The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-20
$4,000 CROWNS
FOR SIG u. S. COIN
Tulsa Man Says Easy for
American to BE Rich
Abroad

Its easy for an American 20 be "a
millionaire I'm Europe, what with
the present rates of money exchange.
writes Ray T.. Walters OF this city
from Prague, Czecho- Slovakia, the
headquarters of}hls geological mis-
sion for an American OIL concern.
Young Walters was driven to this
comment by a recent trip to Vienna.
whore on his first trip TO the bank
he exchanged 1000 czech crowns
equal 20 $40 in American money!
no received $4,000 Austrian crowns.
Almost Millionaire.
81 vas nearer 20 being a million
airc then than / ever win be again
unless | should go to Russia where
one would have about three moro
ciphcrs added on to that amount.
They are still printing the money
ana tho exchange keeps dropping.
one can get almost 10000 for a dol
lar now, OF course Il makes no dif-
ference TO foreigners. hut TO the ma
tivcs u must be terrible. especially
10 people who were wealthy and had
retired. The prices are Interesting
1000 crowns for u loaf OF bread.
5000 for a Chicago Herald. etc. I
bought n couple OF shirts very cheap
~ i'Al NEANf on lAlf ulIIAI UIll
IN crowns paid 10000 apiece. and I
purchased an attractive little Jewel
box for $4,000, / think n one would
take a pound OF the one crown notes
and count them he wouldn't have
eUOugh-moncy 10 buy the paper they
were printed on. My room at the
Imperial in Vienna cost 10000
crowns"
Vienna ranks next 10 Paris in
beauty, walters writes his parents,
DR.. and Mrs. l.. G. Walters. The
streets are all wide ana are much
ahead OF tho Paris and Prague
streets. one thing lacking I'm all
these cities for Americans Is sky
scrapers. The only thing above the
level OF the buildings, which are i'm
variabiy four or tive stories. are
church steeples and chimncys. The
Europeans think IL has a more pleas
Ing effect on the eye to see all tho
fer them different.
Saw Peasant Show.
Walters describes his brief trip 10
Oborammcrgau TO witness the pas
sion play. as follows: "Ohcrummer-
gau is situated in the foothills OF
the Tyrol part OF the Alps and the
scenery makes a good setting for the
play. The country whereabouts IS
wonderful, with all tho farms aud
villages 90 very neat and clean, in
vivid contrast to conditions in Slo-
vakia. one of the most pleasant
features of the trip. we decided tho
first evening, was the fact that there
were 30 many Americans there and
we heard 80 much English spoken,
We noticed also that the American
girls looked pretty good. We had
made all arrangements for the play
through the American Express travel
department, so everything was all
arranged for Ia when we arrived.
The price we paid them-SS French
francs, or about ss-lncluded the
ticket to tho play, hotel for two
nights and five meals. Tho next
morning, sunday, we were wakeuod
about 4:30 o'clock by oil the bells in
the world ringing so that we were
up in plenty OF time to get to the
play by 8. II lasted from s 10 noon
and from 2 to 6, The play was very
Impressive and certainly worth while
seeing. IL is wonderful how those
mountain peasants. who have eve
been anywhere. can act. We selected
a fine day. wcatherly speaking, as
there vas sunshine all day long and
the days before and after were rainy.
Some people had stayed over n week
trying 10 get "A good day TO see the
play. Monday morning we returned
to Munich, the capital OF Bavaria,
which f. a very beautiful city, clean
and in this respect superior 10
Prague. The hotels were superior to
those Of Prague also Munich ga on
the lsar river and. going, we crossed
the Blue Danube.