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Show Cheap for $1,200 A western young man visiting New York city thought It would be fine to buy his sweetheart's engagement ring there. Entering a Fifth avenue si ore he was waved from one lordly clerk to another down a long aisle and at last reached the counter where there was a personage who sold engagement rings. "Here are some rather neat rings," said the distinguished one. "Small, of course, but In good taste." Our young friend liked their looks, but was pnlned to learn they ran from $3,500 to $5,000 apiece. He admitted, ad-mitted, In some confusion, that he wished something a little cheaper. Then the mighty one reached into a bin nnd brought up a handful of sparklers. spark-lers. "Take your pick." said he. politely polite-ly repressing a yawn, "$1,200 each." The home-town Jeweler sold that ring. Capper's Weekly. |