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...cruel technology. The unending onslaught of bigger and better devices for the Good Life has added to his wares such items as electric pencil sharpeners and hair-scratching devices. And on occasion, he may even sell a Modern Magic water closet, a miniature reducing machine or even a toothbrush with a plastic handle to hold the paste. Even now his display case bulges to twice his size, and the New Devices spell a certain doom...
...Fairy Tale" and "Fly Away." (One old favorite notably missing: "Svetlana's Breath," named in honor of Stalin's only daughter.) Some, like "Jubilee of the Red Army" ($12), came in delicate glass flacons. A children's set containing tooth paste and powder, soap and toothbrush cost $2.70 and sold well. Most expensive gift package: a "Golden Star" assortment of cosmetics, packed in a golden box with a red velvet lining. Price...
...similar affair, T.R. wrote: "The Emperor and all the others proceeded to rinse their mouths, and then empty them into the finger bowls." (Groping for precedents, Roosevelt recalled that the 18th century Austrian Diplomat Wenzel von Kaunitz had been in the habit of using his toothbrush at the same stage...
Sudden Riches. Some Hong Kong Chinese manufacturers have piled up quick riches. Typical is the rise of Haking Industries, Ltd., a plastic toothbrush producer launched in 1949 by a group...
Christ receive his crown of thorns. One wore a toothbrush mustache; the other had a jutting chin. The resemblance to Hitler and Mussolini was too close for coincidence. Explained Designer Albert Birkle: "My pencil, as if by accident, drew the image of Hitler and Mussolini on the drawing board. I find nothing disturbing in putting these two men. who killed thousands of priests and millions of Christians, among the persecutors of Christ." But Graz was disturbed. Wrote the Grazer Montag: "In a church this sort of thing has no place." Church officials decided to keep the window...