Useless Expense In Chicago
He looked over the plans for the new building that lie intended to have erected and shook hjs head. "What'sthe matter?" asked the architect. "Too elabórate," was the reply ; "too much ■unnecessary fancy work to suit me." "No more than is usual on flrst class buildings," protested the architect. "What wóuld you have left off?" "The ornamental work at the top." "But, my dear sir, " protested the architect, "that is quite the thiug now. We make tho buildings plain except at the bottom and the top. " "Weil, " returned the capitalist decidedly, "it's all right to have a little ornamentation for the first story, but I object to payiug for art work for "the angels. We'll have the top plain." - Chicago Post.
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