The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-02-03

il was only $55.oo0. Makes no diff.
ference. flung the extra $4,000 TO
the doorman anyhow. as a Little
Christmas pourboire.
Last Sunday. Moss, a swanky
Fifth Ave. linen shop. advertised
Q set Of luncheon doilies in the
Times for 1857. didn't buy II. /
was shopping for some really good
quality doilies and had my heart
set on paying about $3.50. It's always
best 10 buy good quality in the
long run. You'll And il wears better.
must do something about these
Rembrandts and Corots that are
cluttering up the house. from Gim-
bells. Like j. p Morgan, before
NE, I'm a sucker for a Corot, and
my indomitable will brooks no
thwartins once have got my heart
set on priceless objet dart,
Money is no object TO Sullivan.
the Iron Man OF Change. gave an
Old Master 10 each Of the servants
Q30 in alb for Christmas, in addl-
ton 10 the $1,000 bonus. and still
have whole attics Of art left. Every
Sunday afternoon ! settle down
with the Times or the Herald
Tribune ard swear | won't look at
the Gimbel ads. and then before
| know il I've got the house filled
again with Italian Primitives, old
tiaras. and commodes that belonged
to Marie Antoinette. l suppose it's
extravagant OF me, and ! ought 10
economic. Still, the Bank Of Man
haitian Co. where l have my check
ing account. had on hand as OF Dec.
81. 1874, gross deposits OF Si.lO4.-
I05.So9. After all can't take all
that money with me, so why
shouldn't get the good Of il while
I'm here and can enjoy il. God
knows ! worked hard enough for
IT, And when chaps feeling blue.
or things have gone wrong down
at the mint, nothing bucks him
up like a little spending orgy. How
much difference new Rembrandt
can make in fellows outlook!
Have you noticed how the deci.
NAL point has disappeared from
American life' The President says
he is still little to the left. but
the decimal point has gone so far
TO the left that il Is clear of the
balance sheet. Remember when
wars cost only about $87.340, 4S7. 9S?
That decimal point, was 50 reassur-
ing. II showed thatth fellows run.
ning the war were sharpies who
had everything figured down, pre-.
ciSely. to that last 90 cents. and
the enemy was not gyping them.
Nowadays, wars cost a fiat $3.50. 0OC, :.
100000. That is a period after tina,
last cipher. not a decimal point.
The decimal point has gone the
way Of the cisaret, the nylon stock.
ing and the half-pound Of butter
placed in the center Of the table for
everybody TO help himself. Conc
are the days when you could run
into Gimbels on the impulse of the
moment and buy a castle or an
abbey from the Hearst collection
for sl9s.99S9s. Now they 60 for
$3.50, 900 Nat. take il or leave il. and
you have TO carry il home yourself.
Last Sunday. my shopping was
so restrained as to be almost plea
yunish. The Hammer Galleries had
sale Of priceless diadems and
decorations. and Orders OF Knight
hood and Nobility from Romania.
Siam, Yugoslavis. Serbia. Persia.
Portugal. Bulgaria. Turkey and
Austria, reduced 20 per cent They
were awfully cute-looking, so I
bought one OF each. and some other
frou-frous from the late Cars coz
lection. that came 10 $4,000 rubles.
gave a 25.000-ruble tip 10 Mr..
Hammer. so 1t all came 10 10000
rubles. My man. Lucius Beebe. re-
ports that dinner coats are coming
in again. and / thought that when
| start going out formally the dec
orations would look nice strung
across my chest. Might get me
past the butler at one Of Evalyn
Walsh MeLcan's molasses pulls. II
anybody asks me who conferred
the decorations on me. I'll say
Prince Michael Romano6.