The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-02
Old Distributor of Wealth
Will Make Disc Holders
Happy With Gifts
WILL PRINT NUMBERS
IN RICHMOND VIRGlNlAN
Modern .Croesus Determined
to Die Poor Wants Every
body to Look Carefully
for Their Numerals

If you have seen the Easy Money
Man or any of his emissaries. and
received Il gift OF disc from him or
them, don't be so unfair 10 yourself
as TO forget To get the Richmond
Virginian Friday.
Friday is mirth day with the Easy
Money Man. He will laugh more
cause he intends making the holders
of number of his glittering discs
happy.
since Monday this jolly old soul.
who reminds one of old King Cole
more than any other living man ever
did, has been distributing cleaning,
chinkiing metal in Richmond. and on
Friday he will announce in the Viz
gilman the numbers he wishes to re-
ward.
All Numbered.
Each of the discs he has distrib
uted bears a number. There are AS
many reasons for believing the num-
Der on the disc he has given you or
will give you before he leaves town
will be rewarded with gift in money
or some other present with which you
will be equally delighted. as there are
Feasons LOT DSilSfinB your ndiHOSi WA
not be In the list which he announces
Friday. Bear In mind. he plays no
favorites and he does not care who
gets his presents. SO long as the re-
cipients are happy and smile "a little.
To be absolutely on the safe side as
to whether he ha selected your num-
ber to reward this week. get the Nir-
gilman Friday and look the numbers
over. IL your number Is not among
them, keep your disc and your optim-
ism He win probably come around
to your number later on. But there
Is no reason to despair OF think 1t
will not be in this Friday.
Should your number appear In the
list bring the disc and The Virginian
in which you saw your number to
The Richmond yirginian office, at
Governor and Ross streets. and re-
ceive the gladdening gold or other
present the Easy Money Man de-
crees you should have for keeping the
disc and the faith.
Thursday morning and afternoon
the Easy Money Man went TO Miller
& Rhoads' and made friends with the
ladies. IL there il one place on this
mundane sphere where this gay old
Romeo is perfectly at home and his
wit scintillates the brightest 1t Is
among the ladies. He presented all
OF the gentler sex with discs and
smiles. eoQuetting a little now and
then with the danes about his own
age and dropping a delicate compif-
ment here and there. To one and all
he shouted, Easy Money Is the best
money. Laugh and grow fat. Grow
fat and be laughed at. Hold fast to
what ] give YOU"
Always o Gentlemar., ss... j,
- -
chary about letting the Easy Money
Man 60 through the store. fearing that
the presence Of this genial mirth-
maker might create a riot. but the
Billikenesque old diplomat quickly
Gained the alarm of the business man
with the statement that he was born
q gentleman and always would be one,
and was quite sure the ladies with
whom he, came IN contact ra looked
nothing like riotosls suffragettes to
him. whereupon objection was with
along his merry way. humming that
fondly beloved aria. Money Talks
And I Want To Put It On Speaking
Terms With the People OF Rich
mond."
As at the Capitol. Library. City Hail,
Mutual Building. American National
Bank Building. the American Loco
motive Works and on Main and Broad
streets. the Easy Money Man and his
handsome young emissaries were be-
sieged by clamorers for discs who
have already learned that these dainty
coins represent the real coin Of the
republic, or the next best thing 20 It.
bright prospects, OF getting Il.
Cedar Works Friday.
TELL the good people OF Richmond
I will be at the Richmond Cedar
Works Friday afternoon. after I have
completed my list OF lucky numbers. =
said the Easy Money Man. a. he
danced q little gig and surfeited the
atmosphere with smiles- The Virgin
ian reporter was somewhat shocked To
SEQ man Of the Easy Money Mans
age deporting himself thusiy and In
quired as to the cause. Ira ala
la" said the Easy Money Man. Il
am happy because ! am happy. 1t
is the nature OF the beast. SO to
/ speak. / couldn't be otherwise II !
ate pickle for a thousand years and
my best friend sawed both my legs
of. am particularly elated just now.
however, because ten laughing mer-
chants coIlared mo on Broad and
Main streets and added that many
new presents to my gift list. / shall
give them all away Friday. There
are plenty more gifts where they came
from. When you come to think OF
It. the world il filed with gifts. sun
shine. good cheer. happiness. content
ment and JOY. It takes material
things to make some folk happy. and
that Is what / intend giving them
Friday Tell them 70 watch for my
numbers In the virginian Friday" Sc
saying, the Easy Money Man rent the
air with fresh peais OF laughter and