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Show CAe Vses of Society Fads. A newsdealer has called attention to the complete disappearance of the rage for collecting gay colored posters. A year or two ago every new and striking strik-ing poster was seized eagerly by collectors, col-lectors, and no young society woman's boudoir or college student's den was complete without lavish poster decorations. decora-tions. Now the craze is dead, yet the supply of posters is more artistic and abundant than ever before. Probably the increased supply killed the fad. In order to be the vogue a thing must be comparatively scarce. If mezzotints mezzo-tints were as abundant as etchings they would not sell for thousands of dollars apiece. |