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and almost impossible to steal
or lose. In most countries to-
day gold and silver are in
common use, with nickel and
copper in minor roles. Yet in
times past, tin, lead, iron, and
platinum were used as a me-
dium of exchange, while
among primitive peoples, furs,
leather, skins, sheep, cattle,
wampum, cowries, grains,
olive oil, tobacco and salt
were used as money.
The story of money in Amer
lea is crowded with unusual
incidents. At two periods since
the nation began to coin
money, there has been a strin-
gency of small coins, which
has made it necessary for bus
mess houses to supply their
wants by an issue of copper
tokens redeemable in legal
money by the companies which
issued them. This first hap
pened in 1887, when such to-
kens appeared, about the size
of an enlarged copper cent
piece. One set of these carried
political slogans expressing
the opinion of the merchants
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nEOPLE are always losing money! The fact
puzzles psychologists and banks, and is
something of a mystery to those who suffer
from continual small losses. The one thing for
which many men and women work and
which they value above other possessions be-
it means economic security, sometimes
disappears" under circumstances that cannot
be traced
Every coin, from a dime to greenbacks of
large denomination, according to recent rec
ords-may vanish from apparently secure
wallet pocket or dainty feminine purse. No
one place to carry money seems to offer safe
refuge for hard-earned silver coins paper
bills. A century or more ago men seldom ven
tured forth without a small leather money
bag" which was easily fastened to their belts.
More recently, seekers of gold throughout the
West wore money belts in which were deposited
gold coins, sometimes gold dust and jewels
and these they protected with their lives. The
belt, with its several pockets designed to carry
wealth. was worn next to the skin. business
man or adventurer might conceal his entire
fortune upon his person and be comparatively
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which depends on their general
%-'> outlook upon personal economic
security Happy -go-lucky people may not mind
losing a few coins, but most of us never cul-
tivate the habit We fall easily into any num-
ber of other habits but the custom of invol-
UNFAIRLY parting with cash is an aff1iction with
which few people are bothered"
almost any other habit may master the VIC
tim to an amazing extent" says David Sea-
bury in "Unmaskng Our Minds" land various
bad habits may spring from the acquisition of
excellent habits learned in early childhood"
From one point of view," says David Sea-
bury, habits might be painted as mighty Genii
who hold the poor victim in their grasp Some
good powers who protect their slaves and
guide them into useful ways; others are evil
villains, who drive their sinking creatures
like hunted animals. In neither case is the in
dvidual free. The effect somewhat resembles
the control of Svengai over Trilby. 1t may
lead to beautiful singing any sort of DOM
ination, but it is an obsesson of the present in
telligence by the past experience, and evidences
of forces in human nature. Even the finest
habits in the world of this enslaving char
acter and if instied by others may destroy the
diydual
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wished, so long as he did not unfold 1t. The
youth drew many gold pieces from the paper
but at length curiosity overcame him; he un-
folded it and discovered within the claws of a
cat and bear, the feet of a frog-and his
wealth disappeared And in the popular super
sttion of primitive Europe it was supposed that
If a person heard hoot owl, with money in his
pocket, he would have some throughout that
year, and if he greeted the new moon in the
same fortunate condition, he would not lack
money for many weeks.
Modern attitudes toward money are more
concerned with precautions against loss, how
ever, than with legends about its occult pow
of becoming invisible. And the average per-
son heartily dislikes the possibility of losing
any amount of money, no matter how small.
Men and women both, therefore carry coins
and greenbacks where they believe no one will
think of looking! The habit of placing money
in stockings and hat bands, say psychologists,
is very much like the old-fashioned habit of
hiding the front door key under the mat. Eight
out of ten people are said to slip the key under
the same mat, never suspecting that the custom
is widely known-and an invitation to house.
breakers. The same rule applies to money stuffed
into mems watch pockets, wallets and in wo-
mems slippers-for these are the places first
searched by thieves and pickpockets And peo-
pie who carry money in any of these generally
accepted places while thinking themselves eau
IlouS anu CieVer, are really SHOWING d lack or
originality. For men, perhaps the best place for
money is in trouser watch pocket; and for
women, in ordinary handbag equipped with
a good clasp.
