"COSTLY UNNECESSARIES."
The Bishop of Chester, Dr. Paget,] writing in the Chester "Diocesan' Gazette," says: —"I cannot help wonder-j ing at what seems a really provocative] display of luxury in what everyone says are hard times. J was in London three weeks ago, and T cannot remember ever having seen so lavish a show of costly unnecessaries as was flaunted there in the more fashionable streets —silks and' satins, pearls and diamonds, crocodile] hide and 18-carat gold, very expensive toys, and masses of chocolate. It seems strange, when so many of the nicest people one knows, rich and poor, are either driven or prefer to live simply.and inexpensively. I am sure there is something heartless ns well as dangerous in wastefulness face to face with real want." Many will agree with the bishop.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 95, 21 April 1923, Page 17
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