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December 24, 1914
The Yale Expositor
Yale, Saint Clair County, Michigan
What is this article about?
A clubman observes that high living costs stem from demands for unnecessary novelties, illustrated by a conversation with a Fifth Avenue shop proprietor about gadgets like gilded letter pincers and brush-cleaning brushes. (Source: New York Evening Post.)
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MODERN LIVING COMES HIGH
Observer Thinks
There Are Too Many "Necessities" in Demand
at the Present Time.
"One of the reasons for the cost of
living," observes a wise clubman,
"lies in the fact that people buy
wholly unnecessary things. I had a
conversation with the proprietor of a
novelty shop in Fifth avenue a few
days ago. A shiny object had attract-
ed my attention, and inquired about
its use.
"'These,' said the proprietor, are
gilded pincers to pick up letters one
has placed on the letter-scales.'
"'And that ivory stick, carved and
forked at the end?"
"'People use that to fish out things
they have dropped into carafes.'
"'That square of morocco, about
the size of a nut-what is that for?'
"That's a tampon-used to press
down stamps after sticking them on
envelopes.'
" 'That ornamental box with a whole
battery of little brushes?'
"Those are to clean other brushes;
brushes to clean hair-brushes, brushes
to clean tooth-brushes."-New York
Evening Post.
Observer Thinks
There Are Too Many "Necessities" in Demand
at the Present Time.
"One of the reasons for the cost of
living," observes a wise clubman,
"lies in the fact that people buy
wholly unnecessary things. I had a
conversation with the proprietor of a
novelty shop in Fifth avenue a few
days ago. A shiny object had attract-
ed my attention, and inquired about
its use.
"'These,' said the proprietor, are
gilded pincers to pick up letters one
has placed on the letter-scales.'
"'And that ivory stick, carved and
forked at the end?"
"'People use that to fish out things
they have dropped into carafes.'
"'That square of morocco, about
the size of a nut-what is that for?'
"That's a tampon-used to press
down stamps after sticking them on
envelopes.'
" 'That ornamental box with a whole
battery of little brushes?'
"Those are to clean other brushes;
brushes to clean hair-brushes, brushes
to clean tooth-brushes."-New York
Evening Post.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Cost Of Living
Unnecessary Items
Novelty Shop
Consumer Gadgets
What entities or persons were involved?
Wise Clubman
Proprietor
Where did it happen?
Fifth Avenue
Story Details
Key Persons
Wise Clubman
Proprietor
Location
Fifth Avenue
Story Details
A clubman converses with a novelty shop proprietor about unnecessary items like gilded pincers for letters, ivory stick for carafes, morocco tampon for stamps, and brushes for cleaning other brushes, attributing high cost of living to such demands.