The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-08-21
FRANCE GATHERS
COUNTRY'S COLD
Honor Medals and Old Coins Er-
changed For Paper Money.
OLD SOUVENIRS TURNED IN.

Many Pathetic and Sad scenes Wit
messed in Bank ne Patriotic People
Come TO Aid Of Thsir country--ons
Little Boy Asks For Ticket Of
Honor and Gets L.
An unusual sight was to be seen AZ
the Bank OF France on the frst sun
day the bank opened TO receive gold In
exchange for paper money. From 10
In the morning until 4 In the afternoon
an unending procession slowly fled
into the building All wore their Gun
day clothes the women in dark colors.
little girls In bright dresses. old men.
not few soldiers from the front (easi-
ly recognized by their war worn com
plexions and unlformsl bringing some
az the gold coins they had taken to the.
lighting lines and found no occasion 70
use. Incidentally II may be mentioned
that most men when first mobiiixed
obtained as many gold coins as they
could, thinking that gold is useful ev-
erywhere. Many on their nrst return
left their gold az home. as they had
little occasion 10 spend H. They also
learned that II wounded and found by
the enemy the first thing done to them
was 10 be searched for their money By
bands OF marsuders who spring up the
day after a battle
Boy Wanted Ticket o. Homer.
Pleasant scenes occur In thu bank az
the change IL effected. A ffftle boy
says Mother, want q ticket OF hon
or His mother. who n changing 300
francs $50, has tho receipt made out
half for the boy and half for herself
An old woman has brought belt made
OF hundred franc pieces Joined togeth.
er by gold links To her grief an en-
ployee explains that the hank cannot
take piece Of jeweiry.
An octogenarian pays In 1900 francs
(S2. 400, all IN gold coins OF the time
OF Napoleon T. aud Louis XVIII. Ever
since 1870 his family had kept thk
treasure untouched. IN case something
might happen"
The mother Of Alexander See, an
artillery officer killed ia the war. has
sent 10 the Figaro a gold medal worth
800. which was awarded 20 her son
In 1910 In recognition OF his work I'm
the science OF aviation. The Figaro
hopes the bank will take II and that
its equivalent viii be given TO one OF
the funds which aid aviators and their
widows.
Provinces 20 the Rescue.
The provinces are also bringing gold
TO the branch banks OF the Bank OF
France AZ MarseilIes over S460.0o9
has been received, ut Rouen $3.50, 900.
at Havre $29s00O, from 2,s29 persons
only; at Poitiers $4,000. NJ a smaH
town like Creil $4,000, at another
small town In the same department
Montataire, 5000 At Nancy steadily
increasing exchanges are made, $1,000
the FIRST day, 81. 400 week later. then
500. so. 400, So. 600, S33. 400. s43.-
200, $40. 800. sex. 200. etc. until totd
OF $500, 900 was reached.
The municipality OF Paris has paid
In 20 the Bank OF France lite gold re
serve amounting 20 100000. Father
Patureau, vicar or 81 Pierre, In Mont
martre, has exchanged $500 collected
among his parishioners. He has asked
that the receipt he made out In the
name OF his parishioners and intends
10 hang II in the church.
The Northern Railway company
which turned In S0p0,O00 IN gold as
early az May ~ has arranged TO ~
ceive gold nj it, booking Offices ON brs
half OF the bank.
Cherbourg had exchanged over 1920.
GOO by July 10 and Dieppe over $40,
600 by July IL. At Ie Mans some
100000 was paid IN. much 10y moth
err Of families who brought the gold
pieces blessed on their wedding days
and preserved as family treasures ever
since. IN accordance with mn old Qua
tom IN that part 81 the country.