Show NUMBERS THAT PEOPLE LIKE I 1 results of curious inquiry into the j preferences of inhabitants of various countries there has been announced in prance france the 06 result of a curious investigation concerning preferred numbers odthe of alie inhabitants ot of different countries the baals bals of the investigation Is a study of the various denominations of money postage stamps and other measures it appears that nearly all races show a marked preference for the numbers humbers two three and five 1 and their multiples but the madans avoid the number three neither in turkey nor in persia it appears does one find a trace of this number and it Is scarcely found in egypt among the french and other latin peoples two and five are more popular than three while the english prefer two and three and the germans three and alve five the chinese resemble the latin race in their choice while the people of india have a strong liking for two the number seven Is most used in russia and other slavic countries the higher numbers are not louch used except in spanish countries as el eleven event in salvador it seventeen in Al mexico exico nineteen in spain and thirty one in guatemala the people of hawaii are said to be quite fond of thirteen |