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Show Miking Theology and Poker. "Kcw persons except clerks behind tho counter know to what oxtrot discount dis-count Is given to tho families of clergymen, clergy-men, firemen nnd pollcemm," said a floor manager In an uptown slorc, "There Is no doubt wo are often Ira-X)sed Ira-X)sed tuion In this way, but there seems to bo no way to prevent It. "It Is hard to question a soman's veracity whon sho (ells you she Is tho' wife, sister or daughter, as the easo may ho, of tho Ilcv. Mr Wank of Klat-bush, Klat-bush, or that her husband Is a fireman. fire-man. Wo must lako htr word for It. Tho oddest caso of (hat kind I ever saw happened last week. A joung woman came around to purchase some articles for a camping outfit; said she and her mother and sisters were going to spend tbo summer In tho Adirondack. Adiron-dack. "Among her rufclinses were elx packages of playing cards at tarty cents a pack and two boxes of poker chips, " 'And now,' she said, as she reach-od reach-od for her purso. 'please coraputo tho usual discount for ministers. My father Is the Iter Mr D.isb of BL Clrclo'a.' "I thought sho was Imposing on us, and I mado an Invesllgatloa Much to my surprise, I found sho was speaking speak-ing tbo truth." New York Press |