Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-09

once we had a Paris servant girl VINO
twice broke into tears when II was pro-
posed 10 ameliorate her condition she
went when with mistaken American
Kindness she was told to quit 'hat
badge Of scryltude the sur slafchel
white linen cap. she wept again Wheh
we gave up the local butchers, grocers
and fruiterers In favor Of a great iirm
OF general provision furnshers Ana
we learned why she wept Those co.
quetlsh caps and aprons) to be freSh
and crisp. had TO be travelling to ana
from the laundry always She was the
laundry. though we ala not know II
then and she collected The laundry
price from u.s. she could not collect her
g.. or ~ per cent commission from the
general provision dealers, as she had
done from the local tradesmen writes
Sterling Hollig from Paris IN the Mlh-
neapolis Times
whence The tears. and more-she lett
I met that bright girl shortly afIer IN
the sub postoflce at the corner, ana the
business that had the privilege OF
watching her transact ala much 10
soften my heart toward her
That Park servant girl stood at the
postofIice window In her hand she htId
a book II was her bank book the
bank book OF the postal calsse
d'epargne. In which You may make de-
posts " ! cent nc time by pasung IN
IL unused l-cent postage stamps. from
her coIsage she fetched out a 5V-tlanc
bill, from her pocketbO0k she took W.
franc gold piece, a 2-franc silver piece
and some stray c0ppers To make UP
n given sum she deliberately UNDER
Stamped some heavy letters that had
been entrusted to her, laughing over the
trick with the postal clerk--she was u
comely person. The clerk entered the
sum In her bank book, not before nav
ing naked, however. But don't you
want TO pay the premium on your hente
ylagere poHcy2" no. she replied,
with a malicious smirk she Thought
that she would ask time on that pay
ment." The clerk gave II to her. 50
she gained the interest on that premi-
um as a deposit.
II was scarcely more than theoreU-
cal gain but It pleased her beyond de-
scrlption. she had done smart thing
and she beamed on the postal clerk Tor
aiding her IN Il. Nevertheless her next
question staggered me: II want TO get
In on the ground floor Of the Metropoli-
tan Underground stock issue she said,
slangily. "Can count on you to do II
for me?" but it's not going to pay
anything for a long while objected the
young fellow. Never you mind that ~
she laughed. Pm buying for a rise.
III sell the thing when II goes up ~
francs"
Year after year | find myself aston
ished and admiring more and more ms
extraol mary people, who are chasing
after the almighty dollar-or ffanc--
equal to our Americans. and VINO IN
holding on to II, can give them CARDS
and spades. II is a land OF capitalists
.-!where almost every working soul en-
Joys the capitalists rapture OF coupon
cutting. The state favors 1t. The loans
of the government, OF municipalities
and Of great companies ate made IN
small unltles or else divided into quar-
tiers TO make them accessible to little
capitalists. Twenty dollar shares COR
qaarters) are the rule, not the eXcep-
ton. The postoltice department be-
sides operating a great savings bank
with a 90 per cent rate OF interest
seeks to interest the young IN It's new
annuity insurance scheme, the rente
yiagere, which offers TO the poor an
old age pension fund--earned by them
selves
Undoubtedly the most remarkable
bait attached to shares and bonds Ia
France Is the lottery device which has
such an irresistible ATTRACTION for the
little savers that they sometimes LET
! II stand In their own light Suppose
that two companies OF equal promise
float their stock at the same date. One
binds itself 20 pay per cent Interest
The other obtaining government per-
mission, offers only per cent and par
ticipation In the yearly drawings of a
lottery. Now the total Of the yearly
prizes may well be less than the
amount OF the extra ! per cent interest
Indeed that is In part why the lottery
exists. The great public of small capt.
talists will run TO It and pass the other
although intelligent enough 10 nave
counted up the cost.
Thus the new underground Paris troll
ley railway system bonds pay per cen
year and have two yearly drawings
The first number coming out Of the big
wheel drawsS20 900. The next five mum
bers draws $1,000 each; the next tel
$1,000 each the next 100 draw $500 each
while 1000 more. each drawing. are re
tired AT para doubtful winning whei
a i25-franc bond has been bought 10
10 francs. because the Is francs hav
been acquired at the price Of all the ia
ture drawings. And then the stock ma.
be at premium
The Metropolitan Underground shares