Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-18
THOSE WHO WIN PRIZES
How Sudden Wealth is Received by the
Poor.
Some Drop Work and Take 1t Easy,
Others Go ON rs If Nothing
Had Happened.
From Tit-Bits.


The announcement to the prize-winner of
his good fortune apparently affects differ
ent people in different ways. but to those
classes to whom 100000 francs (f4,OOW
means immunity from all necessity to work
there is wonderful unanimity In the way
they Immediately put away any temptation
to further toll.
small Partisan pork butcher who had
the good fortune to gain the big prize some
| little time ago In state lottery is a case
| in point. On receiving the news he d.
vested himself of his apron, laid down his
| knife and Immediately wrote out a notice
| to the effect that he was ready and willing
| to give his wares to his neighbors until the
stock was exhausted. Needless to say.
he did a roaring trade until his career of
pork butchering was speedily brought to a
close by an appreciative public.
journeyman mason who was the lucky
winner last April of a group nodded in solid
gold worth 100000 francs, or, deducting 10
per cent to the supplier of the prize as
compensation for not selling the object,
10000 francs (f3,600) in cash, dropped the
| work he was engaged upon and returned
to his house with the intention of not taxi
ing it up again. He evidently thought as
| he was seventy years of age that he had
better waste no time in taking much
desired rest.
The man was especially lucky. because a
dozen of the biggest prizes had already
| been decided when the drawers discovered
that the zero was missing in one of the
volving urns, which admission, to the bitter
disappointment of those present who pos
| sessed the lucky numbers drawn, neces-
STATED fresh draw, with the aforemen-
tiored result AS the old man only in
vested tenpence, he had every reason to be
| satisfied with the return.
On some occasions big lottery prizes bring
Eything but happiness to their winners.
| St me time ago a laborer who won 100000
no in no hoy,
of 1000 twenty-franc pieces to his modest
apartment and used his fortune as a play
| thing, carrying out in bullion the strange
architectural designs suggested by a weak
brain. AS he never left his wealth and
had no one to attend to him. 1t was not
| long before his reason entirely departed,
ard he was borne off to the lunatic asy-
| lIm.
In violent contradistinction to those win
Eers who die of joy, or more probably from
the shock to their nervous system, was
| a certain phlegmatic publican of C!ichy, a
suburb OF Paris. WHO'D being informed that
| he was the richer by 10000 merely allowed
| half-stifled 'Ah!' to escape his lips and
then calmly continued to carry out the
eraers OF his patrons as he was wont to do.
II Is very strange how the fates have
befriended the poor il. some of the big
draws that have taken place recently.
At Brussels the biggest prizes of $4,000
each in three of the exhibition lotteries
have fallen into the hands of mason. a
glass blower, and in those of two brothers
| miners) and sister Ia nurse), who held
equal shares in the winning ticket, while
an $500 prize was won by a blind tobacco
| merchant, who had seven children to sup
pert.
The big prize Of the Panama lottery.
| mounting to f20CO0, was won by a poor
WIDOW named Boisscere, who with her
Tour children, hawked vegetables in the
streets of Marseilles for her livelihood. AMI
quite recently half million francs were
Won Dy some people in humble circum-
stances IN a rather remarkable manner
A husband and wife named Roth. having
borght two exhibition bonds in Paris de-
clded In the kindness of their hearts to pre-
sent the brother of the latter with one If
dnem III will bring luck" said they.
Inc brother, much touched with the gif..
said, IF win shall share the prize with
YOU me prognos ticaton of the worthy
Roths came true; the winning number was
mat held by the brother, who received
tlo'uoo Tor his share, the other moiety going
| 10 the Donors OF the bond.
10 the dramatically inclined we COM
memo the problem: What is the proportion
or those disappointed to those who win
t2o'ooo IN lotteries. when the profit to the
promoters and the expenses of the lottery
are taken into consijeratio ton?