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Show A Cynical Synonym. "Poor Myra Kelley," said a magazine maga-zine editor at the Authors' club in New York, "was almost as distressed as Mr. Carnegie at the spirit of graft and crookedness rampant among us. "The young writer, at a dinner of magazine contributors, said that we worshiped wealth that was our trouble. trou-ble. Then she crystallized her meaning mean-ing in an anecdote. "She said that one man asked another: an-other: " 'What position does Blank hold in the community?' " 'A very honorable position,' was the reply. " 'Is he wealthy?' " 'Wealth and honor,' said the other, 'are synonymous terms in America today.' to-day.' " |