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<LEGEND> 
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
Consolidated Balance Sheet and related consolidated statement of income of
Tuesday Morning Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1997 and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME>
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<PERIOD-END>                              DEC-31-1997
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