The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-31
she Had stuaied IL.

John she said. slowly and thoughtful
". according 70 the Chicago Times-Her-
aid. Il have been making study Of the
financial question for the last two or
three weeks. and. do you know, believe
I'm for free silver"
Why. my deaf.'' he protested. you
can't mean"
Yes. I do she interrupted; and you
needn't try to argue me out out Of IL,
either because you can't do IT, ! have
been reading some free silver literature
and I know the methods of you gold men,
You'll Try 10 befOg my mind By bringing
up something about parity and market
values, but ID won't do YOU any good
Ny mind is made up on the l6-tO-l feat
ure and I shall hold out for il. ! may
not know anything about parity, but /
know what sixteen for one is. and pro-
pose 10 have it,"
Sixteen what for one WHAT"
There. you are trying 10 befuddle me.
Sixteen silver dollars for one gold dollar.
Of course I've put away a S gold piece
10 begin with. and just tire minute Bry-
ans inaugurated m going TO take il to
the bank and get $50 in silver for IL.
But YOU can't" ne explained.
Nonsense" she returned. What does
16 TO / mean If it doesn't mean 10 to y"
"Oh, that just refers TO the weight
he said. 1T takes sixteen times as much
silver 10 buy you a gown as 1t does You
see, gold is worth sixteen times as much
as silver. and
But who wants any more weight?"
why you see"
why should l carry sixteen pounds of
silver around with me if one pound of
gold viii answer the purpose? Are you
sure about its being question of weight
and not of value?r
Certainly"
Then that settles it," she said with de-
termination. Il have been basely de-
ceived by the Mrs. Bryan Free Silver
Club. and ] shall send in my resignation
to-day. / guess these fashionable gowns
are heavy enough without weighing
them down any more when one wants to
go shopping"
Beware of Cheese and Champagne.
A number of gentlemen of the acting
and writing persuasions were sitting in
the Vendome the other evening exchang-
! ing hard luck stories, says the New York
Journal. Every one in the party had run
up against grim fate more or less violently
| at one time or another. The saddest
| experience was told by Mr.. Richard Mans
/ field.
1T was good many years ago." sale
| Mr.. Mansfield, land I was stone broke
| in London. / had exactly a shilling in my
/ pocket. and ] had not had meal al
/ day. Presently I met a friend of mine
! arrayed more gorgeously than Solomon
evidently bound for a dinner or a thea
/ ter. He hailed me with great JOY. 1
/ was a dinner he was going to-a dinner
| with Lord Cavendish, or some Other
member of swelldom. In the flush of an
ticipation, my friend said to me:
90 L tell you what well do; Wen go il
| somewhere and have a drink And ht
| guided me into one of the many Bodegs
! places about London. They sell gooC
! glass of champagne there, you know, OF
| draught for siXpence. They have a huge
| cheese out all the time that one can hell
ones self from. That cheese, you see. il
the nearest approach in London to tn
American free-lunch system
Late lamented." interrupted one o
! the newspaper men.
Yes. Well. I had the champagne, anC
| / did fun justice to the cheese, which
was tremendously fine All of which
| however, if you know anything abou
mixing champagne and cheese, was max
| ing me hungrier every moment. I wa.
just beginning to wonder how far m,
shilling would go in appeasement of tn
huge appetite l felt, when my friend said
Hang it all.
He was feeling in his pockets with
perfect frenzy. Then he said:
" I say. old man, I'm awfully sorry
but l haven't a penny about me. Woul'
you mind paying for that champagne
And l handed over my last shilling L
pay for that hunger-raising glass"