Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-16

haa oe'il rather more expensive than he
had expected. The next young man Of.
Tered a watch fob. Another had a scarf
pm Then one brought In a dog collar.
The next had lady's breast pin. A
pair Of opera glasses explained anoth.
er's breakfast They were all good ma.
tured fellows The tlmidity and hesI-
fancy that poverty gives the unfortu-
nate were absent after they reached the
inside But. In each case, he looked
around cautiously, in every direction,
and sneaked into the place like a chick
en- thief
For a man hates to confess his pov.
erty and many would rather be seen
coming from the county jail than a
pawnshop,
A FAST LIFE DOES 1T.
They all have the habit" explained
the proprietary "A young fellow goes
sporting and gets little short. He is
forced to pawn his watch then some-
thing unexpected turns up and IN goes
his scarf pin or watch chain though
the watch chain Is usually the last
thing to 60. He needs that to keep up
his front He gets them out again, but
1t cripples him, and II there Is any ex.
ira call whatever upon his resources,
back comes the jewclry 10 us. II some.
times takes three or four years OF hard
pan TO make young fellow realize
that the ~ move is to get week or 90
ahead of yourself IN money matters"
In they came, all afternoon. They
brought every Kind Of "soakable" and
received from % cents to 800, according
Of course, to the value.
\ REALLY PATHETIC CASE.
y genuinely sympathetic case was
that OF a man about 90. wearing a
threadbare frock coat, whose buttons
were most Of them on an indefinite
leave Of absence. and trousers that
bagged at the knees as though tied bv
string. He drew a gold watch from
his pocket How much?" he asked.
leaning heavily on the counter Every.
one leans on the counter in a pawnshop
physical and financial weakness ara
evidently akin. The clerk examined tho
tlmepiece closely. Engraved on the
back was the inscription: Presented
to II. b. T., for conspicuous bravery.
Jan, 10, 1883"
Ten dollars remarked the clerk.
It's worth $50, sighed the customer.
"Ten dollars on engraved watches"
returned the clerk
Then the thing that makes It dear
to me cheapens IL TO you"
Ten dollars repeated the clerk, abb
sently.
"l'll take IT, need the money"
AS THE PATRONS CAME.
As they came H. from nobody knows
where, the articles began to accumu-
late In great collateral heap. ready
TO be registered before being put away.
There were picks. shoyes, crowbars,
saws, sedge hammers pistols, punch-
ing bags, boxing gloves, sweaters In
dian clubs. dumb bells ice tongs. chill
drens shoes, guitars, mandolins flutes.
typewriters. fancy costumes ordinary
clothing Of every descriptlon-eyen q
Holy Blble-enCyclopaedias. histories,
many other books table silver, good
and cheap chatting dishes IA silver
cream pitcher, fancy hat pins umbrel-
las-all these are but the beginning, ana
not reference In the list to jewelry,
which Is the malnstsy of the business,
Yes, a pawn shop is an interesting
place. II gives you an insight Of a
phase OF modern life that will be new
enough to be engaging and which might
well occupy the attention OF the upllft-
Ing and reform agencies OF the COM
munIty