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Show U 5. i P' -i.u. ifA:v 'ij A Digest of Industrial Frc ess MOST Improvement In living- conditions have their Inception aa Irtcn'u. and their achievement aa the remit of economic neceKnlty. Till la true of everything w have today from the aewlng-mncblne to pasteur-I pasteur-I iced milk. Latest ar tha device for air conditioning; In fnplorlca. of-flcea, of-flcea, theatre and home. Having come to tha aiHlntanr of the rayon. rlntlns. drug, chemical, tobaeco land electrical lnduntrte. contributed con-tributed to the comfort of movla patron and of Cnlted Btnt'e Con-rreaaman Con-rreaaman In tha Capitol at Waeh-tnrton. Waeh-tnrton. air condltlonlns fncllltlee are now to ba adapted to the home Und office for the greater health and napplnea of tha housewife and tha worker. A a reault of the effort of Willis II. Carrier, theriral englneei of Newark. N. J , who I .-esponslble for aome of the more Important rharta uaed by the United State Weather Bureau, w are now able to control humidity aa well aa temperature Indoor. The Department of Commerce lina recently teued It yearly report re-port of our buslnee.i relation with the real of the world. It tell u (that the total volume of transaction transac-tion between iuraelvee and other countrte waa In exceav of 121,000,-000.000. 121,000,-000.000. That la the um of payment pay-ment made by u and to ua during ihe course of the year through the foreign exchange market (excluding the groa total of certain abort-time abort-time can'tal movements). To that extent we live by other people and they by ua. despite all natural and artificial barrier. Further testimony to the per-suaaiveneaa per-suaaiveneaa of advertising, and in ixnswer to the minority that quee-tiona quee-tiona It economic- value I to b seen lu th rapid stride taken by iraa refrlctratlon. Two year ago thla new device which produces cold without th aid of machinery, operating oper-ating Instead by mca.it of a amall flHTie, was practically unknown. Newspaper advertising In atrategic tiltlos baok-d by a mode-rt netipnc' -I. . i i ,-ampalKt. toM of It merit. At th ; end of June Fervel Snle. Inc. rtls- ' trlhtitlni.' oranntsstton for the re- (-frliterator. (-frliterator. reported tli"l business , ror the nrat six .nomh-- nl 'his venr j w two and a half tln.c Erestcr ' thnn II waa a yen. ao June wrs J the company' beat month. The In- j cresse In sales. Incidentally, tins i been In proportion to thn Increased j -idvertlslng approprHtlon. j e Th average well-groomei. womnn today requires snprnxlmntelv thli ly cosmetics and toilet preparatlona for correct daily facial care, according ac-cording to Dorothy Uray well known beauty expert Ten venra . ago only an actress or avnlthy so- ; clety beauty uaed cosmetli-s to this I extent, but. the reasons underlying j tha Increase ar more fundn mental than mere vanity. Blnce cosmetic are a luxun they ar an index of a nation' general i economic prosperity. I the theory j advanced by beauty pe-lnllts. . During tha business-booming yenrs Xroro 1914 to 1920 the use of cosmetic cos-metic In the Unite State In-creaied In-creaied (06.4 per cent and is still on th up-grade, Indicating, tiny point out, that osmetic) a factor i of good grooming are no loncrt rc- I strlcted by economic considerations to a smrll Tealthy class. It would be Interesting to discover Just how great a contribution feminine fashions snrt folhle made 1 to our national prosperity. Cer-, talnly a great many Industries are completely dependent Upon them The thought rosy he loothlna to th over-burdened business man In hi other role aa mnlntalnc of the |