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...Financier Thomas Fortune Ryan, was declared a judgment debtor by default to Tiffany & Co. (jewelers & silversmiths) for $75,005 for 330 items charged to his account in 14 months. Generous Mr. Ryan showers his friends with presents-diamond roosters, coral monkeys, oxblood coral Buddhas, zodiac charms, brooches, bracelets, a handbound copy of the encyclical on marriage to Pope Pius XI. Lately he bought 30 niblicks to give away. Absentminded, poetic, he forgets his bills (haberdashery accounts totalling $3,160.75 were also judged against him last week). Restored to health after years of invalidism he now spends much time at Piping...
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