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Show Sword Swallowers. Alfred G. Vanderbllt was dining at one of those New York hotels wnore everything is garishly sumptuous, now and vulgar one of those overgilded Dvercarven. overmarbled hotels where' instead of the ripple of kumhter the' gurgle of soup eating alone is lo he heard. Mr. Yanderbilt, looking abou! him tit. the solemn, fat, bediamoncd diners din-ers on every side, said wit!, a smile- "It is evident that a great manv of hese persons wero born with silver .nives in their mouths." V .1 |