So long as people carry money In the accus-
toned places, small sums will continually bs
lost-through carelessness or petty thievery
fertile imagination, say bankers, Is required
both to make and keep money, and new "depos-
itories" must be found Ii the stream Of lost
coins and paper bills is to be stopped. Today
this loss runs into many thousands of donars
but accurate estimate Of the total Is possible
because much of the vanishing flood lis found
by other people-and usually small losses are
not reported. No one can say exactly what the
annual amounts to, but Undetermined
statistician has figured that such lost small
coins and bills joined together would span the
continent!
Psychologists say that while the possession OF
money is necessary not only to a mans physical
comfort but also gives him a sense of security
yet the worries and mental ''upsets" caused by
its loss are the basis of many nervous break
downs and more serious disturbances. Money"
they declare, 'its loss and possession, is not only
the root of much evil, but accounts for the diff
fcuties of large number of our patients In
many instances there are, of course, contrib
uting factors, but PERSONS attitude toward his
(or her) own security is tremendously infiu-
enced by the dollar sign"
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the bare necessities of existence. 1t is not so
much the loss of small change which people
mind as it is an instructive fear of greater loss.
A mser is an extreme case, of course, but we
are all misers to some extent. Possessions
especially the possession of money-are the
barriers between a moderately safe life and
poverty, or, so most people feel when they
consider losing even small part Of their in
come.
"And the curious fact about this fear of loss,
is this ordinarily very wealthy people place
more faith in financial security than do people
more modestly endowed with this worlds goods
and they take better care of their money.
Their expenditures may be great, but their
small losses are cut to minimum, because as
a rule they regard dollars as important
part of their lives.
Peoples attitudes toward small losses Is
much the same and varies only in degree
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who issued them Another was
obvious advertisement for the issuing
house.
Paper money itself first adopted as a
matter of necessity, rather than choice, by order
of Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1890. Soon
after, similar money produced by other
colonies and has been in since the early
days of colonization.
Probably the first of paper money was by
Chinese merchants, and report of this strange
practice" made by Marco Polo when he re-
turned from his famous travels through the
Orient. And before paper money the Chinese
are believed to have used small pieces of skin
of the deer, about square foot in size, called
"Phi-pi," with an estimated value of SIS EACH
Coins of ancient Babylon were both silver and
gold And in early Rome small silver and brass
"sestertius' were used for small change, and in
Greece Alexander the Great took pride in mint
ing coins of silver and gold.
At one time it was not extremely difficult to
produce reasonably good issue of paper money
which often fooled even the experts, but today
the average person detect such limitations
with little examination. The modern issue of
currency carries special fibers which are dis
tributed near the ends of the note, and this is
believed to be of the most certain tests of
real piece of paper money. These
ranged that no counterfeter is able to place
thread to accurately initiate the original bill.
tinctly inferior quality, since the Federal gov
ernment has achieved the finest system of man.
ufacturing the best grade of paper to be used
in bills.
Each ruling, circular ornament, and medallion
on true bill is perfectly produced from orig
inal designs and is turned out by remarkable
machine which itself cost 100000 Occa-
sionay engravings are made to initiate the
original but the portraits never equal to
those on the government money. The best thing
to do if bill is suspected of being counterfeit,
is to feel the paper. This should have a strong
texture and the seal on the bill must be bright
and clear.
A curious one-cent piece was coined in 1909
which carried the initials of V. D. B.-the in
itals of the designer Victor D. Brenner, but
this inscription was thought to be too conspicu-
so the succeeding issue of the same coin
appeared without them-and these coins are to-
day of some value to collectors.
Several years ago it was estimated that about
al percent of the individual wealth of the
United States owned-or controlled by
women; and that out of 95 billion dollars of life
insurance policies, about so percent of the bene-
fcaries were women.
Perhaps one of the Oldest stories ever told on
the loss of wealth was related by the famous
historian, Gregory of Tours a supersttious
scholar who evidently believed in the legendary
Hf..
