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 Norton at last. "But it looked so lovely on paper."

Claire echoed the sigh.

Mrs. Larry, her shoulders drooping pathetically, was folding up the clippings.

"Don't let me discourage you," continued practical Mrs. Moore. "If you think you can organize and secure ten women willing to give a great deal of time and put up with considerable inconvenience in order to save, perhaps, ten per cent. in the final accounting, go ahead and try it; but I thought you ought to know that I had thoroughly investigated Mrs. Bangs' plan and found just where it fails us women in small apartments. I do not think her club even exists now, but it served an excellent purpose—it made Mrs. Bangs an authority on household economics and marketing, and she is very busy writing for publication."

"Well, then, it helped some one," remarked Mr. Larry, trying to speak lightly, and wishing he could pat Mrs. Larry's hand without being caught in the act.

"Oh, yes, each of these cooperative plans has its good points," continued Mrs. Moore. "I have