Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-20
A THRIFT Y PEOPLE
France is Well Called the Land Of
the Wooden Stocking.
EVERY ONE HAS A BANK BOOK
Lotteries Are Great Attraction to
the Investors.
Lotteries Are a Great Attraction to
INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES
sreci,, Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
PARIS. October 3. 1900.
Once We had a Paris servant girl who
twice broke into tears when 1t was proposed
to ameliurate her condition She wept when,
with mistaken American kindness. she was
told to quit that badge of servitude, the
sti1 starched white linen cap. She wept
agait, when we gave up the local butchers,
grcCers and fruiterers in favor of a great
firm! of general provision furnishers. And
we learned why she wept- Those coquet-
fish caps land aprIns). to be fresh and
crisp, had ~ be trave.ing to and from the
laundry always. She was the laundry.
Though we did not know it then. The
blauchisseUse de fin put their price in the
bill hut did not dare collect it from her.
She could not collect her ) per cent s
per cent II per cent commission from the
general provision dealers, as she had done
from the local tradeSmen.
Hence the tears. and more. she left.
1 met that bright girl shortly after i'll the
subpnSt office at the corner. and the buSl-
ness that had the privilege of watching
her transact dld much TO soften my heart
toward her.
Clever Financier.
That Paris servant girl stood at the post
office window. In her hand she held book.
1t was her bank book!-the bank book of
the postal casse d'epargne, in which you
may make deposits of one cent at a time
by FASTING in il unused 1-cent postage
stamps. From her corsage she fetched out
sI,-frauc bill. From her pocket book she
took ln-franc gold piece. a 2-franc silver
piece and some stray coppers. To make up
even sum she deliberately under-Stamp-
ed some heavy letters that had been in
trusted IN her laughing over the trick with
II rla- lT -l,.Ar
The clerk entered the sum in her bank
book. not before having asked however:
But don't you want I" pay the premium
on your rente viagere policy? NO. she
replied with malicious moue Cor smirk);
she Thought that she would ask time on
that payment" The clerk gave it to her.
So she gained the interest on that premium
deposit,
Land of Capitalists.
1t WAS scarcely move than theoretical
gain, hut it pleased her beyond description.
She had done n smart thing. and she beam
,.d on the postal c'"rk for aiding her in 1t.
Nevertheless her next question staggered
me. Il want to get in on the ground floor
ut the Metropolitan Underground stock is
sue. she said slangiiy: Can 1 count on
you tu du it for me- But it's not going to
pay anything for a long while objected
the young fellow. Never YOU mind that she
laughed: I'm huying for a rise. I'll sell
the thing when il goes up 10 francS!
Wear after year | find myself astonished
and admir;ns NOR" and more this extra
ordinary people, who. in chasing after the
almighty dollar CqUa. our Americans. ana
who in holding onto it. can give them
cards and spades. 1t is n land of
cs,i,iialisiS-little Capitalists-where almost
every working soul enpoys the cap
ita'i~lS rapture Of coupon cutting. The
state fiNurS it The loans of tn" gov
erumcnt. of municipalities and of great
companies are made in small unities or else
divided into quarters. to make them acces-
Sib!t t" iittl- capitalists Twenty-d"!.ar
shares tor quarters are the ru!". rrt the
exception. The post office department be
side operating = great savings ban'- WIN
d -. per cent rat" IF interest, seeks y"
Interest the y"nng IN its new annuity IN
slrauyc scheme. the reute viagerc. winch
offers &" tn. poor an old age pension fund
e,rftti H.. themselves
IN Attractive Bait.
Iruauub;.iIy the most remarkable bait
e.fltLrd 81 shares and bonds IN France Is
ff... trfl,.r, device which has such an ire
Ini, attraction ror the little savers that
r. = sometimes -, il stand in their own
l-n.. Suppu~" that TWO companies of equal
y. mis-. Arat rnclr stock at the same date
pf-e htnti- i;self - pay per cent interest:
til other. obtaining government permission.
ui .r~ GUY per cent and partic. patton IN
;t-. ycurfy drawings Of 4 lottery. Now. tl.e
at At an" yearly prizes may very well ne
l,SS tils,ri IL. amount If the extra per cent
in ,fr-. md, ID. thaI j. the lottery $ ra!son
d,jrr =, f"rt-thr g.eat public NJ small
capitalists ..i!l run - il and pass the other.
a.'huueH quiz Intelligent enough 10 nave
cn,u'"G a. the cost.
Tirr,- a.. new underground Paris trolley
railway -N%'rm bonds pay per cent a year
and hJE' tWp yearly drawings Ihe hrst
number ct.ni@@ out "f the big wheel draws
IUI'rp. 'u" urNf i've numbers draw S2.Wi
81 IA. ttr uaNt Ten. $1,000 each: the next
80 diIw >-'H each. while a thousand more