Evening star., 1922-10-12
BY ". b. CLAGETI'.

Dear Folks
A short bit back l wrote 4 little
story about an old pal OF mine who
was headed for the bow-wows from
playin' the ponies. and several days
later 1 received a scurrilous letter
from a party sign!n' himself Jus
tice."'in which he tore me to ribbons
for DARN to knock legitimate pas
time. "one no more demoralisfn' than
| playin' the stock market" etc. etc!
He referred frequently to the great
sport Of kings" discoursed at length
on preservin' the thoroughbred for
Army remount purposes. and ended
by calm me pussey-footin rec
former-rully. ii was scandaious!
The thing worried me considerable.
for bein' a believer in the old doc
der" felt turrible to think might
| be the means of deprivin' some hard.
workin' paley-player of a livlhood
without even suggestin a suostitoot
| calm! For one solid week l Wracked
my brain tryin' to figure how to make
cailin' on my old friend. DR.. Thomas
E. Green. over to the Red Cross. did
| ind the solution!
Prescription Handed Out.
Discussin' furreign exchange with
| the head of the speakin' bureau OF
| that worthy organization. one thing
led to another until I finally got hep
| to the fact that a energetic American.
with $500 in his jeans can take short
spin through several OF the old-world
countries. do a little exchangin', and.
II lucky, return to his native land
with s1S.6s3 to his credit IN the bank!
So. for the benefit Of any race horse
see-lector who was in the least af-
| hand out the prescription and feel
better in mind! Your close attention,
Mister Justice"
Lemme say to start with that the
silver franc French and the silver
Only paper currency is debased.
Well. then. les go! Leave New
York. or Halifax II you're thirsty.
with your 500 American ''buckerinos"
| and get TO London as fast as possible.
| Arriving in the British capital. don't
stop to worry about Lloyd George. but
beat it hot-foot down to the Old Lady
of Threadneedle street and buy British
! pounds at $43s. or thereabouts. and
you'll have ia pounds. Then go right
home and get to bed.
Channel Ferry Next.
| Next mornin' hop a channel goir
| ferry and beat 1t to La Belle Franc
anu 10 FAflS KS rapidly as posi- Die,
but before givin' the gay city the
once-over skid right down to the
| bourse and buy silver francs with
your ia pounds at So TO the pound.
and IL you get the kee-rect change
you'll have 6.e12 francs.
This done. don't even talk to your
self until you get chance to smuggle
these over the border into Switzer-
I land. where the French silver franc is
normal and exchange your package
for Swiss silver francs. which are
worth IS cents In our coin. or about
2h times French value. This will give
you around 1886 francs with which
to purchase in Geneva Italian paper
money at 4 the value Of Swiss francs
t41 cents American value). and that
night as you set on the esplanade.
dreamin' who win the fourth out to
Laurel. you ought to have tucked
away in your waistcoat 1887 Italian
paper lira. (No. friend. liar is spelt
with the "r" at the endD
might add here that smugglin' is
necessary because them furreign gov
ernments won't let you carry gold or
silver promiscuous from one country
to another-you can write letters on
paper 'kale".
Italian Silver Good.
Anyhow. next mornin'. after gettin'
your beer. I mean beerin's. roll up
your 1897 lira in a bundle shimmy
across into Italy, where by Hoin' from