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safe from loss so long as
his secret was guarded.
Today the money belt
has fallen into disuse ex-
cept in a few tropical coun-
tries and wild, unexplored
territories. New "deposi-
tories" have replaced it.
Men fold paper money into
hat bands, stuff it into
leather wallets, or into a
small trouser watch pocket.
Women, following a time
honored custom, continue
to deposit greenbacks in
slippers, tops of stockings,
small bags and purses, and
even wrap coins in hand
kerchiefs! Yet no such pre-
cautions appear to avail;
small sums continue to dis
appear during shopping
tours, in restaurants, in the
movies, on street cars
even in the home. And men
are not much better off.
Dollar bills slip from hat
bands, clothes go to the
cleaners containing an
amazing amount of small
change, and paper money
somehow finds it way out
of wallets.
1.-THE reason that makes
most people guard money
SO carefully" says one psy-
chologist, "is simply the
age-old demand for secu-
rity. Money means COM
fort and in MANY cases
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fairy money" of his
time. "A YOUTH he
wrote, received a
piece of folded paper
from a stranger, who
told him that he
could get from it as
much money as he
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SIN a IL w atch
Pockets and Vest
Pock cts Are
About as Safe as
Money B elts,
When Confront
ed by Robbers!
The Majority of
Men Still Garry
Wallets, Which
Are Easy Prey
for Pickpockets.
Evening star., 1937-11-25
By BARBARA BELL.

its own. Glamorous, fatter-
ing, sophisticated 1T makes
the grand entrance for dinner at
or high tea at 6. The girdled waist
line lifts the waistline high at front,
giving emphasis to the softly draped
bosom and low V-neckline. Long
sleeves puffed at the shoulder widen
Evening star., 1937-11-25
Artificial
Light Not
Harmful
Reflection Value
OF CoIors Must
Be eConsidered.
BY ELSIE PIERCE.

EOR once. We won't talk about love-
illness, but about light that is liter
ally "easy on the eyes," Until very
recently. lamps were divided into two
classes: the decorative and the useful.
The first seldom gave adequate light:
the second was seldom good to look at.
Now there's been happy partner
ship. Power companies. interior dec
orators. lamp manufacturers have put
their heads together and as q result
lamps are lovely and light is as 1t
should be.
We need no longer fear the winter
as the season Of long artificial-light
hours. For artificial light is more and
more approaching clear, steady. ample
daylight.
So important has this subject be-
come that interior decorators plan for
proper illumination. Wall and window
treatment are calculated in terms OF
light reflection. And either the in
terror decorator or the power company
will send a representative to measure
your artificial light and determine
whether it is bright enough and covers
a sufficient area for the purpose it is
needed. Colors are now studied in
terms Of their reflection value. Thus,
We learn that white wall reflects
about IS per cent light and a dark blue
reflects only 7 per cent, and q black
even less. Patterned walls reflect less
light than plain surfaces. White
shades on lamp are preferable to the
dark or rosy-hued shades SO fashion,
able few years ago. That is one rea-
son why interior decorators 80 uni
versally prefer white shades. There's
great deal of sense to decoration to-
day. The light woods such as bleached
maple and curly maple reflect much
more light than walnut or ebony.
Lamps are placed on tables and
near chairs where they will do their
best job. The lamps today combine
direct with indirect lighting, give more
powerful illumination with less glare.
And many Of them are provided with
three-way bulbs for three different in
tenSities Of light. The thing to do is
to strive for the even. restful glow of
daylight, have the light cover a large
surface. avoid working in shadow.
Save your eyes: My bulletin, eyes
Beautiful" dncluding makeup hints)
Will be sent for q self addressed.
stamped (3-cent) envelope.
ICnnYrfnhf 1oo1N
Evening star., 1937-11-25

the top Of the figure and emphasize
the slim waist and hips. The pattern
Is perforated for two lengths, 50 that
If you prefer you can use this same
pattern for an afternoon dress. Make
it up in q luscious satin or In q
printed crepe and wear this dress into
the spring. For your role q hostess
this winter, you can find no more be-
coming dress-every line and fold Is
designed to make you look more
lovely.
