. "(llaret silk makc3 a charming ralui, |