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Show The Platter Is Pane. "K.lsh and game plnttvs have ol-most ol-most become obsolete. Tho magnificent magnifi-cent fish and gamo plates, decorated with signed paintings by tho foremost artists of Europe, aro no longer sold In sets, accompanied by a platter, but nro sold by the dozen," said a dealer In fine chinas. 'Why 13 t at?" "Oh," said the dealer, "because It I; not customary now to enrvo on thv tnbio at a dinner of nny Importance N-nrly cv ythlng Is rerved n la ll'iBse, meats, etc., being carved by the butler. Thero Is, therefore, no plnco for n ptatter." This effects a modest saving of sov-oral sov-oral hundred dollars In many enses, ns this speedily signed china costs senrcely less than solid gold. |