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Show I MODERN LIVING COMES HIGHJ Observer Thinks There Are Too Many "Necessities" In Demand at the Present Tlme.- i"Ono of tho rcnsons for tlio cost of living," observes n wise clubman, "Ilea in tho fact that lieoplo buy t v whoHr, tmncccssary tilings. I hatl a jflWL convocation with tho proprietor of n H( novelty shop In Fifth nvcmio a few A do.ys ago. A shiny bjoct had attract- & ' ctl my attention, and I required aCSut iA, Its jVV '"Those said tho proprietor, 'alro P glided illnccrs to pick up letters otio HrT ,mB Placed on the letter-Bcalos.' Jlr '"AV'that Ivory stick, carved and C forkoSvat tho end?' " 'People uso that to fish out things they have dropped Into carafes.' ; " 'That squaro of morocco, about ! tho alzo of a nut what Is that for?' il " 'That's a tampon used to press ' down stamps after sticking them on I envelopes.' ' ! " 'That ornamental box with a whale H battery of Httlo brushea7' I " 'Those are to clean other Inrushes; I brushes to clean hair-brushes, 'brushes I to clean tooth-brushes.'" New York I livening Post. |