For Art’s Sake.—“lt is related of the present Nizam of Haiderabad that a visitor was going round his treasure houses with him, and came to a room in which were tables piled high with golden sovereigns to tbe tune of £1.000.000. ‘But, your exalted highness.’ said the visitor, •don’t you know that if you invested this it would bring you. nt 5 per cent., £40.000 a year?’ ‘Possibly.’ replied tbe Nizam. ‘But what would I have to look at?’ The visitor was silent for a few seconds. Then ‘We’ell,’ he said reflectively, ‘I guess that’s the most expensive picture I’ve ever seen.’ ” —Astragal, in the “Architects’ Journal.”
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 50, 22 November 1928, Page 6
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