Word: do-it-yourself
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...sado-masochistic mehod is a remnant of the do-it-yourself craze. The masochist uses small earrings with a spring which can be adjusted to vary the amount of pressure on the ear. By clipping on these earrings and adjusting the springs, the masochist can pierce her own ears at her own rate of speed. A problem may arise, however, if the earrings are knocked awry during sleep; a piercee might awaken to find that the holes in her two ears don't match...
Deterioration in old houses is not the instant thing it is in Splitlevelsville, but it is expensive-three or four chimneys to point instead of one, and a far more formidable painting job every few years. Heating bills are also higher, and the cost of do-it-yourself housewifery and husbandry is incalculable. But taxes, the initial price and corresponding mortgage will probably be lower...
...only a day and a half at a wearing but can be used and reused. The most realistic, and currently most popular, are made of human hair (imported from England and France), but they must be applied-with paste-by a mighty deft hand. Average cost: $6. Installation is do-it-yourself. The classier lashes are made of seal fur, cost an average $10, plus an extra $4 for fitting and styling. Manhattan's Janus Mann Eyelash Salon sells models in mink (for $50) and sable (for $80) to customers who want to match their coats. Women like them...
...Divine Comedy. Issued at the rate of one canto a week for 100 weeks, the full series will cost $50, at least ten times more than a bookstore edition. But each serialized book is full of illustrations, printed on fine paper from the Fabbris' own mill, and suitable for do-it-yourself binding in leather folders from another Fabbri plant. Quality helps the books to sell, while quantity sales keep the prices from going still higher...
Total starvation is too dangerous to be lightly undertaken on a do-it-yourself basis, the A.M.A. Journal warns. It should never be tried, even under a doctor's care, by patients with liver disease, gout or heart-artery disease...