The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-02-19
PENNIES IN TOWN
King Street Merchant Staflas
The People.
BARGAIN DAYS A PLEASURE
Change Made Easily and
Discounts Appreciated.
BARGAIN DAYS A PLEASURE
Use May Become Generai-Games
to Be Played With Them and
Living WIN Be Cheaper.
The pennies have came.

The pennies have came.
And now Honolulu people who never
lived east Of the Rocky Mountains
viii have all kinds of red, white and
blue money. W W Dimond is respon-
sible for the innovation, and his Gus
toners are tickled to death when they
learn that an article marked; Reduced
to s1.9T" does not mean 50 TO the pur-
chaser.
I did it," he said. yesterday. so
that we can make exact change. and
when We give people discount for
cash they win get full benefit of it I
believe within a year other stores will
take it up and pennies viii become cur
rent coin in Hawaii. When that comes,
then they viii probably be accepted in
payment for stamps at the Post Of
fee No. there is no danger of their
becoming q nuisance: on the contrary.
they viii be a convenience to shoppers
Only q certain number will be required
for circulation here, and there is no
danger of people boarding them long
enough to compel heavier importations
of the base coin.
They were brought into use in Den
YER Colorado. 20 years ago by a prom
inent dry goods firm, and there was a
roar from their rivals. A 1e-cent piece
was the smallest coin used up TO a
few years before, then the nickel fol-
lowed and finally the cent pieces. It
was not six months before every bust
ness house in the city was using them
and the man who introduced them was
afterwards asked to be Mayor of the
city. run for Congress and all sorts
of things.
When he dies the city Will probably
erect a bronze monument to his mem
DRY
You viii understand that I do not
anticipate that any political preference
will be given me in the future for hav-
ing introduced pennies in Hawaii, but
think Of the opportunities sign writer's
viii have 10 prepare placards reading:
A bargain at 99c' Everything goes
at s143, and so on through the
list Pennies are d curiosity here, and
I violate no confidence when I tell you
that the principal reason for my i'm
porting q few hundred dollars worth
of the little copper things is merely as
an advertisement.
THAT they will be a convenience to
shoppers there is no doubt and source
of amusement as well. for the people
here will follow in the footsteps of their
cousins across the water. Hilo people
have already taken up the sport, in
troduced in that go-ahead town by
Miss Mabel Hitchcock, who has re-
Gently returned from the Coast. 1t is
a game consisting of is questions
based on the various features of a
good old American cent. The questions
are as follows:
FIND ON THE HEAD.
/. Part of q hill
. Union Of youth and old age.
s. Flowers.
4 An animal
). a pronoun.
g. Part of corn.
Z. Part of q bottle
S. A necessary characteristic.
FIND ON THE TAIL.
/ A body of water.
= weapons used Dy lnolans.
8. Part of defensive armor.
4. a messenger.
3. a beverage.
s. Mode Of punishment
:. A gallant
5. A victor's prize
People who have taken part in this
amusement declare it to be real nice
fun. You Will find that living will be
cheaper. servants more plentiful and
the sun over the green fields in Ha-
wall will shine brighter once Ameri-
can cents are in general circulation
Pennies are all right and sell readily at
five for nickel You may not like
them now, but you viii find after a
while that there is just as much salts
faction in five of them in mans peck
ct, so far as the sense of touch is con-
eerned. as if he had five Decent pieces
nesting there. And think what a for
tune dozen Of them will be to the aE-
erage small boy The cent has come to
stay"