The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-14
SHARP EYE On THE CHANGE.
TRICKS WITH MONEY FOR MANY
TOURISTS TO LEARN.
The American Woman In Paris Writes
That England 10 had Enough, hut When
You Get to Paris Watch Out-The BAD
France and the Had Eva Francs.

rams " ~ te nail Crown you nave W iooh
after and the two shilling piece. There Is so
li'ue difference, you sse, In appearance, at lsast,
though there Is the difference 81 six IN value.
The half crown Is two shilling and SIX. There
Is a cross on one of them, but when you are in
a hurry who Is going 10 stop TO look for crosses'
Nobody. And that's where they get You.
This Is their little game. You lay a half
crown Town on the counter and unless you keep
your finger glued - It, saying meantime in q
loud voice. This is 8 half crown they snatch
i, before You can blink an eye and declare you
have given them a two shilling piece, which ma.
turally, being two shillingS only, leaves you six.
pence short. The trick il an old one. It's played
principally on Americans, those rich AMER.
cans who come over here scattering their money
broadcast and leaving the trail 80 difficult for
us poor creatures who have TO look out for the
pennies while the pounds fly. An old man with
two front teeth and no hair to speak OF spoilt my
trip to rockingham with a trick like that Ot
course 1t wasn't the siApencc | cared so much
about, but the principle u the thing
1T is wise To keep a sharp eye on the ten shil.
ling gold piece in England also, II is exactly
the same size Of the s~ixpence. OF course it is
a different color. gold. and the other silver; but
they look The SAINT In the dark. One night com.
iHs AlOult lIum NtCpDuh hIhuDn l gave the CdDDy
his fare, one and six: that is, | was under the
impression that l had given him one and six
for the moment He held the money close To
his nose, examining II with an eagle eye on the
lookout for extras. Then he drove oil at a mar
yellously rapid rate for u London cabby. BE
fore he sped out Of sight he thanked me for the
one and six. The resonance Of that voice Of
his' 1t remained with me for weeks. II visi ted
Vm. ia ,. lrA. n.Z -. IL
contents of my purse ! discovered that | had gen.
erously given him q gold ten and six | never
saw him again.
1T is bad enough in London, but here in Paris
! you must keep your eyes skinned all the time.
The town Is flooded with bad money. There
are bad francs and bad half francs: there are
francs dated before the Republic that are conse.
quently no good and there are francs dated after
the Republic that are worse, II Napoleon the
Third has a crown on the money is all night.
II he hasn't il is all wrong. Most Of the time
he hasn't the ghost Of u crown, II has gone
where the woodbine twineth. Then there is
the bad fvetranc piece; and Of all the bad pieces
floating promiscuousIy about il is the worst.
Itis SiciIian. or II is Spanish or it's South Amer.
can. 1t is every thing buI good On some Of
them there is a lady standing up; on others she
IL hlluIk uONus IL Sic IL btdllllk up lur piece
isgOod; II she is sitting downitisn't
But how in the name Of goodness SAYS the
boy from Sheecaygo, are you to tell. coming
home In the dark about 5 o'clock Of a morning,
via a dozen or more American cocktails aboard,
whether the blooming lady is standing up or sit,
ting down? You can't And that's where they
nail you
They nailed me, too; but not a, 8 o'clock in the
.L.-,,- TIL. $500 -. :.
spend all my spare change and more on that
kodak Of mine, Its a gourmand. that thing. Ii
eats money, The chocolates l might have had.
the peppermints, the handkerchiets and neck es
with the money that went for developing baths
and dishes with sIouts IN one corner and films.
They would I'll rooms. 1t is strange the hold a
kodak gets on you. Many a time IHave walked
miles 10 save up sufficient cab fare for a set Il
Minis. rarely take a cab. 60 on top ot those
elephant BUSES, uhete 1t IS cheap, or | foot IL for
the sake ut the kodak, | had pad out 50 much
money for toniag baths that | pu, IN n mild com
plant 10 the glrl who waited on ME AT the Place
' eLdUme,
The machine will break me, | said. This
is the third Time In three weeks thai, | have bought
lomng baths AT one franc ltIy the bath. AT ihls
rate | shall shortly become a financial wreck, |
wash / had never seen the thing.
