The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-20
From the Boston Herald.

-eNN--S W phrases for money than for any thing else in the world From the days when ''bobs' and bits came from the notherland up to the present tine, when every comic opera has new one the Yankee has been thinking up new nicknames for the stuff that his supreme passion is built upon.
 Review them alphabetically. There is the king of phrases, almighty dollar" the one that the preacher, lay or profess sional, will never tire of quoting. There is American balm," doubtless the inven- ton of somo distinguished foreign writer, perhaps Dickens. "Antes' savor of the great American parlor game. Bones is more modern, and recalls the bit of verse in college paper.
 Said Eve unto Adam,
 Address me as madam,
 And cherish me higher than thrones,
 For to you I've been worth,
 A whole dollar since birth,
 For YOU know I am one of your bones.
 'Bluebacks, now out of date, was akin to "greenbacks, which is also heard less frequently than of old "Blunt' is hard to explain, except that in the light of the dictionary definition, money may make less keen and poignant some of the sor- rows of life. "Boodle" comes direct from political circles in New York, with its sis ter phrase, ''the whole caboodle." "Brads" and brass are suggestive of the metallic nature of money.
 Cans is probably a near relative to the old Scotch word, which meant pow er, the ability to do anything. Car fares betrays the utilitarian purpose to which the practical American puts his niclzels "Cartwheels' and "Coachwheels' recall unpleasantly the size of obsolescent silver dollar.
 Cash" perhaps the country's most vul- gar and disreputable word, is probably re- lated to less usual phrase "case," each of them referring to a box in which money could be kept on hand for instant use. So, spot cash" Strangely enough, both China and India have coins named ''cash.'' Cents are one-hundredths of a dollar, while ccenturies" are s10O bills.
 Change is obvious and still popular "Chickenfeed' expresses a contempt
 
 echoes the pleasant sound of chips" sometimes known as ''chicklets.' "Circu- lating medium," like "coin.' collateral is borrowed by the slangster from a more dignified usage. Currency ''coppers," 'nickels,' silver" gold" paper" are more or less obvious, while ''salt, :" sand" shot and wind" are more or less disrespectful. yet expressive.
 "Counter-ringers," .'jinglers,' ringers, g sinners" shines" and "sparklers" be- token the physical delight people take in the form in which money is put 'Ds ddy dollars puts into words the filial afrec- ton for "daces," otherwise known as darby" phases which defy investiga- ton.
 "Dibs" are in English dialect. 'knuckle- bones,' then "jackstones," and then money. Dime" originated in the Latin decimus and dollar in the German 'haler." The French dot" meaning dowry, is probably responsible for "dots, ? ''doots' and 'dooteramus." Dough- the long suffering and much bepunned phrase, perchance sprang from the same stock.
 'Ducats' calls Shylock father, and is from the days of '49, when public knowl- edge in the ways of gold mining, spread abroad. "Eagle-bird'' is more or less de- scriptive. A pathetic list of expressions IS lndt WHICH 1Hciude tiic cSoCAhta1i, ''needful" (and its sister, "Ned'). "the necessary" "Fat' doubtless grew out of fiat of the land.''
 "Filthy lucre' is perhaps the most hu- morous phrase of them all. It is so ironic in its suggestion or the attitude of the American toward his money. and at the same time so insinuatng, that tt bids faii for years to come to survive other slang. "Financial circles for dollars involves a pun. .'Fips" was the survivor of flip pence" or ''ive-penny bit" "Fivers, 'halves." quarters funds lega tender" specie "tenners," tens, D "vs," and "xs" are obvious colloquisms Hard cash for coin stands over against soft money for bills. Hard l scales and hard stuff and just plain l stuff" follow close after. "Flipperups expresses an American tendency and re- 1 call fabled incident in the White House l "Gelter' comes direct from the Ger l man. The phrase 'hogs" came from thu 1 piece. l4oney," sugar" and 'sweeten 1 ers'' denote an epicurean delight in wha1 is sometimes familiarly called jacks Levy is the survivor of eleven-pence 1 the value of the Spanish real, which cir 1 culated in this country years ago. Lev l el'' expresses confidence in money as th' l equalizer of all ranks. 'Loaves-and l fishes" 'sheckles'' are Biblical.
 'sOpen sesame is straight from tn Arabian Nights" suggesting the possi | ble solution of the secret of Cassm's pow