ANCIENT ROME OUTDONE.
" —-r-* —; - ■; 7s It was stated not Jong ago by an .authority, • that New York in v its «*»«„„« and! ' mora! decadence put even d,, Ben Rom « '" of olden days to the bleak. W.ut will W said, then, in view »1 the bancuatjng. of poodle* and the turoteg loose them of cats for their sport? Not iikmg into ao ■ (■cunt ■such items 33 hoM.es which cost a mil-' iion sterling to build-iod furnish;, private .tfteafafes-erected at abulous"cost, and peopled,by companies a'rawn from ordinary theatres dosed witiit tjie public to relieve company for special perforraaace in these private buildings with only massed ■'■'''>" millionaires for andience-?-not bating sucii ircins as these into account, America's bill for extravagance ■ is. fealty ••tall," as they would; say. Such items as £29,000.000 for confectionery and " light brinks" a>i:00,000,00.0- on alcohol, o£ which' the half is sa.iei to be sheer excess, are inched.. Altoff:Wi.JfW'*wthoriJy:'6efai ; thefcffi of the ft>loP,uOU,ooo'.».yG3r.~-Si, James' Galette.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12713, 16 November 1904, Page 2 (Supplement)
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154ANCIENT ROME OUTDONE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12713, 16 November 1904, Page 2 (Supplement)
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