Aware OF the fact that a SINAI fortune had
passed from my hands 70 hers, She put on a look
that Was gne'ed. She thought awhile, then sug.
geSted a remedy. There was a tuulng BAH that
] could mis- my self. she said, a very reasonable
toning bath | must get SO much gold at the
chemists, and 50 much hyposulphie Of soda.
| must put the one into . large bottle and III the
bottle with water. | mast nut the other into an
other large bottle and FIJI tina, hottie with water
Then, when ! wanted my bath all | had 10 do wa
20 pour a hlue out o! each into my measuring
glass, mix the Two together, and pour them mt
the dish, and there was Cheap The wh0la
thing wouldn't cost, me two, franc ffy If that
and II would last me Tor months aud months.
Imagine my delight. Now ! could arorl a
candled pear, maybe, OF one II those ltl~ cherry
pies IN the window o' thu de'i,at,scu near tho
pension That are worth tIelt weight in gold. Size
gave me the addr"S~ u o chemist IN the Rue -, =
pcpeni"re That lltlr Did chemist l~wentgailv
along the boulevard, buoNrd up w hope, turned
the corner and entered his shop, light " step and
!oyful OF heart You SEE, | didn't hnuN. lie nut
the god ur IN n bott'e about the SIZE II my hume
nail, the b, p"lna small square paper and charged
! expected IT, Like the poor, II is always with
you in Paris, lust as in England everything you
buy IL one and sly, two and sin, five aNl six or
they tired. II you descend 10 pence it is ]si1pcntc
and three '%orthin0s. Those fothnrs'
Il handed the little old wretch ten francs IN gold.
rejoicing Later, ~ the bon Marchc, tho five.
II nc piece was rejected with scorn,
G.shruF that ir"ught his shoulders up somewhere
about his ears. Vet pas hon. said another.
taking it and peerng q, the lady with a mi,rru,r
lHl Wv y f'N' EFllNFl'N : Nv flIl'EIllNI'
,hrllad with ~ s.t Jas hons ! Iremblcd in my
lottines; ior they cast suspicious chances on me-.
Lacked Ground ,autiuusly fearful II gendarnes,
aud rid reason for fear II IL against the law
To rGss lad money IN France II YOU get caught
THE man nj the desk gave me back the money
thanAfUl. Hastily rNeriug him the contents
~ my purse | retired to n quiet corner and took
a l~k AZ the five francs myself True. II was
tad In fact il was Just about MS Rad as II could
lc. The lady was sitting down. ON the way
home | counted w the cost 4 the cheap toning
fra mes fifty and five trd francs made seven francs
fifty. | groaned. But | was 10 Rroan some
mi ~. According to directions I hid filed two
large bottles with water, put the precious gid
into one and the inexpensive hyTo into he other.
Both had dissolved SO c'uIdn I tell tuiher from
which. Then ! Ind hidden them under my he'd
cut 4 harms WAY; Tor Made muisnllp, n young
thing 4 sixty, who keeps the pension, looks with
eyes asknnce upon the various and sundry bottles
containing my tuning baths, my developing
baths and other hhths belonging IA the oulht
81 that kodeC Il mine.
Upon my arrival | found that the femme Dc
chnmbre that's what they cal the Eiri who
knocked over one 4 The bottles and broken IL.
OF course IL was the bottle of gold. ON the bottom
Of IL | found floating three undiss we'd grains
Seven francs nifty for nothing! And the time
have had trying 10 get rid q that had five
franc piece. II you Il will TO me give, said Mad
1 will It give Ia the wine merchant II me, and
he will II change perhaps Perhaps II was
well said. The wine merchant II her kept II for
four months and returned it, All his patrons
were French people, he eN planned. There WASN'T
an American among them, OF an Enxiishman
in working II of, Mademoiaelle regretted much.
so did l. A Young Suede Nth N long yellow