II you are one Of those women who
hesitates to make 50 important 4 dress,
dismiss your fears. The pattern in
cludes complete sew chart that gives
you detailed instructions for the max
ing of this dress.
Barbara Bell pattern 1370-B Is de-
signed for sizes IL, II, is, 10 and 20.
Corresponding bust measurements 80,
80, 81, So and 80. Size II (32) re-
quires 67s yards Of 39-inch material
in full length plus N yards Of ribbon
for lacing the bodice belt. -r...
tcopyr1sht. 1e87J
Evening star., 1937-11-25
KNOWLEDGE
Useless to
Ill Child
Life of Youngster
More Important
Than Studies.
BY ANGELO PATRI.

ny ANOELO fA1n1.
my SON, a very ambitious boy.
AVA Is sick. The doctors say that
his heart Is bad. and that he must stay
in bed for weeks now and be perfectly
quiet. He is heartbroken because he
must lose his school work. How can
we help him to keep up with his
schoolmates? He must have his edu-
cation What can we do?"
There is no choice between an edu-
cation and child's health. Or life.
All the knowledge that the world holds
Is useless to one who is too i'll to use
1t. And what knowledge, what honors,
can pay for the loss of . child's life?
It is hard for q boy or a girl to have
to fall out Of the parade, to know that
the line will pass by and leave him
behind. But there are many hard
things that have to be faced by all of
US. Nobody escapes sorrow. or pain, or
failure. Each has his share. This lad
must lie in bed quietly when he Is
longing to lead his classmates. An
other has only one good leg to stand
on, and must 60 lamely through life.
Another loses family and home. One
longs for an education and cannot
have it. Yet each goes on and man
ages to get happiness out Of the going
somehow.
Acceptance Of the fact helps. This
thing has come upon me, but it shall
not overcome me. There will be some
way out Some door will open for me
If keep watching and hoping and
getting ready" That attitude will 60
far toward righting things. If one can
understand that there are many roads
to the Celestial City of ones dreams,
and that the roundabout road arrives
there at last, and step cheerfuly for
ward on the twisted way, help comes.
Many successful, happy people have
arrived by road they had not
dreamed of taking. Something hap
pened that changed their direction,
their plans, their hopes, but because
they had to 90 on, because they forced
themselves to go ahead in the way that
opened they reached the end of their
journey triumphantly. They would
not think of taking the road of their
lost dream were it offered them. They
found what they asked of life in what
life offered them.
So I would say to the sick children,
to the disappointed ones. to the sor-
row-stricken ones, accept this thing
that has fallen upon you. Accept it as
q fact, as you do the weather and as
easily. That Is about what it amounts
to in the end. You have to live
through a bad spell of weather, but If
you want to 60 through the storm and
reach your journeys end, you can.
Wait. While you wait. hope. While
you hope, have faith. On your faith,
work. While you work, hold fast to the
thought Of the Infinite Power of which
you are part With the Infinite Power
in you and about you, all things are
possible.
And to the fathers and mothers of
such children let me say: Wait. Wait
and hope and hold your faith. There
Is no finality in this life. There is
always something unaccountable.
something beyond, something uplifting
and grand and lovely. Hold to it.
(Copyrisht. 1927
Evening star., 1937-11-25
hose Who Receive Service Should Be Conseate of Those Who
Dorothy Dix Says
Successful Marriage Requires
Determination to Be Happv.

rich woman has. marriage takes Q
nosedive.
Marriage Is what you make it. You
get out Of it what you put into It,
and every young couple can make a
success Of their marriage If they are
willing to pay the price.
nEAR DOROTHY DIX: My hus-
band works all day long and Is 50
tired when he comes home at night
that he does not feel like going out.
