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Show B War Prices In Paris. H One hears a great deal about the H rising cost of living In Germany, ro- H suiting from the British blockudo, but H icomparntlrcly llttlo doout tho prlva H lions of the allies, remarks the Wall H Ktrcet Journal. The following letter H tfrom an American engineer In Paris H tells something of the hardships' ot H the City of Light : BBb "Cold boiled ham costs 00 cents a H pound, and each thin sllco comes to 30 cents. Butter Is uneatuble at less Ean 04 cents a pound, and every-Ing every-Ing Is In proportion. Gasoline Is cents a quart. Alcohol is out of Bfl the question, as It Is now 49 cents H A quart, as compared to 14 before the H Mar. Sugar Is 14 cents a pound. Hj "I believe the war won't be over H before next year, so wo settle down H to It as a fact to he borne. It hits H everyone except a few. I am com- H Portable, havo enough to out and a food bed, but living Is 'Juste (nnr- ow) ; I Just about como out even. |