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Show Made for Fat Men. One of the narrow arches In the gallery of the chapel at Columbia university uni-versity Is not exactly symmetrical, although al-though tho defect Is not noticeable to tho casual observer, says tho New York Globe. The reason for tho widening wid-ening of the arch after Its original construction con-struction had rlso In a somewhat humorotiB occurrence. Ono of tho early visitors was a remarkably fat man, who found himself wedged Into the arch when ho tried to' squeeze through and was extricated with difficulty; diffi-culty; The bulldem, recognizing tho possibility of other fat people, being numbered among tho future visitors, decided to widen the arch, sacrificing symmetry and harmony to practical need, as the pier wus so constructed ns to bcur no loss of width on one of Its sides. |