I am tired. too, from my days work
in the home and taking care Of my
baby, and would like to stay at home.
but he insists on my going out and
plans out program for me. He
makes me 60, and II don't do what
he asks me to, he says don't try. He
questions me and makes me tell in
detail what happens each evening. He
belives that husbands and wives
and women and tell each other about
them. He makes love to women in
my presence, especially to two little
girls. He says that have no sense
because cannot see that for hus-
bands and wives to philander is the
way to enjoy life. Says he is going
to quit me unless stop being so puri-
tanical. I know I have to do as
he wishes if 1 continue to live with
him, and it almost crushes my life to
do so. Yet I love him and would do
anything in the world for him that
would please him. Do you think this
kind of life will work and bring us
happiness? MARIE.
AnsWer-1 certainly don't. No mar
riage in the world will stand the strain
Of philandering husband and wife.
each having their extra little marital
affairs.
1t is all very we'll to talk about free
dom in marriage and the husband and
wife going their separate ways and
taking their pleasure as they find it,
as Mr.. Kipling would say, but when
they try to put this alluring theory into
practice it always blows up, because
you cannot be both bond and free, and
marriage is bondage It is two people
binding themselves together of their
own will and accord 1t Is giving
themselves to each other, 1t is be-
longing to each other And when you
break that tie the whole thing goes to
pieces.
Also there is human nature to be
considered, and no matter how much
they philosophize on the subject, nor
how broad-minded they think they
are, it is not possible for any man
who loves his wife or who even has
any decency Of feeling regarding her
to want to have love affairs with other
women. Nor is it possible for any
woman who loves her husband to look
upon his sentimental adventures with
out getting green-eyed and having her
heart torn to pieces with jealousy.
No woman Is under any obligation to
continue to live with a husband who
insists upon her degrading herself and
doing things that violate her con-
science and snirch her honor.
How you can love such a man passes
| comprehension. But don't befool your
self by thinking that you can hold
him by sinking to his level.
DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1937-11-25

ours definite sourness all around that
emanates-sad to relate, nine times out
Of ten. from the person who has the
whip seat, i. e., the one being served.
One encounters 1t in every conceiv-
able walk of life; in every type of buy
ing and selling: in every kind of sit
uation. Being on the paying end
seems to arouse the latent bully in
some natures. and drives them to un-
pleasantnesses that are little short Of
actual cruelty. In some instances,
these may even have the shocking Sc
quel of lost job a broken-up home
and a general knocking down of care
fully built-up props that brings a
struggling and handicapped soul to de-
spair.
RUT even if the results are not so
drastic as this-bullying and snarl-
ing at the person who serves one in
any capacity is shameful and cheap
thing. In the majority of cases, the
"underdog' cannot possibly answer
back; he or she has to simply take it
and like (which he or she very de-
cidedly finds difficult to do. Courtesy
to the customer (and when say Gus
toner. am simply using a generic
term to describe the person being
served in any capacity is an integral
part Of all business, and all public
relationships, and because of this fact
alone the salesman (again a generic
term) cannot presume to defend him.
self against verbal attacks, justified or
otherwise. The customer should re-
member this-and also remember that
the salesman is human being-he
has tempers and resentments and
pride. too: but because of his position,
he cannot give expressions to any of
them. Right there the abusive and
unreasonable customer is taking an
unfair advantage. and using a privi-
legged position to let loose lot of re-
pressed bad temper which can bring
no consequences home again.
From inquiry and observation,
have learned that. as a general rule,
women are more discourteous to the
persons who serve them than are men.
That is pretty grim. Women, who
have always been supposed to be the
gentler, more patient sex, are proving
themselves anything else but" They
brow-beat and berate the. salespeople
with whom they come in contact: they
are unwilling to admit themselves in
the wrong; they try to bluster and
bluff to get their own way. whether it
Is reasonable or not; and they take
out their anger at some responsible
"highe--up" on the employe who has
had nothing whatever to do with the
cause Of all the rumpus. And, all too
frequently, not content with having
reduced the employe to a quivering
mass Of nerves and resentment, they
take their grievance to some one who
has the power to severely reprimand,
or even discharge. the man or woman
whose livelihood depends upon a job.
THIS isn't fair or just. Many times
an innocent worker Is made to
suffer just because an angry and valu-
able financially customer makes such